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4. Mountain Beltway (1350 visits)
5. BEYONDbones (1112 visits)
6. Gunnars Geo-Blog (960 visits)
7. Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs (897 visits)
8. Terra Central (747 visits)
9. Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal (733 visits)
10. Koprolitos (718 visits)

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Monster Families at the Horniman

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [2016-04-22 21:13:00]   recommend this post  (628 visits)

While everyone knows the few 'big name' museums in London (the NHM among them), the city also boasts a surprisingly large number of more low-key institutions, some of which are well worth seeking out for the nuttier natural history enthusiast. One [...]

Announcing the winners of the EGU Photo Contest 2016!

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-22 16:00:23]   recommend this post  (626 visits)

The selection committee received over 200 photos for this year’s EGU Photo Contest, covering fields across the geosciences. Participants at the 2016 General Assembly have been voting for their favourites throughout the week  of the conference and [...]

Weber, Plank Elected to American Academy of Arts and Science

State of the Planet [2016-04-22 16:33:56]   recommend this post  (619 visits)

Elke Weber, who studies how people make decisions and how they think about climate change, and Terry Plank, who probes deep into the Earth’s interior to study magma and how volcanoes erupt, are among the members elected to the American Academy of [...]

Friday fold: Crumpled Dinwoody Formation, Sheep Mountain, Wyoming

Mountain Beltway [2016-04-22 12:17:36]   recommend this post  (602 visits)

Today for your folding pleasure, I give you two field GigaPans shot by Jeffrey Rollins, a two-time Rockies field course alumnus and Old Dominion University student working under my colleague Declan De Paor, assisted by NOVA student Bridget Gomez, [...]

Summer 2016 Curriculum & Grading Assistant Positions

State of the Planet [2016-04-22 17:42:09]   recommend this post  (596 visits)

The Sustainability Management program is seeking candidates for Curriculum and Grading Assistant (CGA) positions for the summer 2016 sessions. Responsibilities include updating information in Canvas, reviewing course material with the instructor, [...]

You Can Thank These Three People for Earth Day

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [2016-04-22 23:51:30]   recommend this post  (591 visits)

I remember very well watching the CBS Evening News (46 years ago today) on the first Earth Day. It was a major story, and I believe Walter Cronkite led the broadcast with it. We know a lot more about our planet now than we did then, and there have [...]

It’s Mud Season on Lake Erie

Terra Central [2016-04-22 15:10:04]   recommend this post  (576 visits)

This (above) is a MODIS satellite image of Lake Erie taken April 15, 2016. It clearly shows sediment entering the lake from major rivers and tributaries. The brownish hues on the land surface indicate “leaf off,” dead or dormant plant [...]

Meet Pepperoni the Robin, and Friends

State of the Planet [2016-04-22 21:01:04]   recommend this post  (549 visits)

Natalie Boelman and colleagues are tagging American robins near Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada, as the birds migrate north to nesting grounds. In a recent blog post for NASA, she put up videos about their work. You can watch some of them below, or go [...]

Among Waves and Whirlwinds: A Mid-Cruise Account

AGU Meetings [2016-04-22 19:12:06]   recommend this post  (515 visits)

On the morning of the 19th, the R/V Falkor entered harbor in the country of Tonga after nearly 12 days at sea. As we stood on the deck watching the dockworkers heave lines to and fro, several scientists breathed a sigh of relief, for we had spent a [...]

Data from the masses: Crowdsourcing and citizen science enhance the scientific process

AGU Meetings [2016-04-22 16:13:35]   recommend this post  (509 visits)

Witness a landslide, feel an earthquake or observe the first buds of spring? Take out your cell phone and report a data