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Sunday, 19 May 2013
Views from the Field: Humboldt River Basin
Daily Geology Photos – May 19
A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 100 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos – May 10 Daily Geology Photos – May 19 Daily Geology Photos – May 21 Daily Geology Photos – May 15 Daily Geology Photos –Google Earth Engine
Unmanned Under the Sea: Qinetiq Unveils Sea Scout UUV
Preparation, predation and a missing quarry
I’ve already mentioned that my time in Canada involved a short trip to Dinosaur Provincial Park with Darren Tanke, but we were also out with Mark Graham, a preparator at the Natural History Museum in [...]Large Impact on the Moon
“For the past 8 years, NASA astronomers have been monitoring the Moon for signs of explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. [...] They’ve just seen the biggest explosion in the [...]Arkansas Shale Gas and Water Quality
“A new study by scientists at Duke University and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) finds no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas.” Quoted from the Duke [...]Peer Review and Climate Change
An article on The Guardian website reports that 97% of peer-reviewed papers support a human cause for global climatePaul Hansen & darkroom manipulation
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I’ve been following the debates of Paul Hansen’s manipulated prize-winner (above) with particular interest, but not much understanding. While I can understand the caution in aesthetically [...]
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Xystostrophia umbraculum brachiopod from Poland
Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: An amphibian from the Permian of Germany
The above skeleton is of the salamander-like Apateon pedestris from the Permian of Odernhelm, Germany. There are just enough of these tiny little bones to show the ghostly outline of this freshwater amphibian. [...]Explosion on the Moon??
Bullseye!
Earthquakes and tsunamis are great motivators, as are the pursuits. These are the reasons why a lot of time and resources have gone into studying the [...]All Aboard!!!
So the experience finally begins.... After months of planning and anticipation I am finally sitting on the JOIDES Resolution research vessel. We are currently in dock in Victoria, British Columbia [...]Mount St. Helens – 23 Years
“Mount St. Helens seized the world’s attention in 1980 when the largest historical landslide on Earth and a powerful explosive eruption reshaped the volcano, created its distinctive crater, and [...]Tetrapod World
Some of you may be interested in this blog - Tetrapod World. It's about a research project into early evolution andAbout Differences and Social Contrasts from Himayathnagar to Jubilee Hills and from Noisy Himayatnagar to Quiet Taj Falaknuma Palace
Hello everyone, I´m Katharina and I stay in Hyderabad with Tamara. We are working on waste management in Hyderabad. Our topics are solid waste and e-waste. We are in Himayathnagar, Hyderabad for three and a [...]Geothernal project presentations available online
ASU project uses crowd-sources to map global CO2 emissions
ASU's School of Sustainability is using a crowd-sourcing approach to map global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The research team "developed a website with a Google Earth interface that makes it easy [...]Melting Glaciers and Sea Level Rise
“While 99 percent of Earth’s land ice is locked up in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the remaining ice in the world’s glaciers contributed just as much to sea rise as the two ice sheets [...]Earthquakes in Indiana?
The Indiana Geological Survey is helping students (and news reporters) learn about the earthquake history of Indiana and experience simulated ground shaking of up to magnitudeWhat Lies Beneath Arctic Ice?
On Thursday at our second sampling site, our team lowered a camera into an ice borehole to get a look at the underside of the ice. In the following video, algae in the bottom of the ice is visible because of [...]Belajar Arkeologi : Kontekstual Angkor Wat
Menyambung cerita konteks pembangunan sebuah peninggalan, situs atau bangunan lain, dibawah ini tulisan Achmad Lutfi (mantan Ketua IAGI). “Aseeek Pakdhe, Mantan-mantan Ketua IAGI ternyata pendongeng [...]33 Years Ago Today…
… Mount St. Helens exploded with a fury that surpassed expectations. Things have calmed down considerably since that day. Even the trees are growing back. To quote myself, “This is the view of [...]99% of Scientific Papers Agree On Climate Threat.
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My friend John Cook, (an Australian Physicist who runs the superb website Skeptical Science) is the lead author of a paper in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters that has gotten worldwide attention [...]
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Bag of Rocks: Turns Out They're Not That Dumb
Jordon's log. May 18th, 2013. It's the first full day aboard the science research vessel, the JOIDES Resolution. It's mission: take core samples from the deepest regions of the sea and analyze them for [...]Top concepts:
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