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 The amendment would have repealed sections of … Continue
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 [...]
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 [...]
Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [19:30:04]
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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. [...]
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 [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:44]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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Wooster Geologists [06:30:06]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [01:24:35]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [15:06:54]
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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 [...]
Through the Sandglass [11:22:08]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
"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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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. [...]
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [03:41:08]
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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? You don’t even have to leave home! Check out our GeoSights virtual tour page to find some of Utah’s coolest places! VIEW
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 [...]