In the Company of Plants and Rocks [22:16:00]
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(181 visits) category→recreation US,GB
They say natural history is dying. Support is in steep decline. There are fewer academic programs, staff are cut, museums and herbaria are shuttered. What a huge mistake! This is knowledge that's critical “for fields as varied as human health, food security, conservation, land management and recreation” as well as pleasure. But fortunately there’s a counter-trend and it’s huge too. Just look online – natural history is experiencing a [...]
Four geoscience faculty members from University of Arizona have been elected Fellows of the American Geophysical Union. George E. Gehrels, Jonathan T. Overpeck, Jay Quade, and Peter A. Troch, will all be inducted at the AGU Fall Meeting in December in San Francisco.
Election as a Union Fellow is "a tribute to those AGU members who
have made exceptional contributions to Earth and space
We are using sound waves to image the subsurface of Georgia along two long transects. It is like creating a huge x-ray of the geology in the region. Thousands of instruments (termed “Texans”) will [...]
The Hansen paper (submitted manuscript!) has provoked me into mentioning that the EGU are in the process of revamping the discussion phase of their on-line open access publications. There have been a number of [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:05:58]
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(169 visits) category→recreation AT,US,CN,,CA
The most recent issue (Winter/Spring 2015) of the Teachers Clearinghouse for Science and Society Education Newsletter includes a piece, by Earth Science Correspondent, Michael J. Passow, on the 2015 General [...]
One of the most distinctive and easily recognizable insects in the Cockrell Butterfly Center is the rice paper butterfly (Idea leuconoe), also known as the paper kite and the large tree nymph. All these common [...]
Koprolitos [10:43:00]
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(178 visits) category→science_technology Jurassic; US
La nueva novela de Victor Milán, prolífico autor de ciencia ficción estadounidense, se llama "The Dinosaur Lords". De ella, George R. R. Martin ha dicho que es "un cruce entre Jurassic Park y Juego de [...]
Check out this proposed bridge in China's Zhangjiajie National Forest. It has a span of 1,200 feet and is over 1,300 feet off the ground. The majestic landscape was reportedly the inspiration for the [...]
The couple owning a house up-slope from a massive 2014 landslide is accused of overwatering their lawn, leading to the landslide in a lawsuit filed by the developer. The developer also blames a natural gas [...]
Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]
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(178 visits) category→science_technology Devonian; DE,US
These little Edriocrinus policiformis crinoid cups are somewhat common in the Kalkberg formation of New York. They are a pretty good indicator that the rocks are lower Devonian in age. These fossils are just [...]
This summer I’ve been updating some of the photos I placed in the Wikipedia system (check them out here, if you like; free to use for any purpose). I was especially anxious to replace a low-resolution [...]
Fortunate Son’s luck has not run out! After digging through nearly a meter of nothing, Haviv came across a long bone that we think may be the tibia, or lower leg bone. Then as we were clearing out the [...]
The Arizona [Tucson] Daily Star ran a page-2 story on the passing of Bill Dickinson last week, calling him "a leader in the plate
tectonics revolution that re-formed our view of how geological forces
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markwitton.com blog [17:11:00]
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(218 visits) category→arts_entertainment Jurassic
Which creative direction would you take one of the most successful movie franchises of all time? Apparently, I would start by desaturating it of all colour. Read on to find out more.To the surprise of no-one, [...]
Mountain Beltway [14:07:23]
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(200 visits) category→science_technology Cretaceous; US
Some time ago, I featured as Friday fold the extraordinarily complex duplex structure to be seen in the Cretaceous “gastropod limestone” member of the Kootenai Formation at Sandy Hollow, Montana. [...]
Hi everyone, Many thanks for your support over the years. We have decided to discontinue this blog due to re-organisations within CGS and the School of Earth and Environment. Ekbal will continue to blog about [...]
The year is 2015. The world of paleoseismology is occupied by scientists traveling to Nagoya. Well, not entirely… One small number of unflinching scientists stay at their desks and hold out against the [...]
Heavy rainfall triggered landslides on Wednesday night in Central Nepal, killing at least 35 people. Worst affected were Kaski and Myagdi
GroundProbe has released a new slope stability monitoring radar for use in pit. The SSR-FX is designed to aid in increasing safety and productivity in mines. According to GroundProbe CEO John Beevers:"The [...]
Crescent City Harbor from the south
In the far northwestern corner of California beyond Eureka and Arcata, the coast is lonely and wild, but there is one outpost of civilization, the small village of Crescent [...]
10% of Gold Mines Are Operating at a LossMining.com What Regulates Methane Emissions in Freshwater Wetlands?University of Georgia Today Developing a Mission Statement at the Oregon Deparment of Geology and [...]
EXPEDITION LIVE! [05:16:24]
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(156 visits) category→recreation Cretaceous; US
With things going great at our main Mussentuchit localities this year, and an abundance of crew, we decided to carve off a handful of our team and hunt for new dinosaur sites in southern Utah for three days. [...]
Fortunate Son’s luck has not run out! After digging through nearly a meter of nothing, Haviv came across a long bone that we think may be the tibia, or lower leg bone. Then as we were clearing out the [...]