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Wednesday, 20 August 2014

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Epidot – Mineralogisches Alphabet E 

Mente et Malleo [22:29:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (80 visits) info
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 GF,US
Manche Gesteine, zum Beispiel wie der Unakit, heben sich durch ihre hübsche grüne Farbe ab. Das Mineral, welches für die Farbe verantwortlich ist, ist sehr oft das Mineral Epidot. Bekannt ist das Mineral bereits seit 1782, als es im französischen Le Bourg-d’Oisans entdeckt wurde. Zunächst aber hielt man es für einen Turmalin. Erst der französische Mineraloge René-Just Haüy erkannte es als eigenständiges Mineral. Er gab ihm seinen Namen, in Anlehnung an das griechische epidosis für [...]

Our Government is Incapable of Building a Sustainable Economy 

State of the Planet [21:56:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (141 visits) info
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 US
My Columbia University colleagues Bill Eimicke and Alison Miller recently joined me in authoring a new book entitled Sustainability Policy: Hastening the Transition to A Cleaner Economy. If all goes well, Jossey-Bass publishers will release the book in early 2015. Our work focuses on how American government at the federal, state and local levels can work with the private sector to speed up what I see as the inevitable transition to a renewable economy. While there is a lot of action at the [...]

Geology of the National Parks in Pictures - Craters of the Moon 

The Geology P.A.G.E. [21:35:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (171 visits) info

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The next up on my tour of the National Parks in pictures:Craters of the Moon National Monument & PreserveMy standard park sign picture, but this time with the little one. Lava tube entrance. This [...]

Rekordrückgang: Wissenschaftler kartieren erstmals die Höhenveränderungen der Eisschilde 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [20:48:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (145 visits) info
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     Wissenschaftler des Alfred-Wegener-Institutes, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), haben mit Hilfe des ESA-Satelliten CryoSat-2 erstmals flächendeckende Karten der Eisschilde [...]

Friedrich der Große und der Klimawandel 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [20:39:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (109 visits) info
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Extreme Klimaereignisse wurden in der Vergangenheit nicht nur erlitten, sondern auch genutzt – etwa von Friedrich dem Großen. Der preußische König instrumentalisierte in den 1770er Jahren die [...]

Public will see 125 million-year-old dinosaur tracks 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [19:38:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (87 visits) info
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ksl.com The public will soon have a chance to see an extraordinary set of footprints left behind by dinosaurs 125 million years ago. READ

Bárðarbunga – waiting and watching 

Volcan01010 [18:31:37]  recommend  recommend this post  (155 visits) info
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The word on the street in Reykjavík I’m in the Reykjavík this week on fieldwork. People here have been following developments at Bárðarbunga since the earthquakes began on Saturday. The word on the [...]

Continuing the battle for open access that’s good for science, not publishers’ profits 

Green Tea and Velociraptors [17:40:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (96 visits) info
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Two developments since the last post regarding open access things for anyone interested! First, is a little interview I had with the Open Access Button folk about er, open [...]

Update on Bárðarbunga volcano at 15:29 UTC 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [17:30:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (98 visits) info
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Golden Tickets in the NOAA Photo Library! Rarely seen Pelagic Sea Cucumber! 

Echinoblog [15:28:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (173 visits) info
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From NOAA Photo Library here.  HOLY CARP!! So, as you know, I've been going through and finding some GREAT stuff in the NOAA Photo Library (see this post from a few days ago) but every once in awhile you [...]

wheely tile 

drip | david’s really interesting pages... [13:09:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (155 visits) info
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A quick test of the very cool, and very promising wheely, from Adam at mechanical color. Not quite the thing for tiles, but not far off either. And indispensable for auto wheels and

Iceland Earthquake Distribution – 20 August 

Climate and Geohazards [12:00:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (120 visits) info
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 IS
The earthquake distribution on Iceland in the last 48 hours. There is a clear cluster of events around the northern tip of the Vatnajökull glacier. This is the location of the Bárðarbunga volcano. See [...]

Japan Landslide kills tens of people 

Climate and Geohazards [11:08:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info
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 JP
As of this morning, Wednesday 20th August, 32 people have been confirmed dead after heavy rainfall last night resulted in multiple landslides in the Japanese city Hiroshima. The unexpected large low pressure [...]

Northern Convergence: Vancouver Island, the Plan That Was, Part II 

Geotripper [09:43:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (124 visits) info
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 CA
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Ah, the lost opportunities! I don't want to make it sound like we had a bad Northern Convergence trip; we actually had a great time taking our students through an exploration of the geology of Vancouver [...]

Conversation With An Ecologist About Fossils And Conservation 

Reporting on a Revolution [08:56:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (84 visits) info
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T R Shankar Raman, an ecologist who blogs at View At Elephant Hills and tweets @mizoraman wrote in last week with a question about fossils, field work and conservation. It ended up being a long conversation [...]

Developing the Manifa Extended-Reach Oil Field 

Geology.com News [08:05:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (70 visits) info
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A brief summary of how Saudi Aramco developed the Manifa offshore oil field – the largest extended-reach oil development in the

Mt Polley: Dam Safety Guidelines 

I think mining [05:37:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (72 visits) info
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 Ordovician; US,CA
The five pictures in this posting, were taken (by me) at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.  This place is surely a testament to genius and attention to detail. Yesterday I was asked if Canadian guidelines are [...]

