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Friday, 06 November 2015

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Satellite Detects Food Chain Impact of El Nino 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [23:47:02]  recommend  recommend this post  (165 visits) info
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El Nino is not just a warming of the surface waters in the East Pacific, the depth of that warm water increases as the thermocline lowers. This keeps nutrient rich colder waters from upwelling to the surface, impacting the very bottom of the food chain. NASA has a cool page (with much more info) where you can toggle back and forth and see the drop in chlorophyll here. How you

FELIZ SAN SAURIO 2015 

El Vinosaurio [20:08:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (146 visits) info
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Qué todos tengan un gran San Saurio lleno de cervezas, vino y patxaranes.Lo que ven en la imagen es el cielo de la Patagonia con sus estrellas y un ente luminoso con forma sauriana. La fotografía la sacó Santiago González con 30 segundos de exposición, mientras el que escribe pintaba un dinosaurio en el aire con la luz roja de su linterna.¡¡¡¡¡Feliz San

Guest Blog: Autumn Reflections 

Geology for Global Development [19:01:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (174 visits) info
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 GB,NZ,GR,,NL
Cecilia Reed (aka Lady Rock) is a volcano and geology enthusiast, film-maker and communicator based in London, UK. She has previously published a really interesting series of videos relating to volcanic [...]

Presidential Memo Imparts “Moral Obligation” on Agencies to Mitigate Impacts of Natural Resource Development 

Mineral Law Blog [16:40:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (164 visits) info
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On Tuesday, November 3, the White House released a Presidential Memorandum: “Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment” (“Memorandum”).  The [...]

Photo of the Week #50 

GeoSphere [15:01:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info
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 AU
This week’s photo is brought to you from outer space! Indeed, this a beautiful cut section of a meteorite that fell in northwest Australia and was found in 1892 (ignore the label behind it). It... [[ [...]

“Making North America,” episode 2: Life 

Mountain Beltway [13:20:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (87 visits) info
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The PBS series NOVA has a new three-part series called “Making North America” that premiered last week. Hosted by the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural [...]

Paleo Profile: The Greatest Auk 

Laelaps [13:00:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (118 visits) info
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Fossil bird was even larger than the long-lost Great

Died This Day: Henry Fairfield Osborn 

Palaeoblog [12:17:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (131 visits) info
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 US,GB
Osborn graduated (August 8, 1857 - November 6, 1935) from Princeton in 1877 and pursued his interest in the biological sciences and paleontology through additional study at several New York City medical [...]

Surprise Mammoth 

The Way of the Geophysicist [11:51:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (145 visits) info
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 GB,US,FR
Reading Time: 2 minutes A farmer in Michigan was in for more than he bargained for when he tried to dig a drainage channel in his field. Turns out an 11,700 to 15,000 old mammoth skeleton was buried beneath. [...]

Bento Rodrigues: a disastrous tailings dam failure in Brazil 

The Landslide Blog [10:00:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (176 visits) info
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 BR
Yesterday a catastrophic tailings dam failure led to mudflows that swept through the town of Bento Rodrigues in Brazil. At least 15 people were

Someone Needs Some Support 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [07:05:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
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Food science is way out of my knowledge base but when I see someone who is doing great science communication being hounded away from it, I want to help. Kevin Folta has a popular podcast about food science [...]

Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: Reptile tracks from the Lower Permian of southern Nevada 

Wooster Geologists [05:02:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (127 visits) info
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 US
Always lead with your most interesting image. The fossil here is the thin orange slab of siltstone underneath my magnificent Komodo Dragon model. Here is the slab itself. On the far right and the far left you [...]

management accessibility 

Accidental Remediation [01:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (120 visits) info
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Most environmental projects with a field component have an office-based project manager (PM), who works out the budget and schedule, deals with the client, and bargains with the other managers for appropriate [...]

Geological timechart quiz 

Geology in the West Country [17:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (115 visits) info
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Another pitch for the Fish Injection Treatment 

Ontario-geofish [16:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (167 visits) info
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 US
Reference Texas has closed the book on how a set of wells could turn earthquakes on and off in Azle.  I know they were injecting gas frack waste for a while (in my head).  But they can never admit it. [...]

Punctospirifer? Brachiopod Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [13:48:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (162 visits) info
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 Carboniferous; US
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These pictures are what appear to be Punctospirifer sp. brachiopod fossil. It was found in the New Providence Formation of Clark County Indiana USA. It dates to the Mississiippian Period. Thanks to Kenny [...]

Friday fold: ptygmatic in northern India 

Mountain Beltway [13:13:58]  recommend  recommend this post  (108 visits) info
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 IN
Another image from northern India’s Himalayas, courtesy of Martin Schmidt: The “intestine-like” aspect of this fold has a descriptive adjective in geology: ptygmatic. Gorgeous! Thanks for [...]

Lohuecosuchus megadontos, una nueva especie de cocodrilo eusuquio del yacimiento de Lo Hueco 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [12:39:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info
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En la actualidad, los cocodrilos habitan ambientes subtropicales con un estilo de vida anfibio. Sin embargo, hace millones de años, los cocodrilos exhibieron una gran diversidad ecológica y morfológica y [...]

GeoTalk: Anne Pluymakers, Early Career Scientist Representative 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [12:00:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (108 visits) info
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 NL,NO,CN,,IN
In addition to the usual GeoTalk interviews, where we highlight the work and achievements of early career researchers, over the next few months we’ll be introducing the Division early career scientist [...]

Surprise Mammoth 

The Way of the Geophysicist [11:51:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (54 visits) info
A farmer in Michigan was in for more than he bargained for when he tried to dig a drainage channel in his field. Turns out an 11,700 to 15,000 old mammoth skeleton was buried beneath. He hit up the university [...]

Extinct Species 

Koprolitos [09:20:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (103 visits) info
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El diseño de camiseta de Salih Gonenli para Shirt Woot parece rememorar los antiguos gabinetes de curiosidades del siglo XVII. Habitaciones llenas de esqueletos de lugares remotos, animales con [...]

Buon Centenario, Spinosaurus! 

Theropoda [07:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (80 visits) info
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Il tipo di Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer, 1915 Esattamente 100 anni fa, il 6 Novembre 1915, Ernst Stromer, presentava all'Accademia Reale Bavarese il terzo contributo scientifico tratto dalla sua [...]

Did Climate Change Make “This” Storm Worse? Perhaps. 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [03:33:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (116 visits) info
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The AMS has published its annual look at how climate change may have impacted certain major weather events, and it makes for some fascinating reading. This kind of research is called an attribution study, and [...]

Rock slide cleared in Red Canyon on Highway 12, roads back open 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [00:27:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (136 visits) info
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fox13now.com The rock slide in Red Canyon on Highway 12 is no longer blocking traffic. READ
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