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Thursday, 20 February 2020

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Written in the Stars: An Exclusive Interview with HMNS Astronomer James Wooten 

BEYONDbones [23:34:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (106 visits) info
He directs our attention to the skies monthly right here on Beyond Bones and explains the mysteries of the universe every day in the Burke Baker Planetarium to inner-city kids through a program with the Houston Independent School District (HISD), but there is much more to the man behind the stars. I had the pleasure

More Plastic Is On the Way: What It Means for Climate Change 

State of the Planet [20:44:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (175 visits) info
Fossil fuel companies are ramping up production of virgin plastics, with huge potential consequences for climate and the

TUZOIA OF THE BALANG FORMATION 

ARCHEA [16:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (45 visits) info
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A large extinct bivalved arthropod, Tuzoia sinesis (Pan, 1957) from Cambrian deposits of the Balang Formation. The Balang outcrops in beautiful Paiwu, northwestern Hunan Province in southern China. The site is [...]

Stromboli: Aktivitätsindex ist hoch 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [10:37:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (97 visits) info
Die Aktivität am Stromboli ist in den letzten Tagen gestiegen. Es wird eine thermische Anomalie mit einer Leistung von 34 MW festgestellt. Das LGS stuft den Aktivitätsindex bereits seit Sonntag als [...]

Surprised by the shallows – again 

Real Climate [09:35:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (108 visits) info
Guest commentary from Jim Acker (GSFC/Adnet) Research on the ocean carbonate cycle published in 2019 supports results from the 1980s – in contrast to many papers published since then. During my graduate [...]

Echinocorys Echinoderm Fossil 

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This image is of a sea urchin fossil called Echinocorys.  The shell once consisted of calcite but has since been replaced by crystalline silica. This animal lived in the Cretaceous Period. The fossil was [...]

Tungurahua: Droht ein Flankenkollaps? 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [12:03:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (96 visits) info
Am ecuadorianischen Vulkan Tungurahua droht möglicherweise eine Katastrophe: neue Forschungsergebinsse scheinen zu belegen, dass die Westflanke des Vulkans abrutschen könnte. Die Studie wurde von Dr. James [...]

Jurassic Thunder (2019) 

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Estrenada el pasado agosto en el Blissfest333 International Film Festival, esta película producida por High Octane Pictures y escrita y dirigida por Milko Davis y Thomas Martwick promete hacer las delicias [...]

Bristolia insolens Trilobite from the Latham Shale 

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Today I have a rather odd bug to show you. It's a partial cephalon from a Trilobite called Bristolia insolens.  It comes from the Latham shale of the Marble Mountains in California. B. insolens is odd in [...]
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