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Wednesday, 29 June 2016

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Wooster Alumni in Iceland 

Wooster Geologists [2016-06-29 14:21:09]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info

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Hafnarfjörður, Iceland – Guest Blogger Ben Kumpf (’18) There is never a dull moment in the life of a Wooster geologist. This afternoon at the Lava Hostel, Keck students were surprised with a visit from Brian S. Carl, Wooster alumni class of ’87. Brian, now a Senior Production Geologist for Shell, stopped by after hearing word

GeoCinema at the 2016 General Assembly 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-03-30 17:14:59]  recommend  recommend this post  (152 visits) info

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GeoCinema is the home of geoscience films at the EGU General Assembly. This year features 50 fantastic films from across the geosciences, so you can step into some soil science, dive into deep ocean investigations, catch a glimpse of climate change research and more! GeoCinema runs almost continuously throughout the conference, with short films, documentaries and feature length productions playing throughout the week in the GeoCinema Room (room 0.90 on the Yellow Level) from 10:30 until 19:00 [...]

Sea Otter using Geologic Materials to Procure a Snack 

Geotripper [2016-03-27 09:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (163 visits) info

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If I lived along the coast, I would get to see this kind of thing all the time, but I don't, and I don't always see otters when I do visit, so this was kind of special. The funny part is, I didn't really notice the otter at the bottom of the scene pounding on the rock until the very end when I zoomed in. We spent part of the afternoon at Cypress Point on the Monterey Peninsula, and were

Dinosaur takeover! 14-18th March, Bristol 

Geology in the West Country [2016-02-25 17:14:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (164 visits) info

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Dinosaur takeover!Bristol Museum & Art Gallery14 - 18 March 2016 - Part of British Science WeekBristol Museum & Art Gallery will be celebrating British Science Week (11-20 March 2016), with a Dinosaur Takeover!  Bristol Museums have partnered with dinosaur experts at the University of Bristol to deliver an exciting half day experience for school groups in the region, packed with thrilling dinosaur-related activities.Central to the day, Dino Debs and Dino Dan will lead a 90 minute [...]

Picture of My Hand. Oh, and Some Sun Dogs with an Ice Halo 

Geotripper [2016-02-24 03:05:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (691 visits) info

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I was out at the San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge this afternoon, checking on what migrant birds are still hanging around as we approach spring. I noticed some sun dogs in the western sky, and snapped a shot or two, but the bright sun was causing lens flares that were messing up the shots. It finally occurred to me to put my hand in front of the sun and suddenly I saw something I've

Green and White in California...There's a drought here? Why yes...yes there is 

Geotripper [2016-02-02 06:18:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (221 visits) info

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What a sight for sore (and dry) eyes. Deep emerald fields of growing grass, and snow-capped peaks in the distance. Tropical palm trees. Spring? Hardly. It's the first of February in California, a place mired in the depths of the worst drought in perhaps a thousand years. Somehow, the picture doesn't fit with the reality, but it unfortunately does. I was headed home this afternoon and

A Challenge to communicate 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2015-12-29 13:01:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (204 visits) info

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In this guest post,  Sam Illingworth, regular contributor to GeoLog on all things science communication and education, discusses whether it is the responsibility of all geoscientists to communicate their science and research and challenges you to make some time to get involved in public engagement in 2016. As researchers it is very easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of our scientific endeavours that we forget about the impact of what it is that we are doing. Geoscience is not done in [...]

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

U.S. Has Warmest Autumn on Record 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [2015-12-10 01:21:05]  recommend  recommend this post  (176 visits) info

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Temperatures across the U.S. (at 3 PM) were over 30 degrees above average in North Dakota this afternoon. With dozens of cities reporting temperatures of 12-28 degrees above average. The map below is based on the average weather (for 3 PM on December 9th) over the last 30 years. The maps below show the temperatures over the last 30 and the last 90 days compared to normal. The NOAA Climate

[jules pics] Sand Dunes #2 

James’ Empty Blog [2015-12-06 20:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (625 visits) info

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This one has been the front page picture on my iPad ever since... The next morning, James and I climbed the nearest dune peak. The wind had done a good job of smoothing out all the footprints of the day before, and ours were the first footsteps of the day. Back to the lodge for a traditional US-stylee breakfast (pancakes etc), and we were back in Boulder that afternoon. -- Posted

[jules pics] Sand Dunes 

James’ Empty Blog [2015-11-29 12:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (543 visits) info

