October 22, 2016
by Phoebe Cohen
Comments Off on Rock Scrambling and Bedrock: A Geohistory of Manhattan
by Mia Hull The city of New York does not conjure up phantasmagorias of geology. A densely packed space, not much of the earth’s crust is visible on the surface of the city. In Manhattan, one can go weeks without … Continue reading
January 29, 2015
by Phoebe Cohen
Comments Off on Geologic History of the North Shore of Boston, MA
Jocelyn Wexler I attended an elementary school on the North Shore of Boston, a region encompassing coastal towns and cities stretching from Boston to New Hampshire. The boundary between my elementary school and the forest behind is lined with … Continue reading
January 29, 2015
by Phoebe Cohen
Comments Off on Indiana Limestone: A Short Biography
By Benjamin Williams The somewhat sleepy Midwestern college town of Bloomington, Indiana, has only ever provided the setting for one movie. Fortunately for my hometown, that movie won an Academy Award. In Breaking Away (1979), four blue-collar youths band together … Continue reading
January 16, 2015
by Phoebe Cohen
Comments Off on A Geohistory of London
By Christa Rousseva Today, London is a so vast a metropolis that it is easy to forget how just a few thousand years ago, nothing even remotely similar existed on the same ground that is now buzzing with all sorts … Continue reading
March 15, 2014
by Phoebe Cohen
Comments Off on Geological History of Greenwich, CT
By Meagan Goldman In the backcountry of Greenwich, CT, narrow roads twist and turn and rise and fall through the woods. If you peer into the passing trees, you’ll see vestigial structures that at first might perplex you: stonewalls. They’re … Continue reading
March 15, 2014
by Phoebe Cohen
Comments Off on Where the Mountains Meet the Plains
By Luke Costley As I drove north on State Highway 75, I found an Idaho that I was not expecting. I was on my way to Ketchum for a year of Nordic skiing and my cross-country drive had taken … Continue reading
March 15, 2014
by Phoebe Cohen
Comments Off on Geological History of Long Island
By Didier Jean-Michel My hometown, West Hempstead, New York, lies on Long Island, a landmass with an interesting geological history just east of New York City. Summers on Long Island were the best, with sandy beaches or rocky shores not far … Continue reading
March 15, 2014
by Phoebe Cohen
Comments Off on A Granite History
By Abby Kelly Rocks enjoy a special distinction in New Hampshire. Our official nickname is the Granite State, and our license plates and state quarters proudly display the rocky features of the Man on the Mountain (despite the fact that … Continue reading
June 5, 2013
by Phoebe Cohen
Comments Off on Geological History of Orono, ME
By Siobhan Harrity My hometown of Orono, Maine is located in Penobscot County. I grew up gardening, and there is not a whole lot to do in the entire state of Maine except mess around outside, so I’ve been intimately … Continue reading
June 5, 2013
by Phoebe Cohen
Comments Off on A Geological History of the Powder River Basin
by Meg O’Connor This summer, I worked at Paradise Dude Ranch in Buffalo, Wyoming, a town about three and a half miles Southeast of Yellowstone National Park. When I was first picked up at the airport by two haphazard-looking men, … Continue reading