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Thursday, 30 June 2016

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Deep earthquakes in root of Eyjafjallajökull volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [23:05:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (170 visits) info
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 KM
Today (30-June-2016) three earthquakes took place in the root system of Eyjafjallajökull volcano I think. The most depth for those earthquakes was 14,3 km and the most shallow one 1,3 km. The largest magnitude was 1,1 the other … Continue reading

PostgreSQL and PostGIS: A brief introduction 

Digital Geography [22:52:45]  recommend  recommend this post  (265 visits) info
You probably seen this already (maybe on your very own PC as well): A folder with shape files. Well we’re living in the 21st century and I do have and use those folders still. After a talk of Sebastian Meier at Maptime Berlin I was convinced and started to work with a databases instead of folders. So let me show you how to install PostgreSQL along with PostGIS on Ubuntu and Windows, how to get data into it, import OSM data and how to connect it with QGIS/ArcGIS. Why-Oh-Why a PostGIS [...]

Hubble Images of Jupiters “Northern Lights” are Amazing! 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [22:48:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (704 visits) info
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Jupiter has a MUCH stronger magnetic field than Earth does, and the Aurora’s it produces have been known about for a while, but this image above from Hubble though is one of the most incredible [...]

Research Summary: Interannual Variability of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Erie 

Lake Scientist [21:28:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (165 visits) info
category→recreation
 US
Abstract After a 20-year absence, severe cyanobacterial blooms have returned to Lake Erie in the last decade, in spite of negligible change in the annual load of total phosphorus (TP).[...] The post Research [...]

Long Time No See! 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [18:27:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (207 visits) info
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It’s been almost a year since my last post on this web. I can see there’s been a lot of changes to the website. That’s great, it looks better than ever. I’ve been traveling, [...]

Electric forces in desert air create mighty dust storms, study finds 

AGU Meetings [17:00:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (195 visits) info
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Electric fields in dust storms have been discovered lifting 10 times more dust into the air than winds alone, according to new experiments conducted in the Sahara Desert. The discovery has big implications for [...]

Participatory Design and Management in Housing: By Women for Women 

State of the Planet [16:10:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (171 visits) info
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Julia Nethero explores the shortcomings of urban low-income housing, which fall particularly on women who are responsible for the household’s well being, and how participatory design and management [...]

Geosonnet 42 

Lounge of the Lab Lemming [14:29:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (170 visits) info
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Virtual field trip to Siccar Point, Scotland 

Mountain Beltway [14:03:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (187 visits) info
category→recreation
 GB
Time for another virtual field trip on the Geologist’s Grand Tour of the United Kingdom: the most famous outcrop in the world. Today, we visit Siccar Point, Scotland. You’ve probably already seen [...]

Friends 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [13:40:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info
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This. Log post is for all my friends out there. I want thank you for being so nice and encopurging me to make a new account. I love helping you guys alot. Fossil are somthing I’ve been interested in [...]

Kilauea: Lavastrom erreicht Küstenebene 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [10:22:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (602 visits) info
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 US
Auf Hawaii erreicht der Lavastrom 61g die Küstenebene. Möglicher Wiese wird es in den nächsten Wochen wieder einen "ocean entry" zu bewundern

TRB Webinar: Visualization of Geotechnical Data for Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Response, a Practical Update 

GeoPrac.net [08:46:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (237 visits) info
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 US
TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that features research from National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 467: Visualization of Geotechnical [...]

New Poll on Rockfall Funding in Colorado 

GeoPrac.net [08:41:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (229 visits) info
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 US
Roads and Bridges magazine has a new poll out regarding rockfall mitigation funding for the Colorado DOT. According to the magazine, limited funds are forcing the agency to prioritize and be creative when [...]

Living the Dream, Day 6 – Elves Chasm and the Great Unconformity 

WATCH FOR ROCKS - Travels of a Sharp-Eyed Geologist [04:10:10]  recommend  recommend this post  (691 visits) info
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 Cambrian; DE,US,AU,BR,ID,,SJ,IN
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A rosy–fingered dawn metamorphoses into a vibrantly blue morning sky. In the blink of an eye, shadows and colors shift on the canyon walls. Another plate of scrambled eggs sits balanced on my lap. It is Day [...]

