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Sunday, 23 February 2014
Peakfinder – identify the hills around you
Peakfinder.org is a fascinating website. It’s not new, but I just came across it few days ago by a recommendation of @callanbentley. It appears very simple, very clever and very beautiful. The site allows you to find peaks (mountains and hills) in your surroundings or wherever you want. Basically, it draws a simple line sketch of […]The post Peakfinder – identify the hills around you appeared first onDo you believe in human rights? Then it makes more sense to believe in God than to believe that God does not exist.
Timothy Keller, in his book The Reason for God, demonstrates that while it is fairly straight-forward to make a religious case for human rights, it has proven very difficult to construct a case for human rights from a purely secular foundation. If the cosmos is all there is, all there ever was, and all thereUSGS report about the SAFRR Tsunami Scenario – EQ in Alaska triggers tsunami that hits California
On 27 March, 1964, an earthquake of magnitude 9.2 occurred offshore Alaska (Plafker, 1965) and caused a Pacific-wide tsunami. This quake was the second most powerful that was ever recorded and is also referred [...]A Skull For Rhamphorhynchus, Part Two
My last post on Rhamphorhynchus muensteri‘s skull elicited some dialogue on the dietary preferences one might infer from looking at Rhamphorhynchus‘s skull. This was done regardless of the [...]Danger in Mexico’s Eagle Ford?
Mexico has been working to lure oil companies from the United States into developing Mexico’s part of the Eagle Ford Shale. One problem that they could face there is organized crime and gangLandslide diverts Nooksack River near Deming, Washington
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A landslide about 1 AM February 21 diverted the Nooksack River. The slide occurred at the infamous ‘Clay Banks’ about 1.8 miles upstream of the Baker Highway bridge at Nugents Corner, near Deming. [...]
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Oklahoma earthquakes bounce back to shear
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Galileo at 450 Years Old
Galileo turned 450 years old last week. An article on NationalGeographic.com explores some of his discoveries andGreat Lakes Ice Cover at 85.2 Percent
In mid-February the Great Lakes total ice cover was at 85.2% and moving towards the record of 94.7% set in 1979. The maximum 2012 ice cover wasNooksack River lanslide near Deming: An update
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My friend Dan McShane visited the Nooksack shore immediately across from the Clay Banks landslide toe Saturday and posted a great set of photos on his Washington Landscapes blog, as well as further analysis of [...]
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Dinamika Gunungapi di Cincin Api
Fenomena erupsi gunungapi sudah lama dikenal sejak manusia ada di dunia ini. Namun setiap kali terjadi erupsi selalu saja mengagetkan karena terlihat adanya hal-hal yang baru dari erupsinya. Hal ini bukanlah [...]Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: An interlocking rugose and tabulate coral (Devonian of Michigan)
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Devonian; US
This beautifully polished fossil looks like half of an antique bowling ball. Normally I hate polished fossils because the external details have been erased, but in this case the smooth surface reveals details [...]
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GeoKid shows us Antarctica
My parents seem to be too busy to blog about our trip to Antarctica, so today I’m sharing two videos I made on our adventure. In this video, I’m in Ushuaia, Argentina, waiting to head farther [...]Oklahoma Earthquake Time-Lapse Map
This animated map of Oklahoma Earthquakes between 2004 and present shows an increase in size and frequency starting in lateDied This Day: Sir Charles Lyell
Nov. 14, 1797 - Feb. 22, 1875 From Minnesota State University at Mankato comes this excellent bio on Lyell: Sir Charles Lyell attended Oxford University at age 19. Lyell's father was an active naturalist. [...]Harrington valley and ridge
Harrington Avenue runs up a small valley cut into the Fan by a branch of Peralta Creek. It has a high ridge on its south side and a slightly lower one on the north side. Here’s the Google terrain map: [...]China’s State-Owned Coal Company to Partner in the Marcellus
China Shenhua Energy Company is controlled by the Chinese government and is the second largest coal company in the world. They plan to partner with Energy Corporation of America to drill Marcellus Shale wells [...]The Best Mine Waste Cover is No Cover. Cold Climate Ruminations
It is snowing in Vancouver. Nothing sticking to the roads, but the trees are white and beautiful. Nothing much to do outside or inside for that matter, so just a few thoughts on mine waste [...]No Earthquake Deaths in Alaska Since 1964
The last deadly earthquake in Alaska occurred in 1964. It killed 131 people in Alaska and 16 more by tsunamis in Oregon and California. In the last 50 years there have been no earthquake deaths in Alaska even [...]Big Oil is Investing
The profits of major oil companies were generally down last year, the amount that they spent in an effort to discover more oil was up by about the samePompeii – a Geological Movie-Review : Introducing the Main Character
The new movie “Pompeii” reconstructs one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history with unprecedented “3D” visual effects – but how geological accurate is the movie? [...]DonorsChoose.org Featured on Fast Company
An article on FastCompany.com features the work of DonorsChoose.org in helping teachers obtain outside support from parents, companies and anyone interested in supporting studentHow Stars Explode
“One of the biggest mysteries in astronomy, how stars blow up in supernova explosions, finally is being unraveled with the help of NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array.” Quoted from [...]Can Neil de Grasse Tyson Bring His Own Magic To Sagan’s Cosmos? Oh Yes!
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The first episode of the new COSMOS airs on March 9th (worldwide on Fox, and National Geographic Channel in many countries). Neil de Grasse Tyson (Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York) has been [...]
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Surprise! Core on Deck
Today was a day of renewed activity as we had core back on deck for the first time in while, if not for a very good reason. Fortunately it looks like [...]Top concepts:
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