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Taiwan earthquake strong ground motion 

I finally found the strong ground motion, here. I just knew they put it out right away. This is in velocity, although the scale reads 'acceleration'.  Who needs to worry about English over there?  :) This is the beautiful clean plot near the epicentre on rock.  I am assuming this by the low value and short duration.  Max PGV of 5 cm/s .  It would be a lot of trouble to make sure this

Job opportunity at the EGU General Assembly 

We have a vacancy for an early career science communicator or science journalism student in Europe to work at the press office of the 2016 General Assembly, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria, from 17–22 April. Applications from geosciences students with science communication experience are also welcome. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from people with experience in photo and video reporting. The student will join the team assisting the EGU press officer and [...]

Oklahoma earthquakes by the numbers 

Every day another 5,000 join my Earthquakes collection (not quite).  They are from all over the world and barely speak English.  But they are totally puzzled by Oklahoma, and once in a while I do a summary. Here's where it now stands, on the verge of another big earthquake today or tomorrow.  You can find this all by reading endless amounts of my previous posts.  -- Ha! It all starts

Showcase your film at Geocinema at the 2016 General Assembly! 

Every year, we showcase a great selection of geoscience films at the EGU General Assembly and after six successful years we will again be running Geocinema in 2016. If you’ve shadowed a scientist in the lab, filmed fantastic spectacles in the field, or have produced an educational feature on the Earth, planetary or space sciences, we want to hear from you. Geocinema features short clips and longer films related to the geosciences, and from animations to interviews, all films are welcome. If [...]

Field work in Chennai 

The biggest challenge we had was to take the surveys in the slums. Because there is nobody able to speak English like in the middle and upper class. So it was very important to find a good translator and in …Read more

Brochure “Deep Geothermal Energy – Application Possibilities in Germany” 

     Comprehensible factual information on „Deep Geothermal Energy“ continues to be of great interest to the general public. Due to the great success of the German edition of the free brochure, a new revised edition is now published in English in order to make the subject accessible to an international audience. All essential aspects of this field of knowledge have been summarized on

The Son of a Hunter 

A visit to the Upernavik museum brought us to ‘Edvard’ a young Greenlandic and the local museum curator. Embracing the opportunity to practice his English he enthusiastically spent time sharing the historic art and past of the community and his experiences as a young adult growing up in a Greenland that is shifting from one set of cultural norms to

Nice videoblog on geology (in Spanish) – Un geólogo en apuros 

While the majority of geoscience blogs is in English, I personally have the feeling that Spanish must be the second most popular language in the geoblogosphere. Videoblogs are not so numerous, but there are some really good ones out there. … Continue reading

The new Digital-Geography.com 

First of all: thank you for your visit. If you come frequently here, you may have noticed it already maybe. We have switched to a new server with a fresh design. The main reason for doing so? Let’s be honest we have found a great PHP developer, and it’s boring to see our blog on a 27″ screen and scrolling down the long way. So let us introduce you the new functions: multi language support At the moment we have articles in English, German and French. The new Digital Geography [...]

The last of a lineage of giants: A blog post in both Spanish and English 

This is a piece about the recent Iberian gomphothere paper published earlier this month in Palaeo-Electronica. This is Amy Atwater’s  first post as the new publicity editor for PE and she is pleased to share the following guest post by … Continue reading

Science writing (volcanoes) through history 

All Students, Staff and Faculty are cordially invited to a Science Seminar Friday, October 25, 2013, CE Theater 12 noon – 1pm Title “Here Comes the Boom: Scientific Writing throughout History… with Volcanoes! “ By Dr. Art Schuhart, English, NOVA … Continue reading

Helping James Mug Hindi for a Word 

We're mugging Hindi for the word 'tamasha.'  I'm sure hindi speakers will be horrified with all that abominations done with its use.  Not to worry.  We're going to start pilfering other Hindi words in a Nicollian fashion.  This is merely the first of many abominations to come. (that's tongue in

这是一个语言的科学吗 

Since the end of WW II, English has been the dominant language of science.  This was not always the case.  The late 19th century industrial and scientific explosion in Germany made German a potential contender before geopolitical events depopulated Germany of its scientists.  And earlier in the 19th century French, and originally Latin, were the languages of the day. The reasons for this

Communications smorgasbord 

Scientists on the JR come from many countries around the world: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, India, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, UK, and USA. With so many cultures and languages on board the common language used is English and some of the scientists speak several languages. If English doesn’t work well with an explanation perhaps German will be used instead. read

MUSEUM PAINTINGS CAPTURE UTAH’S ROCK FORMATIONS 

sltrib.com A new exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Utah uses art to celebrate the state’s geology recorded in ancient dunes and seabeds and the memory of East High School English teacher Cheryl Grubb Funston. On commission from the Funston family, Salt Lake City painter Mark Knudsen created the landscape triptych depicting three famous

drip – Big in Japan 

Some German terms are too good for translation, including Nabelschau. Literally interpretable as navel-gazing, it has an unhurried, introspective tone to it that the English fails to deliver. Navel-gazing calls up a vision of someone staring privately yet fanatically into his or her own bellybutton, whereas – to me at least – Nabelschau is a

Berliner New Year’s: it slides 

The German new year’s is like the English, a jovial ‘Happy New Year’s‘. But there’s also New Year’s Eve greeting Guten Rutsch, which I butcher into an English ‘have a good slide‘. All of Germany slides into the new year, and Berlin does so with particular fervor. Fireworks here range far beyond the Brandenburger Tor

The 2nd Coming 

In October 2008, I started this blog about my way to becoming a geophysicist. I entitled it "A Long Way To Go" because I was just at the beginning of my academic career. Even though I had chosen an English title, I decided to start my blog in German. I hadn´t had any blog before and I just wanted to get used to the whole blog thing. Now, some three months later, I´m still at the beginning of

It's Time for Change 

Vielleicht ist einigen schon aufgefallen, dass nun viele Bereiche meines Blogs auf Englisch sind. Diese Veränderung wird fortan auch meine Beiträge betreffen. Bereits zum Start meines Blogs gab es Gedanken ihn auf Englisch zu führen, jedoch wollte ich mich zunächst einmal ans Bloggen herantasten. Aber jetzt ist es soweit. Den Blog auf Englisch zu führen, hat für mich mehrere Vorteile.