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Quote: David Quammen On Continental Versus Oceanic Islands 

I have been writing on the geological origins of India's two famous island chains. Coincidentally, I am reading  David Quammen's classic book - The Song Of The Dodo- Island Biogeography In An Age Of Extinctions. It deals with the topic of island biogeography and the importance of islands in understanding evolution and extinction. Yesterday being World Environment Day it is timely to share

Midweek Music Picks: Pure Reason Revolution 

Pure Reason Revolution are a band that caught my attention first as prog, but I soon realised they were inhabiting the prog genre at the most progressive, eclectic fringes of it – as you can tell upon listening to the song below, Blitzkrieg. The music hovers between the electroclash rock of Justice, the fast-paced drum’n’bass rock

Spontaneous Combustion 

Sometimes I hear a song and imagine a strong story behind it, concepts that chill to the bone on a close inspection. My favourite currently is Spontaneous Combustion by Dark Captain Light Captain: they said they’d be waiting for us now they’re smiling but they’re against us they’re shouting in our ears they’re shouting because

The NEW Periodic Table Song 

Of Monsters and Men 

While watching the official trailer for Marvel’s upcoming series Jessica Jones, I discovered a new band named Of Monsters and Men. They’re an Icelandic chamber pop group, and they sound ethereal, chill, and peaceful in the sort of way that you might feel yourself before a storm breaks. The song of theirs used in the Jessica

Macropleura macropleura brachiopod from the Kalkberg formation of New York 

If I may paraphrase the song "New York, New York" by Gerard Kenny, Macropleura is a brachiopod so nice, they named it twice! Macropleura macropleura is a large brachiopod and hard to mistake for something else in the Kalkberg formation. I've found similar specimens from the Licking Creek formation of  Virginia but there they were silicified. Despite its large size, I've yet to find any whole, articulated specimens. The specimens below both appear to be pedicle valves. They have thick, [...]

I Want to Know What Love Is (Foreigner) -Lirik, Chord, Review 

“I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me, I wanna feel what love is, I know you can show me”. For fans of slow rock music of all time, probably remember the lyrics above fragment which is part chorus of a song kunci gitar slank legendary world. The song is one […] The post I Want to Know What Love Is (Foreigner) -Lirik, Chord, Review appeared first on Liberty, Equality, and

Geosonnet 20 

The cratered lunar face preserves the song Of bolide roller derbies eons past But while the cold dead moon remembers long The rains of Earth reshape the surface fast. Did impacts peak four billion years ago? Or taper off through geologic time? Archean rocks are analysed to know micaceous balls were hot glass in their prime. This impact melt was blasted into space By comets larger than the

Geology Through the Radio - Pompeii 

Listening to the radio the other day this song caught my ear. Little did I realize what the title of the song was (Pompeii by Bastille). Then actually listening to the lyrics, I realized that that was what the song was actually about (not some fancy title that has nothing to do with the song what-so-ever).Here are a set of the lyrics for instance:"And the walls kept tumbling downIn the city that we loveGreat clouds roll over the hillsBringing darkness from above" Some questions that could [...]

Model the stages of the rock cycle - with your pupils! 

The latest ELI is the rock cycle game - 'Rockery 2' In this activity your pupils model the various stages of the rock cycle. Perhaps they can write a poem, song or rap to accompany the 'dance'? Please send these to us together with any video clips; we will publish the best on the website. This idea was developed from 'Rockery 1 - the rock game' by pupils from Box Primary School in

Pete Seeger: Singing Truth to Power 

What is the most powerful agent of social change? If we are to judge by the accomplishments of one particular man in a life well-lived, that tool would have to be song. Pete Seeger passed away this week, and it set me thinking about how we choose to spend the time we have been allotted on this planet. I can't know the inner life and motives of Mr. Seeger, but everything I do know of his life

A Geological Advent Calendar 

I was raised in a household with Advent calendars: charmingly detailed printed scenes studded with little numbered die-cut doors. Each day in December, the child would search for the door corresponding to that day and open it, to expose a tiny charming scene that was in some way relevant to the Christmas season. This year the Geological Society of London is posting a geological advent calendar that starts with a song to dinosaurs. The easiest way to follow along is to click on the calendar page [...]

Gesungene Petrographie - Song of the Rocks