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Friday, 01 July 2016

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Law Monitoring Toxic Chemicals Gets First Facelift in 40 Years 

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After years of gridlock, the President signed a strongly bipartisan bill to update a 40-year-old act monitoring toxic chemicals, including lead-based paint and asbestos, into law. The bill revitalizes the “Toxic Substances Control Act,” (TSCA) originally passed in 1976, under President Gerald Ford. The “Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act,” (H.R.2576)… Read More Law Monitoring Toxic Chemicals Gets First Facelift in

Brexit – Folgen für die Fusionsforschung ? 

Mente et Malleo [21:25:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (108 visits) info
Eine Woche ist es schon her, als sich eine Mehrheit für den Brexit ausgesprochen hatte. Unmittelbare Auswirkungen auf den Finanzmarkt waren die Folgen, Erklärungsversuche allerortens und die Frage danach, wie es denn jetzt weitergeht. Darum …

Prehistoric Arena- Battle Five: Allosaurus Vs. Stegosaurus 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [18:51:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (109 visits) info
My first one in a long time. Not a request but people were probably hoping I would do the battle. Allosaurus Length: Up to 35 ft. Height: 8-12 ft. Weight: 4-6 tons Diet: Herbivorous creatures Lived: [...]

Voyagers 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [18:25:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (226 visits) info
Voyagers from Santiago Menghini on

An Experience and an Upset 

Wooster Geologists [17:24:10]  recommend  recommend this post  (101 visits) info
Reykjavik, Iceland – Guest Blogger Ben Kumpf (’18) Carl-Lars Engen (Beloit ’17), among thousands of Islanders gathered in the capital, Reykjavik. Fans were cheering on the national team in the Euro Cup [...]

Beach Sand: It’s really soil? 

SOILS MATTER, GET THE SCOOP! [16:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (127 visits) info
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To many people, sandy beaches are the ultimate vacation spot. Whether it is the feeling of sand on our toes, sunlight on our skin, the sight of seashells littering the

Liebesheirat, nicht Zweck-Mariage 

Mente et Malleo [14:13:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
Die Berliner Sternenhäuser sind nun endlich vereint! In einer Pressekonferenz auf der Berliner Archenhold-Sternwarte wurde heute die Gründung der Stiftung bekannt gegeben, die ab heute die drei Einrichtungen [...]

Postdoc Position at University of Potsdam, Germany – Open topic in Earth and Environmental sciences 

Paleoseismicity [12:50:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (211 visits) info
An interesting opportunity for a postdoc position is currently open at Potsadam University, Germany. If you have a clever research idea, the university will basically support you and help establishing a [...]

Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Iron-oxide oncoids (“snuff-boxes”) from the Middle Jurassic of southern England 

Wooster Geologists [06:01:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (191 visits) info
These fossils (in the broad sense!) are inevitable for our weekly feature considering how much time we spent studying and collecting them during last month’s fieldwork in Dorset, southern England. [...]

Plants & Rocks: South Pass Rockcress, South Pass Granite 

In the Company of Plants and Rocks [18:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (101 visits) info
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The lineup.At the southern end of the Wind River Mountains near South Pass—where thousands of travelers on the old Oregon Trail crossed the Continental Divide “with no toilsome ascents”—granite mounds [...]

Es war einmal... Rosetta's zweites Jahr am Kometen 

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Geosciences Column: Pollen tells a 7300 year old story of Malta’s climate and vegetation 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [17:00:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (106 visits) info
Figuring out what the climate was like, and how it changed, throughout Earth’s history is like trying to complete a 1000 piece puzzle. Except that scientists usually don’t have all the nuggets and building [...]

Unforced variations: July 2016 

Real Climate [14:59:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (156 visits) info
A week is a long time in politics climate science: Nonsense debunked in WaPo, begininngs of recovery in the ozone hole, revisiting the instrumental record constraints on climate sensitivity… Lots of [...]

Friday fold: Clarely, an anticline 

Mountain Beltway [12:52:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
Eric Pyle sent in today’s Friday fold – Eric reports that you can find this fold seaside, near Poulatedaun, Co. Clare, Ireland. Thanks for sharing,

Five GREAT Polychaete Names! for #PolychaeteDay 

Echinoblog [07:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (181 visits) info
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July 1st, every year is now recognized as INTERNATIONAL POLYCHAETE DAY in honor of long-time and widely loved polychaete worm expert, Dr. Kristian Fauchald's birthday!  Dr. Fauchald passed away in April 2015 [...]
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