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Monday, 06 December 2021

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Fixing the dryer

Ontario-geofish [22:19:00]

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One of the great carbon-wasters in our house is the dryer. We can have a very efficient washer, but the dryer has been the same since the 60's. The physics is just throwing in heated air, taking moisture from the clothes and ejecting it. And they are made exactly the same. There are lots of sensors now, and a fancy computer, but the steel is the same. That's a big drum, mounted on

Fossilien Helgolands: Teil 1 u. 2 - #ebook

kreidefossilien.de [19:51:00]

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Hans H. Stühmer, Christian Spaeth & Friedrich Schmid. Fossilien Helgolands. Teil 1: Trias und Unter-Kreide (1982) — Teil 2: Oberkreide (1986) – (Niederelbe-Verlag) Otterndorf/Helgoland: 1–184;

Drunk on Geomorphology - Dead Horse Amber Ale

Drunk on Geology [19:44:00]

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The next Drunk on Geology is for Dead Horse Amber Ale from the Moab Brewery in Moab, Utah. The first thing that sticks out about the beer is easily the name "Dead Horse", and although it is a grisly [...]

Will travel come back?

Ontario-geofish [14:30:00]

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Travel wasn't in the greatest shape before covid. I went to Ethiopia and right after, there was civil war. The Seychelles was grossly over-populated with no beaches and dead coral. Every place was in a [...]

Batteries will always be hopeless for cars

Ontario-geofish [13:32:00]

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ReferenceI've been mentioning this for a long time. I have hybrids which use the old nickel-metal hydride, and I love them. A hybrid charges the battery slowly, while driving. It has good physics, and [...]

Tar Pit Painting

Koprolitos [12:00:00]

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Este diseño de camiseta de Patrick Spens pone en tela de juicio las afirmaciones que defienden que no hay evidencias fósiles que apoyen la posibilidad de que los dinosaurios tuvieran la capacidad mental [...]

GOOSE / NAXAK

ARCHEA [10:00:00]

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What's good for the goose is good for the gander. A goose is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. They can fly 40 mph and you'll notice that in the sky they choose the highly [...]

Blair Quarries (not the same as Blair’s Quarry)

Oakland Geology [17:01:12]

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Walter Blair, the first resident of Piedmont, left his name in several places. The quarry he started in the 1850s, now near the foot of Blair Avenue, is now Dracena Park. Everyone called it Blair’s quarry. [...]

An Environmental Agenda for NYC’s New Mayor

State of the Planet [14:20:41]

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Our new mayor should let our environmental actions do the talking for the next eight years. It would be a refreshing

Volcanic eruptions - which classroom eruption is best?

Earth Learning Idea [12:46:00]

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Following the eruption of Mt Semeru on Java in Indonesia, the ELI today is 'Best classroom eruption? Which type of classroom eruption best shows how volcanoes erupt? This Earthlearningidea evaluates [...]

Borogovia Reloaded

Theropoda [11:11:00]

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Un Borogovia dà ad un giovane Tarbosaurus una lezione che non dimenticherà facilmente. Opera di Edyta Felcyn-Kowalska, basata su ardite speculazioni del vostro blogger* (credit: E. Felcyn-Kowalska, D. [...]

Hexagonaria Coral with Hederella Bryozoan Fossils

Louisville Area Fossils [05:59:00]

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These pictures of a Hexagonaria anna (Whitfield, 1973) coral fossil. It was found in the Bell Shale of the Traverse Group of Alpena, Michigan, USA. The coral lived in the Devonian Period. On the bottom of [...]