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Tuesday, 09 February 2016

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Viva la Muppetfish! 2 new species of Rhinconichthys unleashed. 

RMDRC paleo lab [00:23:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (742 visits) info
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 US,JP
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Bob Nicholls's excellent reconstruction of Rhinconichthys purgatoirensisSo, we've been working on a little public/private partnership project for the past 2 1/2 years here at the RMDRC. In 2013 while he was helping advise on our Megacephalosaurus eulerti skull restoration, Dr. Bruce Schumacher, a paleontologist from the US Forest Service, approached me with a fossil specimen he had collected from the Comanche National Grassland in Southeastern Colorado. From what he showed me, I could tell it [...]

Dispatches from the Gulf: Film examines the effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill 

BEYONDbones [00:20:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (638 visits) info
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The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster may no longer be a buzzword in the media, but the effects of history’s largest oil spill on the ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico are still on the minds of marine scientists around the … Continue reading

Ready for Natural Disasters? Not So Much 

State of the Planet [18:34:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (247 visits) info
category→recreation
 US
A new survey of American households finds two-thirds lack adequate plans and supplies for a disaster, and half of them are not confident in the ability of government to meet the needs of children in a

Fossilien entpuppen sich als wahre Fundgrube 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [21:38:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (213 visits) info
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 DE
     Mehr als 70 Jahre lang führten fossile Gliederfüßer aus dem französischen Quercy ein Schattendasein, weil sie äußerlich schlecht erhalten waren. Mit Hilfe der Synchrotronstrahlungsquelle ANKA [...]

Finding a Thesis: Up to the Millsite and Back Again 

Looking for Detachment [18:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (199 visits) info
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 US
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We paused our expedition in the Silver Peak area, after passing through a rusty, out-of-service gate in Eagle Canyon and arriving at a locked gate farther up the northern road to the top of Mineral Ridge. My [...]

Mercury Contamination In California Lakes 

Lake Scientist [21:39:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (180 visits) info
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 US
In the state of California, there are 74 lakes listed as impaired from mercury pollution by the State Water Resources Control Board. These include the important reservoirs of Shasta Lake[...] The post Mercury [...]

Anastrophia grossa brachiopod from the Bois d'Arc formation of Oklahoma 

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (175 visits) info
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 Devonian,Silurian; DE,US
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The genus Anastrophia first becomes widely seen in the Silurian and it extends into the lower Devonian before disappearing from the fossil record. The specimens below are Anastrophia grossa from the Bois d'Arc [...]

Nueva Tesis Doctoral sobre cocodrilos mesozoicos de Aragón, el turno de los continentales: 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [13:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (160 visits) info
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 ES,BE,MX,US
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Parece que los cocodrilos fósiles de Aragón están más de moda que nunca. Tras la lectura de Tesis sobre reptiles y crocodilomorfos marinos por la aragosaurera Jara Parrilla Bel, le toca el turno a los [...]

Shakespearosaurus 

Koprolitos [12:18:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (215 visits) info
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 DK
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"Ser o no ser, ésa es la cuestión" es el conocido comienzo del soliloquio más famoso de "Hamlet", el clásico de William Shakespeare representado en multitud de ocasiones. Generalmente el que le habla a la [...]

Birding in Seattle – Stone, Metal, and Terra Cotta 

New Stories in Stone [22:25:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (207 visits) info
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 US
Seattle is well known for its abundant bald eagle population, with nearly two dozen nests in and around the city. The nests are generally in large green spaces, such as parks and greenbelts, but you can also [...]

Harga minyak mungkin akan semakin tertekan akibat HUTANG ! 

Dogeng Geology [07:07:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (181 visits) info
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Si “tukang belanja” terlilit hutang Ada sebuah ulasan menarik mengenai harga minyak. Yg sekarang menggeret harga minyak kebawah yaotu karena “hutang” ! Sepertinya ancaman munculnya [...]

Anti-scientists 

Real Climate [15:54:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (177 visits) info
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Ross McKitrick was so upset about a paper ‘Learning from mistakes in climate research’ that he has written a letter of complaint and asked for immediate retraction of the pages discussing his work. This is [...]

La bufala delle lattine nel terremoto di Tainan e alcune altre riflessioni su edilizia e terremoti 

scienzeedintorni [12:06:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (175 visits) info
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 IT,LV,PH,CN,TW,US,NZ,KM,FR,BR,TH,NL,CH
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Le immagini delle latte di olio annegate nel cemento in uno degli edifici crollati a Tainan nel terremoto del 5 febbraio e considerate parte delle colonne portanti e quindi causa del crollo sono state [...]
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