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Sunday, 06 April 2014

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Wave Clouds, Contrails, and Sahara Dust 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [23:46:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (73 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
What causes this? Very good website about it here: It was a bit chilly with an onshore sea-breeze, but sparkling early spring sunshine in spite of it being 10° C. I got a decent pic of the Ocean City pier that was damaged by a February nor’easter. Also notice the Jet contrails over the Eastern Mediterranean today. This image from the NASA Terra satellite about 600km up. Dust blowing off

Volcano Report for Peru and Chile 

Geology.com News [23:44:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (80 visits) info
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 PE,CL,US
Erik Klemetti posts an update on recent activity at Ubinas Volcano in Peru. In addition, some people have expressed concern about the recent magnitude 8.2 earthquake triggering an eruption at one of several nearby volcanos, Erik comments on these concerns plus, in another post, on the recent earthquake at

Activity at Tungurahua 

Geology.com News [23:32:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (66 visits) info
category→science_technology
 EC
Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador has been active since February, producing explosions and columns of ash. In 2006 six people were killed and a village was destroyed by the

Everything Else Was Once Worms 

Fossils and Other Living Things [22:22:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (50 visits) info
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 Jurassic; FR,US,GB,UM,MX,AU
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I’ve been thinking about worms, a questionable action, for sure.  Why would anyone show an interest in worms?Well, Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) spent the last years of his life studying earthworms and [...]

Edinburgh: Arthur’s Seat, Salisbury Crags and Hutton’s Section 

Magma Cum Laude [20:00:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (71 visits) info
category→recreation
 GB,CA
On the last day of my visit to Scotland, my advisor and her husband (both former UB volcanology folks) took me on a hike to Holyrood Park to visit Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh's

Scenery & Slides along the Big Sur Coast 

In the Company of Plants and Rocks [18:41:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (87 visits) info
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 ZA,US
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Driving on charnockitic tonalite -- massive, very hard, and super scenic ...... especially when the fog clears.A sunny day along the Big Sur coast brings out smiles ...... and gorgeous colors in the [...]

This Week's Geo-Quiz: Geologists 

About Geology [18:16:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (31 visits) info
The "Who Wants to Be a Geo-Whiz" quiz this week should really be called "Who Is a Geo-Whiz?" It's about the important people in geology, past and present. So, remember Momma's advice—in the case of this [...]

Photo Gallery: Ruby Falls Cave 

Geology.com News [14:03:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (84 visits) info

 US
The Weather Channel has a photo gallery that offers 21 views of Ruby Falls Cave in Tennessee. Several of the photos feature Ruby Falls, the largest and deepest waterfall open to the public in the United

Using US Energy as a Political Lever? 

Geology.com News [13:56:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (38 visits) info
category→culture_politics
 RU,UA
“The Ukraine-Russia crisis has Congress and the Obama administration rushing to consider monumental changes to accelerate exports of natural gas that will permanently and negatively affect the energy [...]

Building Codes Saved Lives in Chile 

Geology.com News [13:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (41 visits) info
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 CL
An article on the CNN website explains how building codes saved lives in the recent magnitude 8.2 earthquake in

US Shale Gas Influences Global LNG Price? 

Geology.com News [13:42:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (28 visits) info
category→business
 US,
“New global contracts for liquefied natural gas in Africa and Asia are being driven by shale gas production in Texas and other top U.S. shale plays.” Quoted from the Houston

Stone Spheres of Costa Rica 

Geology.com News [13:31:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (113 visits) info
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 CR,
In the 1930′s a fruit company was clearing farmland on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. During their work hundreds of stone spheres up to two meters in diameter were discovered. They are thought to have [...]

Structural geology of Mount Evan-Thomas 

Mountain Beltway [13:25:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (31 visits) info
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 Carboniferous
Longtime reader and frequent contributor Howard Allen has three images to share with us today. Let’s see what he’s got… Oh my. What is that? West ridge of Mount Evan-Thomas, Opal Range, Peter [...]

