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Friday, 13 March 2015

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The "Vanatu Monster" storm 

Geology in Motion [21:36:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (131 visits) info
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 Triassic; US,AU,VU,PH,
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From CNNFrom WikiFirst of all, where is and what is Vanuatu? It's an island nation of volcanic origin in the South Pacific some 1000 miles east of northern Australia. If you subscribe to the USGS earthquake notification system, you'll see a lot of alerts about earthquakes near Vanuatu. 65 of Vanuatu's 82 islands are inhabited. The islands are steep, prone to landslides and slippages, and there is little permanent fresh water. The shorelines are rocky and drop quickly into oceanic depths because [...]

The Acorns Were Here Long Before the Squirrels 

State of the Planet [21:23:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info
category→recreation
 GB
Forests are a critical component of ecosystems, and the effective management of this natural resource is a topic of great concern to sustainable development and humanity. On March 7, Ralph Schmidt, former director of forest programs with the United Nations Development Program, led a seminar on sustainable forest management for Earth Institute students and

Please, Be Irrational! Pi Day is Tomorrow! 

BEYONDbones [20:27:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
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Tomorrow is Pi Day, a slightly silly recognition of the special number that is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. But it’s not just any Pi Day, it is the Pi Day of the century! Because [...]

Seattle and the AEG Professional Forum on Landslides 

Geo Slice [18:36:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (133 visits) info
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 US
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I must apologize for not posting much around here as it's been a very hectic beginning of 2015. So, I'll just skip ahead a bit. About to speak at the Washington Section meeting. At the end of February I [...]

Acoustic Fats, Ear Trumpets, and How Whales Hear 

Laelaps [18:02:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (143 visits) info
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Up until a few days ago, I had never heard a blue whale. I wasn’t even aware they

What’s up? The Friday links (74) 

Paleoseismicity [17:15:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info
category→science_technology
 US
The Big One covered the news this week – didn’t you notice? We’re back with news and links on the long-term erthquake forecast for California, the reawakened Oklahoma faults, the UN Disaster [...]

Source to Sink (+ video) 

AGU Meetings [15:13:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (135 visits) info
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Why are we studying the mountains by drilling into the

Sull'Antropocene, ed una riflessione Ultrazionale 

Theropoda [15:06:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
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"Antropocene" è il termine (molto di moda) col quale si vuole intendere una "nuova" Epoca geologica, successiva all'Olocene nel quale - finora - eravamo abituati a collocare il presente. Le argomentazioni [...]

Biggest Rocks in The World 

Liberty, Equality, Geology [14:01:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (124 visits) info
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 MX
Which one isright, rock or monolith? whatever. In this article you will see some of the largest amazing monoliths. Some researchers define monolith as a stand-alone rock without associated with other mountain [...]

Zallinger’s “Age of Reptiles” mural at the Yale Peabody Museum 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [12:54:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (115 visits) info
category→health
 US
In 2012, Matt and I spent a week in New York, mostly working at the AMNH on “Apatosaurus” minimus and a few other specimens that caught our eye. But we were able to spend a day at the Yale Peabody [...]

Pteranoman! por Don Simpson 

Koprolitos [09:14:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info
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¿Es un pájaro? ¿Es un avión? ¡No! Es... ¿¿PTERANOMAN?? Este improbable personaje creado por Don Simpson hizo su debut en Shell Sock, una antología de las Tortugas Ninja publicada por Mirage Studios [...]

Frühjahrstreffen Bodennetzwerk Südbayern 

Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [08:18:10]  recommend  recommend this post  (109 visits) info
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Dipl.-Lök. Karsten Schacht organisiert: in Kooperation mit dem Bayerischen Staatsministerium

March 13, 2015 

Geology.com News [07:10:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (76 visits) info
category→recreation
 US,KR,IN
Reawakened Oklahoma Faults Could Produce Larger Future EventsUnited States Geological Survey Teachable Moments in Earthquake ScienceIncorporated Research Institutions for Seismology What I Do as a Research [...]

For Our Wooster Family 

Wooster Geologists [05:18:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (114 visits) info
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Here’s a photo of a peaceful sunrise at the Desert Studies Center to let our WOODS friends know that our thoughts are with them.

Naturalist-Soldiers in the U.S. Civil War 

Fossils and Other Living Things [03:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info
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 Silurian; US,PK,CH,GB,IN
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On November 4, 1862, in northwestern Arkansas, Union Private Robert T. McMahan wrote in his diary:Day pleasant and we drilled twice.  Shall like the artillery service well.  Ground more or less [...]