Plattentektonik ohne Ruckeln 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [21:56:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (261 visits) info
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     AWI-Forscher zeichnen erstmals detailliert Erdbeben an ultralangsamen mittelozeanischen Rücken auf Die Erdbebenverteilung an ultralangsamen mittelozeanischen Rücken unterscheidet sich [...]

Goldene Träume – Das Hügelgrab von Hochdorf 

Mente et Malleo [19:04:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
Es ist nicht alles Gold, was glänzt. Dieser Spruch enthält für die Archäologie viel wahres. Anders verhält es sich bei den Funden des keltischen Prunkgrabs bei Hochdorf in Nähe Stuttgarts. Der Grabhügel [...]

Road Sign Thursday: Dust Storm! 

Looking for Detachment [18:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (181 visits) info
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 US
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Someone at US Ends.com suggested, when posting a photo of a similar sign on eastbound I-70, that there is one speed limit for regular travelers and a second, lower speed limit for dust storms. I took this [...]

Lake Washington Canal Association 

New Stories in Stone [16:53:02]  recommend  recommend this post  (181 visits) info
category→culture_politics
 US
Yesterday, I was fortunate to meet Carol Whipple, great granddaughter of one of Seattle’s more important early citizens, Roger Sherman Greene. Greene had arrived in the state in 1870, when President [...]

Poor Britain joins Japan and Quebec 

Ontario-geofish [15:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (188 visits) info
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 CA,US,JP,GB
Inspiration Poor Britain, now it just becomes a tourist destination.  I don't know if I want to visit it again, though. Dear Canada, Now is the time for action.  All those ads to Americans to flee Trump [...]

Sonnentransit der ISS über Südhessen am 1.7.2016 

Mente et Malleo [14:23:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (98 visits) info
Der Syzygienkönig gibt bekannt: Südhessen, Nordbadener, Pfälzer und Franken aufgepasst! Am Freitag, 1. Juli 2016, gegen 13:51 MESZ wird die Internationale Raumstation hoch am Himmel, damit bei geringem [...]

TREND REPORT: Summer Embellishments 

BEYONDbones [14:00:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info
category→arts_entertainment
 IN
Written by Marina Torres, HMNS Visual Manager Summer season is here and we need a reason to update our jewelry box. New designs have arrived just in time. For the simple classic to the carefree spirit we have [...]

Le deformazioni e la storia della placca indo-australiana nell'Oceano Indiano orientale 

scienzeedintorni [12:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (642 visits) info
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 Paleogene; FR,PH,HK,LK,CH,US,AU,ID,IT,CC,KM,MG,SC,JP,,BR,RU
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Qualche tempo fa ho scritto un post sulla complessa storia dell’apertura dell’Oceano Indiano, in particolare di quello Occidentale. Oggi parlo invece della parte nordorientale di questo bacino, perché [...]

Hoy nos visita... Alan Turner 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [10:21:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (185 visits) info
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 US
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Esta semana visita el laboratorio del Grupo de Biología Evolutiva el Dr. Alan Turner de la Stony Brook University (Nueva York, Estados Unidos). La línea de investigación de Turner incluye el estudio de la [...]

Variadito XXV 

Koprolitos [08:42:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info
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Watching the Hazy Sun Sink into the Sea (almost) 

Geotripper [08:20:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (184 visits) info
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 US
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The sun was almost sinking into the sea, since the coast is oriented a bit too much towards the south. I'm in Southern California for family matters (of a happier kind), and had the opportunity to watch the [...]

Paleo Profile: Sigilmassasaurus 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [01:06:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (266 visits) info
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 Cretaceous; US,EG
Cervical vertebrae of Sigilmassasaurus. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Genus:  Sigilmassasaurus Species:  S. brevicollis (Russell, 1996) Synonyms:  Spinosaurus [...]
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