The Himalaya: mountains made from mountains 

Metageologist [11:09:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (194 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
Good building stones get reused. Sometimes the only traces of very old buildings are their stones, built into more modern ones. It’s the same with rocks and mountain belts. Stone that now forms parts of [...]

Opera on Lost Loves: La Boheme vs. Gemma Di Vergy 

I think mining [06:58:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (51 visits) info
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Lost loves: those consummated and still loved; those loved but never consummated; those consummated for a fleeting moment that lingers in memories of pleasure; those lost never to return;  until maybe the [...]

15th April - Volcanic Risk Communication 

Geology in the West Country [22:39:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (31 visits) info
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 GB,US,MS
VOLCANIC RISK COMMUNICATIONProfessor Robert N. Thompson15 April 2014 / 6:30pmThe Western Regional Group is pleased to invite you to an evening presentation on Volcanic Risk Communication and associated themes, [...]

Molecular constraints with Conrad (2008) 

Why I hate Theropods [21:11:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (67 visits) info
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In preparation for something else, I was interested to see the effects of constraining for the molecular topology produced by Pyron et al. (2013) in a large squamate morphological data set (Conrad, [...]

OK M4.0 - Primary shear zone shoots back 

Ontario-geofish [19:49:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (55 visits) info
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Like I said before, that other earthquake was off the main zone, and the only thing it could do is load the primary shear wing.  That has just happened with this earthquake, and this then sheds stress to the [...]

Daily Geology Photos – April 6 

Geology News [18:20:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (62 visits) info
A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 79 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos [...]

Unforced varaitions: Apr 2014 

Real Climate [17:02:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (51 visits) info
category→business
More open thread. Unusually, we are keeping the UV Mar 2014 thread open for more Diogenetic conversation and to keep this thread open for more varied

Whale Dives 3km Deep and Stays Down for Over 2 Hours 

Geology.com News [14:03:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (51 visits) info
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BBC has a story about beaked whales that reports on one that dove nearly 3 kilometers deep and remained submerged for over two

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Geology.com News [13:54:58]  recommend  recommend this post  (55 visits) info
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In 2001, a report on the area near the Oso Landslide gave three recommendations for reducing the hazard to people and property. These included moving the river about 500 feet from the base of the risky slope [...]

Indonesia Oil and Gas Report 

Geology.com News [13:50:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (42 visits) info
category→business
 ID
“Formerly a net oil exporter and OPEC member, Indonesia struggles to attract sufficient investment to meet growing domestic energy consumption because of inadequate infrastructure and a complex [...]

The Benefits of Crude Oil Exports? 

Geology.com News [13:37:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (28 visits) info
category→business
 US
An article in the Oil and Gas Journal, based upon a study done for the American Petroleum Institute, counts the potential benefits of crude oil

Gold Pans 

Geology.com News [13:29:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (31 visits) info
category→science_technology
If you are looking for gold, heavy minerals or gemstones in the field, the Geology.com store has a selection of gold pans, classifiers, guzzler bottles and books that can be helpful in your

Bruce Black Hole Fantasy 

Ontario-geofish [13:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (40 visits) info
category→sports
New response to questions Man, they can churn these out, just like Nora Roberts!  I love a good fantasy, you don't have to obsess over butchered physics (Is that only me?). As usual, they are leaving out [...]

Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A brontothere jaw fragment (Miocene of South Dakota) 

Wooster Geologists [07:59:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (716 visits) info
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 Neogene; US
This fossil has been sitting in a glass case outside my office door for nearly three decades. Only this year — in the desire to find more Fossils of the Week — did I bother to open the cabinet and [...]

The sea is very bumpy today! 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [05:10:45]  recommend  recommend this post  (90 visits) info
category→recreation
 Yesterday the sea was totally calm, like that described in the Tale of the Ancient Mariner. There were no white horses on the tips of waves, [...]
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