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Wednesday, 11 April 2018

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Wheelchair cabs in Toronto 

Ontario-geofish [23:34:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (177 visits) info
The old guy was doing gangbusters today so we decided to go to our favourite restaurant.  It's at Yonge, north of Steeles.  So, a nice cab from Beck took us there.  But when we phoned for a pickup, they said they can't pick anybody up there.  Phoning the local piddly country cabs, we found none of them had wheelchair cabs.  Finally we found one that hands over 'authorization' to Co-op, but

Stronger evidence for a weaker Atlantic overturning circulation 

Real Climate [19:05:53]  recommend  recommend this post  (194 visits) info
Through two new studies in Nature, the weakening of the Gulf Stream System is back in the scientific headlines. But even before that, interesting new papers have been published – high time for an update on this topic. Let’s start with tomorrow’s issue of Nature, which besides the two new studies (one of which I

How to make a planet habitable 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [18:30:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (167 visits) info
Exoplanets without plate tectonics could harbour life, contrary to previous belief For a planet to be habitable, it needs a stable climate. On Earth, the movement of tectonic plates ensures old crust is [...]

Natural Gas Storage in the East down to two weeks draw 

Ontario-geofish [17:13:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (138 visits) info
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This comment is only for earthquakes.  I have no stock in natgas.  If I read the charts correctly they only have 2 weeks left of storage at the current cold weather draw.  But I think we have 4 weeks of [...]

Dog problem in Toronto 

Ontario-geofish [15:39:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
We've had the fun with drug-dealer pit bulls.  That fad died after the ban.  Now we have unfixed, unsocialize big male dogs.  The latest in our area is a King Shepard. Big huge dogs let to roam free by [...]

Linux - Using a 32 bit printer driver - Xerox Phaser 6125n 

Ontario-geofish [14:21:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (142 visits) info
This problem again.  On my bleeding-edge development machine, the printer stopped working, and I worked for hours on it.  My stable machine had no problems and I was using that. This worked Got this 32-bit [...]

“Sea cows” inhabited the Pyrenees 42 million years ago 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [12:03:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (123 visits) info
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An international team of Spanish and Portuguese researchers (Universidad de Zaragoza, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea and Universidade Nova de Lisboa) that has discovered and described a [...]

Aoba: hohes thermischen Signal 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [10:27:10]  recommend  recommend this post  (130 visits) info
Auf der Vulkaninsel Ambae (Vanuatu) geht es derzeit heiß her: MIROVA registriert am Vulkan Aoba ein hohes thermisches Signal in Höhe von 284 MW. Gestern waren es sogar 652 MW. Dies legt die Vermutung nahe, [...]

BlueSkiesResearch.org.uk: EGU 2018 Day 2 

James’ Empty Blog [08:39:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (265 visits) info
jules had a a 7:30 breakfast meeting today which didn’t seem very civilised to me. But it looks like it was worth getting up for. A perk of being Executive Editor, but very little recompense really for [...]

Late but great news 

New Stories in Stone [02:51:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (242 visits) info
Wow, I just discovered that Seattle Walks was the number 5 bestseller at Island Books in 2017. That’s an amazing honor. (Mostly I am simply pleased to beat out that guy named Tom Hanks.) Thank you to the [...]

Dating Rock Art 

Reporting on a Revolution [18:23:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info
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I love it when science is explained with a well thought out and cleanly drawn illustration. A commentary in Nature News and Views by David G. Pearce and Adelphine Bonneau presents this diagram on dating rock [...]

Geoscience and the clean energy transition – A global view 

Speaking of Geoscience [17:00:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (207 visits) info
by Anne Thompson, Editor and Communications Chair – RFG2018 We are bombarded by stories about shortages of critical resources as well as about amazing technologies that will change our lives

The 100th Meridian, Where the Great Plains Begin, May Be Shifting 

State of the Planet [15:14:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info
Two new papers find that the line that divides the moist East and arid West is edging eastward due to climate change—and the implications for farming and other pursuits could be

Agárrame esos fantasmas 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [12:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (149 visits) info
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Retomamos de nuevo el linaje de dinosaurios que incluye a los representantes de las aves actuales para hablar de un pariente de estas últimas como es el bien conocido taxón asiático Confuciusornis. [...]

Head on over to the EGU Booth! 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [12:01:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info
You can find the EGU Booth in Hall X2 on the Brown Level. This is the place to come if you’d like to meet members of EGU Council and Committees (Meet EGU) and find out more about EGU activities. Here you [...]

Lulu and the Brontosaurus (Judith Viorst & Lane Smith) 

Koprolitos [09:34:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (247 visits) info
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La escritora estadounidense Judith Viorst tiene una extensa obra dentro de la literatura infantil y juvenil como la saga comenzada con "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" a la que [...]

At the Assembly 2018: Wednesday Highlights 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [07:30:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (128 visits) info
We’re halfway through the General Assembly already! Once again there is lots on offer at EGU 2018 and this is just a taster – be sure to complement this information with EGU Today, the daily newsletter of [...]

Karimabad, Pakistan: a dramatic rock and ice avalanche caught on video 

The Landslide Blog [01:55:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (114 visits) info
On Monday a very large rock and ice avalanche occurred at Karimabad, in Hunza, northern Pakistan. This event, which claimed three lives, was caught on a dramatic video The post Karimabad, Pakistan: a [...]
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