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Tuesday, 07 June 2016
UK national negotiations with Elsevier: it seems we’re not messing around.
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [23:50:09]
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A confidential internal email has come into my hands, from Bristol University, regarding the UK’s national negotiations with Elsevier. I think it’s of general interest. (I should say that, although my own affiliation is also with Bristol, this is a complete coincidence: for avoidance of doubt, the person I received this from is not at Bristol.)
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The Timeless Beauty of Wilderness: Mark Burns on his Photo Exhibition, The National Parks Project
by Mark Burns If you were to ask most Americans to name significant historical occurrences of 1864, most answers would probably involve the Civil War. But in fact it was in that same year that President Abraham Lincoln signed the … Continue readingIda Valeton (1922 – 2016) – eine Geowissenschaftlerin im 20. Jahrhundert
Manchmal liegen Freude und Trauer ja sehr dicht beieinander. Es war auf der Rückfahrt von unserem Bloggertreffen im April, als mir in der Bahn eine Todesanzeige auffiel. Sie besagte, dass Frau Prof. Dr. Ida [...]The Tyrannosaur Chronicles competition: the contenders
Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [20:26:00]
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Cretaceous; GB,US,BE,IN
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All quiet in Iceland (at the moment)
Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [18:19:12]
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Currently everything is quiet in Iceland, from midnight (UTC) there have only been five earthquakes recorded (automatic, the manual number is higher) and I’m not sure if any of them did have the [...]
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Wie ein innovatives Arbeitsumfeld aussehen sollte – nicht nur in der Wissenschaft
„Und, was machst du so?“ „Ich arbeite in der Forschung.“ Wenn ich so auf die Frage nach meiner täglichen Beschäftigung antworte, habe ich oft das Gefühl in den Kopf meines Gegenübers hineinblicken [...]Gesegnete und friedliche Zeit
Gestern hat der diesjährige Fastenmonat Ramadan begonnen. Ich möchte dies zum Anlass nehmen, um den Muslimen eine gesegnete Fastenzeit und uns allen einen friedlichen Monat zu wünschen. Bei dieser [...]Variably-cemented conglomerate – a virtual sample
Here’s another example of a visualization combination that leverages the advantages of the GIGAmacro system with the 3D ‘virtual sample’ perspective of the Sketchfab-hosted model: the same [...]
Hell Creek Day 1
After two weeks of prospecting and finding only a handful of localities in New Mexico, it was a joy to spend a day poking around the bountiful Hell Creek. Of course in New Mexico anything we found was likely [...]Ida Valeton (1922 – 2016) – eine Geowissenschaftlerin im 20. Jahrhundert
Mente et Malleo [21:41:24]
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DE,US,AU,UG,IT
Manchmal liegen Freude und Trauer ja sehr dicht beieinander. Es war auf der Rückfahrt von unserem Bloggertreffen im April, als mir in der Bahn eine Todesanzeige auffiel. Sie besagte, dass Frau Prof. Dr. Ida [...]
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Helping Senegalese Farmers with Smart Solar
An Earth Institute pilot project has brought smart solar power to farmers in Senegal, making agriculture more efficient, economical and
Boomerangs versus Javelins: The Impact of Polarization on Climate Change Communication
Guest commentary by Jack Zhou, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University For advocates of climate change action, communication on the issue has often meant “finding the right message” that will [...]Subglacial Lake Discovered In Antarctica
Scientists from around the world have been working to research conditions in Antarctica for years, but still much remains unknown about the planet’s fifth-largest continent. Just in January, a team[...] The [...]USA will an ITER festhalten
Ende letzten Monats hat das US Department of Energy (DOE) dem Kongress empfohlen, ITER bis 2018 weiter zu unterstützen. Danach sollte dann eine Re-Evaluierung des Projektes erfolgen um im Detail zu prüfen, [...]Review of a paper: dam break risk for the Attabad landslide
In a recent paper, Chen et al (2016) have examined the risks associated with a dam break flood at the Attabad landslide in Pakistan. They conclude that the likelihood of a breach event remains high, and that [...]Evaluating Bioretention Cell and Green Roof Hydrologic Performance in northeastern Ohio
Graduate student Laura Sugano will also be presenting her green infrastructure research at the CUAHSI Biennial Symposium in July. Evaluating Bioretention Cell and Green Roof Hydrologic Performance in [...]Top concepts:
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