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Monday, 09 February 2015

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Maps of “Out of Eden Walk” by Paul Salopek (National Geographic) 

Digital Geography [20:29:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (166 visits) info
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 GE,ET,US
Today I had the chance to attend a lecture by Paul Salopek in Tbilisi, Georgia. This lecture took me to the idea to write a short review about Paul Salopek and his project here on Digital-Geography because he mentioned several times that mapping his journey is one of his main goals. Some would wonder now: Which journey? – I’ll tell you what’s about: Paul Salopek is a journalist of National Geographic who is doing an amazing project at the moment. He is walking from the [...]

Monday Geology Picture: Kolmanskop from Above 

Georneys [19:45:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (179 visits) info

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Apologies for the short hiatus in my blogging. I’ve been travelling and generally very busy with work these past two weeks. However, I have another “Geology Word of the Week” post coming up soon, so stay tuned! Today I want to share another view of the abandoned diamond mining town of Kolmanskop. I’m currently in Namibia for business, and I flew over Kolmanksop earlier today and managed to snap a few

Alumna Kathy Zhang Uses Communication Skills in Current Position 

State of the Planet [19:32:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (103 visits) info
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Kathy Zhang CC '13, is a graduate of the undergraduate sustainable development major program. She's applying her skills in communications and other areas now at the Sustainable Development Solutions

Sciencespeak: Cricoarytenoideus 

Laelaps [18:29:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (105 visits) info
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 US
American alligators are chatty reptiles. They start out their lives chirping for their mother’s help as they push

Imaggeo on Mondays: High altitude glacier monitoring 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:15:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
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 AT,DE,US,KG,CH,,RU
What a place to work: Spectacular views from the top of the rugged and icy peaks of Tien Shan mountain range. The desire to better understanding global climate change took Leo Sold to this remote area of [...]

daily bread 

drip | david’s really interesting pages... [09:34:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (79 visits) info
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Camarotoechia sappho brachiopod from the Panther Mountain formation 

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info
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 Devonian; US,IE
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I found this Camarotoechia sappho brachiopod at the Cole Hill Rd. locality in Madison County, NY. It comes from the Panther Mountain formation (Devonian, Givetian stage). I kept this specimen because it is a [...]

Simulating submarine landslides 

The Landslide Blog [08:57:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info
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 NL
Joris Eggenhuisen has published a fascinating video on Youtube showing a simulation of submarine landslides using the Eurotank Flume at Utrecht

Bertha TBM Access Pit Excavation Complete 

GeoPrac.net [07:08:45]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info
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 US,IN
The excavation has been completed for the access shaft or rescue shaft that was needed to be able to remove the damaged cutterhead of the Bertha TBM on the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement project in Seattle. [...]

First Core on Deck! 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [05:51:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (114 visits) info
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The JOIDES Resolution arrived on site on February 7th at approximately 6AM. The dynamic positioning thrusters were lowered and preparations began to [...]

Mark Your Calendars for these events happening at HMNS 2/9-2/15 

BEYONDbones [03:00:36]  recommend  recommend this post  (115 visits) info
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Bust out your planners, calendars, and PDAs (if you are throwback like that), it’s time to mark your calendars for the HMNS events of this week!   Valentine’s Sale at the Museum StoreGet $50 off your [...]

Mesozoic Miscellany 72 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [18:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info
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 Ordovician; PL,FR,US,GB,CA,KZ
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In the NewsEarly snakes have been in the news, with a press push and gorgeous Julius Csotonyi artwork accompanying the publication of a paper in Nature Communications. The new paper by Michale Caldwell et al [...]

Sorting out rocks 

Earth Learning Idea [17:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (133 visits) info
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Have you tried the ELI 'Rock detective - rocky clues to the past; investigating your local rocks to find out how they were formed' Collect examples of different types of rock from your local area (and [...]

Coming Soon: Ma [CENSURA] [CENSURA] [CENSURA] !!! 

Theropoda [11:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (638 visits) info
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non voglio credere che sia successo Quanto mi secca avere sempre

Exotisch aussehendes Fossil 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [09:26:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (137 visits) info
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lässt der Fantasie freien Lauf Dieses bizarr anmutende Gebilde lässt

Escultosaurios III 

Koprolitos [09:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info
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Más escultosaurios

February 9, 2015 

Geology.com News [07:10:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (129 visits) info
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 US
Bat White-Nose Syndrome MapCaving News Study Speleothem Science at Summer SchoolCaving News Moving a City Because of a MineCNN Winter Mineral and Gem ShowsThe-Vug.com Check it Out: The Tulsa Geoscience [...]

A Very Long Dry Spell (40 Days +) Ends. Please, More Days Like This! 

Geotripper [06:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (595 visits) info
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What does it take to make a Walmart parking lot pretty? Atmospheric phenomena is a big help. I spend as little time as possible at Walmarts of any kind, but there was a fast food outlet nearby, and we wanted [...]

One of The Most Amazing Cloud Photos Ever 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [05:02:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (540 visits) info
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 IN,
I just spotted this over the weekend, but its been out there for a week or so. It was taken by Astronaut Sam Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) on the ISS. It’s a shot of lightning illuminating the eye-wall [...]
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