Tag Archives: geology

White Paper: Understanding the Tsunamigenic Potential of Earthquakes

Posted on July 30, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary While earthquake monitoring and early-warning systems have advanced considerably in recent decades, predicting whether a given earthquake will generate a tsunami—and estimating the scale of such a tsunami—remains an incomplete science. Despite widespread deployment of seismic and oceanic … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Alone in The Universe

Posted on February 17, 2024 by nathanalbright

Alone in The Universe: Why Our Planet Is Unique, by John Gribbin At the core of this relatively short book is a pretty simple concept: there are few enough habitable zones and they are close enough to earth, that if there was … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies

Posted on February 16, 2024 by nathanalbright

Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies: The Age Of Earth And Its Cosmic Surroundings, by G. Brent Dalrample There is in this book a profound point about struggle to understand our origins, but the author, unfortunately, spends so much time at the beginning … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Orphan Tsunami Of 1700

Posted on February 12, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Orphan Tsunami Of 1700: Japanese Clues to A Parent Earthquake In North America, by Brian F. Atwater, Musumi-Rokkaku Satoko, Satake Kenji, Tsuji Yoshinobu, Ueda Kzue, and David K. Yamaguchi Properly speaking, the material in this book could easily have been … Continue reading →

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Book Review: After The Dinosaurs

Posted on February 11, 2024 by nathanalbright

After The Dinosaurs: The Age Of Mammals, by Donald R. Prothero This book is an honest book. That does not make it by any means a perfect book–the author is clearly not intending to write a book that contains a smooth narrative … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Why Hell Stinks Of Sulfur

Posted on January 19, 2024 by nathanalbright

Why Hell Stinks Of Sulfur: Mythology And Geology Of The Underworld, by Salomon Kroonenberg, translated by Andy Brown Sometimes the reasons why an author writes a book are not immediately obvious or completely straightforward. This book, translated from a Dutch original, purports … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Super Volcanoes

Posted on January 17, 2024 by nathanalbright

Super Volcanoes: What they Reveal About Earth And The Worlds Beyond, by Robin George Andrews Typically, volcanoes are viewed as a negative aspect of existence, as a threat to the well-being of people. This book seeks to do something unusual, and that … Continue reading →

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Waiting For An Eruption To Come

Posted on July 8, 2023 by nathanalbright

Not too far from the capital of Iceland, there is a volcano that is currently the focus of a great deal of attention among volcanologists as well as amateur volcano watchers. With earthquake swarms, magma that is moving rapidly closer … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Super Volcano

Posted on July 2, 2019 by nathanalbright

Super Volcano:  The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park, by Greg Breining This book was an easy one to enjoy, but honestly, there was one aspect of the book that I found highly tiresome, and that was the way … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Krakatoa

Posted on May 12, 2019 by nathanalbright

Krakatoa:  The Day The World Exploded:  August 27, 1883, by Simon Winchester This is a deeply interesting book, but at its heart there is something quite uncharitable about it on several different levels.  For one, the author makes quite a … Continue reading →

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