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Wednesday, 08 June 2016

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I did an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit and it went great! 

Watershed Hydrogeology Blog [20:33:48]  recommend  recommend this post  (187 visits) info
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Back in mid-April, I was invited to do an AGU-facilitated Ask Me Anything on r/AskScienceDiscussion/ along with Dr. Kim Cobb. Here’s how we introduced ourselves: AGU AMA: I’m Dr. Kim Cobb, and I’m here to talk about the science of climate change, El Niño, and the reconstruction of past climate.

Die Protokolle der Weisen von Zion im baden-württembergischen Landtag 

Mente et Malleo [20:27:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (84 visits) info
Als ich vor zwei Jahren aus den Reihen der Friedrich August von Hayek-Gesellschaft um einen Beitrag zu einer „Zusammenstellung der Hauptwerke der Unfreiheit“ gebeten wurde, stand meine Wahl schnell fest: Die gefälschten „Protokolle der Weisen …

Join Me on the Alsek River in the Yukon Territory and Southeast Alaska on a Geology-Themed Raft Trip, August 2017 

Earthly Musings [19:50:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (168 visits) info
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View of the Fairweather Range from the lower Alsek River  Join me as we float the mighty Alsek River, located in the heart of North America's largest wilderness in the Yukon Territory and southeast [...]

Ganadores de la II Edición del Concurso "Pinta tu Réplica de Somosaguas" 

Geosfera [19:18:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info
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El Jurado, compuesto por la dirección científica del yacimiento paleontológico de Somosaguas, y el equipo educativo de Geosfera, concede los premios de la II Edición del concurso "Pinta tu réplica fósil [...]

The Not So Hellish Hell Creek 

EXPEDITION LIVE! [15:59:54]  recommend  recommend this post  (238 visits) info
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 MX
Our second day of prospecting was spectacular as we hiked amongst a rainbow of wildflowers.  There was no shortage of bone either. We spent a couple of hours collecting from a micro site (a sediment layer [...]

Seeking Humanity’s Roots 

State of the Planet [15:39:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (170 visits) info
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 KE
Who were our earliest ancestors? How and when did they evolve into modern humans? And how do we define "human," anyway? Scientists are exploring Kenya's Lake Turkana basin to help answer these

General Assembly 2016 – Highlights 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:10:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info

 AT,IT,CN
It’s been a month and a half since the EGU General Assembly 2016 in Vienna. The conference this year was a great success with 863 oral, 10,320 poster, and 947 PICO presentations. A further 619 unique [...]

Los mundos prehistóricos de Alex Raymond 

Koprolitos [10:54:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (170 visits) info
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En octubre de 1929, el índice Dow Jones se desplomó, y con él la carrera del joven corredor de bolsa Alexander Gillespie Raymond (1909-1956). Su antiguo vecino Russ Westover le ofreció entonces trabajo [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff: Öl- und Gas-Reserven in den USA steigen um 84% 

Rohstoff Blog [10:35:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (70 visits) info
Sichere Reserven mehr als verdoppelt Denver/Heidelberg. Die US-Töchter der Deutsche Rohstoff AG, Cub Creek Energy (CCE) und Elster Oil &

Torvosaurus Imperator Beast And A New Series 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [03:43:36]  recommend  recommend this post  (160 visits) info
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I am sorry if this is unacceptable, but I desire help from all of you to help me decide about stuff for T. Imperator’s genetic code. Here is info on it: Length: 16-19 metersHeight: ?Weight: ?Main [...]

India Heat Reaches Dangerous Levels 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [00:22:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (248 visits) info
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 IN,US
They are anxiously awaiting the monsoon in India. It will bring flooding rains, but at least it will cool the temperatures back to near 33°C, instead of the 47°C they saw in some spots today! That is over [...]

Gibt es das Leib-Seele-Problem gar nicht? Oder: Eine Hommage an mein Studium bei Thomas Metzinger 

Mente et Malleo [19:46:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (101 visits) info
Frank Rösler, Vorreiter der Neurokognitionsforschung, hält das ›Leib-Seele-Problem‹ für eine »irrige Idee«. Jagen Philosophinnen und Philosophen nur einem Gespenst hinterher? Nicht so schnell, Herr [...]

Antarctic lakes provide glimpse of ancient forest fires, modern human impacts 

AGU Meetings [17:01:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (157 visits) info
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 ,CA
The perpetually ice-covered lakes in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys preserve the dissolved remnants of black carbon from thousand-year-old wildfires as well as modern day fossil fuel use, according to a [...]

Photo Essay: Seeking Humanity’s Roots 

State of the Planet [15:47:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (160 visits) info
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 KE,US,
East Africa's rift valley is considered by many to be the cradle of humanity. In the Turkana region of northwest Kenya, researchers Christopher Lepre and Tanzhuo Liu of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty [...]

Columbian Fossil Ammonite 

Louisville Area Fossils [13:54:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (164 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; US,CO,IN
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This fossil is Hoplocrioceras phillipi (Bean) found in Columbia. This ammonite dates to Lower Cretaceous Period. It is on display at Indiana University Department of Geology in Bloomington Indiana, USA. [...]

Differential weathering in dolostone – a virtual sample 

Mountain Beltway [12:11:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (651 visits) info
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Our series of  virtual samples continues! This week, I’m presenting examples of a visualization combination that leverages the advantages of the GIGAmacro system with the 3D ‘virtual sample’ [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff: Öl- und Gas-Reserven in den USA steigen um 84% 

Rohstoff Blog [10:35:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (243 visits) info
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 DE,US,UM
Sichere Reserven mehr als verdoppelt Denver/Heidelberg. Die US-Töchter der Deutsche Rohstoff AG, Cub Creek Energy (CCE) und Elster Oil &

Copiah County: a fatal landslide accident in a gravel quarry 

The Landslide Blog [08:50:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (183 visits) info
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 US
On Friday a landslide occurred in Copiah County in Mississippi, killing two workers. Recovery operations are proving to be

Board of Technical Registration review of assayer, geologist de-licensing legislation 

Arizona Geology [02:54:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (214 visits) info
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The newsletter of the Arizona Board of Technical Registration includes commentary by the Board's Chair and it's Executive Director on the recent legislative session that included attempts to de-license [...]
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