New from Snet: Lithologs, a new tool to create lithological/sedimentological logs online..
Wednesday, 03 December 2014
Dinosaur Drama Makes for a Stellar Documentary: Dinosaur 13 screening coming to HMNS December 9
Join Peter Larson and Robert T. Bakker at HMNS for lecture and final screening of Dinosaur 13 in the Giant Screen Theatre Tuesday, December 9. When paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from South Dakota’s Black Hills Institute made one of the world’s … Continue reading2014 Poised To Take Title as Hottest Year On Record
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [22:52:36]
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It is almost certain now that 2014 will be among the hottest years on record globally. The NASA (and NOAA), numbers are showing that it will likely be the absolute hottest, but it does depend on December temperatures. It would have to be an unusually cool December globally for a record to not be reached, and that is very unlikely based on how how warm the oceans are right now.
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It's deja vu all over again, again
Not sure why, but people seem interested in the “history of climate blogging”. See posts here and here, for example (there may be more, if so, they are hopefully linked). And I see Eli has already nicked [...]The Lake Mary Fault Near Flagstaff
Anatomia, Antropologia e Evolução Humana
Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [19:10:00]
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US
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New State Oil-By-Rail Regulations Take Effect, While Rail Capacity Is Squeezed
As we reported earlier, consideration of proposed federal rulemaking concerning crude oil-by-rail transportation recommended by the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration and Federal Railroad [...]Earth Institute Spring 2015 Undergraduate Research Assistantship Opportunities
The Earth Institute will offer six research assistant opportunities for undergraduate students during the spring 2015 semester. Undergraduates from Columbia and Barnard will be able to serve as research [...]Bertha – One year anniversary
One year ago today, an eight-inch-wide pipe went clunk, grind, and pfffth. ... [ continueMap of aftershocks to Sunday's M4.7Oak Creek earthquake
The dark side of the atmosphere: the blog awakens
Aerosol particles come in lots of different flavours and one of their most important properties is how they deal with incoming sunlight. Some are rather unwelcoming and send sunlight back to whence it came [...]One small step for Nature..
Macmillan have released an interesting press release, announcing that all research papers published in their 49 Nature Publishing Group (NPG) journals, including Nature, will be made free to read online, via [...]Guest Blog: GfGD UCL Event Report
Geology for Global Development [11:50:59]
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IN,
Celia Willoughby, UCL Geography student and GfGD Ambassador, writes about a recent event… Wednesday 19th November, saw the first UCL GfGD lecture of the year, taken by guest speaker Prof. Richard Taylor. [...]
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Launching the new EGU Blogs!
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [11:00:30]
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Quaternary; CN,RU
Welcome to the new home of the EGU Blogs! Today we are proudly launching a new webpage which now houses all the EGU blogs in one place. We have redesigned the website to give the blogs a more modern layout and [...]
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Looking to the past to see into the future
The Earth’s surface temperatures can have a profound effect on the Earth’s ice sheets, the huge layers of ice thousands of metres thick that cover Greenland and Antarctica. Over the past few decades, [...]December 3, 2014
Online Information for the Tucson Gem and Mineral ShowArizona Geology Geologists Discover Ancient Buried Canyon in South TibetCaltech News The Role of Sea Spray Aerosols in Weather and ClimateNational Science [...]Ozarkodina Conodont Fossil
Louisville Area Fossils [03:30:00]
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Carboniferous; US
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Home is Where The Science is: Become a museum member this Giving Tuesday!
They say home is where your heart is. That’s why HMNS is home to Lane the Triceratops, Nesh Kahns the mummy, a few bamboo sharks and, most certainly, our amazingly devoted patrons. This Giving [...]worst science grades
Geologists/scientists, did you have any terrible grades in a science class? This post discusses lousy grades from an academic's (ecology) perspective. In college, I caught fire in chemistry, stunk up my math [...]PhD reflections: Sorcha
Between a Rock and a Hard Place [20:44:08]
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GB
Between a Rock and a Hard Place began as an Earth Science PhD blog in February 2013, as a place to ramble on about PhD life and general science topics. Almost two years later, some of the contributors have [...]
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Workshop of the SARA Project (South America Risk Assessment) Project on “Inventory of Hazardous Structures of South America” & Workshop of the 1311 INQUA project. Santiago, CHILE, 17-20 November, 2014
The gathering of the South American Neotectonic Group took place at the Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago as a departure point of the scheduled activities of the “Inventory of Hazardous Structures [...]short announcement: tactical pilotage maps online
Watching for gifts for map lovers these days? Some guys over at reddit do so as well. Besides some interesting links (notebooks, OpenStreetMap clothings or map glasses) there was this side link to a great [...]AGU 2014: Key Events From the Earth Institute
Scientists at Columbia University’s Earth Institute will present important talks at the Dec. 15-19 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the world’s largest gathering of earth and space scientists. [...]Earth Institute Spring 2015 Internships
This spring, the Earth Institute is offering Columbia students opportunities to intern within various departments and research centers at the institute. All full-time Columbia and Barnard students are eligible [...]Matching Funds Boost Contributions Made through Dec. 31
The Earth Institute will benefit this holiday season from matching gift funds from a dedicated Earth Institute donor, making your contribution all the more valuable. Thanks to the generosity of Betsee Parker, [...]Seal Watch
Unforced variations: Dec 2014
This month’s open thread. Think history, Lima, and upcoming additions of a single data point to timeseries based on arbitrary calendricalBoletín Digital Diciembre 2014
Door 3: Why Christmas love letters led to the discovery of the earliest flowers on Earth
Christmas is a time for love, but sometimes the path of true love does not run smooth… When my friend doth speak, I hear the echo ever, Of a mountain peak Whose rocks and snows together Utter a might [...].jpg)
Werkstatt mit Bern- & Speckstein
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [07:51:50]
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Das Eiszeitmuseum lädt zur Weihnachtswerkstatt ein: Wann: 09.12., 14 –
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The Domkar Monastery landslide in Qinghai, eastern Tibet
In early November a spectacular and highly destructive rotational landslide occurred at Domkar Monastery in Tibet, destroying manyI Could Have told The NWS in Indiana That Posting that Was a BIG Mistake
Any broadcast meteorologist would know that posting this would set off the chemtrail loonies, and indeed it did. I suspect the NWS forecasters knew what they were getting into , but should we let a [...]Dinosaur Tournament Part 8 (GRAND FINALS!)
So today, I decided to make a dinosaur tournament with 16 dinosaurs. I want you to choose who you think will win in a fight out of the dinosaurs below. Triceratops VS T-rex Here are some stats: TRICERATOPS [...]Top concepts:
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