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Sunday, 15 July 2018

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Weekend in Muskoka

Ontario-geofish [21:14:00]

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We have relatives up there, and did the whole shebang. The one rainy day, we went on the boat tour. This is the sister ship to the steamer. Nice tour, but all you see are the ridiculously over-built permanent homes there. No more quaint cottages. They are fighting people wanting to build huge condo towers, and the cell towers are disguised as trees. The deer flies were

Uptick in Global Temperatures

Ontario-geofish [21:09:00]

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Yeah for a warm summer! Boo to me for warmer temps when I thought things were going straight down. The June global temps went back a month. But the general pattern is neat. This is all 'continental heat', which is just the land warming up, with no ocean involvement. The end of the Gulf Stream means that the UK is not getting any moist air, which makes for a clammy trumpy

EL NEGRO Y EL MILAGRO

episcophagus [18:47:00]

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Lo que sigue es una transcripción de un recuerdo: hace unos años, a la muerte de Eduardo Galeano, mi amiga D me invitó a una sesión de cuentacuentos en su honor. Ella narró un breve relato y luego se [...]

Earthquake swarm deep on the Reykjanes ridge

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [15:19:02]

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Yesterday (14-July-2018) and during the night (15-July-2018) an earthquake swarm took place deep on the Reykjanes ridge. This appears to be been a minor earthquake swarm and largest earthquake only had a [...]

Panjshir province, Afghanistan: using Planet Labs imagery to interpret the deadly debris flow

The Landslide Blog [11:42:37]

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On 12th July 2018 a massive debris flow struck the village of Pashgor in Panjshir province, Afghanistan, killing at least ten people. Planet Labs imagery shows that this was triggered by the collapse of an [...]

My 24th Pair of Reviews

ART Evolved: Life's Time Capsule [08:15:00]

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As an Art Evolved member, I post a pair of my reviews here every so often, the 1st being positive & the 2nd being negative. I'd greatly appreciate you reading & voting "Helpful" for said reviews in the [...]

Chickie’s Rock, Pennsylvania

Mountain Beltway [16:13:08]

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A virtual field trip to the deformed quartzites and metaconglomerates of Chickie's Rock and Sam Lewis State Park in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The post Chickie’s Rock, Pennsylvania appeared first on [...]

Book Review: The Political Value of Time, by Elizabeth Cohen

Lounge of the Lab Lemming [13:50:00]

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Why are soils different in different states?

SOILS MATTER, GET THE SCOOP! [08:17:55]

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As the summer–and summer vacation season–is in full gear, I wonder if you’ve ever wondered about why soils look and feel different in different places. If not, read on and

Forelimb homology display at the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [04:38:02]

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Lots of museums have some version of this, but this is the nicest one I’ve seen myself. Just back from the field. Will post photos soon. Putting this up to meet the weekly posting requirement.