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Large-amplitude changes in water-levels facilitate earthquake-triggered mass failures in the Dead Sea Basin

Paleoseismicity [2021-07-22 11:09:50]   recommend this post  (372 visits)

A recent study investigated seismogenic mass failure deposits that were preserved in a 457-m deep ICDP drilling (220-0 ka) from the Dead Sea depocenter. The study conducted a critical assessment and testing of the links between the occurrence of [...]

A brief history of Proboscideans

Letters from Gondwana [2021-07-23 06:12:59]   recommend this post  (329 visits)

In 1811, German zoologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger introduced the taxonomic order Proboscidea for elephants, the American mastodon and the woolly mammoth. The proboscis, an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, is the most [...]

HORSESHOE CRABS: WINNING THE SLOW RACE OF TIME

ARCHEA [2021-07-18 12:00:00]   recommend this post  (311 visits)

Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods of the order Xiphosura — a slowly evolving, conservative taxa.Much like (slow) Water Striders (Aquarius remigis), (relatively sluggish) Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) and (the current [...]

Can New Technology Incentivize Farmers to Capture Carbon in Their Soil?

State of the Planet [2021-07-21 14:30:43]   recommend this post  (298 visits)

Remote imaging has the potential to streamline how farmers measure the amount carbon in their soil — historically a major hurdle for farmers hoping to earn money by offsetting CO2

Stonechat July 2021

Geology in the West Country [2021-07-19 16:38:00]   recommend this post  (297 visits)

Stonechat July 2021  I have been sent a link to "Stonechat" the magazine of the Horsham Geological Field Club. It is well worth reading, especially the article on Rock Bands! You can get it HERE, or read it below.

Small wins: undergraduate geological field trips in times of COVID-19

Speaking of Geoscience [2021-07-21 20:11:29]   recommend this post  (287 visits)

By Mark Quigley, Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, School of Earth Sciences at The University of Melbourne Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its associated coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 [...]

MAMMUTUS PRIMIGENIUS: WOOLLY MAMMOTH

ARCHEA [2021-07-21 12:00:00]   recommend this post  (268 visits)

This fellow is Mammutus primigenius a Woolly Mammoth from the Pleistocene of Siberia, Russia. Mammoths have a wonderful display of mammoth teeth, the diagnostic flat enamel plates and the equally distinct pointy cusped molars of the mastodons. He [...]

Ascelle theropodi

Theropoda [2021-07-21 19:01:00]   recommend this post  (263 visits)

Un tema "extra-scientifico" legato ai dinosauri che mi appassiona molto è la persistenza di tutta una serie di dettagli nell'iconografia di questi animali, dettagli a prima vista secondari, ma che invece manifestano il sistema culturale in cui sono [...]

Reconciliating with our Past: The Reconciliation in Place Names Act

Speaking of Geoscience [2021-07-22 19:37:56]   recommend this post  (260 visits)

By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow America has numerous federally-recognized geographic places with historical names.  While many of these places are associated with admired and honorable figures in America’s history, there are others [...]

DIMORPHODON: TWO TOOTH PTERODACTYLUS

ARCHEA [2021-07-23 12:00:00]   recommend this post  (257 visits)

This remarkable fellow is Dimorphodon — a genus of medium-sized pterosaur from the Early Jurassic. He is another favourite of mine for his charming awkwardness.You can see this fellow's interesting teeth within his big, bulky skull. Dimorphodon [...]