Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [23:51:16]
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Heavy rain and snow is moving into California tonight, as an intense surface/upper level low pressure system taps warm tropical air to the south and shoves it into California. California gets most of its rain in winter and you might be surprised to know that most if it comes from just 5-6 storms. The water vapor imagery from the GOES shows the storm well. Keep in mind that you are
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It was July 2011 when the Martian meteorite Tissint fell to Earth.
An international research team has found organic carbon in rock sections
of the meteorite and precisely unraveled its petrographic [...]
Ein Forscherteam der Universitäten Göttingen, Bielefeld und der
Botanischen Staatssammlung München hat die weltweit ersten fossilen
Klebfallen einer fleischfressenden (karnivoren) Pflanze [...]
Spinosaurus war nicht nur (möglicherweise) der größte Raubsaurier, er war auch lange zeit einer der rätselhaftesten. Sein Skelett ging im Inferno des 2. Weltkrieges verloren. Wenn es um Dinosaurier, um die [...]
This month, Mars remains in the southwest at dusk this month as it moves through Capricornus. Mars continues to fade a little each night as Earth continues to leave it farther behind. Jupiter is now high in [...]
Wenn Fischschwärme angegriffen werden, formen sie etwas, das im Englischen als bait Ball bezeichnet wird. Manchmal kann sich dieses verhalten aber auch als Weg in den Untergang entpuppen. Wenn die Feinde sehr [...]
Sonar technology commonly used to study shipwrecks in Lake Huron is helping scientists learn more about trout habitat there, according to the Great Lakes Echo. Data collected in the effort[...]
The post Sonar [...]
ALT-SOCIEDADE DE HISTÓRIA NATURAL [15:29:00]
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José Soler (NHM LAC) e Pedro Mocho (UAM/SHN) trabalhando sobre uma acumulação de vértebras caudaisDepois de várias campanhas em Utah (EUA), apresentámos no encontro anual da Society of Vertebrate [...]
M3.6 with a ridiculous intensity map for this size of earthquake.
I'm quite sad that the USGS isn't producing the fault plane solutions. The 6 may be out of line, but there are a lot of 4's. Normally [...]
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [12:25:05]
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Festveranstaltung zum Boden des Jahres 2015 Welttag des Bodens Termin:
Volcanoes are endlessly fascinating for so many reasons, not the least of which is the way they make their own weather. Mt. Shasta, at the south end of the Cascades Range is no exception, as it rises around [...]
Turn Your Smartphone Into a Digital Microscope!Instructables.com on YouTube Seismometers to Measure DC ShakingUnited States Geological Survey The Legendary Snowmastodon Fossil Site in ColoradoUnited States [...]
AZGS released the following statement this afternoon:
A magnitude (M) 4.7 earthquake shook Sedona and Flagstaff in Sunday evening. The event occurred at 10:57 p.m. about 7 miles north of Sedona, near Munds [...]
The helicorder station at Flagstaff captured the records of the magnitude 4.7 earthquake last night between Sedona and Flagstaff and 11 aftershocks. Most occurred in the two hours following the main shock, [...]
Donar als geòlegs visualitzadors cartogràfics online com el de l'IGCC o el Street View ha estat com donar ulleres de raig X als guipaires. De les moltíssimes aplicacions que tenen una de les millors és [...]
Im Juli 2011 schlug der Marsmeteorit Tissint in Marokko auf. Ein
internationales Forschungsteam hat in Gesteinsproben des Meteoriten
organischen Kohlenstoff gefunden und ihn in Zusammenhang mit den
[...]
For Jessica Cunningham, the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program offers the ideal tools for a successful career in environmental policy. By combining an innovative science curriculum with [...]
Deep in the sea, on the denuded carcasses of whales, there live humble little scavengers. They’re the snotworms,
Well, our flight was delayed due to bad weather at the field site. Because the plane has to land on a glacier, rather than a proper runway, the weather needs to be perfect. Since we're hanging out around [...]
Geologists have developed clever ways to peer deep beneath the earth's surface and these tools are being utilized to get a clearer picture of the November 30 earthquake in Oak Creek Canyon. In addition, [...]
Our early atmosphere was quite anoxic
‘till early algae terraformed the Earth.
One grand event, replacing gasses toxic?
Or did O oscillate since life’s first birth?
Did evolution make fate manifest?
[...]
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [15:27:00]
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José Soler (NHM LAC) e Pedro Mocho (UAM/SHN) trabalhando sobre uma acumulação de vértebras caudais
Depois de várias campanhas em Utah (EUA), apresentámos no encontro anual da Society of Vertebrate [...]
Una taza muy guapa la que se han currado en ThinkGeek. Y la historia que se han inventado para venderla no te la dejes atrás: "Es un hecho poco conocido que cuando los grandes dinosaurios vagaban por la [...]
Geological Society of London blog [11:51:19]
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Welcome to the advent calendar ‘On this Day…’ mini-series! I’m going to focus on historical geohazard events, starting with the ‘December Giant’ Sinkhole, which formed on [...]
I have started a new job which will involve running a Laser-ablation ICP-MS. As a result I have been doing a fair bit of reading on the subject, and, in the process learning (and re-learning) a fair bit of [...]
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [07:19:54]
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Ein Vortrag von Dipl.-Geogr. Wolfram Heidenfelder (GEOmontan): Geowissenschaftliches Kolloquium Wann:
Louisville Area Fossils [03:30:00]
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This image shows what appears to be a Lonchodina conodont fossil. This creature existed in the Mississippian Period. Fossil was found in the Jacob Chapel Shale of Clark County Indiana USA.
Source for ID [...]
Geologists and students: I want to personally invite you, your spouse, your friend, and your colleagues to the December 18th, 2014 AEG-BWH Christmas dinner party. We will hear a bang-up talk about rockfall [...]
The 1970 movie The Railway Children featured a translational landslide that blocked a railway track. Fortunately three children were on hand to save the