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Friday, 30 January 2015

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Bárðarbunga volcano update for 30-January-2015 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [23:34:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
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Since last update nothing major has changed in Holuhraun. There have been some changes in Bárðarbunga volcano it self and I am going to cover that later in this article. The magma flow from the craters in Holuhraun … Continue reading

Federal Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing Spurned by Senate 

Mineral Law Blog [23:31:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (151 visits) info
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On Wednesday, January 28, the Senate voted against Amendment 48 which would allow the federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to regulate hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) on state and private lands.  The measure was presented by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) as a negotiated amendment to the Keystone XL Pipeline Act.  The amendment would have repealed sections of … Continue

MPA Students Focus on Campus Waste 

State of the Planet [22:46:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info
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During the fall 2014 semester, members of the MPA in Environmental Science class of 2015 conducted campus-wide waste audits to gain a better understanding of student recycling habits. Read an account of the [...]

Mt Polley Report Availability 

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Here is the link to the site where you get the entire report just issued on the Mt Polley failure. https://www.mountpolleyreviewpanel.ca/ I have not read it yet, so refrain from comment.  Other than to remark [...]

Minor earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes Ridge 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [19:30:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (108 visits) info
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Yesterday (29-January-2015) a minor earthquake swarm took place on the Reykjanes Ridge. Total number of earthquakes was something around twenty or close to it. The earthquake swarm on the Reykjanes ridge. [...]

Geoengineering the climate: the way forward? 

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The Role of Geoscientists in Public Policy 

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Wither Goest Google? 

Ontario-geofish [16:05:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info
Hot news on Disqus, my tech discussion forum, is that Google is getting sliced to ribbons in the mobile ad market.  Facebook and its children are cleaning up with the teenyboppers.  Trouble is, that these [...]

The ethics of mining 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (140 visits) info
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This guest blog post is brought to you by Nick Ardnt, Professor at ISTerre and convener of the the Great Debate at last year’s General Assembly, Metals in our backyard: to mine or not to mine. During the [...]

Café Scientifique 

Theropoda [09:49:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
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Non potevo non menzionare la mitica spedizione polacca nel Gobi del 1965! Ieri sera, ho parlato di dinosauri, di paleoarte e del nostro modo di concepire il "dinosauro", in una cornice simpatica ed [...]

Paracyclas rugosa pelecypod from the Panther Mountain formation 

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I broke this fossil while trying to hand trim some of the excess rock from around it but it glued together pretty well. It's a Paracyclas rugosa from the Panther Mountain formation (Devonian, Givetian) at Cole [...]

January 30, 2015 

Geology.com News [07:10:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (141 visits) info
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How Much Water Do You Use ?United States Geological Survey Ancient Earth Made Its Own WaterThe Ohio State University The Quality of the Nation’s GroundwaterUnited States Geological Survey Natural Gas Lines [...]

Dinosaur Combat, Episode 1 - Microraptor VS Sinornithosaurus VS Sinosauropteryx 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [06:44:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info
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So I’m starting a new series since my old series Dinosaur Tournament got abandoned after Dinosir and The Tyrant Lizard Queen became inactive during Season 3, Part 5-7. It’s called Dinosaur Combat. [...]

Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A stromatoporoid from the Silurian of Estonia 

Wooster Geologists [06:30:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (146 visits) info
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Stromatoporoids are extinct sponges that formed thick, laminated skeletons of calcite. They can be very common in Silurian and Devonian carbonate units, sometimes forming extensive reefs. The stromatoporoid [...]

Another Christian leader who believes the Bible does not require a young Earth — Justin Taylor 

The GeoChristian [06:16:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info
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Justin Taylor is senior vice president of Crossway Books, a theologically conservative Christian publishing company. Crossway is best known as the publisher of the English Standard Version (ESV) Bible, along [...]

2014 CostMine Survey of US Metal Mine Executive Compensation 

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At last we arrive at the top to peek at the executive compensation of U.S. mining company top brass.  This is like browsing Architectural Digest — the porn of seeing others living as we never could.  [...]

