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Sunday, 12 October 2014

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What is that WEIRD THING on FACEBOOK???

Echinoblog [23:55:00]

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So by now, everyone and their 3 best friends have seen the critter above and the video on Facebook (below) which seems to have freaked everyone the frack out. Its been circulated and seen by over 5.6 million people!! (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src =

Did You Find A Fossilized Egg?

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [21:47:18]

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Fossil eggs are rare and hard to identify particularly if they are removed from the ground you find them in. Many natural formations look like eggs. If they are found in place, then you should record the type of ground around them; Do you know what type of mineral the nest lies in? Additionally, check if you can

Update on this year's El Nino

Geology in Motion [20:09:56]

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Sea Surface temperature anomalies in the "Nino 3.4 areaof the tropical Pacific. From Cliff Mass site referencedin the text. An anomaly greater than 0.5 C is requiredto forecast an El Nino, and it is not being [...]

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kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [18:31:47]

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Earth Science Week 2014

Through the Sandglass [13:18:24]

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"Since October 1998, the American Geosciences Institute has organized this national and international event to help the public gain a better understanding and appreciation for the Earth Sciences and to [...]

Dopo Genova 2014 alluvioni e rischio idrogeologico ancora in evidenza. Situazione e prospettive

scienzeedintorni [11:41:00]

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IT,LV,CN,GH,US,,AR

Quanto nuovamente successo a Genova in questi giorni ripropone per l'ennesima volta il disastro dell'assetto del territorio in questo Paese. Disastro che ha molte radici, naturali antropiche e politiche. Come [...]

Hiking Along the Headwaters of the Virgin River

WATCH FOR ROCKS - Travels of a Sharp-Eyed Geologist [07:20:18]

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Neogene,Paleogene; CI,US

It was a crisp October morning as we zipped up Cedar Mountain in our three–car caravan, bound for an eight–mile hike around Navajo Lake and along the Virgin River rim trail. Interspersed with the grayed [...]

Oreopithecus bambolii Fossil

Louisville Area Fossils [06:14:00]

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Neogene; IT

An interesting fossil shown in this picture is of an Oreopithecus bambolii primate. The fossil can be found at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed [...]

Geosciences is top UA program in Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities

Arizona Geology [03:11:00]

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kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [18:31:47]

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Walking the Devil’s Backbone

In the Company of Plants and Rocks [18:30:00]

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Mesozoic; US

Driving home from Rocky Mountain National Park we stopped just a few miles west of Loveland, Colorado, to examine the Devil’s Backbone. How could we not?! It’s an eye-catching landform and [...]

Paths across the Cheshire Peak

Metageologist [13:16:17]

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Driving west across the edge of the English Peak District is a good way to see how geology shapes landscape. Tracing the routes that cross it – feeling their shapes with a finger on a map or with your [...]

Arbacina monilis echinoid from Hungary

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]

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Neogene; HU

The wee regular echinoid pictured below is Arbacina monilis from the Eocene near Nyirád, Hungary. I received them as part of an exchange with a collector in Hungary. The fossils have a bit of matrix on them [...]

Science: Alive and Well in the Great Valley, Against the Odds

Geotripper [06:36:00]

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No, no enthusiasm here for science. None at all. We are close to or on the bottom of every list there is: worst place to live, most polluted air, highest crime rate, highest unemployment. To listen to the [...]