Colin Sayers

The Leading Edge: Vol 44, No 6

The June 2025 Issue of The Leading Edge published by the SEG contains a special section on Rock Physics honoring Amos Nur's legacy. It can be found at library.seg.org/toc/leedff/4...

Why telling bigger stories is the only way to counter misinformation – Physics World Robert P Crease explains how we make sense of the world around us

On countering misinformation physicsworld.com/a/why-tellin...

Comparison of elastic anisotropy in the Middle and Upper Wolfcamp Shale, Midland Basin onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

The importance of grain shape, water and air in determining sandcastle strength phys.org/news/2022-08...

Characterization of stress‐dependent microcrack compliance and orientation distribution in anisotropic crystalline rocks
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Humidity effect on binding of rock particles via capillary bridges iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Stress-induced anisotropy in Gulf of Mexico sandstones and the prediction of in situ stress onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

Quantum Origin of the Greenhouse Effect

For a discussion of why the CO2 molecule is so good at trapping heat see www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-p...

Those interested in more detail can find the original paper at iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

Irregular Is What’s Regular for CO2 Storage Plumes A critical challenge for those designing carbon dioxide storage sites is predicting where the injected gas will go. One of the only sure bets is to assume that any model of a gas plume that looks symm...

On the irregularity of CO2 storage plumes jpt.spe.org/irregular-is...

Elastic properties of unconsolidated sandstones of interest for carbon storage onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

For those looking for tutorials on Exploration Geophysics there is a useful set of Geophysical Tutorials with code coordinated by Matt Hall at wiki.seg.org/wiki/Geophys...

‘Listening to scientists bicker is instructive’: physics Nobel-winner on solving problems between fields John Hopfield has had a varied career and delights in working in the cracks between disciplines.

"... physics is not what you’re working on, but how you’re working on it" - John Hopfield, 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics www.nature.com/articles/d41...