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Thursday, 17 September 2015
The University of Bristol’s new #OpenAccess policy
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [23:12:03]
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A quick note to say that I got an email today — the University of Bristol Staff Bulletin — announcing some extremely welcome news: (Admittedly it was only the third item on the bulletin, coming in just after “Staff Parking – application deadline Friday 18 September”, but you can’t have everything.) This is excellent, and the
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It Was The Hottest Summer On Record & 2015 Will Be As Well
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [22:51:55]
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NOAA announced today that the summer of 2015 was the hottest on record, beating last year which held the record for only 12 months. August 2015 was also the hottest on record. More from NOAA: The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for August 2015 was the warmest August on record, 1.58°F (0.88°C) warmer than the 20th century average, and surpassing the previous record set in 2014 by
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Wanted: Cookie Monster
Recently, there have been a couple sightings of the cookie monster wandering around the ship. I know it might sound crazy and you're probably thinking [...]
Premiere: IOW-Forscher entwickeln erste flächendeckende Unterwasserbiotop-Karte der deutschen Ostsee
WissenschaftlerInnen des Leibniz-Instituts für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde (IOW) haben erstmals eine Karte erarbeitet, die flächendeckend und mit hoher Differenziertheit Unterwasserbiotope für [...]Streitgespräch um den Bergbau
Geschichte der Geologie [20:51:00]
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Sustainability Management Alum Leads Coach’s CSR Initiatives
Prior to the Master of Science in Sustainability Management program, Amanda Lechenet (’13), worked within the food service and retail food industries as an agricultural economist and cost manager, [...]458-Million Year Old Twin Impact Craters Found in Sweden
Maria Graham, and a large earthquake in Chile, 1822
As news comes in of another very large earthquake in Chile – the third magnitude 8 earthquake along Chile’s Pacific margin in the past six years – this is a stark reminder of the destructive [...]Magnitude 8.3 earthquake, central Chile, 16th September 2015
Drawing of Reptiles found in the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin
Drawing of Reptiles found in the Bohemian CretaceousIl terremoto cileno di ieri sera - sintesi preliminare e le lacune sismiche del margine andino
scienzeedintorni [09:31:00]
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PL,FR,CL,US,KM,JP,IT,BR
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September 17, 2015
Attention News Subscribers On September 18, 2015, Geology.com will begin publishing news items on the right side of its homepage instead of on its news page. We will publish more news items, more frequently, [...]#IStandWithAhmed
Spotted on Twitter:In defense of information by, of, and for the people
[jules' pics] NY pics
Here to learn about rain in the past present and future, but the workshop didn't start until noon yesterday, so there was time for a bit of walking about and photographing. Photos with real camera but blogging [...]Get dirty doing real paleontology during Fossil Wash Day in Sugar Land
If you want to be a paleontologist, you’ve got to get your hands dirty… and sometimes wet. Now you can learn just what it takes to get down to the nitty-gritty of separating fossils from soil and get a [...]Starkbeben in Chile und Tsunami
Chilenisches Tsunami-Frühwarnsystem Starkbeben in Chile und Tsunami 17.09.2015| Potsdam: Das sehr starke Erdbeben in den Abendstunden des 16.9.2015 (Lokalzeit) traf mit einer Magnitude von [...]Zebra Mussel Genome Sequencing
Researchers at the University of Minnesota are working to sequence the genome of zebra mussels, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Their hope is that their results can one[...] The post Zebra Mussel [...]“False Megamouth” Shark Pioneered the Plankton-Feeding Lifestyle
All sharks are carnivores. From the sunny surface waters to the darkest depths, every selachian species lives byM8 Earthquake Chile - unusual shallow thrust
Eric Brevik’s work awarded by Geoderma
The review paper The use of electromagnetic induction techniques in soils studies, by James A. Doolittle and Eric Brevik, has been awarded as the Geoderma’s Best Review of 2014. The Geoderma Best Paper [...]Maria Graham, and a large earthquake in Chile, 1822
Drawing of Reptiles found in the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin
Drawing of Reptiles found in the Bohemian CretaceousThe Internet is for cat photos. Here are mine.
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [09:48:37]
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Regular readers will remember that I recently fished my cat skull out of the tub where invertebrates had been hard at work defleshing it, and put it to soak — first in soapy water, then in clean water, [...]
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Chile Earthquake M8.3 September 16, 2015
Here is the seismogram of the M8.3 Chilean earthquake of September 16, 2015 recorded at Keele University, UK. Occurring about 230km north of Chile’s capital, Santiago, the coast of Chile is prone to [...][jules' pics] NY pics #2
Walking is a bit frustrating in NY. On the streets there's a crossing every few feet. It is quite right than no pedestrians obey the signals as, if they did, making progress would be impossible. In some places [...]How Fear Drives American Politics
His TED talk is a MUSTThe difference of a decimal for a tsunami
The Way of the Geophysicist [03:59:24]
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US,CL,NZ,PE
Reading Time: 1 minutesOff the coast of Chile a strong shallow earthquake triggered a tsunami. Warnings have been going out to Chile, Peru, Hawaii and New Zealand. The first estimation of the energy of the [...]
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