Volcano Science And News Blog [16:36:00]
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(235 visits) category→recreation Quaternary; CL,CO,EC,KM,ER,,US
On the Columbia-Argentina border, a volcano that has not had an eruption for over quite some time. There is a report of activity in 1936, however this is now assumed to have been from nearby Reventador volcano. The volcano itself does not appear to have been active during the Holocene, so it would be another in a line of eruptions of volcanoes with no historical eruptions.Fumeroles, and hot springs are found on the volcano.The Smithsonian GVP reports the following:Cerro Negro de Mayasquer | [...]
One of the best current blogs on the topics of geology, young-Earth creationism, and Christianity is Age of Rocks, written by Jonathan Baker. Today he published his 100th post, and commemorated that [...]
Louisville Area Fossils [02:30:00]
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This picture shows a Mytilus edulis (Gray, 1847) marine bivalve mollusc at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this exist in today's oceans. It is also known as [...]
In 1866, the Peabody Museum of Natural History was founded with a gift from George Peabody. The same year his nephew, O.C. Marsh (Oct. 29, 1831 - Mar. 18, 1899), was also named its Professor of Paleontology, [...]
On the second anniversary of Superstorm Sandy making landfall, we are running an extract from a new book by Adam Sobel “Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past [...]
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH) is seeking a dynamic, creative and energetic individual who is passionate about the Museum and its mission; exhibits strong project management and organizational [...]
VIDEO: Lava Flow in Hawaii Threatens Town Yahoo! News VIDEOS: Homes Evacuated Ahead of LavaBBC National Scenic Trails on USGS Topo MapsUnited States Geological Survey Kuwait Oil and Gas ReportEnergy [...]
Our colleague Tim Dawson from the California Geological Survey (CGS) pointed me to this website, where reports and data on the Napa Earthquake of 24 August, 2014, are collected. There is a new document [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [12:00:48]
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The EGU is committed to promoting the participation of both young scientists and established researchers from low and middle income countries who wish to present their work at the EGU General Assembly. In [...]
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [21:25:51]
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The NWS Doppler radar at Wakefield,Va detected the debris from the Antares explosion Tuesday evening. Not only that, but it was able to show that this was not rain but debris in the air. Being a dual [...]
Just a quick post today, to refute an incorrect idea about open access that has unfortunately been propagated from time to time. That is the idea that if (say) PLOS were acquired by a barrier-based publisher [...]
In Mount Mannen in western Norway, an apparently imminent large rockslide is attracting great media interest, including a live
Alongside my trip to London Zoo at the start of summer, I also took a day at the London Aquarium on the South Bank. The last time I had been was not too long after it opened, probably around 1996 and I [...]
Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [23:04:00]
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In terms of saurian-related output, the BBC is best known these days for Walking With Dinosaurs, the super-expensive CG-laden Brannagh-narrated behemoth, sire of numerous tie-in books (and a movie that we [...]
According to the World Water Management Institute, over one-third of the human population is affected by water scarcity. Advances in physical understanding, its applications, and the study of our environment [...]
An Atom\'s-Eye View of the Planet [13:07:05]
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How is it that Earth developed an atmosphere that made the development of life possible? A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience links the origins of Earth’s nitrogen-rich atmosphere to the same [...]
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [09:52:00]
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La heterocronía, o lo que es lo mismo, los cambios evolutivos que implican una variación temporal de la tasa de cambio que se produce en un carácter de un organismo respecto a su antecesor, es uno de los [...]
I saw this large, chunky stylolite this summer somewhere along the trail from Takkakaw Falls to the Walcott Quarry of the Burgess Shale (in Yoho National Park, British Columbia). I like the way weathering has [...]
Another big fail for me. I have my nice cheap Chinese dash camera, and I wanted to whip up a home camera, using spare parts, sort of a Frankenstein for Halloween. I started with Linux, a webcam, and [...]
Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [12:05:00]
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(113 visits) category→science_technology BR
Hoje, 29 de Outubro de 2014, é criado o primeiro passo de um museu virtual, o PaleoMuseu, pelos nossos estudantes de Mestrado de Paleontologia FCT-UNL+UÉ, Pedro Fialho e Joana Damas. O financiamento do museu [...]
Today I received the followings announcement by email. I cannot find the original on the website of the BC Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). Maybe they have not gotten down to posting it yet. The [...]
Science often answers questions that I never would have thought to ask. For example, what happens to a
Watershed Hydrogeology Blog [03:44:35]
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Can you see the Clean Water Act in there? And how much newer the phrase “green infrastructure” is? “Growing up” as a geomorphologist, I learned about stream restoration much more [...]
Our colleague Tim Dawson from the California Geological Survey (CGS) pointed me to this website, where reports and data on the Napa Earthquake of 24 August, 2014, are collected. There is a new document [...]
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [14:08:34]
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Der Bundesverband Boden e. V. (BVB) ruft zur Teilnahme auf:
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [01:08:39]
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Here is how the explosion looked as WBOC covered the Antares launch and explosion live. This was likely one of the largest rocket explosions ever at Wallops. The reason is that it happened with a fully fueled [...]
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [09:04:55]
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Der Dipl.-Geogr. Alexander Stahr führt darunter sein: Blogmagazin für Boden