The Grand Compendium of Geoscience Blogs

Atmosphere and Climate

GIS

• Planet GIS – an aggregation of public weblogs written by GIS professionals and hobbyists.

Petroleum Geology

• Crude Diggers – Oily Sam is a geoscientist in the Nigerian oil industry.

Geological Hazards

• VatulNet – Maitri works on data visualization methods for geoscientists; she also lives in New Orleands. Her blog is largely devoted to the ongoing aftermath of Hurrcane Katrina.
• West Coast Earthquakes – Reports of local earthquakes and news from Western North America. Very little commentary.

Seismology

Paleontology

Geoscientists’ Personal Blogs

Most of the blogs listed above have some personal content mixed in with the geoscience. Blogs listed here may or may not have any geoscience mixed in with the personal content.

• Random Thoughts of a Confessional Lutheran – Occupation: Geotechnician
• Tesuji – Occupation: Geologist

Students

• Protichnoctem – a grad student in paleontology
• My Sediments Exactly – a former IT geek turned non-traditional student in the Geosciences and Geography.