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Thursday, 05 March 2015

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New Summer Course Tackles Environmental Sustainability in the Middle East 

State of the Planet [22:14:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (76 visits) info
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 IL,JO,US,
Environmental issues know no boundaries. These problems transcend national borders and the solution to them lies in a collaborative approach to the management of shared natural resources. A clear example can be found in the Middle East and, this summer, a new field study course will take 10 Columbia University students to Jordan and Israel

More urban heat; less summer fog, on California coast 

AGU Meetings [21:34:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (128 visits) info
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 US
The summer fog that shrouds coastal southern California – what locals call the June Gloom – is being driven up into the sky by urban sprawl, according to scientists who have studied 67 years of cloud heights and urban growth in the region. Less fog may, at first, seem like a good thing. But less fog is bad news for native plants in the coastal hills and mountains, which depend on the cool fog as their only source of water during the rainless summer months. So less fog means warmer, drier, [...]

Peru’s Prehistoric Croc Hotspot 

Laelaps [19:51:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (461 visits) info
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The “Age of Reptiles” was supposed to have ended long ago. The 170 million year reign of dinosaurs,

MI VIDA COMO ELEFANTE 

episcophagus [17:11:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (115 visits) info
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Si fuera un elefante, cambiaría mi forma de sentir. Los ojos de los elefantes están separados a los lados de la cabeza, y apenas tienen visión en profundidad. Cada ojo ve algo diferente, y no muy bien: [...]

Jim Jenks gets the 2014 Katherine Palmer Award 

Ammonoidea [16:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (215 visits) info
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My Friend and colleague Jim Jenks received PRI's 2014 Katherine Palmer Award. It is a pleasure working with Jim and I congratulate him on getting this well deserved

March 7th - Celebration of the Natural World 

Geology in the West Country [16:16:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
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 GB,AU
Bristol NATS - Bradbury Hall, HenleazeThe speaker programme is now:10.00  Open10.30  Glories of the Flowerbank  Bob Buck11.00  Plants rule the world. Or do they?  David Hill11.30  [...]

The Moon at the closest point to the Earth 

Geology in the West Country [16:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (131 visits) info
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This is the sunset at the North Pole with the moon at its closest point last week. You can also see the sun below the moon, an amazing photo and not one easily

Pollution Biggest Driver Of Nuisance Algal Blooms In European, North American Lakes 

Lake Scientist [15:43:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (83 visits) info
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 CA,US,MY
Scientists at the University of Nottingham and McGill University have found that pollution is the biggest driver for nuisance algal blooms in European and North American lakes, according to a[...] The post [...]

US now going to inject radioactive waste 

Ontario-geofish [15:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (124 visits) info
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Article Oh Thank God!  We Canadians don't have the stupidity monopoly for nuclear waste. I'm sure the usgus just loves this idea!  They don't know a thing about the earthquake-causing Precambrian [...]

Wettbewerb: BodenWertSchätzen 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [12:54:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (106 visits) info
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Der Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (RNE) und die Deutsche Bundesstiftung

Beowulf contra el alosaurio 

Koprolitos [10:08:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (129 visits) info
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Página de Famous Conquest #1 (Famous Funnies, 1953, 1955), por Bill ¿?¿Os suena Beowulf, el héroe que luchó contra el monstruo Grendel, contra su madre -la madre del monstruo, quicir, no la de Beowulf- y [...]

Women in Geoblogging III: Extinctions! Glaciation! Movies! Books from Space! 

Rosetta Stones [09:14:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (65 visits) info
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Women in Geoblogging Week continues with some brilliant posts from old friends and new. Settle in for moar great earth science writing! Letters from Gondwana by Fernanda Castano Fernanda... -- Read more on [...]

Arizona Mining Review episode covers Mining Day at the Capitol 

Arizona Geology [02:35:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info
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The latest episode of our online video magazine, Arizona Mining Review, is now available on our YouTube channel.  This episode was hosted by AZGS Economic Geology Section Chief, Nyal Niemuth, who interviewed [...]

Drunk on Geology - Mönchhop Mosel Slate Riesling 

The Geology P.A.G.E. [17:35:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (629 visits) info
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 Devonian; DE,US
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The next up on the Drunk on Geology series is the Mosel Slat Riesling wine from the Mönchhof winery from the Mosel region of Germany.The Mosel Slates are comprised of two main slate [...]

State Senate approves transfer of centennial museum to AZGS; bill moves to House 

Arizona Geology [17:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (164 visits) info
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The Arizona State Senate yesterday approved SB1200, transferring the former Mining & Mineral Museum from the Arizona Historical Society to Arizona Geological Survey, to be re-opened as the Mining, Mineral, [...]

Book report 

Mountain Beltway [16:37:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (115 visits) info
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Callan reviews 11 books he's read in the past 11 months, some having to do with geology, many with the intellectual heritage of scientific insight, a few about history, two biographies, and some about random [...]

Premiered This Day: The Creature From The Black Lagoon 

Palaeoblog [16:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (110 visits) info
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On this day in 1954, director Jack Arnold let loose The Creature from his Devonian-aged Amazonian lagoon. The Creature was actually played by two different men in two different suits; Ricou Browning did the [...]

Seattle Map 11 – Heart of Seattle 

New Stories in Stone [16:04:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (66 visits) info
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My wife tells me it’s never too late for Valentines Day, so ... [ continue

They might be giants, but how could they live with each other? 

Green Tea and Velociraptors [15:15:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (107 visits) info
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 Jurassic,Cretaceous; ,GB
Sauropod dinosaurs are the biggest animals to have ever walked on land. They are instantly recognised by their long, sweeping necks and whiplashed tails, and nearly always portrayed moving in herds, being [...]

Seeing Stars with James Wooten: The Stars of Spring are Rising 

BEYONDbones [14:00:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (115 visits) info
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Mars remains in the west at dusk this month as it moves through Pisces. Mars continues to fade a little each night as Earth continues to leave it farther behind. After this month, Mars begins to be lost in the [...]

Boletín Digital Geosfera Marzo 2015 

Geosfera [11:52:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (146 visits) info
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Toda la información de Geosfera recogida en este nuevo boletín digital. Nos os perdáis, este sábado, la actividad gratuita que realizaremos sobre el origen de la Humanidad en compañía de Virtua [...]

Women in Geoblogging III: Extinctions! Glaciation! Movies! Books from Space! 

Rosetta Stones [09:14:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info
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Women in Geoblogging Week continues with some brilliant posts from old friends and new. Settle in for moar great earth science writing! Letters from Gondwana by Fernanda Castano Fernanda... -- Read more on [...]

March 5, 2015 

Geology.com News [07:10:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (95 visits) info
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 US
Investigating Acid Saline LakesAGU on Tumblr What Can Be Done About New Orleans Subsidence ?NOLA.com Nigeria Oil and Gas ReportEnergy Information Administration More Unexplained Craters Appear in SiberiaThe [...]

On the importance of fictional role models 

Magma Cum Laude [02:23:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (120 visits) info
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Last week, we learned that Leonard Nimoy died. Though it's sad both because we've lost an amazing person and an icon of science fiction, it got me thinking about why I personally cared so much about the [...]
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