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Thursday, 17 July 2014

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‘Thumbs Up’ for Travel to Kullorsuaq 

State of the Planet [23:46:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (66 visits) info
category→business
At the small airport a smiling woman approaches us asking our plans in one word “Kullorsuaq?” We smile and nod and she grins broadly motioning that she and her daughter are going there too – it is their home she manages to

Experimentieren mit Kindern 

Mente et Malleo [22:26:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (38 visits) info
category→science_technology
 IN
Kinder sind von Natur aus neugierig. Das ist eine Eigenschaft, die man eigentlich unterstützen sollte (aber viel zu oft nicht tut, aber lassen wir das). Und dabei muss es nicht immer teures  und möglichst pädagogisch wertvolles Spielzeug sein. Man kann auch mit Hausmitteln viel Spaß haben und dabei etwas über unsere Welt lernen. Einige nette Ideen dazu liefert die Royal Institution in ihren kurzen Videos.   Sei es, dass man mit Gummibandkanonen (erstes Video) die Welt der Physik [...]

Alaska armpit M6.0 

Ontario-geofish [21:59:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (42 visits) info
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 US
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It's a shear earthquake, but the fault doesn't really line up.  There could be a lot of error since all the instruments are off in the main part of Alaska.  Anyway, once we have the M7.5 my prediction will [...]

About Me 

Geo Slice [19:29:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (65 visits) info
category→science_technology
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This post serves as a basic introduction to who I am Professionally and Personally. I am a member of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) and a registered professional geologist [...]

July 17, 2014 

Geology.com News [19:00:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (86 visits) info
category→science_technology
 Permian; IN,US
Stimulating an Old Oil Field with Power Plant CO2 Bloomberg BusinessWeek 15+ BCF/D from the Marcellus Bloomberg BusinessWeek USGS Updates Earthquake Hazard Maps for the USA United States Geological Survey [...]

New Insight on the Nation’s Earthquake Hazards 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [18:44:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (40 visits) info
category→science_technology
Good morning geo friends! The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has recently updated their U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps, which reflect the best and most current understanding of where future earthquakes [...]

New Global Geologic Map of Mars 

Geology.com News [18:27:48]  recommend  recommend this post  (72 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
A new global geologic map of Mars has been published by the U.S. Geological Survey. This map provides a framework for continued scientific investigation of Mars as the long-range target for human space [...]

USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) 

Geology.com News [18:09:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (46 visits) info
category→science_technology
“The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) initiative is being developed to respond to growing needs for high-quality topographic data and for a wide range of other three-dimensional representations of the [...]

TetZooCon 2014: the event the palaeozoological blogosphere deserves 

markwitton.com blog [16:25:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (83 visits) info
category→science_technology
 GB,IE
Last Saturday hosted an event which might, in future years, be considered a strange experiment. Set up in typical convention manner with attendance fees, invited talks and interactive audience activities, its [...]

Folded Land 

In the Company of Plants and Rocks [15:42:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (72 visits) info
category→science_technology
 Triassic,Neogene,Paleogene; US,AW,,MX,NO
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Google Earth view of the "Heartland of Laramide Tectonics" in south central Wyoming. Red rectangle encloses area of photo below.  Click on images to view details.Last month I took a short tour of the [...]

Military Expenditure on a map 

Digital Geography [15:08:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (61 visits) info
category→science_technology
 SE,FI
Statistical data for a geographer is fun! War is not! Regardless what you think of the military it never hurts to be informed, so… Lets play a bit with military expenditure statistics. I’m using [...]

Grown in Hot Rock Depths: The Geology of the Seahawks Super Bowl Rings Part I 

Rosetta Stones [11:10:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (60 visits) info
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The 184 diamonds in the Seahawks Super Bowl Championship rings can tell us a thing or three about Earth’s inner self. We’re still interrogating those valuable, shiny rocks (which... -- Read more [...]

Per Rad auf historischen Pfaden 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [10:56:10]  recommend  recommend this post  (34 visits) info
category→sports
Der Geopark TERRA.vita bietet eine geführte Radtour am Fuße des

Science snap (#30): Aust Cliff, Gloucestershire 

Between a Rock and a Hard Place [08:00:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (65 visits) info
category→science_technology
 GB,CA
One of the most fascinating things about geology is its ability to reveal global events from evidence contained within a single outcrop. The cliff exposure at Aust in Gloucestershire, UK, is a spectacularly [...]

