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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Geology.com News [19:00:50]
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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 [...]
Utah Geological Survey - blog [18:44:09]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
markwitton.com blog [16:25:00]
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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 [...]
In the Company of Plants and Rocks [15:42:00]
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(72 visits) category→science_technology Triassic,Neogene,Paleogene; US,AW,,MX,NO
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 [...]
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 [...]
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...
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Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [10:56:10]
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Der Geopark TERRA.vita bietet eine geführte Radtour am Fuße des
Between a Rock and a Hard Place [08:00:20]
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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 is an all-American monster. The mythical ape – a bastardized version of the Yeti – has supposedly
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Utah Geological Survey - blog [00:01:32]
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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 [...]
Utah Geological Survey - blog [18:46:15]
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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 [...]
Geological Society of London blog [18:41:17]
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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 – [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
Through the Sandglass [15:32:59]
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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. [...]
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 [...]
DinoAstur. Blog sobre La Costa de los Dinosaurios [11:00:25]
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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 [...]
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [08:55:04]
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… TERRA.vita erarbeitet derzeit einen Masterplan: Strategien für die Zukunft
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 [...]
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [03:16:19]
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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 [...]
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; [...]