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Thursday, 30 June 2016

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Road Sign Thursday: Dust Storm! 

Looking for Detachment [2016-06-30 18:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (180 visits) info

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Someone at US Ends.com suggested, when posting a photo of a similar sign on eastbound I-70, that there is one speed limit for regular travelers and a second, lower speed limit for dust storms. I took this photo in 2006 on I-70 in Utah, while MOH and I were traveling in an easterly direction. The sign was located near Cisco (location way below), and it's apparently no longer there, or anyhoo

AZGSexit moves forward 

Arizona Geology [2016-06-26 05:18:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (716 visits) info

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As Britain exits the European Union, the Arizona Geological Survey is exiting Arizona state government for a new future as a research and service center at the University of Arizona.  We have one year of partial transition funding to become entirely self-supporting from grants and fees for services. AZGS shut down the retail store on Thursday, emptied out the library of all remaining

A peat bog landslide in Galway, Ireland 

The Landslide Blog [2016-06-25 10:59:37]  recommend  recommend this post  (183 visits) info

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On Thursday night heavy rainfall triggered a peat bog landslide in Galway in the far west of Ireland, blocking a main

Geoscience and the EU Referendum – Have your say! 

Geological Society of London blog [2016-05-13 16:18:27]  recommend  recommend this post  (191 visits) info
The EU Referendum takes place on Thursday 23 June, and we want to hear from geoscientists about how the result will affect you and your work. To fill out our short survey, visit www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GSLEUSurvey We’re interested to hear from our Fellows, … Continue reading

Liuliao Village, China: a rockfall strikes a crowded school 

The Landslide Blog [2016-04-23 10:19:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (200 visits) info

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In Liuliao in soouthern China a rainfall-triggered rockfall struck a primary school on Thursday , injuring more than 20 pupils and

#EGU16: Geoscience and the Sustainable Development Goals 

Geology for Global Development [2016-04-18 11:00:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (116 visits) info

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At #EGU16? On Thursday we’ll be partnering with Parsquake and academics from the University of Tübingen to host an interactive, public splinter meeting on “Geoscience and the Sustainable Development Goals“! We’ll be posting resources from the meeting on our website after the

Bruce Deep Black Hole 

Ontario-geofish [2016-04-12 21:27:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info

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Reference All of a sudden I perked up and wondered "Whatever happened to that stupid black hole?"  They must be sinking the shaft and killing people by now.  Nope. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has dealt a setback to Ontario Power Generation’s plan for a nuclear waste burial site on the shores of Lake Huron. In a letter to the provincially-owned utility Thursday, Ms. McKenna delayed

Senate vote imminent on geologist de-licensing bill 

Arizona Geology [2016-03-29 22:27:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (176 visits) info

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An email sent out to Arizona members of AIPG reports that the bill to eliminate licensing of geologists and other professions in Arizona (HB2613) is set to be discussed in Senate Caucus today and could be voted on by the entire Senate by Wednesday or Thursday this week. AIPG, other local professional associations, and industry groups are attempting to amend the bill to remove geologists

18th February - 'Mr. Smith's Remarkable Maps' 

Geology in the West Country [2016-02-11 13:59:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (170 visits) info

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Thursday 18th February 2016 Mr Smith's Remarkable MapsTom Sharpe (University of Cardiff) The Studio, M Shed, Princes Rd, Bristol, 6.00pm William Smith's great geological map of Britain, published 200 years ago, was fourteen years in the making and the first of its kind in the world. In the course of making it, Smith developed the fundamental principles of rock sequences - stratigraphy - and recognised the value of fossils in identifying strata. The groundwork for these discoveries [...]

The Earth Shook, but It Wasn’t an Earthquake 

State of the Planet [2016-02-04 17:11:13]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info

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Last Thursday, thousands of people on the Eastern Seaboard felt the earth tremble. Seismologists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory quickly concluded it was not an earthquake, but a military

UNISDR Science and Technology Conference on the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 

Geology for Global Development [2016-01-25 18:21:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (173 visits) info
Over the next few days (27-29th January) we’ll be attending the UNISDR Science and Technology Conference on the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030. Agreed in March 2015, this framework aims to substantially ‘reduce disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries’. A key priority of this framework is to [...]

