Geology
Treasure from the Sky
The recently authenticated fall of meteorites from Mars excites fever dreams as well as scientific fervor.
Post on Jan 19, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Confounding Concretions
Not crystals, not meteorites and not fossils, concretions puzzle people who find them. Geologists find them only slightly less puzzling than the general public.
Post on Jan 12, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
A Most Earthly Mineral on Mars
The planet Mars tantalizes with its resemblance to parts of Earth. Now space geologists with their trusty field assistant, the rover Opportunity, have found gypsum veins there like those in our own countryside.
Post on Jan 05, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Got Science on the Brain? Come Blog with QUEST
Got science on the brain? Come blog with us. KQED’s QUEST is looking to add new voices to our blog, which already offers commentary from our producers, reporters, and several writers from science organizations in our region. pply by February 1st.
Post on Jan 02, 2012 by Craig Rosa from QUEST Northern California
Sand: Hold a Mountain in Your Hand
Sand . . . we play in it, we stroll on it, we make castles out of it, but what do we really know about it? The size, shape and location of a grain a sand can tell us a lot about it's origin, makeup and history.
Post on Dec 22, 2011 by Terri Kirby-Hathaway from QUEST North Carolina
The Bay Area Geological Holiday Quiz
Twenty questions, four days to answer them, and one giveaway hint — that's what this geological quiz is about.
Post on Dec 22, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Top KQED QUEST Stories of 2011
From hackerspaces to banana slugs, flying telescopes to cheese – it's been a quite a diverse year of storytelling here at QUEST. Here's a round-up of the top 10 video and audio stories and blog posts that you've enjoyed from the past year.
Post on Dec 21, 2011 by Jenny Oh from QUEST Northern California
Getting Started on Earthquake Preparedness
Preparing your home is a part of the Bay Area's response to future earthquakes that is just as essential as the Bay Bridge upgrade, but you can manage it yourself with some free help.
Post on Dec 15, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
AGU: Twenty Thousand Geeks by the Sea
Geoscientists mark the holiday season every year by swarming to San Francisco to eat, drink and talk science.
Post on Dec 08, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Bay Area Tides
The daily tides are the Bay's way of breathing, from its windpipe at the Golden Gate to its lungs, the wetlands from the Delta to the coast.
Post on Dec 01, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Natural Bridges
There's more to see at Natural Bridges State Beach than the temporary natural bridge. It's a monument to the cultural as well as the geological past.
Post on Nov 24, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Fossil Collecting in the Bay Area
Many parts of the Bay Area have fossils. Can we collect them? Some situations are clear; others not so much. Perhaps it could be easier.
Post on Nov 17, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Fitzgerald Marine Preserve
The area around Pillar Point is famous for surfing and tidepooling, but its fault-related landforms are significant geological resources too.
Post on Nov 10, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct: Big Fixes for Big Quakes
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is hard at work on a $4.6 billion, decade-long construction project to overhaul the Hetch Hetchy water system, which delivers water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park and five local reservoirs to 2.5 million residents in the Bay Area.
Video on Nov 08, 2011 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Fremont Peak
Fremont Peak oversees a large region of the Coast Ranges between Monterey and Hollister. When you pay it a visit, be sure to look around your feet too.
Post on Nov 03, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Affinity for Stone: The Public Art of Ruth Asawa
Stone is more than the plaything of geologists. Each of us sees it in special ways. Take a look at stone in two masterworks by San Francisco artist Ruth Asawa.
Post on Oct 27, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
What's in a Clay? Finding the right minerals for Salt Glaze Pottery
Check out this Google map that shows clay minerals found around the U.S. and world that are commonly used in pottery.
Post on Oct 27, 2011 by Colleen Vasu from QUEST North Carolina
Cycads: No Longer "Living Fossils"
Cycads are considered "living fossils," unchanged from the days when Jurassic dinosaurs fed upon them. New research shows that today's cycads are much younger than that.
Post on Oct 20, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Albany Hill
Among the commuters who pass it twice a day, surely thousands of people wonder about that dramatic little hill next to I-80/580 just north of Berkeley. Wonder no more.
Post on Oct 13, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Tales from the Ghost Forests
When a megathrust earthquake strikes, scientists around the world know in seconds. But what about hundreds of years ago? How, exactly, do scientists know there was a megathrust quake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone on January 26, 1700 between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m.? The answer lies in a ghost forest discovered on the Washington coast that reveals the secrets of one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the planet.
Post on Oct 07, 2011 by David Williams from QUEST Northwest
