Marcia Bjornerud

Walter Schober Professor of Environmental Studies, Lawrence University, Wisconsin, US

Marcia Bjornerud is professor of geosciences and environmental studies at Lawrence University in Wisconsin. Her most recent book is Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks (2024).

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Written by Marcia Bjornerud

Photo of a dark, rugged rock formation emerging from blurred ocean waves under a cloudy sky.

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Deep time

Roaming rocks

Metamorphic rocks are our emissaries from the deep, travelling to alien realms and revealing the restless nature of Earth

Marcia Bjornerud

Painting of snow-capped mountains with a prominent glacier flowing between their slopes under a clear sky.

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History of science

How to make mountains

In living memory, geologists believed that the Earth was slowly shrivelling, little guessing how vibrantly alive it truly is

Marcia Bjornerud