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Wednesday, 12 August 2015
The Big City, Subdivided for Sustainability
Two-thirds of people on the planet will live in cities by 2050. But few cities are prepared for this population boom. An upcoming research project will explore new, localized models for urban infrastructure to make cities cleaner, healthier and more enjoyable places toRockies student projects, 2015
Another year, another batch of student projects from my Rockies field course, each intended to elucidate some aspect of the geology of the Montana / Wyoming Rocky Mountains for the general public: Geology of Grand Teton National Park (Marcell) Tilted glaciolacustrine beds near Glacier National Park (James) Blog on various aspects of the field course’s geology (Zack) A geologist’s guide to the Beartooth Highway (Peri) The Sawtooth Range and theStudent guest post: the Belt Supergroup in Glacier National Park
As longtime readers know, late summer is when my Rockies students submit their final projects – web-based explanations of key geologic sites they examined during the trip. Today, I offer you a guest blog [...]Shanyang County, Shaanxi: another mining-related landslide disaster in China
Early on Wednesday morning a major landslide at a vanadium mine in Shanyang County in Shaanxi Province China killed about 60 people. This is the latest in a long catalogue of mining-related landslides in [...]Geology Photo of the Week #45
This weeks photo is once again related to permafrost and the Arctic….something tells me I miss being there. Anyway, the gorgeous photo below shows a terrific example of polygonal patterned ground from [...]Guesses, hints, and annotations
Yesterday, I posted a panorama and asked you what you saw. Responses offered as comments on the blog were modest, but there was more activity on Twitter: Here are those responses: @theAGU @callanbentley I see [...]The Occurrence of Acid Rain
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Acidity rain is really a natural process and happening around us. Water is an important element and required by life. Nearly 70% from the body’s biological creature is an element water. Therefore, no [...]
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Streptelasma (Enterolasma) strictum coral from the Kalkberg formation of New York
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August 12, 2015
A Marker for the Base of the AnthropoceneUniversity of Leicester Algeria Reforms Laws to Attract Foreign Energy InvestorsEnergy Information Administration Schlumberger and Halliburton Offer Creative Financing [...]Wie brechen Kontinente auseinander?
Wie brechen Kontinente auseinander? Neue Erkenntnisse aus Südafrika stellen klassische Theorie in Frage.Als vor 130 Millionen Jahren der westliche Teil des Urkontinents Gondwana auseinanderbrach und [...]Tracing fluid pathways in rocks and minerals
– NanoSIMS engineer no. 1: This is Wednesday, but already feels like a Friday. Why does it feel like a Friday? – NanoSIMS engeneer no. 2: That’s because she made us work so hard this [...]19th September - Aust Cliff and Manor Farm
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Bath Geological Society Saturday 19 September 2015Aust Cliff and Manor Farm, South GloucestershireLeader: Simon CarpenterThis field trip visits two important Upper Triassic sites in South [...]
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Assessment Of India Coastal Erosion
Some data points on changes in India's coastline due to erosion and accretion over 15 years (1989-91 to 2004-2006) Assessment of coastal erosion along the Indian coast on 1 : 25,000 scale using satellite data [...]The Real weight Loss Tips to lead you to A Simpler and Easier Weight Loss Program
Struggling for gaining weight loss can be frustrating, especially for them who have to lose so many pounds from their weight. The hope sometimes kills our patent to keep on following the rules in the weight [...]So Long Paleorhinus and Pseudopalatinae
Long needed redescription of the type material of the phytosaur Parasuchus hislopi from India and a revision of the non-mystriosuchin parasuchid phytosaurs. It will take me awhile to abandon the name [...]Fusilando sin piedad: OMNI after Mark Hallett
The Best Little Oviraptorid in Mongolia
The sweaty summers of the mid 1970s give way to cooler climes indoors, as a block of sandstone pulled from the red-and-orange rocks of the Djadokhta Formation in Mongolia’s southern Gobi Desert finds [...]Top concepts:
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