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Last stop on our tour was somewhere we have managed to not visit on several occasions, due to it being a bit out of the way: Great Sand Dunes National Park. We arrived in the afternoon and stayed at the nearby lodge, which was excellent with lovely views of the dunes. The existence of the dunes is very interesting; a source of sand in the hills, plus wind blowing and water flowing in

What A Cold Front! 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [2015-11-29 05:58:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (627 visits) info
A rather incredible surface temperature chart greeted meteorologists this afternoon. An extremely sharp frontal boundary separated very warm weather from unusually cold. Behind the front, temperatures were 10-20 degrees below average, and ahead of it 10-15 degrees above average, and in some spots the departure from normal was even greater. Look at the temperatures at 1 PM EST and you can see that towns in western MS were reporting temps.

A View of Christchurch New Zealand Nearly Five Years After the Big Quake 

Earthly Musings [2015-11-07 09:09:00]  recommend  1 recommendations  (223 visits) info

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On February 22, 2011 at 12:51 in the afternoon, Christchurch experienced a Magnitude 6.3 earthquake which devastated huge portions of the city's infrastructure  185 people lost their lives and the Mercalli Intensity Scale was listed as VIII (or Severe). The quake had a focus of only 3 miles on a blind fault (one not previously recognized). We visited Christchurch and saw how the city was faring nearly five years on.After five years many buildings still stand dilapidated and unusableBut in [...]

An Afternoon of Donuts and Wine 

Ontario-geofish [2015-10-25 22:59:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (185 visits) info

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My son got a hootload of Air Miles points from Uber the other day, and got these $50 event tickets - an afternoon of donuts and wine tasting at The Rolling Pin. We took Uber there, and I have a bone to pick.  My son mucked up Uber Select and Uber Black which we thought was a little step up, but Uber Black uses airport limos with a slight smoky smell, and cost me $40 to get there.  On the

Historic Hurricane Nears Landfall on Southwest Coast of Mexico 

State of the Planet [2015-10-23 21:35:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (148 visits) info

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Hurricane Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever observed in either the Atlantic or eastern Pacific, is expected to make landfall on the Southwest coast of Mexico this afternoon and evening as an extremely dangerous Category 5

Exp359. JOIDES. 22nd Oct. Why these deepths ? 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [2015-10-23 12:23:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (136 visits) info
The drill string was lowered to the seafloor with the RCB in the afternoon for a seafloor depth of 528 mbrf. The plan for hole U1466B is to drill down to 314m and then to RCB core to the 1010 m target . read

[jules' pics] Arches 

James’ Empty Blog [2015-10-22 15:40:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (158 visits) info

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Don't know how people survive without breakfast, but we didn't want to hang around waiting for service in the one open restaurant in Dustville Dinosaur. Next stop Moab is the opposite; very commercial with cappuccinos on every corner. It also badly needs a bypass, as it has a roaring road ripping it in two. It was quite hot for late September (low 90s F), so we spent the afternoon in the

Smoke From Western Fires Spreads Across the U.S. 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [2015-08-26 00:04:45]  recommend  recommend this post  (185 visits) info

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The image above shows the smoke from the wildfires burning across Washington, Oregon and Northern California. It is possible this smoke will reach the Eastern Seaboard, behind a late summer cool front that is exiting the coast today. The visible image below clearly shows the smoke plumes from the Washington fires this afternoon. A patch of dense smoke is also visible today courtesy the NASA Terra satellite over

New Horizon Probe Has Anomaly- Switches to back-up Computer 

Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [2015-07-05 06:40:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (636 visits) info

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  Here is an Update from NASA late on Saturday night…. New Horizons Team Responds to Spacecraft Anomaly The New Horizons spacecraft experienced an anomaly the afternoon of July 4 that led to a loss of communication with Earth. Communication has since been reestablished and the spacecraft is healthy. The mission operations center at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, lost contact with the unmanned spacecraft —

A Geologist (also named Hayes) Sits Through "San Andreas", the Movie 

Geotripper [2015-06-08 09:53:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (668 visits) info

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What the heck is this? These are fault slickensides (scraping marks from fault motions) at Hoover Dam. Where the movie says there are no faults. I love sitting through geology-based movies, so I can sit and smirk at the screen and criticize the horrible geology presented therein. And thus, I expected to do the same this afternoon, when I finally found time to catch "San Andreas". Mind
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