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Thursday, 07 March 2013
Cairns in the News
Seems like cairns are all over the place right now. First, they ... [ continueL'enigmatico Ningyuansaurus: oviraptorosauro o paraviano?
Daily Geology Photos – March 7
A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 64 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos [...]Wildlife on Wheels turns muse for these talented artists from Johnston Middle School
When HMNS’ Wildlife on Wheels hit Johnston Middle School on Feb. 14, it wasn’t for your run-of-the-mill presentation. Our live animal presentations are anything but average, but this one was [...]Florida Sinkholes Also Pose A More Subtle Danger
Eminent domain action by City of Florence against Curis Resources may come back to bite them
Last week the Town Council of Florence, Arizona, voted to invoke eminent domain to seize 1,187 acres of private land (patented mining claims) owned by Curis Resources. Curis also has, as part of the project, [...]Landslides
Arizona's earth fissures give that sinking feeling
The Florida sinkhole has generated lots of interest in similar phenomena in Arizona. Phoenix's Channel 12 interviewed Joe Cook yesterday who runs the AZGS earth fissure program. The AZGS interactive earth [...]Dunkleosteus?
A geologist from Mercyhurst University is impatiently waiting for a fossil Dunkleosteus to weather out of a “surface collecting only” site near Erie,CACHE COUNTY CONSIDERS PUTTING WATER BACK INTO AQUIFER
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hjnews.com Cache County officials are working with the Utah Geological Survey to possibly develop an aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) system that could help with water supply in the future — the first such [...]
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Snow day aftermath
So we ended up getting 13 or 14 inches of snow yesterday. It was wet, and the temperature was right around freezing. As soon as it stopped falling, it started melting. One interesting aspect of this is that [...]Exquisite Cnidarian Fossils From the Early Cambrian
A New Primer on Sea Level
The threat of sea-level rise–actually, its ongoing reality–has been on many more minds since New York and surrounding areas were walloped during Hurricane Sandy by a record-high storm surge, [...]Plane Views: Anchorage to Seattle
After flying from Nome to Anchorage back in September 2012, my husband and I spent a night in a hotel, had dinner with some colleagues, and then very early the next morning headed to the airport for our next [...]Florence to take copper project lands by eminent domain
Using the Yeti Robot in Polar Field Work
“A century after Western explorers first crossed the dangerous landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers [...] have successfully deployed a self-guided robot that uses ground-penetrating radar [...]Living (and Sometimes Dying) with Karst
The earth opened up and swallowed Jeff Bush last week. Normally, I wouldn’t use that phrase: people say it all the time when the earth has done no such thing. But in this case, it fits. A man went to his [...]From Little Treasures Come Big Stories: Travels Through Death Valley National Park
Tardigrade
From today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, the most bizarre, alien-appearing animal on Earth, the tardigrade: Go to APOD to see it much bigger (I have only shown it as a thumbnail for copyright [...]Dinosauri In Carne e Ossa: Edizione di Monza
Reef Seeding?
As coral colonies in many parts of the world are suffering from warm water, pollution and human activity a few conservationists are working to reestablish by “planting” fast-growingLo que el tiempo nos dejó (o la herida del Edmontosaurus)
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [00:00:00]
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Dynamics of the Snowball Earth's Ocean
Sinkhole Season in Florida
State Geologist Jonathan Arthur says that this time of year is “sinkhole season” inDown the Rabbit Hole
“And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” “Beyond Good and Evil“, Aphorism 146 (1886) by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) Since [...]The Diamantinasaurus in the cave: definitely unfamiliar this time
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [22:30:01]
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This post is just an excuse for me to show off Brian Engh’s entry for the All Yesterdays contest (book here, contest–now closed–here). The title is a reference to this post, by virtue of [...]
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Animated Travels in the Scotia Arc - GSA125
Actividades educativas Febrero 2013
Did Astronomers Find the Source of Niven's Galactic Core Explosion?
Commercial Craft on a Round Trip to the International Space Station
A commercial space vehicle delivered one ton of cargo to the International Space Station. It will now deliver back to Earth a cargo of samples, equipment and trash. So far this is the only commercial [...]Hettangian Isle of Skye Corals Give Insight to Post Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction Paleoenvironment
The Hettangian corals of the Isle of Skye (Scotland): An opportunity to better understand the palaeoenvironmental conditions during the aftermath of the Triassic – Jurassic boundary crisis Authors: 1. M. [...]Grandi impatti meteorici innescherebbero le estinzioni di massa? Ipotesi tanto ardita quanto dubbia
Fire Ants!
“Invasive animals are often most abundant in habitats impacted by humans, especially man-made habitats, such as roadsides, suburban and urban developments, and areas of intensive agricultural activity. [...]Former Fulbright Scholar Explores Science of Sustainability
Current MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) student Holly Battelle parlayed her undergraduate study of economics into a Fulbright Fellowship in Bangladesh where she explored the economics of [...]Duane Gish of ICR dies at age 91
Dr. Duane Gish was one of the most prominent young-Earth creationists back in the 1970s and 1980s, especially popular among YECs for his tenacity in debates. According to the Institute for Creation Research [...]El meteorito que mató a los dinosaurios con José Luis Sanz en EsRadio
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Small Explosive Eruptions at Indonesia’s Tangkubanparahu
Volcanic activity is almost constant along the arc of islands that make up Indonesia. If you follow the news, every few weeks there is a report on another Indonesia volcano becoming restless enough that areas [...]Dinomemes
Sericite
Sericite is an obscure mineral, but it's one you see every day almost anywhere in the world—because women's makeup uses its microscopic flakes as an ingredient for a gleaming shine. It's a sure sign of a [...]Disponible el boletín de inscripción de las VI Jornadas Internacionales de Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno.
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