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Thursday, 09 June 2016
Chapter 15 Earth’s exhaust fumes
Sections Geology and the ‘greenhouse’ A proxy for tectonics and climate Volcanic super events Parisian summer months of 1783 were heady days in more ways than one, as Benjamin Franklin noted. The first diplomatic representative… MoreJune 11th, 1909: the most damaging earthquake in Metropolitan France history occurred in Provence
Stephane on Blogger Earthquakes, geology and related topics... but not only [22:47:00]
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Neogene,Quaternary; FR,ES,NO,US,
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New papers on paleoseismology, tsunami, and active tectonics (June 2016)
It’s June and it’s time for a new paper round-up, isn’t it? When I compiled the list during the past weeks I already realized that there’s a lot of new literature out there, and I guess [...]Wie sich Seelilien vor 450 Millionen Jahren ernährten
Computersimulationen ermöglichen Einblick in das komplexe Fressverhalten der Crinoiden, filtrierende Organismen aus der Triaszeit Mit Computersimulationen haben Wissenschaftlerinnen und [...]“We don’t need OA in our field, everything is on arXiv”. Nope.
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [23:04:19]
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In discussions of open access, it’s pretty common for us biologists to suffer from arXiv envy: the sense that mathematicians and physicists have the access problem solved, because they all put their [...]
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Paleontology is not Extinct
Sulla realtà dei fossili di theropode squamati
Storm deposits in Tonoloway Fm. limestone – a virtual sample
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’ [...]An Ecological Traffic Jam in the Warming Tropics?
The tropics are already hot, and they’re getting hotter as global temperatures rise. A new study offers a glimpse into how seriously a couple more degrees could disrupt the region’s ecologicalHate Mosquitoes? Consider a Bat House! Fight Insect-Borne Illness by Partnering with Furry Fliers
The National Weather Service reported last week that 35 trillion gallons of water fell in the state of Texas during the month of May. The ground is soaked for what may well be weeks to come, our bayous have [...][jules' pics] Let's Topiary
Working from home, one no longer has to sit in front of the computer waiting for the end of the day. The disadvantage is neglecting to play with photos, including neglecting to blog them. But the advantage is [...]Minutes Taker required.
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The Avon RIGS Group are looking for a Minutes Taker for their quarterly full afternoon meetings. For more details please contact David Moore, member of the Avon RIGS Group, [...]
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The Dragons are Calling
The 12th longest river in the world has summoned us here. It is born in China, and after flowing through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia, the Mekong River arrives in Vietnam and merges with the South [...]Ottawa Sinkhole - Another badly done geotechnical job
In the Path of Destruction XII: From a Distance
I'm blogging Richard Waitt's excellent book about the May 18, 1980 eruption as I read it. Join me for more In the Path of Destruction goodness! And pick up your own copy at the link below. -- Read more on [...]Chapter 16 How continents shape climate
Sections Changing shapes, changing currents Tectonics, wind and weathering Planetary atmospheres move in complicated patterns even one as featureless as a pool ball, especially so if the planet spins (Figure [...]Ich hasse es, wenn Microsoft Windows 10 gegen meinen Willen installiert
Das sind die typischen Räubermethoden aggressiven Verkaufens, wie sie amerikanische Firmen so lieben. Gangstermethoden – mafiöse Strukturen wie bei der Blatter-FiFa, bei den Doping-Freaks, bei den [...]Nachgefragt: Was steht an im Juni?
1. Ich bin Udo Ernst und arbeite mit meiner vom Bernstein-Preis des BMBF geförderten Forschergruppe im Institut für Theoretische Physik an der Uni Bremen. Wir interessieren uns für das Sehsystem und [...]
Pixelmator-ed Trees
In the Company of Plants and Rocks [19:40:00]
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US,IT,NL
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Forecasts are getting Better, But The Public is Being Given Lousy Forecasts
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [08:12:55]
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Weather forecasts are much better than even a decade ago, and the change over the last 20 years has been remarkable, but in many cases, the weather forecast the average Joe gets has gotten worse. The good news [...]
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European zoo photo update
Hello readers, long time no blog. I have had almost no spare time of late, having had a full time job for the best part of a year (audio transcription for a London based market research company), still working [...]Earthquake swarm close to Hveravellir (Langjökull north)
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I don’t know a lot about this earthquake swarm close to Hveravellir (Langjökull north), due the lack of information. What I do know is that an earthquake swarm is taking place there and the largest [...]
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Yellowstone: Mann stirbt in heißer Quelle
nachrichten von den Vulkanen Karymsky, Shiveluch, Pacaya, Fuego, Masaya undIt’s World Oceans Day, but There is Little To Celebrate
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AU
Today is World Oceans Day, and the news about their health is downright alarming. Besides pollution from chemicals and tons of plastic, they are presently the warmest that man has ever measured, and they are [...]
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The response of Californian earthflows to drought
In a paper in Geophysical Research Letters, Georgie Bennett and colleagues have examined the response of Californian earthflows to the ongoing drought. They have found that the landslide have slowed markedly [...]Tartaruscola, el primer botremídido del Cenozoico de Europa
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [08:00:00]
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Lake Erie Algal Bloom Forecast
The 2015 algal bloom in Lake Erie was the largest in biomass since satellite record-keeping began in 2002. It came in spite of a forecast from scientists holding that a[...] The post Lake Erie Algal Bloom [...]More Beast Profiles
Species: Carnoferox atronyxLength: 8.5 meters (28 feet)Height: 2.5 meters (8 feet)Weight: 2 tonnes (2.2 tons)Genome:Allosaurus fragilis (body, arms, tail)Carnotaurus sastrei (head, legs)Species: Phoboraptor [...]Chapter 17 Icehouse and ‘greenhouse’ worlds
Sections Precambrian ‘Snowball Earth’ Break-up, warming and polar glaciations in the Palaeozoic Era Nice weather for reptiles Cooling sets in A coalition of background events during the Cenozoic Earth’s [...]Chapter 18 Life becomes complicated
Sections Big, soft things Surviving mass poisoning Evolving hard parts: the Cambrian Explosion Once they became established organisms, their deaths and funeral rites have been central players in the Earth’s [...]Eins, zwei, drei, viele – Die Biologie und das Geschlecht
Gott schuf also den Menschen als sein Abbild; als Abbild Gottes schuf er ihn. Als Mann und Frau schuf er sie. Gen 1:27 Wieso eigentlich geschlechtliche Fortpflanzung? Die Welt ist entzweit. Da sind die einen. [...]Streuen mit Licht und Teilchen
Streuexperimente gehören zu den wichtigsten Methoden der grundlegenden Physik. Das Prinzip ist immer ähnlich: Eine zu untersuchende Probe wird klar definiert bestrahlt und die Verteilung der durchtretenden [...]Top concepts:
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