It is only recently that scientists learned of the existence of glacial earthquakes–seismic rumblings produced as massive ice chunks fall off the fronts of advancing glaciers into the ocean. In Greenland, where they have been extensively measured, such quakes have grown sevenfold over the last two decades and they are advancing northward. This suggests that ice loss is increasing
Inizialmente, avevo pensato ad una trilogia di post su questo tema, ma penso che uno, un po' corposo, basti ed avanzi.
Finalmente, si fa per dire, anche David Peters sbarca su Theropoda!
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Utah Geological Survey - blog [18:41:05]
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good4utah.com Good 4 Utah’s Adam Carroll visited Red Fleet State Park, just seven miles north of Vernal in Uintah County. Called a “mini Lake Powell” by locals, the park’s lake winds [...]
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markwitton.com blog [15:23:00]
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I recently took a trip up to Seymour, Texas, in order to report on an intermittent, ongoing fossil dig happening up on the famous Early Permian deposits on the Craddock Ranch. My main source (and, admittedly, [...]
All this fawning over the pope leaves me rather depressed. So, maybe he happened to say something that was not completely stupid and backward. I suppose perhaps if you are feeling particularly optimistic, [...]
A landslide on the Daning River in China yesterday triggered a series of tsunami waves that sank 13 vessels, mostly fishing
Breccia Pipes and Collapse Features on the Colorado Plateau, Northwestern ArizonaSome contain high-grade uranium ore in the Grand Canyon areaArizona Geological Survey NASA Mission to Saturn’s Moon, [...]
Recently I came across an unusual map of Seattle–Frank McCaffrey’s New Dogwood Map of Seattle, published in 1931. The map is a cartoon-style with curious depictions of monuments and locations in [...]
Utah’s Great Salt Lake covers an area around 1,700 square miles, making it the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere. That expansiveness, however, is offset by the relatively shallow[...]
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7 Easy Tips to Eliminate Toxins In The Body Various healthy lifestyle and healthy food consumption can improve the health of one’s body, but from a variety of unhealthy lifestyles and the various foods [...]
Water Hole #1 in Golconda, Nevada — a bar made famous in the late 1970s by an industrious pig, Waterhole Ike — closed sometime within the last two to three years, before I had a chance to stop by and check [...]
"¡Sooooooooooo bisho!"Mr Mystic, creación de Will Eisner que debutó en el suplemento The Spirit del 2 de junio de 1940, era el nombre artístico de un tal Ken que regresó del Tíbet con un "tatuaje arcano" [...]
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The diversity of pelecypods that are found within the Devonian aged (Givetian stage) Moscow formation is pretty amazing. At a time when brachiopods were still somewhat dominant, pelecypods had become a strong [...]
Now, a lot of you lately have been not-so-subtly nudging at me to get a book out about Mount St. Helens. So I have created a not-so-subtle meme for you. You can download it, print it, and hang it up...
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