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Friday, 17 October 2014
Friday update for Bárðarbunga volcano on 17-October-2014
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Bárðarbunga volcano eruption in Holuhraun did reach one big milestone today (17-October-2014). It is now the largest eruption in Iceland since the eruption in Laki (Skaftáreldar) in 1783 – 1784 eruption. By volume the lava field in Holuhraun … Continue reading
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Nuevos restos de crocodiliformes del yacimiento de Algora en las XXX Jornadas de la SEP
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [16:15:00]
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Los primeros osteodermos de titanosaurio de España reinterpretados en las XXX Jornadas de la SEP
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [16:20:00]
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Misteriosos dientes de sauropterigio en las XXX Jornadas de la SEP
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [15:40:00]
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Nuevos elementos postcraneales de terópodos coelurosaurios del Jurásico Superior de Portugal en las XXX Jornadas de la SEP
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [15:45:00]
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Sun-gazing
By Galileo’s careful hand, sunspot details are exquisite, Through eye of forehead, eye of mind beholds what body can not visit. If only he could see the sights now rendered from Earth’s outer space, [...]Ejemplares juveniles de titanosaurio (Sauropoda) del yacimiento de Lo Hueco (Fuentes, Cuenca) en las XXX Jornadas de la SEP
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [17:14:00]
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The 100 Geosites film quiz – the ANSWERS
Sooo, Earth Science Week is coming to a close and it’s time to announce the answers to our film quiz! Thanks to all that took part, the winner of the coveted USB stick is [...]DataSF or how to do open data right
In 2010 the City and County of San Francisco’s official open data portal was launched. To me it is the ultimate experience for publishing/consuming open data: based on a WordPress system the city distributes [...]The 1719 El Salvador Earthquake: An M > 7.0 Event in the Central American Volcanic Arc?
The work I show you today is a result of our field work in El Salvador, and particularly of the excellent Ph.D. thesis of my colleague and friend Carolina Canora. During her research on paleoseismicity in El [...]The known unknowns – the outstanding 49 questions in Earth Sciences (Part IV)
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:27]
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We are coming to the end of the known unknowns series and so far we have explored issues which mainly affect the inner workings of our planet. Today we’ll take a look at the surface expression of the [...]
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DE LA CABEZA AL PAPEL (II) Garabateando
Science Snap (#33): Earth Science Week
Between a Rock and a Hard Place [13:36:17]
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James Hickey is a PhD student in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. A geophysicist and volcanologist by trade, his PhD project is focussed on attempting to place constraints on [...]
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Do soil bacteria cause produce recalls?
Question: When there is a produce recall, e.g., because of Salmonella on cucumbers or E. coli on tomatoes, do these pathogens come from soil? This is an extremely difficult questionIguanodontios del Jurásico Superior de Portugal en las XXX Jornadas de la SEP
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [15:55:00]
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Bárðarbunga update for 16-October-2014
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Largest earthquake in Bárðarbunga volcano today (16-October-2014) had the magnitude of 5,0. Second largest earthquake had the magnitude of 4,6. Other earthquakes have been smaller. There have been more [...]
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HMNS in the Classroom: Amazing arthropods model for middle schoolers
Editor’s Note: This post was written by HMNS Outreach Presenter Sahil Patel. Those expecting a typical runway show were in for a surprise; the models all had at least six legs, nobody was showing off the [...]A Double Ethical Bind Along the Dead Sea Fault?
“Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest.” I was thinking of this quote whilst listening to Mustapha Meghraoui’s talk during this week’s ISEMG [...]Geologie einfach dargestellt
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [08:11:19]
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Das virtuelle Bildwörterbuch von Pons bietet gute Einblicke in die Geologie:
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Images of Guatemala (2) – Pyroclastic Flow Deposits
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Pyroclastic Flow Deposits close to Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala. The scale of these deposits, formed in 2012, can be seen against the scale of the person standing in the background [dark line, just above the [...]
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A brief word on Earthquakes and fracking.
Video Recap of our week during Earth Science Week
With Earth Science Week ending, we’ve compiled and created a little video recapping a successful #EarthScienceWeek here at the UGS! The Utah Geological Survey hosts hands-on activities for [...]Got Great Paleo Art?
WhereCamp Berlin 2014
Over the last three years WhereCamp Berlin became the biggest event of it’s kind in the world. Around 200 people joined the 2013 session and enjoyed the barcamp styled sessions. For this year the [...]October 17, 2014
The Blue MarbleNASA Earth Observatory Australia’s Graphite BoomMining.com Canadian Diamond MinesGeology.com World’s Oldest Cave Art ?National Geographic More Ancient Cave ArtThe New York Times [...][jules' pics] ocean #2
The fun thing about the ocean, is that the waves can come quite a while after the weather. So, while the storm had blown over the day before, the sea was just getting going. -- Posted By Blogger to [...]Friday fold: Santorini schist
Happy Friday! Here’s some folded schistocity in the schist of Santorini’s Cycladean subduction complex: The blunt crest of the fold in the second photo appears to be a folded marble boudin.Increased risk of eruption in Tungafellsjökull volcano
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There is now an increased risk of eruption in Tungafellsjökull volcano (this is my opinion only). This volcano is different than Bárðarbunga volcano and is not connected to it on crustal levels (46 km top [...]
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Northern Convergence: Tragedy at Crowsnest Pass
MPA Program Announces Full Fellowship Opportunity- Apply Now!
The Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Environmental Science and Policy is pleased to announce the creation of the Dean’s Environmental Science and Policy Fellowship – the first full tuition grant [...]Another Well Written Defense of Science
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [02:53:48]
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Jonathan Bines is a staff writer for Jimmy Kimmel and he has a piece in Huff Post that is superb- it deserves sharing and widely. In this memorable October, a lot of virologists (and disease experts) are [...]
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The Queen of Dinosaur Planet
M.S. Professor Looks to Past for Future Drought Mitigation
M.S. in Sustainability Management professor Ben Cook often tells his students that the past can provide critical lessons for how we manage sustainability challenges now and in the future. Thus, it is not [...]Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Bivalve borings, bioclaustrations and symbiosis in corals from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of southern Israel
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Cretaceous; IL
The stark black-and-white of these images are a clue that the fossil this week has been described in a paper. Above is the scleractinian coral Aspidiscus cristatus (Lamarck, 1801) from the En Yorqe’am [...]
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tiny brontosauruses
This arrived on my Facebook wall, courtesy of Raul Diaz. For a split second I really did think the one second from the right was an older-model Carnegie Brachiosaurus toy. I assume that, like me, you have [...]Friday Fact – 17th October 2014
Friday 17th October 2014 Some scientists think that the Toba supervolcanic eruption that occurred sometime between 69,000 and 77,000 years ago resulted in a genetic bottleneck in human evolution 50,000 years [...]Friday Photo: Where Hillls Go to Train
Okay, silly photograph today. Saw this and wondered if it was the ... [ continueTop concepts:
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