Possible minor eruption in Bárðarbunga volcano caldera 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [01:24:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (129 visits) info
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It appears that at 21:22 UTC (on 29-January-2015) a possible minor eruption might have taken place somewhere along the Bárðarbunga volcano caldera rim or in it slopes. I don’t have any confirmation [...]

Kanpai! Kuraray toasts to harmony and good fortune with traditional Kagamiwari Ceremony 

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Editor’s Note: This post was provided by Kuraray, local sponsor to the special exhibition Samurai: The Way of the Warrior on display now at HMNS. Kagami-biraki is a traditional Japanese ceremony performed [...]

A reminder — The GeoChristian is now on FaceBook 

The GeoChristian [21:43:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (166 visits) info
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Just a reminder: The GeoChristian is now on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-GeoChristian/224603031042432 Filed under: Age of the Earth, Apologetics, Creation Care, Creation in the Bible, [...]

Study Finds Genetic Clues to How Plants Adapt to Climate 

State of the Planet [21:25:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (179 visits) info
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Using supercomputers to analyze hundreds of thousands of genetic markers in a thousand plant samples, scientists say they have found how a common weed uses its genetic code to adapt to changes in its [...]

Billy World Bootstrapping: The phylogenetic affinities of Diabolus Rex [sic] 

Theropoda [18:52:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (188 visits) info
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DISCLAIMER: Questo post va preso sul serio nella misura in cui affronta argomenti seri. Certe chicche sono troppo sfiziose per non essere gustate. E condivise. I miei informatori dall'universo bimbominkia [...]

Face of the Earth Keynote Lecture: Life of the Earth 

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Birth of a Desert 

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North Africa once was quite green, From ancient lakes, clues we can

Minor earthquake swarm in Helgafell, Reykjanes Peninsula 

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Yesterday (29-January-2015) there was a minor earthquake swarm in small mountain named Helgafell on the Reykjanes peninsula. Largest earthquake in this swarm had the magnitude of 3,2 and was felt in [...]

Guest post: Baltic gold: the amber rush 

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Danuta Ziętala writes: When you visit the Polish coast you have to take a souvenir: a necklace made of amber, a bracelet made of amber, or other jewellery. Prices depend on size, working, the precious items [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff: Almonty Industries veröffentlicht Jahresabschluss zum 30. September 2014 

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Nettoergebnis 10,4 Millionen kanadische Dollar bzw. CAD 0,24 pro Aktie Heidelberg. Almonty Industries hat heute ihren Jahresabschluss zum 30. September 2014 veröffentlicht. Das Nettoergebnis beläuft sich auf [...]

Melanie y Philip (The Wrong Door) 

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"The Wrong Door" fue un programa de humor emitido por el canal británico BBC Three en 2008 que constó de seis capítulos. Cada episodio se componía de diversos sketches en los que casi siempre aparecían [...]

BDSM at Mt Polley 

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  He marched into my office and declared: “I am too old to consult at altitudes of 14,000 ft.” I replied: “Many wonder if you do not have a severe case of BDSM sublimated in peer review at [...]

Video — Can you be good without God? 

The GeoChristian [06:36:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (162 visits) info
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“Can you be good without believing in God?” is a different question than “Can you be good without God?” Clearly, an atheist can do good things and abhor certain evil things. But can an [...]

The Sierra Beyond Yosemite: Wait! Is that...a Glacier? 

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People who visit Yosemite Valley often think about glaciers. Even those with no geologic background quickly become aware of the role of glaciers in forming the valley, but the thoughts are often of the past. [...]

We Must Do A Better Job of Communicating Forecast Uncertainty 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [03:41:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (164 visits) info
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My wife says that most of her friends have no idea about how I make a forecast, and I suspect that some believe I just get it from the NWS, without thinking how even they might do it. Many folks do understand [...]

Looking for somewhere fun to go in Utah this weekend? 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [01:28:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (78 visits) info
Looking for somewhere fun to go in Utah this weekend? You don’t even have to leave home! Check out our GeoSights virtual tour page to find some of Utah’s coolest places! VIEW

The Dawn of Snakes 

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phenomena.nationalgeographic.com Dinosaurs are Mesozoic superstars. The largest literally overshadowed other forms of life during their prehistoric heyday, and even now they attract far more attention than any [...]
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