4th February - Bath Geological Society AGM 

Geology in the West Country [2016-01-25 16:41:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info

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The Bath Geological Society is having its Annual General Meeting on Thursday 4th February at 7 pm at the BRLSI in Queen Square, BathAll members are welcome to attend the AGMTwo positions on the Bath GS committee will become vacant- Membership secretary- Fieldtrip programme secretaryPlease contact the Chairman if you wish to fulfil either of these important roles.7.30 p.m. First talk of 2016 - title and speaker to be announced as soon as possible. We are sorry about this unavoidable change to [...]

Moderate quake south of Arizona-Utah border 

Arizona Geology [2016-01-22 17:17:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info

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There was a magnitude 3.0 earthquake in northwest Arizona at 5:10 PM local time on Thursday. Preliminary location shows the epicenter in the southern part of the Intermountain Seismic Belt. [Right, orange star marks epicenter.  Credit,

2016 International Year of Earth Science Educator Stories 

Earth Learning Idea [2016-01-11 17:23:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (187 visits) info
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Welcome to 2016, our International Year of Earth Science Educator stories. The stories of those who influence Earth Science education locally and across the world will appear every Thursday on the IGEO website through 2016 and beyond. Through this, we hope that the work, wisdom, initiative and enthusiasm of the 'storytellers' will inform and inspire the next generation. So, please: REGISTER

Earth Science Education 

Geology in the West Country [2016-01-05 13:15:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (635 visits) info
Welcome to 2016, our International Year of Earth Science Educator stories. The stories of those who influence Earth Science education locally and across the world will appear every Thursday on the IGEO (International Geoscience Education Organisation) website through 2016 and beyond. Through this, we hope that the work, wisdom, initiative and enthusiasm of the 'storytellers' will inform and inspire the next generation.So, please:REGISTER for regular alerts to the stories [...]

Long Track Tornado In Mississippi in Late December! 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [2015-12-24 01:19:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (199 visits) info

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The image above shows intense rotation caused by a violent tornado near Holly Springs in Miss. this afternoon. Check out the YouTube video of this long track tornado below. December tornadoes happen but a long track violent tornado in late December is very rare.   Highs will climb into the 70’s, and break the record highs in most areas of the Mid-Atlantic and New England Thursday. Thunderstorms are possible as

Tetrodotoxin Thanksgiving 

Lounge of the Lab Lemming [2015-12-03 12:41:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (627 visits) info

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Thanksgiving can be a tricky holiday overseas. As it is a distinctly North American holiday, anyone outside of the USA and Canada will not necessarily understand what is going on.  Before we had kids, I would take a day of annual leave on Thanksgiving Thursday, and cook up a storm for local friends. We have been having expat Thanksgivings in Canberra ever since I

Sports Science: Football 

BEYONDbones [2015-11-29 13:00:33]  recommend  recommend this post  (129 visits) info

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The fourth Thursday in November is the perfect time to spend time with family, eat some home-cooked comfort food, and watch grown men throw around an inflated pig bladder. That’s right, folks; the world’s first American football was actually an … Continue reading

Deciphering the Samarco tailings dam disaster in Bento Rodriguez 

The Landslide Blog [2015-11-08 11:49:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (176 visits) info

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It now appears that about 30 people died in the Samarco talings dam disaster at Bento Rodriguez in Brazil on Thursday. Two tailings dams collapsed, starting with a large upstream

How to Have the Climate Change Conversation 

State of the Planet [2015-11-02 15:39:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (143 visits) info
On Thursday, October 29, the Earth Institute and the School of International of Public Affairs hosted a panel on Sustainability and Climate Change in the 2016 Presidential Race. The panel was moderated by Chuck Todd of NBC's Meet the Press. The panelists discussed how to frame the climate change conversation in such a polarized political
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