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Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Last Sample and Home
We finished our work at the river transect. Now we had one more sample to collect. Alamgir had arranged for drillers at this new site, but they were delayed because of a knife fight between two villages over some property. Plus, they arrived without their equipment to be able to get across the other village safely. With some rented equipment, we collected our last samples just a few feet above our maximum sampling depth. We then rushed south only to get caught in the legendary DhakaFor the biggest haunting yet, visit HMNS Sugar Land!
If you thought the Sugar Land museum was scary at night, just wait until Halloween! With Tricks, Treats and T. rex around the corner, a good fright is just in sight. The two-day Halloween extravaganza for the whole family is coming … Continue readingA rejection and a promise.
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A while back I entered the MsLexia First Novel competition for the first time. I’ve known about this competition for years, but never bucked up to do it. And it was a real heart-sinking feeling to get [...]
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How low will they go? The response of headwater streams in the Oregon Cascades to the 2015 drought
From a distance, Anne has been watching an incredibly unusual summer play out in the Pacific Northwest, following a winter with far less snow (but more rain) than usual. Folks on the ground in Oregon have been [...]Höhlentauchen in der längsten Unterwasserhöhle Schwedens
OSL Samples at Last
The success of the tube wells for drilling and obtaining samples was a great boon to our field program. We drilled three additional tube wells to complete a five-well transect across the abandoned river [...]
Formation of coastal sea ice in North Pacific drives ocean circulation and climate
An unprecedented analysis of North Pacific ocean circulation over the past 1.2 million years has found that sea ice formation in coastal regions is a key driver of deep ocean circulation, influencing climate [...]Watch the moving sediment in a bottle gutter
How Could a Pile of Dirt Cause a Major Interstate Bridge To Tilt?
[Editor] The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) had a major problem on their hands after a bridge on I-495 was leaning…one side of the bridge was 18 inches higher than the other. The [...]BSEE’s Well Control Rule and its Potential Impact on Offshore Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
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Όσοι φοιτητές επιθυμούν, μπορούν να [...]Which was the biggest dinosaur? (Answer: it’s complicated)
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [10:47:13]
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I just gave an answer to this question on Quora, and it occurred to me that I ought to also give it a permanent home here. So here it is. This is a great example of a question that you’d think would [...]
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Tortugas del Pleistoceno inferior de Quibas (Murcia) en las XXXI Jornadas de la SEP
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The Mount Steele rock avalanche: more details from the seismic data
Further analysis of the Mount Steele rock avalanche in the Yukon of Canada shows that the landslide had a volume of about 20 million cubicActivists Make Good on Promise to Sue DOT over Pipeline Regs.
On October 8, the National Wildlife Federation (“NWF”) fulfilled its promise to sue the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”). The lawsuit alleges that for 20 years the DOT has allowed pipelines to [...]Antibiotika-ähnliche Substanzen aus der Jura-Zeit
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Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [21:26:00]
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Triassic; GB,DE,MX
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Photos: New Jersey’s Lake Carnegie
Lake Carnegie in New Jersey is like a lot of lakes on college campuses. Because of its proximity to and maintenance by Princeton University, it serves as a gathering point[...] The post Photos: New [...]Exploring Rugged Hills & Turbulent Waters 4,500 Meters Down
Aboard a ship at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, scientists are studying how the deepest and coldest waters mix with shallower waters, gaining heat in theLife On Earth Started 4.1 Billion Years Ago
BSEE’s Well Control Rule and its Potential Impact on Offshore Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
In April 2015, the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), proposed an array of new regulations to protect human health and the environment from oil spills. One of [...]ΝΕΟΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗ - Θέματα παρουσιάσεων
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As part of a long-term effort to modernise EGU’s overall look, today we are introducing a new EGU logo. You will find the new logo on all EGU websites (including General Assembly and journal websites) and [...]
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A Much Better Heat Index Is Sorely Needed. This is It.
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I listened to an excellent talk today at the 40th National Weather Association Conference here in Oklahoma City, and It was about a better way of alerting the public to dangerous heat. Yes, you’ve heard [...]
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Big Quakes Can Trigger Other Shakes Thousands of Miles Away
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An earthquake felt round the world. Research shows that large earthquakes may trigger smaller earthquakes thousands of miles away. smithsonianmag.com On April 11, 2012, an 8.6 magnitude earthquake in the [...]
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