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Thursday, 16 January 2020

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Asbestzement im Boden – ein ernstzunehmendes Problem?

Mente et Malleo [21:41:44]

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Asbestzement war das mit Abstand häufigste Asbestprodukt. Und es wurde sehr vielfältig eingesetzt, auch nach seiner eigentlichen Verwendung. Denn mancherorts wurden die Reste ehemaliger Dächer und Fassadenplatten zur Wegbefestigung verwendet. Das war ja billig, für … Der Beitrag Asbestzement im Boden – ein ernstzunehmendes Problem? erschien zuerst auf Mente et Malleo.

Otro rompecabezas de dinosaurios resuelto por paleontólogos

WeBlog Aragosaurus [18:59:00]

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Una nueva investigación, publicada recientemente en la revista Papers in Palaeontology, arrojó una respuesta concluyente, aunque sorprendente, sobre un extraño tipo de cáscaras de huevos fósiles mediante el uso de una técnica de investigación innovadora.  La investigación fue realizada por un equipo internacional dirigido por Seung Choi de la Universidad Nacional de Seúl (Corea del Sur) e incluyó a Yuong-Nam Lee (Universidad Nacional de Seúl, Corea del Sur), junto con [...]

It’s not just about climate change, it’s about our health – and the energy sector is key

State of the Planet [17:42:40]

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Quickly transitioning our energy supplies to clean, low-carbon energy sources is a tremendous opportunity to improve our

EXPLORING THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA

ARCHEA [16:54:00]

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One of the most beautiful in the Pacific Northwest is the Olympic Peninsula from Port Angeles to Neah Bay. This stretch of coastline is home to the Clallam Formation, a thick, mainly marine sequence of [...]

Professor Flint - I Wanna Be a Palaeontologist

Koprolitos [13:46:00]

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Professor Flint es un divulgador científico australiano con raíces escocesas (de ahí la boina a cuadros que porta) que utiliza la música para enseñar la vida prehistórica a lo más pequeños. Suele [...]

One more data point

Real Climate [01:00:57]

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The climate summaries for 2019 are all now out. None of this will be a surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention, but the results are stark. 2019 was the second warmest year (in analyses from GISTEMP, [...]

What’s In A Birthstone?: Garnet

BEYONDbones [17:19:19]

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Editor’s Note: Concierge Kathleen Edinburgh gives us some insight on birthstones. The history of birthstones is ancient, varied, and, as all such things from ancient days, has changed much over the course of [...]

The Politics of Cold

Ontario-geofish [13:54:00]

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I just liked that title, this is more about cold, cold, cold. We are now entering our cold phase. December had tremendous tropical plume activity. They started from the 'cradle of heat', crossed North [...]

What Can You Say in 3 Minutes About One of the World's Special Places? Del Puerto Canyon and the Proposed Dam

Geotripper [07:09:00]

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I was one of a large number of speakers at a forum this evening on the future of a proposed dam at the mouth of Del Puerto Canyon near Patterson, California. I counted roughly 200 people in attendance, and of [...]