New from Snet: Lithologs, a new tool to create lithological/sedimentological logs online..
Monday, 29 February 2016
Summer Program to Focus on NYC Food Ecosystems
A new summer study program will focus on agricultural ecosystems in and around New YorkProst! Bier und Glyphosat
Ich wollte das ja eigentlich ignorieren, aber manchmal muss man seinem Herzen doch Luft machen. Vermutlich haben alle mitbekommen, wie letzte Woche wieder eine neue Sau durch das mediale Dorf gejagt wurde. Glyphosat und Monsanto sind immer noch für viele klicks gut (hier stimme ich Philipp Hummel zu). Und dabei ist es meistens vollkommen egal, ob der Zusammenhang überhaupt real ist oder die gefundenen Mengen relevant, geschweige denn die Ergebnisse reproduzierbar. Und nun also im Bier. Die [...]Swelling clays and X-ray diffraction
Here’s Lookin’ at You, Dollocaris
A Jurassic invertebrate's amazing eyes cause paleontologists to reconsider an ancientMinerals – Building Blocks for Energy Resources
Minerals are part of virtually all the products we use every day, acting as the raw materials for manufacturing processes or as the end products themselves. Not surprisingly, minerals also are used in the [...]How does sediment move in water?
GeoTalk: Fishing meets science with waders and smartphones
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [16:05:44]
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Dutch and American researchers have developed waders equipped with temperature sensors that enable fly-fishers to find the best fishing locations while collecting data to help scientists study streams. The [...]
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New posting for DCGeology blog
The Paleontological Society of Washington 7:00 pm, Wednesday, March 16 Q?rius theatre, National Museum of Natural History, Constitutional Ave. entrance Fossil Dinoflagellate Cysts – A Tour of Applications [...]Imaggeo on Mondays: Fire Watch Constellation
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Wild fires: raging walls of flames, capable of burning down swathes of pristine, sometimes protected and ancient, landscapes have been causing havoc around the globe. Managing and controlling them is no easy [...]
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The Prehistoric Games
Amazing free comparative anatomy resource. Also, sharks (also for free).
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [10:00:11]
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Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective, by Liem et al. (2001), is by some distance my favorite comparative vertebrate anatomy text. When I was a n00b at Berkeley, Marvalee Wake [...]
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Elk City landslide: a very interesting video
On 18th February the Elk City landslide, a large rockslide, was captured on video by a transportation worker in Idaho,23|5 Talks at the AMS Annual Meeting
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [02:52:06]
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I was honored to be master of ceremonies at the 23-5 session (23.5 degrees is the tilt of Earth respect to the ecliptic) at the AMS Annual Meeting in January, and the video from the session is now online. The [...]
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Linux - Fixing KDE
I've had the worst luck with KDE. All the new updates always screwed things up. I went to xfce but then that was always blanking my screen. I did this: I rather liked the simplicity of the following [...]Monday Geology Picture: Investigating Soil Horizons by Kayak
A few weeks ago I participated in a kayak race on the Berg River a few hours north of Cape Town, South Africa. I went on a short warm-up paddle the evening before the race. While on this paddle, I [...]Sampling
readStriving for a Healthier Relationship between the National Labs and Department of Energy
Un nuevo miembro de los "Juratic" de Fukui: Fukuivenator paradoxus
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4th Int’l Colloquium on Historical Earthquakes & Macroseismology, 2-3 May, 2016, Vienna
The 4th International Colloquium on Historical Earthquakes and Macroseismology will be held from 2-3 May, 2016, in Vienna, Austria. Attendance is free of charge and registration is possible until 31 March. The [...]PhD opportunity: Chilean sea level
Quake Hunters [11:46:00]
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Un grande theropode del Kem Kem... a Palermo?
Perchè le attività di estrazione di idrocarburi non c'entrano nulla con i terremoti emiliani del 2012
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Mark Your Calendars for these events happening at HMNS 2/29-3/6
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 [...]Lead, Plumbosolvency, and Phosphates in the Environment
What’s happened to the water supply in Flint Michigan is especially ironic considering the state is surrounded by four of the five Great Lakes, which make up 95% of the surface fresh water in the United [...]Top concepts:
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