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Sunday, 15 March 2015
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How to create a wind map in QGIS
A few days ago I saw Franz Leonardo’s post on the ArcGIS group on facebook: He visualised wind speed and direction in ArcGIS for a wind map and I thought by myself: let’s do it with QGIS… Here is the tutorial which covers some aspects of interpolation, symbol levels, classification and formulas… The Data The whole process starts with the values for seven point location which could be potential weather stations or simple observation points. We have values for direction [...]Willow Cones
In the Company of Plants and Rocks [16:20:00]
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Ordovician; US,CA,,GB
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Sailing around political unrest in Bangladesh
With the roads in Bangladesh hazardous to drive because of the ongoing political unrest, our undergraduate sustainable development class managed to proceed with our class trip over Spring Break by doing all [...]On This Day in 1980: Mount St. Helens Awakes!
Don’t worry, Mount St. Helens isn’t exploding right at the moment (*sadface*). But if you’ll step into the Vulcan Mark III TimeMachine with me, we’ll go watch her wake up!... -- Read [...]Homo rex
Harry Baker’s Love Poem For Lonely Prime Numbers
Blogs about science do not often have poetry, and when they do I suspect it’s not what most folks would call good poetry, but here is an exception, and I think you’ll agree, thanks to Harry Baker, [...]Largest Known Theropods
Is T.rex really the biggest land theropod? Is it really 10 tonnes? Newest contenders for largest theropod - some new contenders have only been unearthed in recent years. Siats meekroum The only skeleton [...]Super Steve: Interview with JR Operations Superintendent Steve Midgley
Steve Midgley completed his bachelor's degree in Marine Engineering at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Steve began his career in the oil [...]L'evoluzione delle piante e i cambiamenti ambientali nella storia della Terra
scienzeedintorni [11:24:00]
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Paleogene; FR,IT,EE,SE,PH,HK,US,NZ,CH,RU,IN
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On This Day in 1980: Mount St. Helens Awakes!
Don’t worry, Mount St. Helens isn’t exploding right at the moment (*sadface*). But if you’ll step into the Vulcan Mark III TimeMachine with me, we’ll go watch her wake up! -- Read more [...]Delthyris sculptilis brachiopod from the Centerfield Fm.
Views of the Mahantango [08:01:00]
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Devonian; US
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