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Friday, 07 July 2023

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Darlington to become littered with a litter of baby reactors 

Ontario-geofish [19:38:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (53 visits) info
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 Oh wow!  A bunch of small reactors with the combined total power of one Darlington reactor (a little more).  I love this idea!  The site was too small for a conventional reactor.  And I don't know how they will handle the intake and outflow of water.  Hardly seems worthwhile, but it's better than Bruce C.  And they have a giant limestone quarry right beside them to test the seismic

Arctic ice volume 

Ontario-geofish [16:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
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 This is a sketchy calculation, but they claim they can now penetrate the whole ice layer.  I haven't seen the results yet, and it would lack history.This is the main calculation, and Influencer Science can spread the news that the ice is melting.  However, it is now building up year by year, and will soon go back to the good old days.This chart also shows rising ice volumes year by year. 

CANADA'S GREAT BEARS 

ARCHEA [16:16:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (26 visits) info
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Look at how this protective mamma bear holds her cub in her arms to give him a bit of a wash. Her gentle maternal care is truly touching. This mamma has spent late Autumn to Spring in a cave, having birthed [...]

How to calculate "World's Hottest Day" 

Ontario-geofish [15:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (65 visits) info
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 This is interesting, as even La Guard says it's an 'unofficial analysis".  Good for them being so accurate and still splashing it for the big bucks.  They just started calculating this, so every day [...]

nuove scoperte genetiche sulle relazioni fra i gruppi ancestrali degli animali 

scienzeedintorni [11:54:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (203 visits) info
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Diversi anni fa avevo scritto un post sulle relazioni più antiche fra i gruppi ancestrali di Animalia. Dall’epoca sono cambiate alcune cose, sia per nuove scoperte di fossili, come il più antico bilatero [...]

La anatomía de criaturas del pasado vista por Dave Kellett (y IV) 

Koprolitos [09:43:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (53 visits) info
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  Llegamos al final de las reconstrucciones anatómicas en vida de diferentes criaturas extintas que ha llevado a cabo el ilustrador californiano Dave Kellett (puedes ver entregas anteriores aquí, aquí o [...]

Agaricocrinus splendens Crinoid Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [05:52:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (43 visits) info
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  This picture is of an Agaricocrinus splendens (Miller & Gurley) crinoid fossil. It was found in the Edwardsville Formation of Montgomery County, Indiana USA. It dates to the Mississippian Period. [...]

Arctic cold blobs make our weather 

Ontario-geofish [00:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (46 visits) info
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 A wonderful picture of stagnant air, but with the cold blobs coming down.  They don't really stop the stagnation, but just collide with the soupy warm mass.  This is our pattern for the summer.So hot at [...]

Ice Stupas Have Become a Popular Water Management Tool in the Himalayas. But Can They Work in Chile? 

State of the Planet [16:07:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (308 visits) info
An innovative project led by Chilean engineers tests an Indigenous Himalayan technology in a new place. It has faced unique sociopolitical

Geotechnical engineering story 

Ontario-geofish [13:06:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (62 visits) info
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 This is an interesting story.  I have found that nobody goes with geotechnical engineering any more, and it comes back once in a while to bite.  Every single condo in Toronto is built the same way, with [...]

Down to Earth Extra July 2023 

Geology in the West Country [10:42:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (64 visits) info
 Down to Earth Extra July 2023 The July 2023 edition of Down to Earth Extra has been published. You can download it HERE or you can read it below.

Nuevos datos sobre la neuroanatomía de Diplocynodon tormis en el XX Annual Meeting de la EAVP 

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [09:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (49 visits) info
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Miembros del GBE de la UNED, en colaboración con el Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont y la Universidad de Masaryk (República Checa) han presentado durante el vigésimo encuentro de la EAVP [...]

Point Whitehorn, Whatcom County, update 

Northwest Geology Field Trips [01:39:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (36 visits) info
I visited Point Whitehorn on July 5- its a wonderful wild beach managed by Whatcom County Parks. I updated the field trip (visit it here: [...]
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