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Highly recommend:
1. Science on a Mission by Naomi Oreskes (www.sciencenews.org/article/new-...)
2. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs by Riley Black (www.sciencenews.org/article/dino...)
3. Turning to Stone by Marcia Bjornerud (www.sciencenews.org/article/turn...)
1. Science on a Mission by Naomi Oreskes (www.sciencenews.org/article/new-...)
2. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs by Riley Black (www.sciencenews.org/article/dino...)
3. Turning to Stone by Marcia Bjornerud (www.sciencenews.org/article/turn...)
‘Turning to Stone’ paints rocks as storytellers and mentors
Part memoir, part geology explainer, Marcia Bjornerud’s latest book explores the hidden wisdom of Earth’s rocks.
www.sciencenews.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Highly recommend:
1. Science on a Mission by Naomi Oreskes (www.sciencenews.org/article/new-...)
2. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs by Riley Black (www.sciencenews.org/article/dino...)
3. Turning to Stone by Marcia Bjornerud (www.sciencenews.org/article/turn...)
1. Science on a Mission by Naomi Oreskes (www.sciencenews.org/article/new-...)
2. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs by Riley Black (www.sciencenews.org/article/dino...)
3. Turning to Stone by Marcia Bjornerud (www.sciencenews.org/article/turn...)
Just downloaded! Going to love this when we go camping in a few weeks. Thanks for the rec! I'll use both the USGS site and RockD and report back my thoughts (if I remember to come back to this thread 🙃).
August 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Just downloaded! Going to love this when we go camping in a few weeks. Thanks for the rec! I'll use both the USGS site and RockD and report back my thoughts (if I remember to come back to this thread 🙃).
pC geology-only fail. Definitely... not what those boundaries look like between Idaho, Oregon and Nevada.
August 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
pC geology-only fail. Definitely... not what those boundaries look like between Idaho, Oregon and Nevada.
I've never used it!
August 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I've never used it!
I'm glad to find that this is easy to do on the phone as well. I'm happily using two fingers to cruise around California at the moment!
August 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I'm glad to find that this is easy to do on the phone as well. I'm happily using two fingers to cruise around California at the moment!
So, to answer @callanbentley.bsky.social's question: in some ways, it could be so much better. But it's a pretty neat resource to have available to the general public. Anyone can pull this up on their phone and see what kinds of rocks they're in, how old they are, and what they're called.
August 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So, to answer @callanbentley.bsky.social's question: in some ways, it could be so much better. But it's a pretty neat resource to have available to the general public. Anyone can pull this up on their phone and see what kinds of rocks they're in, how old they are, and what they're called.
Another gripe: I can't zoom in as much as I need! Maybe I'm just zoomed out too much to see, and it *is * actually correct! I can't tell!
August 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Another gripe: I can't zoom in as much as I need! Maybe I'm just zoomed out too much to see, and it *is * actually correct! I can't tell!
For example, I zoomed into the region where I did my MS thesis, and it's... not quite right? It has different lithologies on either side of the road. Definitely not true, but you'd need to look at papers or go there to know this.
August 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For example, I zoomed into the region where I did my MS thesis, and it's... not quite right? It has different lithologies on either side of the road. Definitely not true, but you'd need to look at papers or go there to know this.