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Tuesday, 31 January 2017

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USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2017 – How did Arizona fare? 

Arizona Geology [22:48:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (18 visits) info
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The US Geological Survey just released their Mineral Commodity Summaries 2017, detailing mineral production in the U.S. in 2016.  How did Arizona fare? https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/2017/mcs2017.pdf “In 2016, 11 States each produced more than $2 billion worth of nonfuel mineral commodities. These States were, in descending order of production value, Nevada, Arizona,

URETEK Rehabilitates Prison Rec Hall 

GeoPrac.net [22:46:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (46 visits) info
An aging prison building in Fort Worth, Texas had seen areas of settlement as much as 7.5 inches inside the building. URETEK successfully implemented their URETEK Method to lift the sunken slabs and [...]

Bucking the trend 

Mountain Beltway [20:30:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (3 visits) info
It has been a stressful few days for the United States of America. Our President enacted a ban on people entering the country from several Muslim-majority countries, and it triggered confusion and protests at [...]

Three kids’ books 

Mountain Beltway [18:51:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (50 visits) info
Cosmology, evolution, and ethics for the four-year old set? It can be done! Join Callan for a brief review of three excellent books for

New Video: Microbiology and the Origins of Life 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [18:35:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (38 visits) info
In our latest youtube video, hear about the fascinating organisms our microbiology team is collecting in deep sea mud volcanoes, and how these microbes can [...]

New exciting meteorite project 

Earth & Solar System [18:27:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (24 visits) info
  We are involved with a new exciting project to go and search for meteorites in Antarctica! You may well have seen our previous blog about a study looking into the possibility of there being some missing [...]

Book- The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science 

Reporting on a Revolution [17:47:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (43 visits) info
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Currently reading- The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science by Armand Marie Leroi, Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology at Imperial College, London.  "His ideas flow like a subterranean [...]

I'll Take an Order of Nature Writing, and Don't Hold the Science 

Fossils and Other Living Things [16:57:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info
Bernd HeinrichOne Wild Bird at a Time:  Portraits of Individual Lives2016Richard ForteyThe Wood for the Trees:  One Man’s Long View of Nature2016In nature writing, the role of science has often been a [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff: Almonty veröffentlicht Jahresabschluss 2016 und erhält weiteres Darlehen von der Deutsche Rohstoff 

Rohstoff Blog [15:02:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (95 visits) info
Mannheim/Toronto. Almonty Industries und die Deutsche Rohstoff haben heute bekannt gegeben, dass Almonty ein weiteres Darlehen über USD 1 Mio.

Cronache (burocratiche) da Rigopiano 

scienzeedintorni [11:17:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (34 visits) info
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Emergenza e burocrazia. Due entità in lotta fra loro. Tacito diceva che i germani, avendo buone abitudini, avevano bisogno di poche leggi, mentre i latini avendo cattive abitudini avevano bisogno di tante [...]

Most Epic Dino 

Koprolitos [10:36:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (11 visits) info
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La artista estadounidense Jenny Hanf se graduó en Diseño por la University of Findlay especializándose en la ilustración de libros infantiles. En su obra es fácil ver reflejados juegos de niños y [...]

Strong earthquake swarm in Bárðarbunga volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [02:11:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (32 visits) info
Yesterday (30.01.2017) there was exactly one week (article here) since last earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga volcano. In this weekly activity there is an emerging pattern, that pattern is that earthquake [...]

Isaac Wilkins: An Environmental Justice and Sustainability Calling 

State of the Planet [21:13:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (35 visits) info
Isaac Wilkins, a current MPA ESP student, has a calling. Introduced to the environmental movement through advocating for environmental justice issues impacting communities of color, he is expanding his mission [...]

DINOSAURS: From Cultural to Pop Culture - 1300's and 1400's AD: Dragons in the late Medieval Ages 

The Geology P.A.G.E. [19:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (41 visits) info
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We continue on to our next entry in DINOSAURS: From Cultural to Pop Culture - the Medieval Times: Medieval Times: 1300's and 1400's ADDragons in the late Medieval AgesContinuing from last time, we are [...]

Fournaise: seismische Krise 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [18:37:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (26 visits) info
Am Fournaise setzte eine seismische Krise

Magnificence (back) at Fantangisna, and Playing Catch-up... 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [18:34:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (33 visits) info
Sorry to have been offline so long - but we have been BUSY here! read more

The Worms That Turned 

Geological Society of London blog [18:21:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (53 visits) info
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New research on fossils from Newfoundland and Labrador, published in Geological Society Special Publication 'Earth System Evolution and Early Life: A Celebration of the Work of Martin Brasier', provides new [...]

The BLM is in Washington, DC, too! Who knew? Assessing the Economic Benefits of the National Conservation Lands from Our Nation’s Capital 

Speaking of Geoscience [17:23:33]  recommend  recommend this post  (101 visits) info
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By Egan Cornachione, GeoCorps™ Participant with the National Conservation Lands Division of the Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC Office. Alright, I thought. A project with the BLM. This is going [...]

Side Trip to Hiron Point, Sundarbans 

State of the Planet [16:32:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (37 visits) info
After helping Chris an Dan with soil salinity and reflectance measurement, Humayun, Liz and I moved onto the smaller M.B. Mewl to sail through the Sundarban Mangrove Forest to service our GPS station at Hiron [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff: Almonty veröffentlicht Jahresabschluss 2016 und erhält weiteres Darlehen von der Deutsche Rohstoff 

Rohstoff Blog [15:02:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (8 visits) info
Mannheim/Toronto. Almonty Industries und die Deutsche Rohstoff haben heute bekannt gegeben, dass Almonty ein weiteres Darlehen über USD 1 Mio.

Equipment Repairs in SW Bangladesh 

State of the Planet [10:53:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
Humayun, Liz and I headed to Khulna in SW Bangladesh a day after Chris and Dan. Along the way, we stopped at our sediment compaction meter for surveying and removing the GPS, and getting feasted by the family [...]

Magnificent Mount Saint Helens Photos, Part 5 

Rosetta Stones [06:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (140 visits) info
Enjoy these treasures from the USGS database eruption and aftermath images -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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