Geology in the West Country [16:20:00]
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The other half of the CO2 problem - with the eyes of a geologist Inaugural lecture - Professor Daniela SchmidtProfessor of Paleobiology, School of Earth Sciences, University of BristolTuesday 23 February 2016 at 6.15 pmThe ocean serves us in many ways from regulating climate to providing food, livelihood and recreation. The increase of atmospheric CO2 over the last century has led to a measurable warming and decrease in surface ocean pH, a process termed ocean acidification. [...]
The Meson Alto rock avalanche is a 4.5 cubic kilometre landslide located in a tributary of the Maipo Valley high in the Andes of
Geology in the West Country [16:11:00]
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It’s official: 2015 was the warmest year on record. But those global temperature records only date back to 1850 and become increasingly uncertain the further back you go. Beyond then, we’re reliant on [...]
I've been getting the odd invitation to join ResearchGate ever since my journal article* was published.
My paper is not going to set the world on fire, but more than 5 years after publication, I'm still [...]
To no-one’s great surprise, 2015 was clearly a record year in all the surface temperature analyses (GISTEMP, NOAA, HadCRUT4, Cowtan&Way, JMA + Berkeley Earth). There is a lot of discussion of this [...]
New Stories in Stone [16:41:11]
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I was recently contacted by Todd Ellis, a photographer based in southern Utah, who sent me this unusual, and I think subtly striking photo of a cairn from his neck of the
It's an exciting time for earth science, not only in the Indian Ocean but in the Atlantic as well. At the same time as we are drilling deep into [...]
She’s been a Girl Scout, a troop leader, a cookie mom, and now she’s ready to go even further. Michelle Connor is excited and ready to be the next Scout Programs Manager at the Houston Museum [...]
The two voyages have come to an end and only South Georgia is left to report on. After four glorious weeks of sunshine in Antarctica, we were bound to pay the price with rain and snow. Oh well, some good shots [...]
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [23:05:37]
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There is little doubt that a major and perhaps historic blizzard will hit DC, Baltimore, and up toward Philadelphia Friday afternoon, lingering into late Saturday night. Winds will be very high along the [...]
It's an exciting time for earth science, not only in the Indian Ocean but in the Atlantic as well. At the same time as we are drilling deep into [...]
So I look at my blog today, and a bunch of stuff looked different. I don't know how or why because I haven't touched the "layout" button in a long time, but since the arrangement looked terrible, I [...]
Today (21-January-2016) the earthquake swarm on Tjörnes Fracture Zone continued after a little stop. This type it was the earthquake swarm on the south end (next to Kópasker village) that started to [...]
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [10:00:00]
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Un año más, y como manda la tradición y el turismo, FITUR abrió sus puertas. Contó para ello con la presencia de la Reina y de muchos políticos deseosos de hacerse una foto frente a los stands de sus [...]
Increasing water temperatures in the Indian Ocean are taking a toll on the marine ecosystem, according to our new
Normal just doesn't feel normal.
In 2014, researchers were declaring the California drought the worst in 1,000 years. And then we had a year, 2015, that was in many ways much worse. We actually had near [...]
The Oldest Jurassic Dinosaur: A Basal Neotheropod from the Hettangian of Great Britain. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0145713.
Art by Credit Bob Nicholls
Dracoraptor hanigani from south of Wales is possibly the oldest [...]
La joven ilustradora norteamericana R. A. Faller reside en Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) y se ha graduado recientemente en el Columbus College of Art & Design. Hace un año puso en marcha el Tumblr "Pride [...]
the times of all things and beings pass around and through us 9 minutes, 44 seconds, one continuous line, 1-5-002016, smudge When we first arrived at our residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI),* we [...]
In the United States, the largest contributor to methane emissions is oil and gas exploration. This is followed by those added from herds of livestock, landfills and coal mining. About[...]
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