“Bigfoot” Unmasked 

Laelaps [04:46:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (83 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
Bigfoot is an all-American monster. The mythical ape – a bastardized version of the Yeti – has supposedly

Participate in EarthCube governance 

Arizona Geology [02:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (44 visits) info
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Geologic hazard maps for western Salt Lake Valley released 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [00:01:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (51 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
deseretnews.com The Utah Geological Survey has released a publication containing 10 geologic hazard maps for an area of western Salt Lake Valley that includes portions of Herriman, West Jordan and South [...]

Vor 45 Jahren: Apollo 11 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [19:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (47 visits) info
Und natürlich das

Wie findet man Exoplaneten? 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [19:18:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (40 visits) info

Ready for a shakeup: Governor designates Utah Seismic Safety Commission Day 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [18:46:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (61 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
stgeorgeutah.com Ready or not, someday an earthquake will come, and Gov. Gary Herbert has declared July 17 as Utah Seismic Safety Commission Day to honor those who have worked for two decades to help Utahns [...]

100 Great Geosites nomination: Eglwyseg Escarpment 

Geological Society of London blog [18:41:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (35 visits) info
category→religion
 GB,US
A 100 Great Geosites nomination from Raymond Roberts, Senior Geologist at Natural Resources Wales I could easily have chosen a dozen or so sites for my favourite geosites. In the end I chose my local one – [...]

Free Google Earth Software 

Geology.com News [18:16:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (83 visits) info
Google Earth software allows you to browse seamless world satellite images. Google Earth is a free download from Google that installs on most desktop computers and some mobile

HOW-TO: Make your own super last-minute superhero costume for our Comic-Con Mixers & Elixirs 

BEYONDbones [17:31:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (31 visits) info
Need a last-minute costume for our Comic-Con mixer on July 18? No problem! As a connoisseur of procrastination myself, I know that waiting until the last minute to prepare a costume can be as stressful as it [...]

Liquid Potash Treatment in Lake Winnipeg Successfully Kills Off Zebra Mussels 

Lake Scientist [16:09:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (67 visits) info
category→science_technology
 CA
In May 2014, the government of Manitoba was making plans to treat invasive zebra mussels in Lake Winnipeg with potash, a type of fertilizer. Officials didn’t know if the idea[...] The post Liquid Potash [...]

Mars comes to Stevenage 

Through the Sandglass [15:32:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (702 visits) info
category→science_technology
 GB
Stevenage: for readers outside of the UK it may not ring much of a bell, and indeed, with no disrespect to Stevenagians, for most UK readers it is not one of our most famous and glamorous metropolitan areas. [...]

How can we weigh a cloud? 

Climate and Geohazards [11:58:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (78 visits) info
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CGS air quality expert Dr Jim McQuaid has been filming a BBC two-part documentary Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies. The documentary follows a team of scientists as they explore the earth’s [...]

Nuevos vertebrados fósiles del Jurásico Superior de Francia 

DinoAstur. Blog sobre La Costa de los Dinosaurios [11:00:25]  recommend  1 recommendations  (51 visits) info
category→science_technology
 PT
La revista francesa Comptes Rendus Palevol publica un trabajo sobre un yacimiento de vertebrados fósiles del Jurásico Superior de la Isla de Oleron, en costa atlántica de Francia. Aspecto de las rocas del [...]

Masterplan für Natur- und Geopark… 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [08:55:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (39 visits) info
category→gaming
… TERRA.vita erarbeitet derzeit einen Masterplan: Strategien für die Zukunft

Origami Planes for Brains: LaFosse at His Best 

I think mining [05:28:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (65 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
I am addicted to origami–the purest form of engineering.  Take a square piece of paper and turn it into a plane that flies.  That is the final challenge. I am in California with three of the four [...]

El Nino May Take The Stage, but His Opening Act is Not Rocking The House 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [03:16:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (59 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 ,US
Just looking at the latest on El Nino from the CPC, and I must say I’m not yet impressed. Most of the atmosphere/ocean coupled models are still forecasting an El Nino to develop, but temps in the Pacific [...]

July 16, 2014 at Little River. 

Riparian Rap [00:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (61 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 US,JP
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We've been too busy to blog.  Why?  Growing, busy, crazy.A snapshot:  Beth Fisher's joined us in a planning/management role, Anna's her old self, Meriam remains our amazing business director; [...]
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