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Little River heads to Environmental Education Association conference 

In an effort to share our interest in outreach environmental education with others, we are attending the Environmental Education Association of Illinois Annual Conference at the Touch of Nature Environmental [...]

5 jurassic adventures in Utah 

ksl.com The original Utahns weren’t nearly as willing to bring you a casserole, but who wants to look at fossilized Relief Society presidents? READ

Thünen-Atlas: Karten zur landwirtschaftlichen Nutzung online 

     Wissenschaftler aus Braunschweig haben einen hochaufgelösten Datensatz zur Landnutzung und Tierhaltung in Deutschland erarbeitet Die deutsche Agrarstatistik ist eine wichtige Quelle, um Trends in [...]

The Proper Tor Relay Letter 

There's nobody to send this to. Dear [ISP]: Thank you for forwarding me the notice you received from [copyright claimant] regarding [content]. I would like to assure you that I am not hosting the claimed [...]

A Long Time Ago on the Other Side of the World… Samurai culture inspires George Lucas’s Jedi and Sith 

Star Wars revealed the amazing creativity of George Lucas. Star Wars characters seemed foreign—even alien—to American audiences. Of course, like all creative geniuses, Lucas had his inspiration. His [...]

Dust Storm at The Needle Rocks, Pyramid Lake 

It was a very windy day as I drove south along what's variably called the Surprise Valley Road or the Sand Pass Road (and to the north, is often called the Smoke Creek Road) into the Pyramid Lake Paiute [...]

The weird, awesome, and weirdly awesome, Triassic hindlimb-glider Sharovipteryx mirabilis 

Sharovipteryx mirabilis, a tiny reptilian 'hindlimb glider' from the Late Triassic of Kyrgyzstan. A Triassic spider is thrown in for fun (spiders are a very ancient group, and were almost certainly present [...]

Mesozoic Miscellany 74 

The Thunderously Big NewsDidja hear about Brontosaurus yet? Eh? Well, if you haven't, hold on your butt. Arguably the most famous generic name in all of the dinosauria has returned, thanks to a massive [...]

Never a Dahl moment 

So farewell then, Gary Dahl (1936-2015) Gary Ross Dahl, who died on March 23, was an advertising copywriter and advertising agency owner who became a millionaire on the strength of a six-month fad dating from [...]

Combat and cannibalism in tyrannosaurs 

In recent years, it has become clear that at least some large theropods (and notably tyrannosaurs) engaged in some form of intraspecific conflict that can be identified by the numerous injuries inflicted on [...]

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Como cada año, la campaña anual de excavación en los yacimientos de vertebrados miocenos de Somosaguas se está acercando. Esta vez tendrá lugar entre los días 18 y 29 de Mayo. Si eres alumno de la UCM y [...]

The continuing mystery of the Pakyong Airport slope 

News reports suggest that a building has collapsed near to the Pakyong Airport site in India, raising further questions about the engineering at the

Comienzos (Juan José Santana) 

A pesar de estar ya a comienzos de octubre, el sol aún cae con fuerza aquí en Alicante. Mi hijo y yo estamos en lo alto de un montón de escombros en una cantera abandonada. Mi mujer está sentada en una [...]

Misty, moisty morning 

We arrive on site today to begin our first operations in this region. read

POTD April 9, 2015: Entrada Sandstone in Cathedral Valley, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah 

Entrada Sandstone in Cathedral Valley, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; ©

Mehr als nur Rohstoff: Eisen-Mangan Krusten als Klimarekorder 

     Meeresforscher rekonstruieren Klimaschwankungen in der kanadischen Arktis 08.04.2015/Kiel. Das Klima der Arktis hat sich im Zuge des Beginns der Vereisungszyklen der nördlichen Hemisphäre vor drei [...]

Das ITVA Altlastensymposium 2015 in Bochum #1 – Mantelverordnung und Altlastenkataster 

Am 19. und 20. März fand in Bochum der diesjährige Altlastenkongress des Ingenieurtechnischen Verbandes für Altlastenmanagement und Flächenrecycling e.V. (ITVA) statt. Eine gute Gelegenheit, das Ruhrgebiet [...]

ESP Alum Works to Bring Better Environmental Standards to Oil and Gas Industry 

Josh Garrett, a 2012 graduate of the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, serves as the Director of Communications for Equitable Origin, a firm based in New York. Through his work with Equitable [...]

Lessons in Sustainability Policy 

On April 7, 2015, the Earth Institute hosted a panel event and reception on ‘Sustainability Policy: Progress and Opportunity.’ Over 170 students, faculty, and local professionals gathered in Low Library to [...]

Linux - Do Not Torrent Through Tor 

Yeah, I've figured out how I got a Hollywood letter.  First of all, I don't believe they put a speck of effort into this for accuracy.  That would be really expensive. But I run a Tor relay on Linux, and I [...]

New study finds small solar eruptions can have profound effects on unprotected planets 

On Dec. 19, 2006, the sun ejected a small, slow-moving puff of solar material. Four days later, this sluggish Coronal Mass Ejection was nevertheless powerful enough to rip away dramatic amounts of oxygen out [...]

Drought Ups Lake Tahoe Clarity 

Water clarity measurements at Lake Tahoe have shown their biggest improvements in more than 10 years, according to a release from the University of California, Davis. But the news is[...] The post Drought Ups [...]

Schiefer Turm von Bad Frankenhausen 

Das Wahrzeichen neigt sich weiter: Der 56 Meter hohe Kirchturm

Torrent letter from Bell 

I deny it all, I hate that show (rotten kids). Now subtitled:  Hollywood sends random letters. The Government of Canada requires by law that all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) let their clients know [...]

Getting ready for the first ‘core on deck’ 

After few days of transit from Colombo, we are finally read

EGU General Assembly 2015 – Events and Schedule 

Next week I’ll be heading to Vienna for the European Geosciences Union General Assembly (12-17th April). This annual gathering of thousands of geoscientists from all over the world, has been a regular [...]

April 9, 2015 

Non-Technical Competencies of Geoscience StudentsAmerican Geoscience Institute Curiosity Rover to Investigate Mineral Veins on MarsNASA Video: Mine Subsidence in Benld, IllinoisFox2Now.com Shell Buys BG Group [...]