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Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Today during one of my live classroom broadcasts, a student asked what it felt like to be higher than Mount Everest. The student was referring to our location above the Mariana Trench--the deepest part of the ocean (35,827 feet deep), often contrasted with Mount Everest since its the highest point on earth (29,035 feet high).
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Naturally, this 'confirms' global warming. Forget that the 1970's were freezing.
My take on this is that we had a huge El Nino, much bigger than 1997. It was the accumulation of several 'missed' opportunities, and eventually had to come in charging. We should see a return to the level 'hiatus', or even a dip below that. Right now, we are still warm because our weather is
The news doesn’t come as a surprise to scientists and others who’ve been watching, but marks a milestone nonetheless: 2016 was the warmest year on record, dating back to the start of modern record keeping [...]
Rainfall patterns in the Sahara during the six-thousand-year “Green Sahara” period have been revealed by analyzing marine sediments, according to new
From 7-11 September, 2016, the conference “Earthquake science and hazard in Central Asia” took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The meeting brought together earth scientists and social scientists from the EwF [...]
Many people are concerned that the Republican-controlled Congress and Trump’s administration will stop or reverse the progress the Obama administration has made on climate change. Here's what you can do [...]
Another random pic I had come across. Some modern dinosaur (bird) prints along Jones Beach on Long Island. These are likely seagull prints if I recall correctly.
Fonte: INGV
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1. Qui [...]
In an ideal world, all blog posts would start with images like this one. (Edited talk title slide I used back at SVPCA 2013 - we've been working on the project discussed below for a while now.)
In the last [...]
The fourth of the Mount Sulzer avalanches, which occurred in August 2016, was captured in a remarkable video by Luke Wassink, a National Park
This image is of a ammonite fossil plate. Ammonites seen in this plate are Promicrocerus planicosta (J Sowerby and Asteroceras smithi (J de Sowerby). It was found in Obtusum beds of the Lower Lias of Marston [...]
Fossil identification questions currently make up the majority of posts on Dinosaur Home. These threads are usually started by guests and fresh members who are new to the site. However, most incoming users do [...]
„Die Zivilisation existiert durch die Zustimmung der Geologie, Änderungen vorbehalten.“Will Durant
Man denkt selten an die Rolle die Vulkane in der Menschheitsgeschichte gespielt haben. Wir kennen [...]
Professor Bill McGuire explains some of the geological effects of climate change, following his recent London Lecture at the Geological Society Continue reading →
A new study shows melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean could put at risk the objectives of the Paris Agreement to address climate change. The study’s authors conclude that, due to the future increase in the [...]
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There is no doubt that 2016 was packed full of exciting, insightful and informative blog posts. An impressive 360 posts were published across the EGU’s official blog, GeoLog, as well as the network and [...]
David Lee Stevens (1955-2008) comenzó en 1975 reemplazando a William Stout como ayudante de Russ Maning en Tarzán. Según sus propias palabras, su misión consistía en realizar el entintado y parte del [...]
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1. Africa Content Environmental Change: Landsat data was heavily used to create Africa Environmental change Atlas Map that includes map of glacier melting, loss of different kind of vegetation and so on. [...]
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