Armstrong (Nov. 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) took Fay Wray to Skull Island in 1933. He returned later the same year to find The Son of Kong, only to lose him as the island sank, as these things are prone to
JOIDES Resolution blogs [22:21:22]
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The last weeks were filled up with work, one article in the newspaper, two radio interviews, long nights but soon it's gonna start: just one week [...]
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [21:00:26]
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Back in 2013, when we were in the last stages of preparing our paper Caudal pneumaticity and pneumatic hiatuses in the sauropod dinosaurs Giraffatitan and Apatosaurus (Wedel and Taylor 2013b), I noticed that, [...]
Y si, a veces la naturaleza es así. No es el primer caso de amor extraespecífico. Hace poco la prensa se hizo eco de un curioso caso en el que una foca tenía un momento íntimo con un pingüino. [...]
That's completely out of the blue. I have no idea whatsoever on that one, and it's too early in the morning to look up historic seismicity. Would be funny if there were any injection around there. There [...]
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [09:37:29]
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Geopark-Landmarkenfaltblatt Burg Ummendorf vorgestellt: Die Börde hat im Untergrund viel
Road Salt Prices SkyrocketTime What is a Salt Glacier?Geology.com Geologic Maps of Vesta AsteroidNASA A Different Type of Oil CrisisNewsweek.com What Bourbon Producers Can Teach the Oil IndustryNew York Times [...]
American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. v. EPA, Case 13-4079 oral arguments were held Tuesday (see previous post) and early indications suggest the Farm Bureau is fighting an uphill battle as it attempts to [...]
Shaft #10 at the Resolution Copper mine in Superior reached its final depth of 6,943 feet (2,116 m). It is the deepest single lift shaft in North America, according to the company. [Right, shaft #10. Photo [...]
Earthly Musings [00:30:00]
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I am currently on a fantastic trip to South America, a place second only to my home continent of North America. I love it here! Great landscapes, colorful cultures, exotic experiences - it has everything. I am [...]
Word comes today in the Modesto Bee that a local "farmer" has been fined $160,000 and ordered to purchase conservation easements worth $1,000,000 after he oversaw the destruction of 33 acres of prime [...]
The Sustainability Management program is seeking candidates for the following curriculum and grading assistant positions for the spring 2015 semester. The assistants are responsible for attending class [...]
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So, the next time you're behind that brine truck, trying to get through that snow storm, think of the glorious stuff you are breathing. I'm sure it's worth at least a pack or ciggies or two.
So, [...]
(Esperaba escribirlo hace dos semanas, peor al final se me echó el tiempo encima y no me salía. Hoy me ha salido por fin, así que, con retraso, feliz cumpleaños)
Sé que de pequeña eras un trasto. Si [...]
Lake Scientist [16:56:04]
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Beginning with the industrial revolution, calcium levels in Canadian lakes have been going down, according to research published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The drop is[...]
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In science education and popularization, there is a delicate
balance that must be struck between overcomplicating and oversimplifying.
Insufficient simplification can result in overly obtuse deviation into
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Whilst I’ve been off designing geology-themed holiday cards and working on other time-devouring things, other folks in the geoblogosphere have been doing some fascinating writing. I thought...
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What else are you going to call a restaurant situated right on the San Andreas?
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck at 10:26 PM PST tonight about 3 miles south of the town of San Juan Bautista in the Coast [...]
Preferred Sands is one of the largest providers of sand for oil and gas production in the country, and their Arizona plant has the company's largest reserves. According to a story in Reuters, [...]
The Heartland Institute long ago proved that they are not among the scientifically literate, but today they posted a real “LMAO fall in the floor laughing” tweet on their twitter account. [...]
Earthly Musings [04:06:00]
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I just had one of my best days ever at Machu Picchu, Peru. Sunshine in the morning on the train ride from Urubamba, a developing rain rain signaling the beginning of the rainy season, and clearing by evening. [...]
The Geology P.A.G.E. [00:22:00]
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To start off, I was going to say recently but it has apparently been almost a year now, but "recently" I came across this blog post by GSA entitled "On the Shoulders of Giants: A 125th Anniversary [...]