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Tuesday, 26 August 2014

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SIN TÍTULO 

episcophagus [21:48:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (186 visits) info
category→health
 US,PH
Nuestro último beso no quiso morir. Se quedó prendido en mis labios: suave, dulce, fresco. Como una brisa. Acompañó a mi sonrisa durante semanas, las semanas se hicieron meses. Llegó el sol de mayo y se deslizó de forma imperceptible, acomodándose en mi piel. Yo procuraba no pensar en él, no fuera que, si trataba de buscarlo con mi mirada, desapareciera por timidez. Cada mañana, al

Heating up the fishbowl: Climate change threatens endangered Devils Hole pupfish 

AGU Meetings [19:38:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (110 visits) info
category→science_technology
Climate change is hurting reproduction of the critically endangered Devils Hole pupfish, threatening the survival of the already small population, new research

Majority Of Lake Mendota’s Phosphorus Flows In During Just 29 Days Each Year 

Lake Scientist [16:18:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (125 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin – Madison have found that most of the phosphorus making it into Lake Mendota each year gets there over the course of just 29[...] The post Majority Of Lake [...]

Schiefererlebnis Park Dormettingen 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [13:24:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (102 visits) info
Im Geopark Schwäbische Alb eröffnete im Juli: Der Schiefererlebnis Park

Dinosaur Battle Town (2011) 

Koprolitos [10:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (165 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 CA,US
Eddie West realizó este cortometraje de animación como parte de sus estudios en el Sheridan College de Ontario (Canadá). Considera que lo que cuenta el corto es probablemente lo que haría la gente durante [...]

Nuevos datos sobre la masticación en tres mamíferos jurásicos 

DinoAstur. Blog sobre La Costa de los Dinosaurios [10:00:17]  recommend  1 recommendations  (79 visits) info
category→science_technology
Dos trabajos recientemente publicados en las prestigiosas revistas Nature (Londres) y Naturwissenschaften (Berlín) analizan la denticion de mamíferos insectívoros del Jurásico. Ilustración de  [...]

Port of Oakland Soil Stabilization 

GeoPrac.net [08:30:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
category→business
 US
The giant straddle cranes that load and unload cargo from the container ships at the Port of Oakland apply a fairly concentrated load along their wheel path. Over time, the wheel path area has settled, [...]

Intrigued by Earthquakes and Volcanoes? It’s Easy to Become Geologically Literate 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [08:23:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (103 visits) info
category→science_technology
Meteorologists in general do not know much about Geology, but broadcast mets are usually the first person newsroom producers (and the public) turn to when there is an earthquake, tsunami, meteor showers etc. [...]

Devil’s Lake App 

Geology.com News [08:07:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (114 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
The Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey has a free app that serves as a tour guide to the geology of Devil’s Lake State Park. Here’s what they have to say about it. “The app will [...]

The Napa Valley quake, and why California is (geologically) not part of America at all. 

Highly Allochthonous [04:23:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 US
In the early hours of Sunday morning, the Napa Valley region north of San Francisco was shaken by a magnitude 6 earthquake, the largest to hit this region since the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake in [...]

August 27, 2014 

Geology.com News [03:38:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (130 visits) info
category→business
 US
Drilling for Natural Gas Beneath the Pittsburgh Airport Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Women Working in the Oil and Gas Industry Pittsburgh

Running Out of Ground - Trekking to the Roof of Africa on Mt. Kilimanjaro - Part 3 - Skirting the Mountain's Base - Days Three, Four, and Five 

Earthly Musings [00:18:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (207 visits) info
category→recreation
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Shira 1 Camp to Moir Hut - August 15 Leaving Shira 1 Camp, the porters set out for their destination - Moir Hut Camp.The landscape has definitely changed since the rainforest.The Shira Plateau is a lava [...]

Dettmer, 1912. Spongites Saxonicus Geinitz und die Fucoidenfrage 

kreidefossilien.de [00:05:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (79 visits) info
category→science_technology
 DE
Friedrich Dettmer, 1912. Spongites Saxonicus Geinitz und die Fucoidenfrage. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie (E. Schweizerbart) Stuttgart 1912 (II):

Bárðarbunga – turning Dettifoss into Niagara Falls 

Volcan01010 [13:32:37]  recommend  recommend this post  (90 visits) info

 ,IS
While international concern about an eruption at Bárðarbunga is focussed on flight disruption, a jökulhlaup (meltwater flood) is the most destructive potential outcome of a subglacial eruption. It would [...]

Kanops reymondi Trilobite Fossils 

Louisville Area Fossils [12:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (144 visits) info
category→science_technology
 Devonian; US
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These pictures depict the trilobite fossils Kanops reymondi. Fossils date to lower Devonian Period. They were found in Coal County, Oklahoma, USA. Thanks to Kenny for the

Sociadade de História Natural em Campanha Palentológica no estado Norte-Americano de Utah 

ALT-SOCIEDADE DE HISTÓRIA NATURAL [10:08:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (197 visits) info
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 PT,ES,US,UM
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Pedro Mocho (UNED/SHN, à direita) e Doug Goodreau (Responsável do Dinolab, Natural History Museum of LAC, à esquerda) Nos últimos anos, tivemos a oportunidade de escavar dinossáurios nos sedimentos do [...]

Northern Convergence: Stories on Trees, the Totems of the Northwestern First Nations 

Geotripper [09:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
category→science_technology
 CA,
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During the flurry of planning for our Northern Convergence journey through Canada and the Pacific Northwest, I was barely keeping up with the geology, and any background information on the [...]

List of Top Geotechnical Engineering Schools 

GeoPrac.net [08:28:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (106 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
What are the top geotechnical engineering schools in the United States? I don't know how accurate or scientific this list is, but a quick glance tells me they definitely got many of the most well-known [...]

August 26, 2014 

Geology.com News [08:10:32]  recommend  recommend this post  (86 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
Methane Seeps Off the East Coast Washington Post What is Methane Hydrate? Geology.com The Atlantic Ocean Heat Sink? BBC Only About 6% of Napa Homeowners Had Earthquake Insurance Mercury News Most Homeowners [...]

Campaña Paleontológica en Utah 2014 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [08:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (162 visits) info
category→science_technology
 AR,US,GB,MX
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Pedro Mocho (UNED/SHN) y Doug Goodreau (responsable del Dinolab del Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) Como en los últimos años, hemos continuado colaborando en las excavaciones de dinosaurios en [...]

2014 Survey Canadian and U.S. Mining Executive Compensation 

I think mining [03:50:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (617 visits) info
category→business
 Ordovician; CA,US
In past postings I have provided Canadian mining wages and salaries from the CostMine 2014 Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages, and Benefits Report.  As noted on the CostMine website, this report provides the [...]

SHARK! 

BEYONDbones [01:58:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (95 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
This post was written by Diana Birney, Supervising Marine Biologist for our upcoming SHARK! exhibit, opening August 29, 2015. We fear them, we love them, and we are fascinated by them. We have a whole week [...]

Alaska Voters Reject Referendum Regarding Oil and Gas Production Taxes 

Mineral Law Blog [00:06:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (120 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 US
Last Tuesday, Alaska voters rejected a referendum proposal that would have repealed oil and gas production tax legislation signed into law by Governor Sean Parnell in May 2013, known as the "More Alaska [...]

grad school worth it? 

Accidental Remediation [00:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info

 VN
Back when I was in grad school, I discussed the value of a masters' degree as an investment. Now I'm more than 5 years out from grad school. Was it worth taking 2 years out of my life? Did I recoup the salary [...]
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