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Saturday, 01 August 2020

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Why is testing for soil microbes important? 

SOILS MATTER, GET THE SCOOP! [07:31:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (258 visits) info
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 Soil microbes like bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes are important for many reasons. They help move nutrients to and from the soil. They help with plant growth. They even help make substances that hold soil particles in aggregates, which helps the stability of soil. These microbes are small but exist in large numbers in soil. Soil … Continue reading Why is testing for soil microbes important?

Coming up: Excelsior Trail geology guide 

Northwest Geology Field Trips [20:06:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (211 visits) info
In the next couple of days I plan to post a geology guide to the Excelsior Pass Trail. The trailhead is near Nooksack Falls; the trail climbs out of the North Fork Nooksack valley to Excelsior Pass. The trail ascends through the Jurassic Wells Creek Volcanic Member of the Nooksack Formation; I wrote of them

Sea level is down - August 1, 2020 

Ontario-geofish [18:17:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (197 visits) info
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This fine chart has always followed the world temps.  Temps go up and water expands.  La la.It has showed our little warm spell, and now is plunging.  This month, the sea level has gone down, so I expect [...]

Disparità dimensionale 

Theropoda [18:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (181 visits) info
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Uno dei motivi del grande successo di Dromaeosauridae è sicuramente la disparità dimensionale esistente tra le specie di questo gruppo, che permetteva loro di sfruttare una ampia gamma di ambienti e nicchie [...]

Come riconoscere una pagina web scientifica attendibile? 

Theropoda [10:34:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (125 visits) info
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La rete è una enorme fonte di informazione scientifica. Tuttavia, l'informazione online non è tutta uguale. Il proliferare delle informazioni contraffatte (fake news) e della pseudo-scienza (che si atteggia, [...]

Forced Responses: Aug 2020 

Real Climate [13:48:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (68 visits) info
This is the bimonthly thread on climate solutions. Climate Science discussions should go

Can rock weathering halt global warming? 

earth-pages - Research News from the Earth Sciences [17:27:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (56 visits) info
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Geology of the National Parks Through Pictures - Natural Bridges National Monument 

The Geology P.A.G.E. [19:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (42 visits) info
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My next post about the Geology of the National Parks Through Pictures continues the Spring Break trip of 2020 where we visited the Needles District of Canyonlands. On the same trip we hit up one of our last [...]

ANCIENT ARTHROPOD FROM PAIWU 

ARCHEA [15:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (185 visits) info
This large, showy bivalved arthropod is a Tuzoia sinesis (Pan, 1957) from Cambrian deposits of the Balang Formation. The Balang outcrops in beautiful Paiwu, northwestern Hunan Province in southern China. The [...]

Maple Seed Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [05:54:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
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This image shows a Maple seed fossil found in the Florissant Formation of Teller County, Colorado, USA. The field of view (FOV) is 10 mm. It dates to the Eocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period. Thanks to Kenny [...]

Unforced Variations: Aug 2020 

Real Climate [13:45:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info
This month’s open thread for climate science issues. People might want to keep an eye on the Arctic sea

Submarine landslides and formation of the East African Rift System 

earth-pages - Research News from the Earth Sciences [17:29:27]  recommend  recommend this post  (63 visits) info
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Alchemy of Uncertainty and This Time with Tea: Tea in the Dark #8 and #9 

Friends of the Pleistocene [15:57:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (53 visits) info
Uncertainty. Tea leaves. Texture. Water. Sound. Temperature. Time. Scent. Color. Flavor. Transformation.  Elements and sensations co-mingle. The constant remakings of our bodies, planet, the universe. We [...]

Ankylorhiza tiedemani, a giant dolphin from the Oligocene of South Carolina, part 1: bringing clarity to 170 years of confusion 

The Coastal Paleontologist [21:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (28 visits) info
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Part 1 of a 2 part series on our new study describing the most complete skeleton of an early echolocating whale, Ankylorhiza tiedemani. This first post covers the background and introduction to the taxonomy [...]
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