In the Fair Haven section of New Haven, Conn., rates of obesity and diabetes are high, and access to healthy fresh food can be limited. For some residents, the New Haven Farms wellness program is just the prescription, but the organization is struggling to grow. Now, students studying sustainability management through the Earth Institute have devised a plan for the program to
Stephane on Blogger Earthquakes, geology and related topics... but not only [23:03:00]
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The French Earthquake Engineering Group (AFPS), in those times, used to send a team of scientists and engineers after an earthquake abroad, to bring back to France some feedback and experience.So, we took off to India two weeks after the very strong earthquake (Mw7.6) which caused at least 20,000 fatalities in western India (Gujarat state). Before arriving to this remote and desertic part of this huge country, we had to make a stopover in Mumbay to jump into a domestic flight to Ahmedabad [...]
Der Aconcagua ist der höchste Berg Südamerikas und der höchste außerhalb Asiens (und damit der höchste des amerikanische Doppelkontinents). Unter Bergsteigern scheint er ziemlich beliebt zu sein, da er, [...]
On Friday, January 22, 2016 the federal Department of the Interior’s (“DOI”) Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) issued a proposed rule on reducing waste and methane emissions in oil and gas [...]
Although I haven’t yet featured such a gift on my annual What to Buy a Geologist for Christmas list, some of my wonderful relatives recently bought me a rock lamp for Christmas. Specifically, they bought [...]
This is part of a new series of posts that highlight the importance of Earth and space science data and its contributions to society. Posts in this series showcase data facilities and data scientists; explain [...]
Infant dinosaur is the most complete of its kind ever
Have you tried the ELI 'Graded bedding'? It is one of a series of activities explaining sedimentary structures. 'Make your own graded bed - one depositional event, but with coarse to fine sediment'.
This [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:00:11]
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(177 visits) category→recreation Paleogene; AT,ES,US,FR,KM
It’s fascinating how a relatively small outcrop, carved out by rivers and ancient ice, can reveal much about the geological history of an area. Today’s Imaggeo on Mondays post is one such example. Antonio [...]
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Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]
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(150 visits) category→science_technology Carboniferous; US
Looking very much like an Athyris sp. brachiopod, this fossil is Cleiothyridina hirsuta. It is a rounded to subovate shell with both the pedicle and brachial valve equally convex. The surface of each [...]
ART Evolved: Life's Time Capsule [03:43:00]
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As an Art Evolved member, I post a pair of my reviews here every so often, the 1st being positive & the 2nd being negative. I'd greatly appreciate you reading & voting "Yes" for said reviews in the [...]
Not that long ago, a new fossil locality was discovered in Kulinda, Chita (Chininskaya Oblast), Russia, and it has the potential to confirm a recent hypothesis: that the filamentous integument of many [...]
Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [22:39:00]
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(150 visits) category→science_technology Mesozoic
Mostly thanks to pesky time constraints, I won't go in to too much detail about the BBC's latest dino-docu, Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur. Examining the discovery of what might just be the largest [...]
If you want to present at the 35th International Geological Congress, which is being held in Cape Town later this year, it’s not too late to submit an abstract! The deadline is January 31st. I plan to [...]
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [20:49:51]
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Like Stephen Curry, we at SV-POW! are sick of impact factors. That’s not news. Everyone now knows what a total disaster they are: how they are signficantly correlated with retraction rate but not with [...]
Geology for Global Development [18:21:47]
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Over the next few days (27-29th January) we’ll be attending the UNISDR Science and Technology Conference on the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030. [...]
Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [17:13:00]
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(123 visits) category→science_technology Mesozoic; TT
So... this was supposed to go up on December 18, and life junk kept me from wrapping it up (the intended date of publication will be meaningful in terms of some of the seeming non sequiturs in the [...]
Geology in the West Country [16:41:00]
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The Bath Geological Society is having its Annual General Meeting on Thursday 4th February at 7 pm at the BRLSI in Queen Square, BathAll members are welcome to attend the AGMTwo positions on the Bath GS [...]
Dobzhansky (Jan.25, 1900–Dec. 18, 1975) is noted for being one of the architects of the modern Synthetic Theory of evolution. During the first 20 years of the 20th century, Darwin's theory of natural [...]
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Frederick Burr Opper (1857-1937) fue uno de los pioneros del cómic. Su tira Happy Hooligan (1900) pasó al cine de animación y pudo inspirar el personaje de Charlot. Pero es autor de muchas otras, menos [...]
After a great eight-year run in this building, we’ve moved to a bigger one. Baine Roofing putting on metal roof in 2014. We've outgrown this space.We have updated and fixed all major [...]
Bust out your planners, calendars, and PDAs (if you are throwback like that), it’s time to mark your calendars for the HMNS events of this week! Last week’s featured #HMNSBlockParty creation is by [...]
Blizzard Jonas on the US east coast has just shattered snowfall records. Both weather forecasters and climate experts have linked the high snowfall amounts to the exceptionally warm sea surface temperatures [...]