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Wednesday, 01 June 2016
Herbicides, Critical Source Areas, and Vegetated Buffers
Waging Chemical Warfare on Weeds Last fall, while on one of my country road walking routes, I noticed an advanced infestation of marestail (Conyza canadensis) in a soybean field. Evidently, this weed, and others, is becoming herbicide-resistant. A new agricultural herbicide called Acuron (link goes to manufacturer’s website) is on the market, and in some fields. Acuron has been developed in response to “superweeds” that have grown resistant to glyphosate,School of Rock Field Trip day
May 31 2016: Today was an exciting day for the School of Rock participant because it involved the two words that every student lives for during a school year: FIELD TRIP. Yes, we were stepping out of the classroom and into the field for a day of hiking and exploring the geology of Cape Town. readFossil Formation
Many people know about fossils, but do you understand how they are formed? I’ll explain how a fish fossil is formed. Of course I’ll use the fish I love to catch, Bass. The [...]Keynetix Appoints PacifiCAD as a North American Specialist Partner
Redditch, UK 17th May 2016 - Keynetix, developers of geotechnical BIM software, have appointed PacifiCAD as a Specialist Partner in the USA covering the North West. PacifiCAD are a leading Autodesk reseller. [...]Late arrival to northwest Arizona's earthquake swarm
Brian Greene and the Galilean Cannon
You might guess that I’m a bit geeky, but I long ago made peace with myself over being a nerd, and I am a big believer that the only thing new in the world is the history or science you do not know. I [...]Bufanda de Sinosauropteryx
Preservation of historical mining files and library underway
The Connection Between Climate and Public Health
International Research Institute for Climate and Society and the Mailman School of Public Health will hold a two-day meeting to talk about how climate influences issues of public health, from heat waves to [...]GeoPolicy: What’s next for the IPCC & how can early career scientists get involved? An interview with Valérie Masson-Delmotte
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This month’s GeoPolicy post is an interview with the newly-appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 (WG1): Valérie Masson-Delmotte. Valérie is also a [...]
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Tripping Pipe to the Pachyderma Proxy
June 1st 2016: With the official start of the 2016 hurricane season, hurricanes were not a topic for us today. But like the storms that [...]I’m Back
Hi y’all I just wanted to tell you I have created a new account! I wish they would ban the under thirteenClassification of earthquake-induced landslide event sizes
Some weeks ago we published a new study on the classification of earthquake-induced landslide event sizes based on seismotectonic, topographic, climatic and geologic factors. Our idea was that this [...]New Specialty Geotechnical Contractor in North America
There is a new player in the ground engineering and specialty geotechnical construction market in North America...well, sort of. Quanta Subsurface is a collection of (at present) 9 specialty contractors all [...]How are biosolids used in cities?
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Aegisuchus: A Crocodylian Shrouded In Mystery
Aegisuchus is an animal we know almost nothing about, but enough to spark interest in me. Aegisuchus has become one of my favorite extinct animals, along with Deinosuchus, Megalodon, and Tyrannosaurus. Why, [...]New publication on Geology of Santa Catalina Mountains, available for free downloading
Echinoderm Research at Museum Victoria! So long and thanks for all the Starfish!
Have Science Fun in the Summer Sun with a Solar Print Kit!
Texas heat is here, and school’s out for summer. With all that bright sun outside, it’s a great time to play under the open sky. In the spirit of the season, we took science outside with a [...]A Most Misunderstood Island: One of the Most Diverse Landscapes on Earth
Slowing of landslides reflects California’s drying climate
New data have unveiled an unexpected geological consequence of northern California's ongoing drought. Eel River Basin landslides slowed down twice between 2009 and 2015, a period when the region experienced [...]Varves along Hawk Creek, Washington
Heading into the Columbia River Plateau, Callan and his colleague Bill Richards make a detour in search of some varves from Glacial Lake Columbia. They find them, a credit to the authors of "Washington Rocks!" [...]Unforced Variations: June 2016
June already? Cripes… Usual rulesLegacy publishers are not our friends. Can’t we just admit it?
I’m on a public mailing list that was initially set up for delegates of the OSI2016 conference. In a recent email to that list, I pointed out that we can never know whether or not publishers are [...]Top concepts:
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