Centennial museum bill hearing scheduled in State House 

Arizona Geology [00:51:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (152 visits) info
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 US
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The Arizona House Committee on Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources will hold a hearing on Senate Bill 1200 on Monday, March 16, in hearing room HHR1 in Phoenix at 2 p.m. SB1200 transfers the former [...]

Sustainable Development Spring 2015 Workshop Briefings 

State of the Planet [19:18:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (113 visits) info
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The Sustainable Development Spring 2015 workshop briefings will take place on Friday, May 1, 2-4 p.m. Join us at Lerner Hall, Room 569. Here is a sneak peek of what’s happening with the ongoing capstone [...]

Sonnenfinsternis am 20. März 2015 

Mente et Malleo [18:30:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (119 visits) info
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Am nächsten Freitag, den 20. März 2015 kommt es zumindest für uns in Mitteleuropa zu einer bemerkenswerten partiellen Sonnenfinsternis mit einem Bedeckungsgrad von 60 bis 85%. Wenn man sie als totale [...]

Graduating Senior Shares Insights of the Sustainable Development Program 

State of the Planet [17:22:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (75 visits) info
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 US
By Jessica Sotomayor Norman Shafto, is a current senior student of the undergraduate sustainable development major program. What drew you to the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development? What most [...]

Abyssal Rhythm 

State of the Planet [16:00:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (110 visits) info
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Since the dawn of mankind, I imagine we’ve gazed In wonder and awe at the sky’s starry crown; More recently, we have been deeply amazed By the long-obscured, staggering view looking down To the depths [...]

Who Wants to Travel to Volcano? 

Liberty, Equality, Geology [15:12:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (96 visits) info
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The volcano may seem creepy history especially if you look at history of Pompeii, Krakatau and others. But do not get me wrong because the volcano is one of the most preferred tourist attraction because the [...]

There are sharks in those hills! 

Caribbean Paleobiology [14:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (156 visits) info
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 Neogene; US,GB,CL
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It was late January, when, alongside some of my colleagues from Vertebrate Paleontology, we headed north towards California's Central Valley, leaving behind the heavy traffic and skyscrapers of LA. More [...]

MPA Students Partner with Raritan Headwaters Association 

State of the Planet [13:50:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (131 visits) info
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 US
As part of the Workshop in applied Earth Systems Policy Analysis, students in the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program are partnering with the Raritan Headwaters Association (RHA) to help address [...]

ALGUNAS RECOMENDACIONES Terry Pratchett (III, por desgracia) 

episcophagus [11:26:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (154 visits) info
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Hace cuatro años escribí sobre Terry Pratchett en este mismo Blog. Hoy, por desgracia, vuelvo a hacerlo. Ayer Terry Pratchett murió. Todos los que le leíamos sabíamos lo enfermo que estaba. Todos [...]

Yeager airport – a massive, damaging fill slope landslide 

The Landslide Blog [09:08:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (93 visits) info
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 US
Over the last two days a massive and very spectacular landslide has developed in a reinforced slope at the end of the runway at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West

Paleocene fossils from the Sentinel Butte formation 

Views of the Mahantango [08:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (146 visits) info
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 Paleogene; US,NO,CN,,IN
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The fossils that are found in the Sentinel Butte Formation of North Dakota always grab my eye when the I see them. Usually I see a piece of brown-tan shale with a Ginkgo leaf impression on it and I'm [...]

Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A new crinoid genus from the Silurian of Estonia 

Wooster Geologists [06:50:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (88 visits) info
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 Silurian; EE
It is my pleasure to introduce a new Silurian crinoid genus and species: Velocrinus coniculus Ausich, Wilson & Vinn, 2015. The image above is a CD-interray lateral view of the calyx (or head), with the [...]

Three Things You Really Should Read before The Weekend 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [04:59:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (94 visits) info
category→culture_politics
 US
Trying to define pornography, a frustrated U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once famously declared “I know it when I see it”, and perhaps you can say the same thing about critical [...]

PROWESS Trailblazers 

Eat. Sleep. Geology. [01:28:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (110 visits) info
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I stumbled upon this very cool program/opportunity. The AAPG PROWESS Committee has a subcommittee, Pioneer AAPG Women, dedicated to honoring pioneering women of the energy industry. They are planning a [...]
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