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Friday, 20 April 2018

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Minor earthquake swarm in Torfajökull volcano 

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [22:42:44]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info
This morning (on 20-April-2018) an earthquake swarm took place in Torfajökull volcano. This was a minor earthquake swarm and largest magnitude was 2,4. All other earthquakes where smaller in magnitude. The earthquake activity in Torfajökull volcano. Copyright of this image … Continue reading →

Tinder and the Plague Doctor: A Case for Swiping Right 

BEYONDbones [22:16:39]  recommend  recommend this post  (137 visits) info
Imagine you’re on Tinder, maybe wasting time or maybe looking for love, when the plague doctor pops up on your feed! You’d probably be tempted to swipe left as quickly as possible. Well hang on there…not so fast! Even though he looks like the stuff of nightmares, he’s really quite amazing. He may be complicated,

Students Take A Field Trip to the United Nations 

State of the Planet [22:04:48]  recommend  recommend this post  (109 visits) info
On April 6th, students from the Sustainable Development program took a trip to the United Nations for a meeting with the Secretary-General’s Envoy on

Amherstburg Earthquake - Right under a giant salt operation 

Ontario-geofish [20:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (100 visits) info
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I just had to look for drilling rigs.  This is much better!  We can now say the earthquake was due to the operations.  Could be the extraction of weight, which is good for a thrust earthquake.  Or they are [...]

How rich are deep-sea resources? 

earth-pages - Research News from the Earth Sciences [18:56:11]  recommend  recommend this post  (247 visits) info
My first task as a Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the British Open University, from 1971 onward, was to write teaching materials about the economics, formation and geological setting of metal resources. Much of [...]

New article: Paleoecology of an Upper Ordovician submarine cave-dwelling bryozoan fauna and its exposed equivalents in northern Kentucky, USA 

Wooster Geologists [17:26:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (72 visits) info
I’m happy to link to an article on Ordovician bryozoans that has just appeared in the Journal of Paleontology: Paleoecology of an Upper Ordovician submarine cave-dwelling bryozoan fauna and its exposed [...]

Vulnerabilities of a Coastal City: Reflections Five Years After Hurricane Sandy 

State of the Planet [15:27:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
A student shares her first-hand experience of the devastating storm, and discusses how New York City is building resilience—and how it could do

Detroit and Windsor Earthquake 

Ontario-geofish [12:17:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (75 visits) info
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A deep thrust earthquake felt over a large area.  M4, intensity 4.  We must allow this to be a natural earthquake, they do happen sometimes.  This is the Grenville Front, which runs under the Bruce Nuclear [...]

Underwater robot shares ocean secrets 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [11:01:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (164 visits) info
Buoyancy-driven drones are helping scientists paint a picture of the ocean with sound. Around the world, silent marine robots are eavesdropping on the ocean and its inhabitants. The robots can travel 1000 [...]

Evakuierungen am Mount Io 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [10:40:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
Der Vulkan des japanischen Kirishima-Komplexes veranlasste die Behörden Evakuierungsmaßnahmen einzuleiten: das Besucherzentrum und eine Lodge des Nationalparks wurden geräumt und gesperrt. Sie liegen in nur [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff AG: Cub Creek beginnt mit der Produktion aus 16 neuen Horizontalbohrungen 

Rohstoff Blog [08:00:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (180 visits) info
Mannheim/Denver. Cub Creek Energy (CCE) wird an diesem Wochenende beginnen, Öl und Gas aus neuen Bohrungen vom Litzenberger-Bohrplatz zu fördern. Das

Further information about the Castell de Mur landslide in Spain 

The Landslide Blog [08:00:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (84 visits) info
More information is now available about the Castell de Mur landslide in Spain on 16th April, including drone images, before and after photographs and the seismic traces The post Further information about the [...]

My Favorite Moment of the Semester, and No, It's Not the End of Finals 

Geotripper [05:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (149 visits) info
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It's possible that I have the best job in the world. I know there are people who make more money and all that, but making money can only provide so much satisfaction. I get to be involved with people working [...]

An April Sizzle in London 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [00:50:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info
It was an April day to remember in old London. The UK Met office reported a temperature in St. James’s Park in central London today of 25.7° C. That is a very warm day for the UK in July or August and this [...]

How We Can All Make Waves: Earth Day Reflections from Columbia Water Center 

State of the Planet [21:46:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (122 visits) info
Members of Columbia Water Center share what Earth Day means to them, and offer ways – large and small – that we can all advocate for water and a healthier

In Search of Iridium & the Smoking Gun 

In the Company of Plants and Rocks [20:27:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
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Is this the smoking gun? Or this? (Western Ghats, Deccan Large Igneous Province; source) Probably you’ve heard about the meteorite that killed off the dinosaurs, but just in case you haven't [...]

A Deep Dive Into Guinea’s Mining Industry 

State of the Planet [18:30:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (113 visits) info
At the request of the United Nations Development Programme, four graduate students are developing a sustainability guide for the bauxite mining industry in

Linux - Motherboard form factors 

Ontario-geofish [17:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info
Watch out people.  I was replacing the motherboard, but it was for 'mini' ATX which they don't make anymore.  You can only get (for AM4) 'micro' ATX which is actually bigger, and does not have common screw [...]

Detroit-Windsor Earthquake Vlog 

Ontario-geofish [14:38:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (62 visits) info
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So much fun!  One day this could be live, with text questions.  But I run Linux, and it's

Lluvia de dinosaurios 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [11:36:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (87 visits) info
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Para acabar la semana y tras la salida a escena del trailer final de Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom vamos a hablar de los comienzos de ese reino caído: el “surgimiento de un imperio” podría decirse [...]

Más historias del Paleolítico (Tania de Sousa) 

Koprolitos [10:52:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (80 visits) info
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Inequívocamente audaz, parcialmente sensato. Así era el último cazador-recolector del Cuaternario. El sílex se partió entre sus manos al mismo tiempo que cayeron al suelo algunas diminutas lascas. Sus [...]

A brief introduction to the Carnian Pluvial Episode. 

Letters from Gondwana [09:17:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (193 visits) info
Dinosaurs likely originated in the Early to Middle Triassic. The Manda beds of Tanzania yielded the remains of the possible oldest dinosaur, Nyasasaurus parringtoni, and Asilisaurus, a silesaurid (the [...]

Deutsche Rohstoff AG: Cub Creek beginnt mit der Produktion aus 16 neuen Horizontalbohrungen 

Rohstoff Blog [08:00:34]  recommend  recommend this post  (80 visits) info
Mannheim/Denver. Cub Creek Energy (CCE) wird an diesem Wochenende beginnen, Öl und Gas aus neuen Bohrungen vom Litzenberger-Bohrplatz zu fördern. Das

Friday fold: Isoclinal in Damaraland 

Mountain Beltway [06:20:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (213 visits) info
A guest Friday fold from Graham Andrews of West Virginia University: Graham describes this as an almost along axis view of a huge isocline in the Damaraland belt, Namibia Thanks for sharing! And a happy [...]

Explosive History: Vesuvius by Gillian Darley 

Rosetta Stones [05:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (197 visits) info
History and geology meet in one truly sublime read. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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