Between a Rock and a Hard Place [08:00:40]
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Mt Ruapehu is the largest mountain on the North Island of New Zealand. As well as being a popular ski resort, Ruapehu is an active andesitic stratovolcano. Formed approximately 200,000 years ago, activity is currently confined to the Crater Lake vent; this deep depression fills with water from snow melt between eruptive episodes. Similarly to
WeBlog Aragosaurus [15:29:00]
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(113 visits) category→science_technology Neogene; US
The Strömberg lab (http://depts.washington.edu/strmbrgl/StrombergLab_website/Home.html) in the Biology Department at the University of Washington, Seattle, is seeking motivated prospective graduate students [...]
“The Ebola epidemic in West Africa should be viewed akin to a world war whose outcome ... matters crucially for all of us," said Dr. Ranu Dhillon, senior health advisor for The Earth Institute. Dhillon and [...]
Many, many years ago I was in Sitka for a conference on Marine Tailings Disposal. The proceedings were published in a book edited by D.V. Ellis. You can get a copy from amazon.com for $4.00. My copy is [...]
Nearly a century ago, while working in the 75 million year old rock of Alberta, Canada, the professional
DeBeers Diamond Insight ReportDeBeers Group Map of Major Diamond ProducersGeology.com World Diamond Market at $79 BillionMining.com The Search for Clarity on Climate ChangeEarth Magazine Non-Fuel Minerals in [...]
Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [23:48:18]
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(101 visits) category→science_technology
Currently earthquake activity is increasing in Bárðarbunga volcano. For the past 48 hours 53 (when this article is written) earthquake with magnitude above 3,0 have happened. It is unclear what is going now [...]
Once a year, Piermont Pier becomes a field station, and local students, a team of environmental investigators. On Tuesday, scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory led students through a series of field [...]
Editor’s Note: As part of our annual GEMS (Girls Exploring Math and Science) program, we conduct interviews with women who have pursued careers in science, technology, engineering, or math. This week, [...]
I went into an empty Target store the other day, and they still have zombies and empty shelves. Although I had just bought a lot of junk at Walmart, I felt an instant pressure not to buy anything. If they [...]
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [02:55:48]
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(83 visits) category→arts_entertainment US
A low-end nor’easter is bringing wind and rain to much of the Northeast U.S. this evening, and Gale Warnings have been posted in the Atlantic as well. As nor’easters go, this is not really a big [...]
, vom Stratotypus der Priesener Schichten nahe Louny - Coniac, unteres - oberes Coniac (Březno Formation (březenské souvrství)) - Ort: Březno (Priesen); zu
A nice new video has appeared on Youtube showing a progressive riverbank collapse event, although the location is not
Last week, Earth Institute Executive Director Steven Cohen traveled to Beijing to formalize a partnership with the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), the preeminent think tank in China. [...]
El Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón (IUCA) de la Universidad de Zaragoza organiza la sexta edición del curso internacional Science and Past, este año dedicado a las [...]
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [15:09:50]
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Das Goethe-Gymnasium in Wien führte ein Projekt zum UN-Jahr des
WeBlog Aragosaurus [13:25:00]
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The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is seeking a motivated individual for the new position of Managing Director, Centres for Earth & Space and Fossils & Evolution. The ROM’s eight Centres of [...]
Europe, especially Central and Eastern Europe, continues to be at risk of a Russian cutback in natural gas deliveries. Washington, D.C., legislators optimistically claim that U.S. natural gas exports will [...]
, Gattung ist eigentlich auf den Oberjura beschränkt (siehe Niebuhr et al. 2014, S. 138); Typuslokalität ist Dresden-Plauen - Cenoman, oberes Obercenoman (Dölzschen-Formation) - Ort: Ratssteinbruch, [...]
Come ho annunciato ieri, in preda ad un'emozione troppo grande per poter scrivere un post degno di questo evento, Lee et al. (2014) hanno pubblicato la tanto attesa descrizione dei nuovi resti di Deinocheirus [...]
ALT-SOCIEDADE DE HISTÓRIA NATURAL [12:00:00]
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Decorreu nos passados dias 11 – 12 de Outubro, no Centro de Ciência Viva de Estremoz a quarta edição do Congresso Jovens Investigadores em Geociências. O encontro contou este ano, pela primeira vez, com [...]
Rupert Sutherland with DFDP-2 flagsWhilst researchers continue to pull together the history of past Alpine Fault earthquakes, the Deep Fault Drilling Programme is well underway in Whataroa on the West Coast of [...]
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [08:00:00]
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(106 visits) category→science_technology
Si en el post anterior hablábamos sobre un trabajo sobre testudínidos del Eoceno europeo defendidos en las XXX Jornadas de Paleontología de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología, aquí lo haremos sobre [...]
As well as ocean swell, there are other after effects of storms. One is the amount of water falling in the water falls. I actually didn't know we live near a waterfall until this week. It is Scaleber Force, [...]
Resolving the long-standing enigmas of a giant ornithomimosaur Deinocheirus mirificus. 2014. Lee, Y.-N., et al. Science.
a, MPC-D 100/127. b, MPC-D 100/128. c, Composite reconstruction of MPC-D 100/127 [...]
After working in the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, current Master of Science in Sustainability Management student Ruth Penniston joined the program with the intention of helping [...]
WATCH FOR ROCKS - Travels of a Sharp-Eyed Geologist [22:15:58]
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(90 visits) category→science_technology US,IT
There are certainly many extraordinary natural features to see in Yellowstone National Park, but I will bet there is one hillside in particular that might not have caught your eye. In fact, you could have [...]
The 1964 Alaska Earthquake was 9.2 in magnitude and caused dramatic destruction and dramatic examples of surface rupture, subsidence, and liquefaction. New paleoseismic evidence points to a previously unknown [...]
Schönes von der Marmomacc 2014 Wir haben bereits über unseren diesjährigen Besuch auf der Natursteinmesse Marmomacc 2014 in Verona berichtet. Ziel war es, Neuheiten aus der Naturstein-Welt und [...]
Parapetado bajo el seudónimo de "Ape meets Girl", el dibujante británico Kevin M. Wilson realiza ilustraciones inspiradas en películas y series de televisión, en las cuales va un poco más allá ofreciendo [...]
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [14:00:00]
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No todo es grande en el mundo de los testudínidos o tortugas terrestres. De hecho, las formas de relativo pequeño tamaño son muy comunes en el registro ibérico a partir del Mioceno. Y uno de los taxones [...]
On Antarctica’s Larsen Ice Shelf, researchers from Aberystwyth University will use warm water drills to study the effects that shallow, temporary lakes have on ice there, according to a release[...]
The post [...]
Ein französisches Astronomenteam hat mit dem HARPS-Instrument am La
Silla-Observatorium der ESO in Chile die bislang umfangreichste Zählung
von Kometen um einen Stern durchgeführt und dabei fast 500 [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:11]
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From now, up until 7 January 2015, you can submit your abstract for the upcoming EGU General Assembly (EGU 2015). In addition to established scientists, PhD students and other early career researchers are [...]
“Total U.S. net imports of energy as a share of energy consumption fell to their lowest level in 29 years for the first six months of 2014. Total energy consumption in the first six months of 2014 was 3% [...]
Europe, especially Central and Eastern Europe, continues to be at risk of a Russian cutback in natural gas deliveries. Washington, D.C., legislators optimistically claim that U.S. natural gas exports will [...]