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Wednesday, 25 June 2014

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We're Back Baby! 

Daily Fossil [23:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (69 visits) info
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 Ordovician; CA,US
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After almost a year, the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre Blog is back! There has been lots happening at the CFDC, with lots of new exhibits, faces and activities to look forward to!May and June have been busy months for our field technicians, with running school tours almost every day! For the returning staff, it was great to get back into the routine at the museum. For the staff that was new to the CFDC this summer, it was a challenge to learn all about the exhibits in the museum, and it has [...]

Rügen – Jasmund und die Kreideküste 

Mente et Malleo [23:26:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (61 visits) info
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Wenn man an Rügen denkt.dann meist auch an die Kreideküste. Immerhin sind die Kreideklippen von Jasmund mit den (ehemaligen) Wissower Klinken und dem Königsstuhl oder die Halbinsel Wittow mit den Klippen bei Kap Arkona so etwas wie die Wahrzeichen der Insel und Anziehungspunkt für viele Touristen. Die landschaftliche Schönheit der Steilküste zog schon früh Künstler an, so zum Beispiel Caspar-David Friedrich, der sie um 1818 in seinem berühmten Bild verewigte. Meist wird fälschlicher [...]

Next stop: BRAZIL! Jet-setting at home with World Trekkers this Friday 

BEYONDbones [23:02:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (81 visits) info
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 BR,PT,MX
Think Brazil is all Carnival and beaches? Think again. Here are three things you probably didn’t know about Brazil: MERCHANTS NAMED IT, NOT COLONIAL POWERS When Portugal started to colonize Brazil, they [...]

Last day of work at the Natural History Museum, and some special visitors 

Wooster Geologists [22:14:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (57 visits) info
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 Ordovician; GB,US
LONDON, ENGLAND — I know it is an acquired taste, and way too esoteric, but I think the above scanning electron micrograph is beautiful. This is an undescribed species of the cyclostome bryozoan [...]

An Overview of President Obama’s Climate Proposal 

State of the Planet [20:20:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (69 visits) info
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On June 2nd, 2014, President Obama announced the most significant climate plan in history. The plan, if enacted as stands, seeks to cut carbon emissions on a state-by-state basis, while giving the states [...]

Free Background Photos From National Geographic 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [18:37:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (27 visits) info
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 IN
Nat Geo has a series of really fantastic photo galleries - with free pictures. Here is one that covers the cretaceous Period … and they provide free Wallpaper images for your computer: [...]

Star Wars Geology 

History of Geology [17:44:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (60 visits) info
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 US
“There are no good wars, with the following exceptions: the American Revolution, World War II, and the Star Wars Trilogy.” Bart Simpson in “Bart the General” (1990) Geology played a [...]

Pemaquid Point, Maine 

Mountain Beltway [16:12:33]  recommend  recommend this post  (73 visits) info
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 Cambrian; US
Pemaquid Point, Maine, is a local park near an old lighthouse. I went there yesterday with my family. We’re on vacation in coastal Maine for a week. At Pemaquid Point, the action of waves have cleaned [...]

The Vredefort Gabbronorite ? 

Geology.com News [15:19:56]  recommend  recommend this post  (92 visits) info
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 ZA
“It is definitely a rock that crystallized from the mini-sea of magma, which was created by the impact crater.” “One of the reasons Moser said other geologists kept missing the point is “it [...]

Curiosity Rover at One Martian Year 

Geology.com News [14:58:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (57 visits) info
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover completed its first Martian Year (687 Earth days) on June 24. An article on NASA.gov lists some of the rover’s first year

Tonight - SouthWest and its Role in Offshore Energy 

Geology in the West Country [14:48:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (37 visits) info
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Eruption on Reunion Island 

Geology.com News [14:42:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (41 visits) info
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 RE,MG,
Piton de la Fournaise, a volcano on Reunion Island, in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar is erupting. It is a shield volcano over the Reunion hotspot that sometimes produces alkaline lavas with a [...]

Earth’s Most Abundant Mineral 

Geology.com News [14:19:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (78 visits) info
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If you think the answer is “quartz” or another that you identified in Physical Geology class you are wrong. It’s Bridgmanite, a mineral that makes up much of the lower

Titan’s Building Blocks Might Pre-date Saturn 

Geology.com News [14:04:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (38 visits) info
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Nitrogen in the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan originated in conditions similar to the [...] Oort cloud. The finding rules out the possibility that Titan’s building blocks formed within the warm [...]

