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Monday, 21 January 2019

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Are Zombies Real? Our Education Team Investigates! 

BEYONDbones [23:41:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (542 visits) info
Monsters have played a pivotal role in all cultures since the beginning of human existence. They are a convenient device used to explain all manner of evil and bad luck, from disease to death and beyond. Monsters play a unifying role amongst people, encouraging group solidarity, in an effort to protect against the ‘other’ or

Gods of Global Warming - Michael Bevis 

Ontario-geofish [22:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (304 visits) info
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Reference He is a fine gps guy.  He measures gravity and uplift.  He has worked on faults and plate tectonics.  Now he's into doom and gloom. However, doom and gloom is not his remit.  I expect the PR department wrote all this to plug the University.  That's why we are in all this non-physics trouble.  PR people have taken over everything.  Anyway, students should go to

On Pryal’s quarry 

Oakland Geology [20:09:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (108 visits) info
As I find the time (or as the subject hijacks me, in this case), I sniff around for details of Oakland’s rock quarries. There are a good two dozen of them. One I’ve always been curious about first appears [...]

Decluttering 

Real Climate [16:57:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (178 visits) info
Given some unexpected down time this month (and maybe next month too!), I’ve been trying to go through key old posts on this site. The basic idea is to update links to other sites, references and figures [...]

‘Silencing Science Tracker’ Tallies 287 Government Attacks on Science in Past Two Years 

State of the Planet [14:33:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info
As Trump enters his third year as president, the “war on science” isn’t

Lo status di Eubrontes e Gigandipus 

Theropoda [13:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (128 visits) info
Tradizionalmente, le orme di tipo Eubrontes sono state riferite a theropodi di taglia media di grado coelophysoide (come Dilophosaurus). Fonte. I livelli ad orme di dinosauro del Giurassico Inferiore della [...]

Los quirópteros del Cuaternario de Aragón y el norte de la península ibérica 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [11:37:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info
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La aragosaurera Julia Galán García defiende el próximo viernes 25 de enero a las 11 horas su tesis doctoral titulada: “Estudio de los quirópteros (Chiroptera, Mammalia) del Cuaternario de Aragón y el [...]

The Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse from under a Rainstorm 

Geotripper [08:07:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (155 visits) info
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By all rights none of these pictures should exist. It was one of the astronomical events of the year, the...um..."Super-duper Blood Red Wolf Full Moon and Eclipse Extravaganza", or something like [...]

30 Ways to Use Your GIS in the Oil and Gas Industry 

Grindgis [05:33:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (262 visits) info
A geographic information system, or GIS, provides a central database storing every piece of data your landmen, equipment, and operations generate and turn it into actionable information.    Here are 30 ways [...]

Investigating soil erosion 

Earth Learning Idea [17:42:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (505 visits) info
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'Why does soil get washed away? Investigating why some farmers lose their soil through erosion whilst others do not'. Soil erosion is a normal part of the natural rock cycle, but it can become a major [...]

(Somewhat late) roundup of 2018 

Dave Hone’s Archosaur Musings [16:04:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (257 visits) info
Lots of people are doing little end of the year reviews and with my general decrease in blogging in recent months this seemed a good motivation for me to do something similar if a bit later than everyone else. [...]

Profesor in homin environments research at the University of Helsinki 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [13:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info
The Faculty of Science at the University of Helsinki invites applications for aPROFESSOR OR ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN HOMININ ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCHThe appointed professor is expected to develop a [...]

new international call to reinforce research and scientific career in the Basque Country 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [11:45:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (251 visits) info
Ikerbasque,  the Basque Foundation for Science, would like to inform you that we have launched a new international call to reinforce research and scientific career in the Basque Country. We offer:20 [...]

Dinosaurios valencianos de posguerra (III) 

Koprolitos [10:07:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info
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Federico Amorós había hecho un paréntesis en Roberto Alcázar para marchar a Grafidea, donde creó seríes como Chispita (1951, dibujos de Ambrós), que abre este post en alegre charla con una de esas [...]

Impacts increased at the end of the Palaeozoic 

earth-pages - Research News from the Earth Sciences [06:36:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (383 visits) info
Because it is so geologically active the Earth progressively erases signs of asteroid and comet impacts, by erosion, burial or even subduction in the case of the oceanic record. As a result, the number of [...]

Fenestrate Bryozoan Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [04:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (177 visits) info
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Images of fenestrate bryozoan fossils found in Knobstone Formation of Clark County, Indiana USA. The fossil dates to the Mississippian Period. Thanks to Kenny for the
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