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Monday, 05 January 2015
Paleoseismology at EGU2015
The EGU2015 will be held from 12 – 17 April in Vienna, but the abstract deadline is much closer: Day after tomorrow, 7 January! So if you haven’t already done so, it’s time to have a look at paleoseismology-related sessions at EGU: Active Tectonics and the Earthquake Cycle – TS4.1/SM6.4 Monitoring and modelling of geodynamics and crustal deformation: progress during 34 years of the WEGENER initiative – G3.5/GD7.9/SM6.5/TS8.8 Interactions between tectonics and [...]The soil orders simplified
SOILS MATTER, GET THE SCOOP! [21:20:55]
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To identify, understand, and manage soils, soil scientists have developed a soil classification or taxonomy system. Like the classification systems for plants and animals, the soil classification system contains several
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John Le Carre’s The Night Manager and Lessons for Mt Polley
Today I sat in the sun and finished the 1993 novel by John Le Carre called The Night Manager. This is the first Le Carre book I have gotten into. The others that I tried bored me or confused me to the [...]Monday Geology Picture: Ancient Egyptian Stone Jars
For this week’s “Monday Geology Picture” I thought that I would share another picture that I took during my recent visit to The British Museum. This week’s picture shows two beautiful [...]Warum sich der Sauerstoff in der Erdatmosphäre nur langsam angereichert hat
Die Dosis macht‘s: Eisen könnte die frühen Cyanobakterien vergiftet und den Start der Evolution von sauerstoffatmenden Tieren verzögert haben. Vor drei Milliarden Jahren bestand die [...]Jornal norte-americano escolhe dinossauro da Lourinhã entre as "15 descobertas mais magníficas de dinossauros de 2014"
Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [19:48:00]
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Measuring the temperature of solar winds
The sun spews forth super-heated, charged particles, collectively called plasma, that fly out into the vacuum of space at speeds of 200 to 400 miles per second (300 to 700 kilometers per second). These waves [...]Fracking ist eine etablierte Technologie.
Fracking stellt ja für viele im Lande den "Herrseibeiuns" der Rohstoffsuche dar und damit quasi ein Sinnbild, wie moderne Fördertechniken die Erde ausbeuten und die Umwelt gefährden. Nun, sicher [...]Imaggeo on Mondays: Iceberg at midnight
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:30:34]
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Standing on the vast expanse of gleaming white sea ice of the Atka Bay, Michael Bock took this stunning picture of an Antarctic iceberg. The days, during the Antarctic summer, are never ending. Despite [...]
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Babified Allosaurus and prehistoric sphenodontians
markwitton.com blog [13:10:00]
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Jurassic; US
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Erlang village, Guizhou: a deadly rockslide in China
On Sunday a large rockslide occurred at Erlang Village in Guizhou, China, burying a major road and killing at least threeJanuary 5, 2015
NASA’s Spaceborne Carbon Counter MapsNASA Canada Adds Three Bats to Endangered ListCaving News Antarctic Seals May Use Earth’s Magnetic Field to Navigate While HuntingNational Science Foundation [...]Geotagging Basics with ExifTool
Why Geotagging? In a recent post, I discussed the new drone that I got for the holidays and a bit about how I was using it for developing map products. I do this using structure from motion algorithms [...]STEMS & GEMS: HMNS’ Erin Mills gives us the buzz on bugs
Editor’s Note: As part of our annual GEMS (Girls Exploring Math and Science) program happening February 21 2015, we conduct interviews with women who have pursued careers in science, technology, [...][jules' pics] winter
Winterval festivities may be just about over, but winter is probably just getting going. -- Posted By Blogger to jules' pics at 1/05/2015 07:57:00Woher kommt das Eis auf Grönland?
Vorgänge im tiefen Erdkörper schufen die Voraussetzung für die Vergletscherung von Grönland. Das Eis auf Grönland konnte sich nur aufgrund von Prozessen im tiefen Erdinnern bilden. Die [...]Jscht der Sindfluß g´wößen!
Geschichte der Geologie [19:50:00]
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AT,IT,US,AU,CH,UM
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Science Word of the Day: Involucrum
What makes a whale a whale? Flippers, the need to breath air, the ability to give milk, andBuckelwale bei der Jagd
Die Taktik, Fischschwärme mittels Luftblasen in die Enge zu treiben, dürfte vermutlich mit zu den komplexesten Jagdstrategien auf unserem PlanetenThe origin of a second wave of supreme-swimming crocodiles
Green Tea and Velociraptors [15:18:57]
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Cretaceous; GB,AU
Millions of years ago, crocodiles were far more diverse (and weird) than the ones we still have around today. They ranged from armoured, tank-like forms living on land and feeding on plants, to 9 metre long [...]
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How do we inherit our characteristics?
Pygidium from the Strasburg Museum
My family and I went to the Strasburg Museum in Strasburg, Virginia, last fall, because (1) we’ve lived out here for two and a half years now without stopping in, and we felt “overdue” for [...]Sponsor(en) gesucht!
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [12:57:47]
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Seit 2008 erscheint das Magazin für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit in der
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The year ahead – twenty fift-green?
Between a Rock and a Hard Place [07:30:09]
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GB,FR,CN,SA,US
Firstly, happy New Year from all those at BaR! The start of January always seems to herald a surfeit of navel-gazing blog posts. Therefore, I thought I would attempt to broaden my horizons and consider [...]
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Coenites reticulata Coral Fossil
Louisville Area Fossils [06:14:00]
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Devonian; US
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Mark Your Calendars for these events happening at HMNS 1/5/15-1/11-15
Two New Movies Added to Wortham Giant Screen Theatre Lineup Starting Monday, January 5Tiny Giants 3DCome on an extraordinary adventure into magical worlds beneath our feet that most of us never see – one [...]Top concepts:
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