Kostenlose Printausgaben von Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart 

Projektblog - Geozon Science Media [14:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (13 visits) info
Seit 2010 steht der gesamte Artikelbestand des ehemaligen Jahrbuches "Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart" und der heutigen Zeitschrift "E&G Quaternary Science Journal" zum kostenlosen Download in [...]

B.C. Bound Part II: Here’s to Not Getting Eaten by Bears 

Wooster Geologists [13:44:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (23 visits) info

 US
Guest Bloggers: Julia Franceschi and Mary Reinthal A little over a week ago at Spoon market in downtown Wooster, we met our research collaborators from Dickinson College. Although it was the first time we met [...]

Qiyia jurassica, una mosca chupadora de sangre del Jurásico de China 

DinoAstur. Blog sobre La Costa de los Dinosaurios [13:26:53]  recommend  1 recommendations  (52 visits) info
category→science_technology
 CN
Nos enteramos por la prensa (ABC) de la publicación en la revista inglesa eLife de un artículo en el que se describe un nuevo insecto del Jurásico de Daohugou (China). Fotografía de dos de los ejemplares [...]

"Recursos Patrimoniales en Rivas-Vaciamadrid: Investigación, divulgación y figuras de protección". 

Geosfera [08:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (30 visits) info

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La Asociación Estudio y Difusión del Patrimonio (EDIPA) cierra el I Ciclo de Charlas-Coloquio, hoy miércoles 25, con una charla muy interesante: "Recursos Patrimoniales en Rivas- Vaciamadrid:  [...]

Ovejas, dinosaurios, Fuentes y la puerta de Alcalá 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [08:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (39 visits) info
category→culture_politics
 US
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Mírala, mírala, mírala… Cada vez que la contemplo, fuerte y altiva, a mi mente acude la misma idea: ¡cuántas cosas podría relatarnos si pudiera hablar! Acontecimientos históricos que marcaron una [...]

Chem-Trail Folks Crash AMS Conference on Broadcast Meteorology 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [07:47:36]  recommend  recommend this post  (60 visits) info
category→science_technology
We came back from lunch for our final session to find that every seat in the room had a DVD, and the same glossy brochure claiming that the government is giving you all kinds of disease from their secret [...]

Almost ready for British Columbia 

Wooster Geologists [01:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (58 visits) info

 CA
Guest Blogger: Liz Plascencia   It’s safe to say that time truly does fly. Seemingly having know Mary and Julia for years, I am reminded that my arrival to The College of Wooster was a little over a [...]

tailgate wrangling 

Accidental Remediation [00:32:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (54 visits) info
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It's standard to have a tailgate (field team briefing) meeting every morning of fieldwork. Everyone gets to the trailer/office/designated meeting area and we discuss the plans for the day and any health and [...]

Ammonite in Venice Italy 

Louisville Area Fossils [22:27:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (57 visits) info
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 Jurassic; IT,US,PH
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Here is a picture of an unidentified ammonite fossil. It was found embedded in a step at the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. My guess is this might be limestone from the region around Verona Italy. That [...]

Neuer Einblick in Meeresablagerungen des Schwarzen Juras 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [20:52:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (49 visits) info
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 DE
     Wissenschaftler der Universitäten Göttingen, Erlangen und Tübingen sowie des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Umwelt in Hof haben erstmals die Gesteinsschichten im Gebiet des historischen [...]

Climate Change to Profoundly Impact Great Lakes 

Lake Scientist [19:34:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (39 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
Findings from the National Climate Assessment indicate the Great Lakes region will experience large impacts due to climate change, according to PHYS.ORG. These include intense rainstorms, floods and heat [...]

Curso Modular de Fotografia para Aplicações Científicas: Módulo 2 

ALT-SOCIEDADE DE HISTÓRIA NATURAL [17:47:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (28 visits) info
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A Sociedade de História Natural promove um conjunto de workshops modulares sobre fotografia científica, preferencialmente orientado para investigadores e/ou estudantes de Paleontologia, Geologia, Biologia e [...]

