Daily Fossil [23:58:00]
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(136 visits) category→arts_entertainment Ordovician
Field techs; we are the ones who may give you a tour, work the booth at a festival or actually dig up fossils in the field. But what exactly do we do at a typical day at the museum? You're about to find out!A field tech's day begins right here at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre. We start our day at 9 am, and we prep the museum for any visitors that may come that day. This includes cleaning bathrooms, cleaning the glass in the displays cases, and planning any programming for tours if they [...]
I've written a number of posts on winter gear, such as this one on layering and this one on wool shirts and this on shoes. Now that we've officially moved into summer weather (regularly above 80 F) in the northeastern US, I thought I'd address the Great T-Shirt Debate: natural (cotton) or un-natural (polyester)?
Polyester/rayon/nylon/whatever blends are generally cooler and lighter. They
In dem Beitrag über die Klippen von Jasmund/Rügen hatte ich auf die Gefahr von Klippenabbrüchen verwiesen. Und dass es bei dem schmalen Strand dort unmöglich ist, zu entkommen, falls es passiert. n einem [...]
Originally posted on londonvolcano:The Soufrière of St Vincent erupted dramatically in early 1812, in the first eruption of the volcano that was documented in detail at the time. Like the eruption of 1718, [...]
As you make your way through the halls of HMNS, you might notice that many of the walls are adorned with shiny plaques and engravings recognizing the generosity of our numerous supporters. These names include [...]
Livestock were the single largest source of methane gas emissions in the United States in 2004, releasing 70 percent more of the powerful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere than the oil and gas industry, [...]
Utah Geological Survey - blog [19:05:41]
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(83 visits) category→arts_entertainment Jurassic; US
Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County, Utah Photographer: Daniel King; © 2013 Eroded fragments of a dark ironstone layer contrast sharply against the pale-orange Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone at Snow [...]
“Swamp gas?” Mulder, F.W. in the “X-Files ” (1993) Summer is traditionally Silly Season, when newspapers publish strange stories about aliens and monsters again and again to bridge holiday time [...]
Geological Society of London blog [18:04:27]
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(82 visits) category→culture_politics GB
A 100 Great Geosites nomination from Idil Hassan Ingleton falls has built up over millions of years, but the decision to make it more accessible to the public was made in the 1880s. In April of 1885 the trail [...]
Fossils and Other Living Things [17:25:00]
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(100 visits) category→science_technology Quaternary; AT,US,GB,AU
One July morning during a lull between the storms, I walked the wrack lines on the beach at Flanders Bay (NY). These lines mark where the tides deposit their jumbled cargo of sea weed, shells, egg cases, [...]
Geology.com News [13:35:43]
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(115 visits) category→business Ordovician; US,CA,IN
Large Rivers in U.S. are Becoming Less AcidicUSGS The USA is Now the World’s Top Oil-Producing CountryBloomberg Monsoon and Landslides in India (Two Videos)The Landslide Blog Is the USA a Reliable [...]
Using data from NASA’s QuikScat, weather forecasters were able to predict hazardous weather events over oceans 6 to 12 hours earlier than before these data were available. Orange areas show where winds [...]
Geology in the West Country [12:21:00]
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(649 visits) category→science_technology GB
Download here (6MB)This charter has been developed and is endorsed by the English GeodiversityForum. It aims to widen understanding of the importance of geodiversity and theinfluence it has in our daily lives [...]
The violent super typhoon Neoguri is possibly the most powerful typhoon to strike Japan in 15 years. With expected wind gusts of 170 miles per hour and 75 millimetres of rain per hour the typhoon is battering [...]
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [10:28:00]
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(136 visits) category→science_technology PT
Hace unos días el laboratorio del Grupo de Biología Evolutiva de la UNED recibió la visita del paleontólogo Rafael Royo-Torres (Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis), que junto a Pedro [...]
Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]
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(94 visits) category→science_technology Devonian; US,IE
A new spirifirid type brachiopod in my collection is this Tylothyris mesacostalis which comes from the Upper Devonian, Chemung Group near Painted Post, NY. The specimen is a internal cast of the pedicle valve [...]
This month, Mars is in the southwest at dusk this month. Mars continues to fade a little each night as Earth continues to leave it farther behind. Still, Mars rivals the brightest stars we see at night. [...]
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [00:47:14]
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(95 visits) category→science_technology JP
The typhoon should weaken before hitting Japan, but Kyushu (southern most island) will get a ton of rain and wind. Flooding rains have already been reported earlier in the week so the soil is already [...]
Dave Hone’s Archosaur Musings [21:38:52]
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(589 visits) category→arts_entertainment GB
This review is a very long time coming given how many times I have visited this place over the years. In addition to many childhood trips, I worked as a volunteer keeper here at weekends for several years and [...]
Originally posted on londonvolcano:One of the goals of the STREVA project is to try and learn more about the effects that volcanic eruptions have on people’s lives and livelihoods by examining what [...]
Something to keep in mind when you’re out on your outdoor adventures! fox13now.com Summer monsoons in southern Utah bring with them flash flood concerns, specifically in Zion National Park. READ
A new research lab opening in Ontario will focus exclusively on studying the threat of Asian carp to the Great Lakes, according to the CBC. It is the first of[...]
The post Canada Opens First Federal Lab [...]
This came out two months ago, and I should have blogged about it then, but as usual I am behind. I’m blogging about it now because it deals with a question that has been on my mind for about 10 years [...]
On their fifth day of fieldwork on Mount Chirripo, Lamont’s Max Cunningham and Mike Kaplan encounter some deeply weathered
Previously I had posted on "What is the most common mineral on Earth?", well some recent discoveries have come to light that have made me go back to that original post and update it. When I had originally [...]
Why I hate Theropods [16:57:00]
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(86 visits) category→science_technology RO,US
Cavin, L. and Gradinaru, E. 2014. Dobrogeria aegyssensis, a new early Spathian (EarlyTriassic) coelacanth from North Dobrogea (Romania). Acta Geologica Polonica,64(2): 161-187. Open AccessThe Early Triassic [...]
“Space weather can have important consequences for our lives, such as interference with radio communication, GPS systems, electric power grids, the operation and orientation of satellites, oil and gas [...]
Geology in the West Country [12:44:00]
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(101 visits) category→arts_entertainment GB
By Isobel Geddes, author of the popular 'Hidden Depths; Wiltshire's Geology and Landscapes'Copies are £3.00 and available from:- Ex Libris Bookshop, 11 Regents Place, Bradford on Avon Bradford on [...]
Since July 1st 2014, the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) eased restrictions for the usage of climate data and provides users with a big dataset of free climate data for Germany. You can obtain the data, using the [...]
The new paper by Robinson et al. 2014 describes the Komansu rock avalanche in Kyrgyzstan. This is an exceptionally large landslide that traveled about 28
Entre el amplio catálogo de camisetas de Redbubble encontramos este diseño de Sergio Algozzino, más conocido como Foolys, y que ha sido bautizado como "The Sweet Dinosaur". Foolys es un ilustrador nacido en [...]
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [08:56:55]
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(56 visits) category→science_technology
Das Forschungs- und Erlebniszentrum Schöninger Speere bietet eine Summer School:
Utah Geological Survey - blog [01:39:16]
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(117 visits) category→arts_entertainment
ksl.com Crews in western Utah have been working away at a seemingly endless task in picturesque — but very dangerous — places. READ