Ecosystems provide numerous benefits and services essential to humankind such as food, fuel and fiber; they help clean the air and water, help control flooding and regulate climate. One increasingly favored [...]
Wissenschaftler der Universität Bonn haben mit Kollegen aus China,
Großbritannien und Polen den ältesten Beleg für Brutpflege bei Insekten
beschrieben: Es handelt sich dabei um eine Schildlaus, [...]
One of my machines is mostly a spare, loaded with disks. I just run stable Debian on it, and it never fails. When I last rejuvenated it, I just wanted 4 cpu's and an integrated graphics, since I wasn't [...]
En La Razón (con la colaboración de Traveler) publican hoy un artículo turístico sobre la zona burgalesa de Pinares, en la que se destacan varios tesoros que visitar como la necrópolis de Revenga, la Casa [...]
Probebohrung “Schwarzbach 1” erfolgreich abgeschlossen Heidelberg. Die Rhein Petroleum GmbH, eine 10%-Beteiligung der Deutsche Rohstoff AG, ist zum Abschluss der
After a prolonged drought on the River Murray and Lower Lakes system in South Australia, a researcher at the University of Adelaide decided to look further into the effects that[...]
The post Drought Effects [...]
Probebohrung “Schwarzbach 1” erfolgreich abgeschlossen Heidelberg. Die Rhein Petroleum GmbH, eine 10%-Beteiligung der Deutsche Rohstoff AG, ist zum Abschluss der mehrwöchigen Probebohrung „Schwarzbach [...]
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [11:30:00]
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Como ya hemos indicado en otras ocasiones en este blog, el registro de tortugas litorales del Jurásico Superior de Europa es muy relevante, ya que está compuesto por varios taxones endémicos de este [...]
Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]
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I always like large brachiopods and these specimens of Postepithryis cincta certainly meet that standard. The specimens below are roughly 1.5" long (4cm) by 1.25" wide (3cm). They come from rocks dated to the [...]
The Fraser Institute survey came out in February. I missed it—so here is a brief summary. The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies was sent to approximately 4,200 exploration, [...]
Vor rund 540 Millionen Jahren explodierte die Artenvielfalt auf der
Erde: Innerhalb kurzer Zeit entstanden unzählige neue Arten, fast
gleichzeitig entwickelten sich die Vorfahren der heutigen [...]
Mente et Malleo [21:49:04]
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Fracking ist hierzulande ja so etwas wie der Gottseibeiuns, und fast alle kennen den Film „Gasland“, in dem Wasser, das aus einem Wasserhahn tritt, entflammt wird. Weil sich in dem Trinkwasser Methan [...]
Reporting on a Revolution [17:49:00]
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During my recent trek in the Goriganga valley, I noticed steep hillsides and plenty of landslides. There are a number of geological attributes of this region that makes hill slopes susceptible to fail.
The [...]
Probebohrung “Schwarzbach 1” erfolgreich abgeschlossen Heidelberg. Die Rhein Petroleum GmbH, eine 10%-Beteiligung der Deutsche Rohstoff AG, ist zum Abschluss der
Geological Society of London blog [16:44:16]
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The Great Geobakeoff is back! Last year, we were astonished, delighted, and a little bit scared by your levels of enthusiasm and commitment to the geobakeoff challenge. As Easter approaches, we’ve [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [16:09:45]
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Wondering what to expect at our General Assembly this year? Here are some of the highlights: Great Debates (GDB) This year we’re holding not one, not two, but four Great Debates! The topics covered this year [...]
Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [14:18:00]
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O Brontosaurus é um dos nomes mais emblemáticos de dinossauros, apenas rivalizado pelo Tyrannosaurus rex. Contudo, o Brontosaurus foi tornado sinónimo de Apatosaurus em 1903 e tentativamente olvidado [...]
Tomales Bay just might be the most
contradictory places in all of California. On the one hand, it is one of the most peaceful and serene places in the state, a largely undeveloped fifteen-mile long bay, [...]
Satisfaction with Geoscience Master’s Degree ProgramsAmerican Geosciences Institute Harvard: Wooly Mammoth DNA Spliced into Elephant CellsPopular Science Skiing Into the Heart of an Andean VolcanoEarth [...]
WATCH FOR ROCKS - Travels of a Sharp-Eyed Geologist [03:43:32]
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Before the lamb of March turns into the showers of April, there are unanswered questions from my previous post that must be addressed. 1) Will we make it out alive before the amphitheater erodes completely? [...]