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15 December 2010
AGU Fall Meeting 2010: Tuesday Dec. 14
What a day! After pulling my attention away from the hassles of actually getting to AGU, I dove right into the meeting with some posters in the Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology session.
14 December 2010
AGU Fall Meeting 2010: Monday Dec. 13 Recap
Well, I’ve learned my lesson not to book flights through the Midwest in December, although I made my reservations a few months ago (and of course had no way to predict a darn blizzard). Still, I missed Monday’s sessions, which was disappointing (lots of neat talks!), as well as the Social Media Soiree. I wish I could have been here just a little earlier!
10 December 2010
Geoblogging bonanza at AGU’s Fall Meeting
If you’re getting ready to head out to San Francisco soon (or if you’re already there!) you’ve probably heard at least something about the geoblogging activities that will be going on at this year’s Fall Meeting. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s going on:
26 October 2009
The “Breached Dam Overlook” Field Trip at GSA: perspectives from a participant
Apparently my post on the Steve Austin field trip at GSA caught the attention of quite a few people, although it was already an issue that had come to the attention of the GSA field trip organizers. I chose not to go on the trip myself (for monetary and scheduling reasons, mostly) but have heard from one geoblogger who did (Pascal of Research at a Snail’s Pace). He has kindly …
24 October 2009
GSA Update #3
I always head to GSA with good intentions (i.e., actually writing about things the day they happen), but I usually end up joining the ranks of those catching up with their writing instead. (There’s nothing wrong with this, since I’m not getting paid to write on a schedule or anything, but it annoys me when I do it.) Tuesday at GSA was another great chance to see talks; lots of …
20 October 2009
GSA Update #2
The last few day shave been absolutely crammed for me. Sunday was taken up by the short course I attended, but yesterday was the first day I had time to attend talks, and I’ve forgotten how easy it is to go into talk overload. Still, I was thrilled by the wealth of volcanology-related sessions there are at this meeting; here are a few of the talks I managed to catch: …
19 October 2009
Quick GSA Update
Starting a slightly cloudy day in Portland with volcanology talks and the Geology in Government Mentors lunch – because what grad student will pass up a free lunch? (Or free anything, given what this trip is going to end up costing…) Yesterday was all short course for me – “When Worlds Collide”, where the subject of interest was communication between emergency management officials and scientists. Since I’d eventually like to …
16 October 2009
Bloggers galore at GSA
Since it seems there are going to be quite a few of us at GSA, I thought I’d put together a post with information on some of the talks and posters your favorite geobloggers are going to be giving. (Sadly, I won’t be presenting anything this meeting, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to finally meet some of the folks I only know from the interwebs.) This is a …
11 October 2009
Catching up
Wow, it would be nice to have more time to blog…unfortunately, three math-heavy courses this semester are not leaving me with much time to work on my own research, much less any other writing. So here’s a bulleted update of a few things: Earth Science Week is this week! I’ve got my toolkit, although lack of free time mostly means that I’ll be putting up posters instead of sponsoring an …
10 September 2009
Speaking well
I won’t touch on the political parts of the President’s speech Wednesday night (or the fallout from adults not being able to behave like adults, on both sides), but I do want to write about the way in which it was delivered. Public speaking is a big part of being a geologist, whether you’re talking to a lab section, lecturing to a class full of hundreds of people, or giving …
Jessica Ball is a volcanologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, researching volcanic hydrothermal systems and stability, and doing science communication for the California Volcano Observatory. She previously worked at the Geological Society of America's Washington DC Policy Office, learning about the intersection of Earth science and legislative affairs. Her Mendenhall postdoc and PhD focused on how water affects the stability of volcanoes, and involved both field investigations and numerical modeling applications. Her blogging covers a range of topics, from her experiences in academic geosciences to science outreach and communication to her field and lab work in volcanology.