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Wednesday, 24 May 2017

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5 Of The Most Magical Objects At The Museum 

BEYONDbones [23:33:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (104 visits) info
Listicles are always fun to read, and they’re fun to make too! In keeping with our “5 of the most…” series I’ve decided to write up a list of the most magical objects in our collection. But there’s a problem…. Magic is kind of a vague term. I mean, are talking about turning a pumpkin

Visita del CEIP Carlos III de Aranjuez 

Investigación GeoPaleoBiológica en Somosaguas [21:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (27 visits) info
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El día de hoy se ha presentado muy caluroso. Por la mañana nos han visitado alumnos de 4º de primaria del CEIP Carlos III de Aranjuez. Los pequeños han disfrutado de una visita a los yacimientos y han [...]

In Jharkhand, Using an Old Technique for Sustainable Water 

State of the Planet [16:13:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (34 visits) info
The Indian state of Jharkhand has plentiful rainfall, but most of that water runs off before it can be put to use by farmers, who struggle to make a living. To help improve irrigation and crop productivity, [...]

Climate Change Litigation Growing Rapidly, Says Global Study 

State of the Planet [15:39:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (31 visits) info
A new global study has found that the number of lawsuits involving climate change has tripled since 2014, with the United States leading the

Barbecue, Baseball, and Bluegrass 

Wooster Geologists [14:00:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (31 visits) info
Chapel Hill, NC – Whenever we visit a field site or external lab for research, we see it as an opportunity to explore the local culture, in true liberal arts fashion. Our recent visit to UNC Chapel Hill’s [...]

The Bodacious Period 

Koprolitos [10:28:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (102 visits) info
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La palabra "bodacious" se puso de moda durante los 80 y los 90 en Estados Unidos y procedía de la combinación entre "bold" y "audacious", que en ambos casos significa "atrevido" o "audaz". Algo "bodacious" [...]

Listen to Matt spout nonsense on Fist Full of Podcasts 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [09:25:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (230 visits) info
Hey sports fans! I met David Lindblad at Beer ‘N Bones at the Arizona Museum of Natural History last month, and he invited me to talk dinosaurs on his podcast. So I did (LINK). For two hours. Some of what I [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff AG: Creditreform vergibt neue Ratingnote BB 

Rohstoff Blog [08:36:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (34 visits) info
Stabiler Ausblick Mannheim. Die Creditreform Rating AG hat der Deutsche Rohstoff AG mitgeteilt, dass sie im Zuge der Überprüfung des

Science on the Vessel - Video by Shuhao Xie 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [07:33:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (621 visits) info
Our education officer Shuhao Xie made another great short film called Science on the Vessel. It gives a quick glimpse in to the uniqueness and history of [...]

Deleting Science That is Politically Inconvenient Will Backfire 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [00:41:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (90 visits) info
A major paper on the impact of sea-level rise is out today. FYI: The first line of this USGS release about the paper is missing the first line: “Global climate change drives sea-level rise, increasing the [...]

Toronto Housing -- The Listing Panic is Here 

Ontario-geofish [20:47:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (33 visits) info
Reference I saw this happening in the middle of November, when the bottom fell out of the extremely frothy Unionville market.  Then we went through our 6 months of a listing strike.  Now we come to the fact [...]

LA lawns lose 70 billion gallons of water a year 

Geospace [16:00:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (291 visits) info
In summer 2010, Los Angeles was losing about 100 gallons of water per person per day to the atmosphere through the evaporation and plant uptake of lawns and trees, new research finds. Lawns accounted for 70 [...]

Primeras vértebras caudales de saurópodos no-neosaurópodos en el Jurásico Superior de la cuenca lusitánica 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [14:39:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info
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Aunque llevamos un poco de retraso con las reseñas de las publicaciones, no podíamos dejar pasar el trabajo publicado en la revista internacional GeoBios. Este estudio se centra en algunas vértebras [...]

A young person’s journey through the largest geoscience conference in Europe 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info
Today we welcome, potentially one of the youngest participants of this year’s General Assembly, Pimnutcha Promduangsri: a 17-year-old science baccalaureate student at Auguste Renoir high school in [...]

A Flight Around the World's Highest Mountains: Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa 

Geotripper [10:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info
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Mountains that make their own weather can be frustrating because...they make their own weather. High mountains in the path of consistent winds force air masses upwards, causing the water vapor within [...]

Rincón de la Vieja: phreatische Eruption 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [09:15:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (97 visits) info
Es kommt nicht oft vor, dass der Rincón de la Vieja  in Costa Rica hier in den News auftaucht: Gestern Morgen eruptierte der Vulkan phreatisch. Aus der nördlichen Flanke schoss eine Eruptionswolke aus [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff AG: Creditreform vergibt neue Ratingnote BB 

Rohstoff Blog [08:36:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (43 visits) info
Stabiler Ausblick Mannheim. Die Creditreform Rating AG hat der Deutsche Rohstoff AG mitgeteilt, dass sie im Zuge der Überprüfung des

When and how did plate tectonics begin on earth? | EARTH Magazine 

Central Arizona Geology Club [01:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (87 visits) info
When and how did plate tectonics begin on earth? | EARTH Magazine: 'via Blog this'

My Favorite Part About Camp! 

BEYONDbones [00:00:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (86 visits) info
Some of the Education staff started their careers at HMNS as campers in Xplorations Summer Camps; some of us started as part-time camp teachers in the summer; others started as Summer camp interns. A few of us [...]
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