I enjoyed reading the Times’ recent articles on the Roaring Fork River. The more we all know and understand our valley’s environment, the better we can appreciate and protect it. However, let’s keep ...

The birth of modern geology is said to have started in the 18th century. The introduction of new concepts and thoughts about the Earth was a brave thing to do. Why is that? Because the believeth of ...

The young students came to the Roux Center for a lesson on Maine geology. They got it, as well as Jell-O, Play-Doh, chocolate, puzzles, and interactive games. Two events overlapped serendipitously ...

As schools and universities in Washington state and around the country are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, teachers are using online tools to connect with students. Nick Zentner, a geology ...

I love the Grand Canyon, both personally (because of all the good memories I have of my adventures there), and as a scientist. I first saw it in the early summer of 1981 when I went on a six-week-long ...

Even teachers spend time in summer school. Teachers spent time this week traipsing through Garden of the Gods, touching rocks and learning about such things as alluvial fans, ancestral Rocky Mountains ...

THE manuscript of this book was left by the late Prof. Green in a somewhat unfinished condition, and the editor was asked to prepare it for the press. The book is described in the preface as being ...

GREAT SAND DUNES -- Shaped, maintained and balanced by the forces of wind and water, the Great Sand Dunes are located in the high-altitude, desert basin of the San Luis Valley, surrounded by the San ...

Some years past when I was pulling weeds in my yard, I unearthed a dirt-covered rock. This is not unusual or really worth mentioning except that when I brushed off the dirt, one side unveiled a dark, ...

HILO — A dozen or so people gathered Friday morning at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center for a down-to-earth lesson about lava. On a table set up in front of three large screens were different types of lava ...

FORT ROCK, Ore. — If the United States descends into anarchy, and roving tribes of armed highwaymen rule the countryside, the place I’m going to start a new civilization is Fort Rock State Natural ...