Maricopa county flood control rainfall and runoff links -- Phoenix area heavy ppt and runoff August 19, 2014 

Active Tectonics Blog [03:21:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info
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 US,GB
Dramatic weather today! Looks like as much as 4” rainfall in the last 24 hours in the northern part of Maricopa County drove lots of exciting runoff.ABC 15 picture of flooded roads near New River AZ. Here [...]

Educator How-to: Tectonic Chocolate Bars 

BEYONDbones [02:06:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (102 visits) info
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The earth is vast and its surface seems huge. However, the earth’s crust only makes up 1% of the earth’s mass — subsequent layers (the mantle and the core) make up the other 99%. So, why do we care [...]

Work, Youth, Optimism, and the Drive Toward a Safe, Sustainable Planet 

State of the Planet [21:00:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (117 visits) info
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Earth Institute Executive Director Steve Cohen discusses the changing natures of work and opportunity in the transition to a sustainable

Highs and lows: height changes in the ice sheets mapped 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [20:42:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (179 visits) info
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 GL,DE,AQ
     Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany have used satellite data to map elevation and elevation changes in both Greenland and Antarctica. The new maps are the most complete published [...]

Home Front: Lecture examines Texas history in WWII 

BEYONDbones [20:30:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (135 visits) info
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 US
By Guest Blogger Mike Vance, Houston Arts and Media To picture the home front during World War II is to summon memories of drives for war bonds and scrap metal and rationing of sugar, meat and shoes. To be [...]

Paleontology Interns Map an Ancient Fossil Deposit at Dinosaur National Monument 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [19:34:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (107 visits) info
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 US
nps.gov Colorado/Utah –Ben Otoo and Nicole Ridgwell are spending the summer living a dream as they scramble and climb among the remains of the long dead. These young paleontologists are photographing and [...]

Vedere i dinosauri, senza bisogno di immagini 

Theropoda [18:23:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info
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Per molti, è quasi impossibile scindere il concetto di “dinosauro” da quello di “rappresentazione paleoartistica di un dinosauro”, come se “rappresentazione paleoartistica di” fosse ridondante con [...]

Serendipitous Marble Vein – Three on the Third 

New Stories in Stone [17:34:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (96 visits) info
I recently learned about this serendipitous vein in a marble slab in ... [ continue

Fall 2014 Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities 

State of the Planet [17:17:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (141 visits) info
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 CO
The Earth Institute will offer six research assistant opportunities for undergraduate students during the fall 2014 semester. Undergraduates from Columbia and Barnard will be able to serve as research [...]

Rhyolite Porphyry from Majuba Hill II 

Looking for Detachment [14:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info
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 US
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GSN field trip Day 2: we're still at Majuba Hill. Continuing with our progression from left to right of rhyolite porphyry hand samples, we move on to Rock Number 3, a weakly mineralized version of the [...]

GeoEd: The Future’s Bright 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [12:30:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (131 visits) info
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What got you hooked to science in the first place? More importantly, what or who persuaded you that making science your career was, not only worth considering, but should be actively pursed? I’m sure, I am [...]

Esta semana el Museo de los Dinosaurios de Salas de los Infantes (Burgos) ha recibido a su visitante 150.000. 

Tierra de Dinosaurios [12:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (67 visits) info
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 ES,MX,FR
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El Museo de Dinosaurios de Salas de los Infantes ha recibido al visitante 150.000. La tarde del martes 19 de agosto, Milena de 12 años con su familia, la familia Lizaso Rebollo, procedente de Barcelona, ha [...]

Cuando despertó... (Dosis Diarias) 

Koprolitos [09:54:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (121 visits) info
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Y como continuación de la viñeta de ayer, Alberto Montt publicó en su blog "Dosis diarias" otra tira con referencias al cuento del dinosaurio de Augusto Monterroso. Puedes ver la viñeta de [...]

Exkursion zur Forschungsplattform Scheyern 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [09:41:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
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Das Bodennetzwerk Südbayern lädt Interessierte ein: Wann: 10.09.2014, ab 14:30

August 20, 2014 

Geology.com News [08:10:37]  recommend  recommend this post  (109 visits) info
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 US,CD,MX
2013 Geoscience Salaries American Geosciences Institute The Diamond Oligopoly Paul Zimnisky Fracking in the Geothermal Industry The Economist State of the Climate in 2013 NOAA The Roadblock to Drilling in [...]

Because Brisingid Starfish are Fantastic! Stunning Images of Brisingids in the Deep! 

Echinoblog [06:07:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (107 visits) info
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This image from NOAA Photo Library. Here.  Brisingid starfishes were my first professional "love".. I wrote my Masters thesis on them and it was almost 2 years after studying specimens like this... [...]

My 4th Pair of Reviews 

ART Evolved: Life's Time Capsule [03:31:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (97 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; US,FR,TR,IN
As an Art Evolved member, I post a pair of my reviews here every so often, the 1st being positive & the 2nd being negative. I'd greatly appreciate you reading & voting "Yes" for said reviews in the [...]

Great Salt Lake approaches 167 year record low 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [02:14:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (104 visits) info

 US
washingtonpost.com Dry winters are taking their toll on the Great Salt Lake, which is just a couple feet away from reaching its record low level, set over 50 years ago. READ

Geology Sonnet 2 

Lounge of the Lab Lemming [00:39:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (101 visits) info
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 US
As mentioned previously, I am writing Geology Sonnets for National Science Week.  These are articles from the high-profile scientific journal Geology, presented in the form of Elizabethan verse. I don’t [...]
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