Environmental activists sometimes scare us with the prospect of a runaway greenhouse: If we continue to spew out CO2, the Earth may become so hot that it is uninhabitable. Looking […]
Climate change is a confusing topic. The environmental movement with Greta Jeanne D’Arc Thunberg in front can give the impression that climate has been nice and stable since times long […]
Before the 18th century, everything in the world was organic, artisan and handcrafted, because there was no other way. Weavers made clothes, blacksmiths made tools and nails, farmers went behind […]
Time goes by. In geology, lots of time goes by, and it is easy to loose perspective. If we cram the whole history of the Earth into one year, the […]
Porthleven is a cute village by the sea in Cornwall. One of many vibrant fishing villages turned tourist town in summer and (I assume) fairly slumbering in the winter. White […]
Hi, Blog! Daddy’s back from the summer break. Or “summer” break. I know, you have been lonely, during the time when Norway is on pause, because we all go on […]
Tuff – tuff – tuff… MS Origo moves slowly thorugh the water, her engine puffing, almost as taking a pause to think and look around between each stroke. She is […]
Today, we come full circle: Our journey on Svalbard started with coal in the Carboniferous, and it will end with coal. But with much younger coal, from the Early Paleocene, […]
In between writing the reports from Svalbard, I had to do a business trip to Scotland, still part of the Fairly United Queendom. Then, I enjoyed a couple of days […]
Svalbard. What comes to mind? Polar bears that eat kids alive if they don’t carry guns in the settlement. Which they do. At least the parents. Dark as a coal […]