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Wednesday, 15 February 2017

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Patient Capital: Financing Nonprofits 

State of the Planet [23:52:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (26 visits) info
Nonprofit organizations face pressures to focus spending on external operations and pull back on central administrative costs, but this emphasis can undermine the ability of the organization to effectively deliver its services. The concept of “patient capital” offers another point of

Deutsche Rohstoff: Angepasste Prognose zum Konzernjahresüberschuss 2016 

Rohstoff Blog [23:24:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (39 visits) info
Mannheim. Der Vorstand der Deutsche Rohstoff AG hat nach Vorliegen der ersten Entwürfe der Jahresabschlüsse der Deutsche Rohstoff AG und

Deutsche Rohstoff: Angepasste Prognose zum Konzernjahresüberschuss 2016 

Rohstoff Blog [23:24:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (9 visits) info
Mannheim. Der Vorstand der Deutsche Rohstoff AG hat nach Vorliegen der ersten Entwürfe der Jahresabschlüsse der Deutsche Rohstoff AG und

Das fossile Zwergkrokodil aus dem Harz: Entdeckung einer neuen Gattung 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [20:24:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (27 visits) info
Ein Forscherteam vom Museum für Naturkunde Berlin und dem Landesmuseum Hannover hat eine neue Gattung und Art eines kleinen fossilen Krokodils aus der Gruppe der Atoposauriden beschrieben, die eine [...]

Researchers catch extreme waves with higher resolution modeling 

Geospace [16:57:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (71 visits) info
Surfers aren’t the only people trying to catch big waves. Using decades of global climate data generated at a spatial resolution of about 25 square kilometers (10 square miles), researchers were able to [...]

Don’t Be *Such* a Scientist, by Randy Olson 

Mountain Beltway [14:23:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (34 visits) info
With the current political climate being what it is, I’m newly motivated to learn the best way to communicate science with the American public. I’ve decided to read several books on the topic that I’ve [...]

Antepasados y descendientes (Tira y afloja) 

Koprolitos [09:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (40 visits) info
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Bernardo Erlich es un diseñador y humorista gráfico nacido en San Miguel de Tucumán (Argentina) en 1963. Su trabajo ha sido publicado en diversos medios como La Semana de Tucumán, El Tribuno de [...]

New GOES-16 Weather Satellite Sees Monday’s Low Pressure Bomb 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [00:38:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (25 visits) info
I wrote yesterday about the storm that exploded off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic on Monday, and now you can see it develop from GOES-16. This animation was released today of the storm exploding as it moved [...]

AZGS funding and MMNRE Museum bills passed by the Arizona Senate Appropriation Committee 

Arizona Geology [21:28:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (955 visits) info
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Fossil Reflections From A Work In Progress On A Time Of The Late Cretaceous 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [17:39:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (45 visits) info
We here at Dinosaur Home regularly receive dozens of requests each week regarding fossil identification. Fossils appear to be abundant and seem to cover our planet but, have you ever considered the [...]

The Coldest Decade of the Millennium? How the cold 1430s led to famine and disease 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [17:29:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (20 visits) info
     A team of international researchers has looked into climate data and historical archives to find out more about the extraordinary climate of the 1430s and how it impacted societies in northwestern [...]

Why is it good to have the ground covered by snow? 

SOILS MATTER, GET THE SCOOP! [16:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (66 visits) info
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The winter holidays may have come and gone, but for many Americans, snow will be around for a few more months. This is clearly good news if you are fond […]

Photo of the Week 

GeoSphere [13:41:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (783 visits) info
Keepin’ then comin’! This weeks photo is brought to you by Immageo as per usual. It can be found: here The image was taken by Dmitry Tonkacheev, IGEM RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation.... [[ This is a [...]

From coastal earthquake geology and semi-automated feature detection 

Paleoseismicity [12:49:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (719 visits) info
In microtidal seas such as the Mediterranean (tidal range ≈0.4 m sea-level indicators are commonly used to infer coseismic history. A list containing these indicators is long, including wave-cut platforms, [...]

Tapping into Ocean Power 

State of the Planet [04:12:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (32 visits) info
The oceans of the world are a vast unexploited source of clean, reliable and predictable renewable energy. Could this energy help replace fossil fuels and be a solution to climate

Oil Transportation and Suction Dredge Mining Legislative Topics in Washington Too 

Mineral Law Blog [00:05:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (36 visits) info
Following up on last week’s post about Oregon legislative proposals, here are some of the mineral-related bills currently pending in the Washington State Legislature: Oil and Gas SB 5462 and HB 1611 – [...]
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