Southern Utah highway severely damaged by nearby construction project 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [17:34:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (46 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
kutv.com Part of SR 143 in the town of Brian Head, Utah has been shut down after the ground slowly started to shift during construction of a man-made pond. READ

Create your own StoryMap 

Digital Geography [15:26:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (646 visits) info
category→science_technology
Have you seen “the story maps” created on the ESRI website (http://storymaps.arcgis.com) or for that matter from http://storymap.knightlab.com/ or http://mapstory.org/. They are all frameworks for you to [...]

Blogging from the Road 

Looking for Detachment [15:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (58 visits) info
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So, I thought I'd once again try blogging from the road, in this case the road to work (I-80, and what better way than with this phone shot of Majuba Hill). This is a fairly difficult proposition on the phone [...]

Sobre la paleobiodiversidad de los dinosaurios iguanodontes en el Cretácico español 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [14:54:00]  recommend  1 recommendations  (38 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; ES,JM,,CL
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Los restos fósiles de dinosaurios suelen ser fragmentarios y abundantes en el Barremiense (Cretácico inferior de la Cordillera Ibérica (España) pero eso no significa que no puedan dar una importante [...]

Eruption at Sangeang Api 

Geology.com News [14:46:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (57 visits) info
category→science_technology
 ID
NASA Earth Observatory has a satellite image of the eruption of Sangeang Api off the coast of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. The eruption began on May 30,

Landsat Image of the Collbran, Colorado Mudslide 

Geology.com News [14:42:02]  recommend  recommend this post  (42 visits) info
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 US
“On Sunday, May 25, 2014, a large mudslide rushed down a Colorado mountain near the town of Collbran covering an area three miles long and one-half to three-quarters of a mile wide. It claimed the lives [...]

GeoCorps Fall/Winter 2014-2015 

Geology.com News [14:13:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (33 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
The Geological Society of America has 24 GeoCorps America positions available for fall/winter 2014-2015; details may be found on the GeoCorps website! Applications can continue to be submitted until July 1, [...]

Kostenlose Printausgaben von Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart 

Projektblog - Geozon Science Media [14:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (37 visits) info

 Quaternary; DE
Seit 2010 steht der gesamte Artikelbestand des ehemaligen Jahrbuches "Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart" und der heutigen Zeitschrift "E&G Quaternary Science Journal" zum kostenlosen Download in [...]

Turtles, Meet Dinosaurs; or, The Most Accurate Paleoart in 2014 Comics 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [14:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (36 visits) info
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 Jurassic
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As LITC's senior comics correspondent, it pains me to say that 2014 has been a fairly forgettable year for dinosaurs in comics. Devil Dinosaur continues to be inexplicably denied an ongoing series. DC's The [...]

June: Earth Science Week Newsletter 

Geology.com News [13:41:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (40 visits) info
category→science_technology
The June issue of the Earth Science Week Newsletter is available. Some highlights. * Earth Science Week Toolkit * Earth Science Week Contests * Field Notebook for Students * Educate Next-Generation Geologists [...]

El Museo de Dinosaurios de Salas de los Infantes (Burgos) colabora con el Demandafolk. 

Tierra de Dinosaurios [11:26:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (42 visits) info
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 ES,AR
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Por primera vez, el Museo de Dinosaurios de Salas de los Infantes (Burgos) colabora en el festival no convencional de música tradicional Demandafolk que este año se celebrará del 1 al 3 de agosto, en la [...]

Flintstones Chewables (Bizarro Comics) 

Koprolitos [08:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (35 visits) info
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Como ya se comentó por aquí, las referencias paleontológicas son frecuentes en Bizarro Comics, la web del dibujante Dan Piraro. En esta, mamá tiranosaurio aprovecha para hacer publicidad: "Me preocupa que [...]

125.000 Jahre Geschichte auf 10 Metern 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [07:59:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (40 visits) info
In Schwaben sicherten Geologen eine seltene Bodenschicht für die Nachwelt.

5 NEAT things about the Caribbean/Tropical Atlantic Cushion Star Oreaster reticulatus 

Echinoblog [04:21:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (50 visits) info
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Image from STRI's O. reticulatus page Today, I thought I would treat all of you with some info about one of the most strikingly colored of Atlantic echinoderms.. the so-called "Cushion Star" of the [...]

The UK's Rivers Trust uses our Em2 to protect people from floods. 

Riparian Rap [01:25:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (160 visits) info
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