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Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Ein Haus wird von einem Erdrutsch zerstört (Video)
Videos von Erdrutschen hatte ich hier ja schon ein paar mal vorgestellt. Bewegte Bilder helfen dabei, die Abläufe und Entwicklungen besser zu verstehen. Besonders interessant wird es, wenn menschengemachte Strukturen in das geschehen einbezogen sind. Wir verhalten sich Häuser, die in einen Erdrutsch geraten? Ich mag mich täuschen, aber die Zerstörung von Gebäuden in einem Erdrutsch dürfte wohl ein nur sehr wenig verstandener Vorgang sein. daher dürfte dieses Video aus Thailand (leider [...]Federal Judge Rules that State and Federal Law Preempts New Mexico’s Fracking Ban
On January 20, 2015 a U.S. District Judge overturned New Mexico’s ban on hydrocarbon extraction, which included a prohibition on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in the state. (SWEPI, LP v. Mora County et al., Case No. 1:14-cv-00035-JB-SCY, filed Jan. 19, 2015.) Mora County, a political subdivision of the State of New Mexico, enacted the ban through a … ContinueThe Battle of the Beard: Tut’s shave stirs controversy
I work in Cairo, and this week I had the interesting experience of being at the edge of a huge news story. Ancient Egypt is always popular but I’ve never seen anything like the media scrum that descended on [...]Messel ist älter als gedacht - Neue Datierungsmethode ermöglicht präzise Alterseinstufung
Die Entstehung des UNESCO-Weltnaturerbes Grube Messel liegt länger zurück als bisher angenommen. Dies haben Wissenschaftler des Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut in Frankfurt in Zusammenarbeit mit deutschen [...]Walking With Dinosaurs at Burpee Museum
Membership has its perks! Burpee Museum will be showing BBC Earth’s Walking With Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet on Friday March 13, 2015 during the PaleoFest Members Night. The Walking With Dinosaurs [...]South Canal Seattle Photo
Of all the crazy schemes that didn’t come to fruition in Seattle, ... [ continue
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Tschüss JR!
In ein paar Stunden gehen wir in Singapur von Bord, dann ist unser großes Abenteuer auf der JOIDES resolution beendet. Wir möchten allen [...]Ressource Trinkwasser
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Ein Buch von Hans-Martin Mulisch und Werner Winter: Rezension MULISCH,
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Um (titanossáurio) gigante e sem medo!
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Cornellites fasiculata pelecypod with a bryozoan from the Panther Mountain formation
Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]
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An Offensive Strategy for Dealing With Creationist Attacks on Science
I’ve been doing quite a lot of reading about the failures of young earth creationist attempts at doing geology. Many people have come before me, tearing this nonsense down bit-by-bit.... -- Read more on [...]How to Meet and Seduce Dinosaurs (Jacquelynn Paquet)
Mt Polley fails the Mining Association of Canada
It is late and maybe I should go to bed. But before I do I am compelled to write about the Mining Association of Canada’s (MAC) decision not to release it rating of the Mt Polley tailings facility [...]2014 Survey Metal and Industrial Mineral Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits – 2
A comment on yesterday’s posting comparing wages on small versus large U.S. Metal and Industrial Mineral Mine Salaries, Wages, and Benefits from the CostMine 2014 survey reads thus: More to the point, [...]Making Snowfall Forecasts More Accuarate
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [00:23:08]
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We are at the cusp of some amazing technology that will hopefully make forecasting snowstorms, like the one predicted yesterday, much more accurate. I was on a local program produced by the TV station I work [...]
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Bonus pterosaur (anurognathid) art you've never seen before! (sort of)
Witkit.com New thorn in the side of the NSA
Reference I'm trying it out, and I've spotted a security hole, but they aren't responding in 2 seconds. I'll put the response here when I get it. There is no documentation, but it appears that they have [...]Night flight
Polluting the Internet [15:57:22]
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After what has seemed like an eternity (or more than one post-doc post, which is essentially the same thing), I’ve got a new paper published. To commemorate this auspicious occasion, I’m going to [...]
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Easily plot magma compositions (TAS diagrams) in Python
I recently made a total alkali vs silica (TAS) plot to compare the magma of the Hekla 1947 eruption with the compositions of magmas from previous eruptions. This post contains the code to draw the plot, [...]Goodbye JR!
In a few hours we will leave the JOIDES resolution in Singapore. This will be the end of a great adventure! Thanks to all scientists, technicians, [...]EGU Photo Contest 2015
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:51]
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If you are pre-registered for the 2015 General Assembly (Vienna, 12 – 17 April), you can take part in our annual photo competition! Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly! [...]
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Display on Kids page readEffective International Engagement (1) – Introduction
Geology for Global Development [09:00:50]
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Many geologists will have to, and indeed want to, work overseas at some point in their careers. The global opportunities offered by research and working within the geosciences is a big attraction when [...]
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An Offensive Strategy for Dealing With Creationist Attacks on Science
I’ve been doing quite a lot of reading about the failures of young earth creationist attempts at doing geology. Many people have come before me, tearing this nonsense down bit-by-bit. -- Read more on [...]January 28, 2015
Greenland’s Disappearing LakesCBS News U.S. Rig Count Could Fall by 30%FuelFix Video: Cave Rescue PracticeDiscovery The U.S. Shale Industry May Shrink by 30%CNN Money Where’s the Oil Price Outrage [...]Predicting the Weather is Tricky Work
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This is a guest post by long-time Raleigh North Carolina Meteorologist (and friend) Greg Fishel of WRAL-TV During Tuesday’s 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. news, I talked about ensembles, how they outperformed the [...]
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