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Friday, 02 June 2017

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Lessons for old people 

Ontario-geofish [00:20:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (614 visits) info
Right now my neighbour is hanging from a ladder up on the roof.  "In the 47 years I worked, I never had an accident."  I can't stand watching him, drilling with no eye protection. It has become a thing with us baby boomers to sell our comfy Toronto houses and go up North to the rugged ruggedness.  My relatives just did it to a big house-cottage on extremely rugged land, that's like a cliff

Algorachelus más allá de España: Historia de una larga migración 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [09:52:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (194 visits) info
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Algorachelus peregrinus es una tortuga recientemente descrita en la localidad española de Algora, en Guadalajara. Su hallazgo resultó singular por varios motivos. Las faunas de tortugas del Cretácico Inferior y las del Cretácico más superior, ambas bien representadas en España, son muy diferentes. El material de Algorachelus fue hallado en niveles del Cenomaniense, es decir, de la

Geowissenschaftlicher Nachweis von subglazialen Seen 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [17:31:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (189 visits) info
     Schmelzwasserseen unter dem antarktischen Eisschild beschleunigten Rückzug von Gletschern in der Erdgeschichte Unter dem Eispanzer der Antarktis gab es auch während der letzten Eiszeit - als der [...]

Help support the North West Highlands Geopark! 

Geological Society of London blog [19:30:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (163 visits) info
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The North West Highlands Geopark is running a crowdfunder with a deadline of Monday 5 June - find out more! Continue reading →

AZGS at 3rd Annual North American Symposium on Landslides – “Slip Slidin’ Away”* 

Arizona Geology [22:49:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (136 visits) info
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Quaternary landslides (red) near I-17 in central AZ (AzSLID). Ann Youberg, Senior Research Scientist who oversees the AZGS geologic hazards group, will be participating in the North American Symposium on [...]

El Nino still going strong 

Ontario-geofish [15:35:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (129 visits) info
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In physics terms, the El Nino is a time when the Earth dumps a huge amount of heat into space.  You can't expect this to be a uniform process, especially when chaotic ocean currents are involved.  And this [...]

Research Assistant Opening 

State of the Planet [18:39:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (100 visits) info
The Earth Institute is seeking a research assistant to work with Dr. David Maurrasse. Research will focus on how partnerships involving various stakeholders across sectors (government, higher education, health [...]

Implications of Leaving Paris More Intricate Than You Think 

State of the Planet [16:30:58]  recommend  recommend this post  (83 visits) info
The implications of withdrawal are more intricate than what people have been fixating on so

Reactions from Earth Institute Experts on Trump Pulling out of Paris 

State of the Planet [20:33:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
Experts from across the Earth Institute give their reactions to the news that the U.S. will exit the Paris climate

‘We are Headed Towards Hostile State of the Climate System’ 

State of the Planet [16:59:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (68 visits) info
Yochanan Kushnir: "As a climate scientist who directly engages in studying the phenomena and mechanisms of climate variability and change I am convinced that we are headed towards a different, and to many [...]

Two earthquake swarms in Iceland today (02-June-2017) 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [23:17:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (66 visits) info
Today (02-June-2017) there have been two earthquake swarms taking place in Iceland. Both are minor in terms of magnitude, the second earthquake swarm is now getting close to 60 – 80 earthquakes at the [...]

A day of geology on the coast of southwestern France 

Wooster Geologists [12:02:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (59 visits) info
La Barde, France — Today we traveled west to the Gironde Estuary on the southwest coast to continue our survey of Campanian fossils. It looks like we will be working on the sclerobionts found with the [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff: Cub Creek beginnt mit weiteren Bohrungen 

Rohstoff Blog [08:33:10]  recommend  recommend this post  (53 visits) info
Mannheim/Denver. Cub Creek Energy hat Mitte Mai sieben Bohrungen vom Hailey-Bohrplatz abgeschlossen und in der Zwischenzeit weitere Bohrungen vom Litzenberger-Bohrplatz

Why global emissions must peak by 2020 

Real Climate [10:06:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (189 visits) info
(by Stefan Rahmstorf and Anders Levermann) In the landmark Paris Climate Agreement, the world’s nations have committed to “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above [...]

The American incognitum and the History of Extinction Studies 

Letters from Gondwana [02:09:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (174 visits) info
  Extinction is the ultimate fate of all species. More than 95% of all species that ever lived are now extinct. But prior to the 18th century, the idea that species could become extinct was not [...]

Yasur: Erhöhung der Eintrittspreise 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [09:42:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (154 visits) info
Vor wenigen Wochen berichtete ich über die neuen Eintrittsreglungen am Vulkan Yasur auf der Insel Tanna (Vanuatu). Nun schreibt mir Leser „Micha“ über eine Erhöhung der Eintrittspreise von 65 € auf [...]

Answer to a Hawaiian Mystery, and a Cautionary Tale 

Geotripper [09:52:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
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If you've had a geology or earth science course, do you remember what you learned about basalt? Basalt, the low-silica volcanic rock, the one that flows instead of exploding. The one that isn't all that [...]

AGU RESPONDS TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S DECISION REGARDING THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [00:06:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (111 visits) info
1 June 2017     Washington, D.C. – The following statement is attributable to Chris McEntee, Executive Director and CEO of the American Geophysical Union: “When signed in December 2015, the Paris [...]

Fabergé’s All Purpose Elephant 

BEYONDbones [00:02:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (93 visits) info
Readers of the Beyond Bones Blog may recognize this little guy from some of our other Fabergé blogs. This week I’ve decided that he (or she?) has been in the background too long. You wouldn’t think much [...]

Sky Happenings in June 2017 

BEYONDbones [19:00:28]  recommend  recommend this post  (80 visits) info
This star map shows the Houston sky at 10 pm CDT on June 1, 9 pm CDT on June 15, and dusk on June 30.  To use the map, put the direction you are facing at the bottom.   The Big Dipper is high in the north. [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff: Cub Creek beginnt mit weiteren Bohrungen 

Rohstoff Blog [08:33:10]  recommend  recommend this post  (73 visits) info
Mannheim/Denver. Cub Creek Energy hat Mitte Mai sieben Bohrungen vom Hailey-Bohrplatz abgeschlossen und in der Zwischenzeit weitere Bohrungen vom Litzenberger-Bohrplatz

Sakurajima: 8 Eruptionen 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [10:21:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (66 visits) info
Der japanische Vulkan Sakurajima hat seit gestern 8 Eruptionen produziert, die vom VAAC Tokyo registriert wurden. Die Vulkanasche stieg bis zu 3 km hoch auf und driftete mehrere Kilometer weit. Auf der [...]

Interview with Professor Jian Lin - Petrophysics Specialist 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [08:11:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (64 visits) info
A couple of days ago I was able to finally sit down with Professor Jian Lin to discuss the big picture about the South China Sea and the important [...]

Weekly earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga volcano (1-June-2017) 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [00:53:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (54 visits) info
Today (01-June-2017) a earthquake swarm took place in Bárðarbunga volcano. This earthquake swarm was in the regular location at north-east part of the caldera. Two earthquakes with magnitude 3,2 took place [...]

Entrevista a la dibujante y autoeditora Roberta Vázquez 

Koprolitos [10:28:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (51 visits) info
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Entre los personajes antropomorfos de tus ilustraciones y tebeos llama la atención la abundancia de dinosaurios. La mayoría de aficionados a los bichos prehistóricos lo somos desde pequeños, ¿es tu [...]
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