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Wednesday, 03 February 2016

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Recognize an early-career geoscientist for excellence 

Magma Cum Laude [23:00:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (251 visits) info
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Now that AGU is accepting nominations for this year's awards (the deadline is March 15), I thought I'd throw out a pitch for the early career awards - and particularly the one that I'm most heavily involved in, the Science For Solutions

Short update on Bárðarbunga volcano activity (Week 05/2016) 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [02:32:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (218 visits) info
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The activity in Bárðarbunga volcano continues to slowly increase, at the moment there seems to be a small lowdown in the activity but that might change without warning. There has been some change in the activity inside the … Continue reading

Time for the Topographer's Challenge! What Peak is this in Yosemite National Park? 

Geotripper [00:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (213 visits) info
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Actually, I want your help here. I don't know the peak with the vertical flank on the right side of the picture above. I took this shot yesterday from near the intersection of Wellsford and Milnes Roads [...]

In the Southern Ocean, a Carbon-Dioxide Mystery Comes Clear 

State of the Planet [19:51:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (209 visits) info
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Twenty thousand years ago, low concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere allowed the earth to fall into the grip of an ice age. But despite decades of research, the reasons why levels of the [...]

What is in your field rucksack? A trip to Chilean Patagonia 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:05:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (197 visits) info
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 DE,AU,CL,IT
Inspired by a post on Lifehacker on what your average geologist carries in their rucksack/backpack, we’ve put together a few blog posts showcasing what a range of our EGU members carry in their bags whilst [...]

The efficiency of the Earth as a heat radiator - Part 3 

Ontario-geofish [22:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (194 visits) info
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So, we can imagine the Early Earth, more than 4 billion years ago.  Actually, these are all stupid pictures because we had a giant gas cloud like Venus, filled with all sorts of crap, mostly methane. [...]

Please remember to support my work with donations 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [00:24:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (193 visits) info
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I put a lot of work in this website. While it’s not the most visual stunning website on the Internet, I try to keep it informative and to the point. This is a lot of work and like … Continue [...]

Making the Stars: A Brief History of the Burke Baker Planetarium 

BEYONDbones [00:23:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (188 visits) info
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 US
In July of 1964, the Houston Museum of Natural Science opened its new museum in Hermann Park with modest exhibit space and the Burke Baker Planetarium. A state-of-the-art Spitz Space Transit Planetarium [...]

Soil science and policy challenges 

G-Soil [13:08:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (184 visits) info
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Sarah Connors, EGU Science Policy Fellow Antonio Jordán, University of Seville   Soil is often considered as the skin of the Earth and is located at the interface between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, [...]

Neuigkeiten zum Neubau der Eisenbahnstrecke Dresden-Prag 

kreidefossilien.de [17:41:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (181 visits) info
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Die Planungen zur Schnellfahrstrecke zwischen Dresden und Prag sind weiter vorangeschritten. Es wurden in der Streckenführung im Gegensatz zur Variantenuntersuchung von 2012 deutliche Veränderungen [...]

The efficiency of the Earth as a heat radiator - Part 2 

Ontario-geofish [22:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (173 visits) info
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These are the happy plates at maximum bunching.  From a physics point of view, what does this do the Earth?  Can we think it was nothing?  Nobody has really looked at this, so the world 'consensus' is that [...]

Died This Day: Ernst Mayr 

Palaeoblog [13:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (171 visits) info
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 DE,US
Any student of biology, or anyone with an interest in the natural world, will be familiar with Ernst Mayr who passed away on February 3rd, 2005 in Bedford, Mass. Born in Kempton, Germany he joined the [...]

MSSM Student Work Helps Establish Conservation Act in Palau 

State of the Planet [15:25:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (171 visits) info
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 PW
David Prieto, one of the youngest graduates of the Earth Institute Sustainability Management program, helped establish the first Manta Ray Conservation Act in the Republic of Palau, aiding the creation of the [...]

A Visit In Naya Raipur 

Water and Megacities [19:08:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (170 visits) info
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 IN,KM
During my stay in Raipur the capital of the Indian state Chhattisgarh, I had the opportunity to visit the huge development project called Naya Raipur (New Raipur). In an area roughly extending over 8000ha and [...]

More Catniss 

James’ Empty Blog [19:27:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (167 visits) info
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Should probably be blogging about our little paper in review at Climate of the Past. But bugger that:  new catz have arrived! Archie and Alfie grew to be large and elegant beasts, and went to a new home in [...]

Flächige Asbestverwendungen in Gebäuden – Nachlese zur dconex2016 #1 

Mente et Malleo [20:21:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info
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Die Verarbeitung und Verwendung von Asbest ist bei uns in Deutschland zwar schon seit 1993 verboten, Das Problem aber noch lange nicht „erledigt“. Ganz im Gegenteil. Darum spielte das Thema Asbest auch auf [...]

