Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [22:03:00]
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While best known for her spectacular work with Dale Russell on An Odyssey in Time, the late, great Eleanor 'Ely' Kish remained active in palaeoart throughout the '80s and into the '90s, although many of the books she illustrated are now quite obscure. This would be one of those. In fact, this was one of those cases where I saw an intriguing-looking book appear on eBay for the first time, only to obtain it and realise that I had it as a kid. Given that, it unsurprisingly concerns everyone's [...]
State of the Planet [21:05:05]
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Last week, representatives from Columbia University traveled to Tianjin Binhai, China to finalize a partnership with the Government of the Tianjin Binhai New Area. Both parties signed a memorandum of [...]
I've gotten way too manic, and I have to go out and shovel snow. The blog and my g+ will shut down until the next big earthquake. Have
Die Auswirkungen menschlicher Aktivitäten auf der Erde markieren nach Auffassung einer internationalen Gruppe von Geowissenschaftlern und Vertretern anderer Disziplinen eine neue geologische Epoche: das [...]
In the Company of Plants and Rocks [16:34:00]
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“… the Tetons, never before photographed, now became of the first importance, so far as I was concerned.” (William Henry Jackson 1872; USGS)In 1872, William Henry Jackson was on his third expedition [...]
With more than half of the world now living in cities, and well over half of that number living in urban poverty, Professor Blaustein believes that humanizing the city - making it livable for women and [...]
Just a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submission for the EGU general assembly 2016 in Vienna is tomorrow, January 13th at 13:00 CET/12:00 GMT. If you are still looking for a session to submit [...]
A major rockslide has blocked US2 near to Wenatchee in Washington State, USA. The landslide appears to be a wedge failure in a jointed rock
Get yourself in gear this summer with the Houston Museum of Natural Science and our Science Start Outreach programs! It’s never too early to register for these super fun educational activities. Take the [...]
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [10:50:30]
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I was a bit disappointed to hear David Attenborough on BBC Radio 4 this morning, while trailing a forthcoming documentary, telling the interviewing that you can determine the mass of an extinct animal by [...]
Disculpen la tardanza, pero ya ha llegado el momento de anunciar una nueva edición del certamen literario de Koprolitos, que representa la punta de lanza en nuestra constante búsqueda a favor del [...]
Martinelli, A. G., Francischini, H., Dentzien-Dias, P. C., Soares, M. B., and C. L. Schultz. 2016.The oldest archosauromorph from South America: postcranial remains from the Guadalupian (mid-Permian) Rio do [...]
Gianechini, F. A., Codorniú, L., Arcucci, A. B., Elías, G. C., and D. Rivarola. 2015. Archosauriform remains from the Late Triassic of San Luis province, Argentina, Quebrada del Barro Formation, [...]
A fascinating "slow earthquake" along the Cascadia Subduction Zone reveals more about the different ways the earth moves.
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Governor Doug Ducey, in his State of the State address today, called for filling four positions in the Arizona Department of Water Resources, with one hydrologist and three planners. ADWR staffing has [...]
Water levels in Lake Baikal have been a concern for Russian officials since at least early 2015, according to Russia Today. Early in that year, the level of the world’s[...]
The post Lake Baikal Levels [...]
We're about to test the rocks I posted about last week.
We have six float candidates (description here).
I voted for rocks #2 and #3 (as counted from the left in the photo shown above), with a [...]
I am about to go out into the snow with the dog. This is the burden of our geographical location.
Forget all that! Now we plan "Oklahoma The Movie". We assume that OK will be hit by a full New [...]
Good news for GSL authors, from Dr Maxine Smith, Online Development Editor at the Geological Society Publishing House! We’re delighted to announce the launch of our own free-to-view Figshare portal at [...]
This is an awesome limited access foundation project from Crux Subsurface! They designed and installed micropile foundations for new steel tubular towers to replace old steel latice structures. The high [...]
Safety is always first aboard the JOIDES Resolution and one way that the crew ensures everyone is safe is by preforming drills. We have fire drills, [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:05]
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In addition to the usual GeoTalk interviews, were we highlight the work and achievements of early career researchers, over the next few months we’ll be introducing the Division early career scientist [...]
Video della National Geographic Society nel quale Federico Fanti ci descrive la scoperta di Machimosaurus rex.
Potete anche vedere per alcuni secondi la braccia rubate all'agricoltura del vostro blogger che [...]
Schoch, R. R., and J. B. Desojo. 2016. Cranial anatomy of the aetosaur Paratypothorax andressorum Long & Ballew, 1985, from the Upper Triassic of Germany and its bearing on aetosaur phylogeny. Neues [...]
Congratulations to Max Langer for being honored with his own rhynchosaur genus.Ezcurra, M. D., Montefeltro, F., and R. J. Butler. 2016. The Early Evolution of Rhynchosaurs. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]
Reporting on a Revolution [06:53:00]
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The genome of bacterium Helicobacter pylori found in the stomach of the 5300 year old European mummy named the "Iceman" shows close similarity with Helicobacter pylori strains found in the gut of [...]
These mammoth tusk pieces are on display at the Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Center. They thought to be 12,000 to 20,000 years old. The tusks were unearthed at the Nugent Sand Company quarry in [...]