HeyJaredGeosophy
A blog featuring key concepts in geoscience & how landscapes have evolved through time. It explores the intricate connections between the physical environment, biodiversity, and human history.
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Postcards from Krakatau (opens the original)
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Dear ,With so much grim news from around the world, I haven’t heard much about the eruption of Krakatau, or Krakatoa, earlier this month. Krakatau is among the world’s better known volcanoes, listed alongside Japan’s Mt. Fuji, Italy’s Mt. Vesuvius or Mt. Etna, and Hawai’i’s Kīlauea. Yet it isn’t just the cataclysmic eruptions that have sealed Krakatau’s reputation among fiery giants — its explosive history has taught us so much about tectonic and natural history processes, as well as inspired ar
#47. Restoring the Nachusa Grasslands (opens the original)
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Dear ,In April 2026, I visited the Nachusa Grasslands, located ~2 hours away from Chicago, Illinois, as part of a study tour during a science journalists conference. Of the options listed, including a wastewater treatment plant and a sand dune reserve, something in the title made me select this field trip: bison reintroduction!The description had me hooked: The tallgrass prairie, once the defining ecosystem of Illinois, has been reduced to a few thousand acres amid agriculture and development. A
#46. The Story of Sand (opens the original)
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Dear Reader,I started writing this issue just before setting off on a trip to Goa, when I was dreaming of the sand, and the monsoons along the coast. There’s something mesmerising about sand, especially at a beach — embedded with half-weathered shells, or rolled up into little balls by the crabs, or braided into river-like patterns by the channels that meet the sea. I’m often reminded of this verse: “To see a world in a grain of sandAnd a heaven in a wild flower,Hold infinity in the palm of your
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