Geotechnical Engineering - A Tale of Two Torontos 

Ontario-geofish [15:22:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (153 visits) info
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This is a wonderful tale of geotechnical engineering in the marsh lands of Toronto, by the Humber River, site of slope failures and fish ladders. This is life done right.  I applaud the geotechnical [...]

La storia dell'Oceano Indiano e come l'hanno influenzata le Large Igneous Provinces del Mesozoico 

scienzeedintorni [10:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (141 visits) info
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Nel mio libro “Il Meteorite e il Vulcano” ho parlato del ruolo molto importante svolto dai Trappi del Deccan nell'estinzione di fine  Cretaceo. Oggi analizzo l'evoluzione dell'Oceano indiano, una [...]

Carnivorous Fossil Beast Lived Like a Civet 

Laelaps [13:00:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (212 visits) info
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Rare bones show this fossil carnivore was at home on the ground as well as in the

El Niño and Global Warming—What’s the Connection? 

State of the Planet [01:35:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (197 visits) info
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The United Nations has declared 2015 the hottest year since record keeping began. It was also a year marked by the occurrence of a “super” El Niño. Are the warming temperatures and El Niño

Why can't we predict volcanic eruptions? 

Geology in the West Country [11:59:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (196 visits) info
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Book Review: Diamonds, Gold, and War 

Georneys [22:47:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (193 visits) info
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Earlier this week I shared a picture of a few books on diamonds that are on my current reading list. I’ve also mentioned in a couple of previous posts that I’d like to share with you a little [...]

Scientific Assistant (Paleontology). American Museum of Natural History 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [10:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (193 visits) info
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 US
Job Title: Scientific Assistant (Paleontology)The Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural Historyis seeking 1 full-time (35 hours per week) Scientific Assistant in theInvertebrate [...]

Born This Day: Gideon Mantell 

Palaeoblog [14:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (187 visits) info
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 GB
Mantell (Feb. 3, 1790 – Nov. 10, 1852), a physician of Lewes in Sussex in southern England, had for years been collecting fossils in the sandstone of Tilgate forest, and he had discovered bones belonging to [...]

Clever Gurl 

Koprolitos [09:26:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info
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 Jurassic; US
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Mete en una coctelera a un velociraptor de Jurassic Park y a la Britney Spears del "Hit me baby one more time". Agita un poco y... Voilà! Ahí tienes este diseño de camiseta de la artista norteamericana [...]

Study shows North Atlantic Ocean carbon storage doubled over last decade 

AGU Meetings [19:25:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (180 visits) info
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A new study shows that the North Atlantic Ocean absorbed 50 percent more man-made carbon dioxide over the last decade, compared to the previous decade. The findings show the impact that the burning of fossil [...]

Spiriferellina ? or Punctospirifer? brachiopod from the Chainman formation of Utah 

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info
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 Carboniferous; US,PH
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Here is another mystery brachiopod from the Chainman formation of Utah. It is a triangular shaped shell which is longer than wide. Both valves have coarse folds that extend from the hinge line to the anterior [...]

Magnitude 3,9 earthquake in Reykjanes peninsula 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [23:53:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (171 visits) info
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 IS
Tonight at 19:50 UTC a magnitude 3,9 earthquake took place in Krýsuvík volcano. This earthquake is not volcano related, this is a tectonic earthquake and has started a minor earthquake swarm in Krýsuvík [...]

Student reports new finds of a living fossil 

Outcrop - The Blog of the Avon RIGS Group [15:24:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (171 visits) info
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 Triassic; GB,
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The coelacanth fish, found today in the Indian Ocean, is often called a ‘living fossil’ because its last ancestors existed about 70 million years ago and it has survived into the present – but without [...]

February - Forthcoming events 

Geology in the West Country [12:06:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (167 visits) info
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 GB
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4th February - Bath Geological Society AGM and 'Cotham Marble'Further details here 16th February - WRGS24th February - Bristol NATS - Geology sectionThomas Hawkins and his Sea Dragons – a mad, bad fossil [...]

New and updated Earth Fissure maps released for Maricopa, Pinal, and Cochise counties 

Arizona Geology [21:05:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (166 visits) info
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New landslide videos: Aconcagua (again), Muothatal and Pacifica 

The Landslide Blog [08:47:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (157 visits) info
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 US,CH
Three new landslide videos, including a debris flow from Aconcagua, an earthflow from Muothatal in Switzerland and coastal erosion in

The efficiency of the Earth as a heat radiator - Part 1 

Ontario-geofish [21:45:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (147 visits) info
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This is the inspiration. I've done this before, but I'll do it again.  This is about the physics of the earth, or geophysics, which our warmists never want to think about.  Not that I'm saying they are [...]

Neuigkeiten zum Neubau der Eisenbahnstrecke Dresden-Prag 

kreidefossilien.de [17:41:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (114 visits) info
Die Planungen zur Schnellfahrstrecke zwischen Dresden und Prag sind weiter vorangeschritten. Es wurden in der Streckenführung im Gegensatz zur Variantenuntersuchung von 2012 deutliche Veränderungen [...]
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