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Thursday, 04 December 2014
Hole Punch Clouds Over Maryland
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [23:30:09]
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This “Hole Punch Cloud” was spotted over Somerset County Maryland today, and the technical name meteorologists use is “Fall Streak Hole”. They are rather rare, and happen when super-cooled water in a cloud suddenly freezes. The freezing can be started by the introduction of some ice crystals and then the super-cooled water freezes, and falls out as ice crystals. Liquid water at temperatures well below freezing is actually fairly common
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Recent global warming trends: significant or paused or what?
As the World Meteorological Organisation WMO has just announced that “The year 2014 is on track to be the warmest, or one of the warmest years on record”, it is timely to have a look at recent global temperature changes. I’m going to use Kevin Cowtan’s nice interactive temperature plotting and trend calculation tool toM2.9 aftershock to Duncan earthquake
Broschüre „Tiefe Geothermie“ - „Deep Geothermal Energy“
Verständliche Sachinformationen zur „Tiefen Geothermie“ erfreuen sich weiterhin eines starken Interesses in der breiten Öffentlichkeit. Aufgrund des großen Erfolgs der deutschen Ausgabe der [...]Cow, closer than you think
Lake Erie Mudpuppies Never Grow Up
One of Lake Erie’s mysteries, the mudpuppy salamander never reaches a state where it can live outside of water, according to the Port Clinton News-Herald. Instead, its adult form resembles[...] The post Lake [...]The fate of volcanic ash in the environment
Why no PDF of the Smith and Benson Rhomaleosaurus monograph? An open letter to the Palaeontographical Society
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [13:46:12]
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I have sent this message to David Loydell and Beris Cox, the editors of the Palaeontographical Society’s monograph series. Dear Palaeontographical Society, I was delighted to see that Adam Smith and [...]
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You could hardly make it up...
Nothing should surprise me where parasitical publishing is concerned. The big headline news is that Nature have made articles free to view...FOR SUBSCRIBERS! Big whoops and high-fives all round! [...]InfoZentrum Geopark Ruhrgebiet
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [11:20:36]
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Die Zeche Nachtigall in Witten beherbergt das neue Info-Zentrum: Besuchen
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Oklahoma Induced Seismicity Caused by Hydraulic Fracturing
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the number of earthquakes greater than magnitude 3 in Oklahoma is increasing exponentially. There were 20 in 2009 and 427 through the first 10 ½ months of 2014. The [...]December 4, 2014
New York: Site of the Next Energy Boom?City & State NY Louisiana Energy FactsEnergy Information Administration Mexico’s $50 Earthquake AlarmCNN Future Earthquakes from New Madrid ?The Columbus [...]Deep Excavation Geotechnical Software Update
Deep Excavation LLC is releasing the revamped 2015 version of their deep excavation software DeepEX 2015. DeepEX is used by more than 1000 engineers worldwide. The current version includes an improved wizard, [...]
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On The Road Again
Spathognathodus macer Conodont Fossil
Louisville Area Fossils [03:30:00]
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Carboniferous; US
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Dinosaur Tournament News
Results: T-rex won Triceratops 3-2. it was a very close match. i would like to thank all who participated in Dinosaur Tournament, such as Dinosir, The Tyrant Lizard Queen, T-rex, etc. Please vote yes [...]How Pterosaurs Filled Their Lungs
Imagine a balloon inside a cask. There’s an opening at the top to blow air into, but here’sBrochure “Deep Geothermal Energy – Application Possibilities in Germany”
Comprehensible factual information on „Deep Geothermal Energy“ continues to be of great interest to the general public. Due to the great success of the German edition of the free brochure, a new [...]A Who’s Who of Sustainability Practitioners Headed to Campus
The Practicum in Innovative Sustainability Leadership (SUMA K4310), a course added to the M.S. Sustainability Management curriculum in the spring of 2014, takes as its starting point that sustainability is [...]MS Alum Constructs Career for the Built Environment
M.S. in Sustainability Management alum Steve Burke (’14) has always had a passion for the built environment. Prior to joining the MSSM program, Steve interned at a sustainable design firm focused on [...]GM and others flee Ontario
In the news today, the US car companies won't even take Ontario bribes. There is no investment coming in, and they are easing themselves out. It's totally the unions. Used to the worst unions were in [...]Links: Lamoille Canyon Geology
Geologic Map of the Ruby Mountains, Nevada - USGS Map I-1136 (Howard, Kistler, Snoke, and Willden, 1979) Geologic Map of the Lamoille Quadrangle, Elko County, Nevada - NBMG Map 125 (Howard, 2000) Geology [...]Nuevos restos de terópodos del Jurásico Medio de Níger
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [13:09:00]
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Michael Sturm
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Dr. rer. nat Vermittlung naturkundlicher und geowissenschaftlicher Inhalte an unterschiedliche
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Door 4: Crochet Darwin
Geological Society of London blog [11:02:38]
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In my previous entry for this blog I rounded up a list of excellent geological knitting patterns, ending with the amazing life sized crocheted head of Darwin. I promised you all something a little easier, and [...]
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Oklahoma Induced Seismicity Caused by Hydraulic Fracturing
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the number of earthquakes greater than magnitude 3 in Oklahoma is increasing exponentially. There were 20 in 2009 and 427 through the first 10 ½ months of 2014. The [...]The Domkar Monastery landslide: the (non-)evolution of a failure
An archive of images of the Domkar Monastery landslide is available since 2007. They show remarkably little evidence of the development of theThe Great 2014 Dinosaur Gift Guide: Volume 3!
Digging in the Wheeler Shale
Views of the Mahantango [00:48:00]
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Cambrian; US
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