If you’ve got an hour to spare and are interested in the earthquakes at Christchurch, my hometown, could do worse that watch this lecture given by Martin Reyners, principal scientist at Geological and Nuclear Science. There’s lots of good stuff for non-geologists. (Like me! There’s also a few minor technical glitches, but let them slide.)
It’s hard to imagine a chunk of land that, apparently, once rivalled the Himalayas in height crunching into and pushing it’s way under New Zealand. (If you want to skip the introduction, jump to about four and a half minutes into the video.)
As a bonus, here’s a map of the earthquakes at Christchurch to date,
More at Code for life:
Crick’s letter to son, aged 12, explaining DNA structure model
Dear journalists and editors, (again)
It’s a small, small world (and three wise monkeys)
One example of why all those genomes from different species are useful to biologists
When things grow wild – post-earthquake natural succession in Christchurch gardens
