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Thursday, 15 February 2018

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Time to get your Canadabis plants going 

Ontario-geofish [23:43:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info
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This picture has nothing to do with me.  I got it off the internet.  If I actually had seeds, it is time to start them.  This imaginary plant is in a hydroponic system used to grow microgreens.  It was the only seed left that grew. Buy your seeds from my buddy at Crop King.  Somebody chose 'Hash Plant' because it is 4% cbd and 12% thc.  It is not strong by modern standards.  I feel that

Honoring GSA Member with Presidential Award 

Speaking of Geoscience [22:42:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (114 visits) info
By Dr. Nafeesa H. Owens, Ph.D., Program Director/PAEMST Program Lead, Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, National Science Foundation* “Don’t be afraid to sell yourself.” These are

Wolkenstrahlen 

Mente et Malleo [22:04:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (154 visits) info
Manchmal lohnt es sich ja auch für einen Geognosten, den Blick zum Himmel zu heben. Wolkenstrahlen mögen nichts besonderes sein, aber schön sind sie doch alle mal, finde ich. Wolkenstrahlen, auch einfach [...]

Territorial Behaviour! - Simon's Cat | LOGIC 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [17:37:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (153 visits) info
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U.S. Climate Change Litigation in the Age of Trump: Year One 

State of the Planet [16:23:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (106 visits) info
A new working paper from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law analyzes 2017's climate-related

Kikai Caldera: submariner Lavadom entdeckt 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [13:59:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (90 visits) info
Die Kikai-Caldera liegt wenige Kilometer vor der Südküste der japanischen Insel Kyushu. Sie hat einen Durchmesser von 19 km und gehört zu der Präfektur Kagoshima. Nördlich der Caldera liegt die [...]

A very slow magnetic doom 

Highly Allochthonous [13:30:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (127 visits) info
Why an ‘imminent’ reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field doesn’t mean what most people think it means. Continue reading →

Schlammvulkan in der Karibik ausgebrochen 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [10:37:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info
Ein Schlammvulkan eruptiert in der karibischen Republik Trinidad und Tobago und treibt 40 Menschen in die Flucht. Der Schlammvulkan liegt im Thermalgebiet des Devil’s Wood Yard beim Ort Hindustan Village [...]

Island: Massives Schwarmbeben bei Grimsey 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [10:06:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (86 visits) info
Update 22:00 Uhr: Das Schwarmbeben geht weiter und steigerte seine Intensität noch. Es gab 3 Erdbeben mit den Magnituden 3,7, 3,3 und 3,1. Die Hypozentren lagen wenige Kilometer östlich von Grimsey in [...]

How does biochar work to improve, or even decontaminate, soil? 

SOILS MATTER, GET THE SCOOP! [08:00:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (143 visits) info
Biochar – as the name implies – is made from formerly living substances. Source materials can be plant materials like leaves, stems, and woody tissue. Biochar can also be made

Geomorphometry 2018 

OpenTopography Blog [05:32:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (136 visits) info
The 5th International Conference of the International Society for Geomorphometry - Geomorphometry 2018 - August 13–17, 2018 in Boulder, CO, USA ABSTRACTS due:15 March 2018 via EasyChair. More information [...]

Giant Cephalopod Midden or Mosasaur Feces 

Ammonoidea [01:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info
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Back in 2011, and again in 2013,  Mark and Dianna McMenamin postulated a giant cephalopod created a midden with the bones of Icthyosaurs.  The internet came alive with much fanfare,  comments, news, etc. [...]

Volcano in a classroom 

Gunnars Geo-Blog [17:28:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (175 visits) info
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Ein schönes und dabei einfaches Modell eines Vulkans: Cola und

Increase in the earthquake activity in TFZ (Tjörnes Fracture Zone) 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [16:03:36]  recommend  recommend this post  (116 visits) info
Information in this article might get outdated quickly due to fast moving nature of the current earthquake swarm in TFZ. The earthquake swarm that started on 28-January-2018 continues (article here). A strong [...]

Other Minds, by Peter Godfrey-Smith 

Mountain Beltway [13:47:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (189 visits) info
The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness is the subtitle of this fascinating, extremely approachable book. Paraphrasing Thomas Nagle, it asks “What is it like to be an octopus?” The [...]

Uncertainty in Geoscience – Bayes and Expert opinions 

The Way of the Geophysicist [11:34:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (219 visits) info
In geoscience we’re not all that great with uncertainty. Since everything is uncertain, calculating the error margins in geoscience itself is often neglected. However, a geologist is perfectly suited to [...]

I Left My Heart in... 

Koprolitos [10:15:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (145 visits) info
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Hace poco ya veíamos por aquí parte del trabajo de David Orr junto a su pareja Jennie Orr en Blue Aster, el estudio de diseño e ilustración que han creado en Bloomington (Indiana, Estados Unidos). Como [...]

The evolution of post-seismic debris flows 

The Landslide Blog [09:56:45]  recommend  recommend this post  (89 visits) info
A paper recently published in Engineering Geology (Fan et al. 2018) provides fascinating insights into the evolution of post-seismic debris flows, based on a study in the Wenchuan earthquake area of

Geomorphometry 2018 

OpenTopography Blog [05:32:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (94 visits) info
The 5th International Conference of the International Society for Geomorphometry - Geomorphometry 2018 - August 13–17, 2018 in Boulder, CO, USA ABSTRACTS due:1 March 2018 via EasyChair. More information on [...]

The Physics of Using Satellites to Determine Global Temperatures 

Ontario-geofish [01:28:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (97 visits) info
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Reference Subtitle - Global Warming Hypothesis Falls Out of Band I am not denying anything.  Carbon in the air is bad, bad , bad.  However, I have been going more into the physics.  Eventually, I want to [...]

Carnotaurus Research Part III- Integument 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [00:11:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info
  The  known impressions from  Carnotaurus  sastrei, green is scales and light blue is likely osteoderms. Integument Carnotaurus was the first documented theropod dinosaur known to preserve a large [...]
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