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Friday, 03 August 2012
Homeowners Insurance Does not Cover Geohazards
Most homeowners insurance policies have exclusions that make them worthless when the home is damaged by common geologic problems such as floods, earthquakes, landslides, mine subsidence, cavern collapse and expansive soils. When a home is damaged the homeowner often is surprised that his “all perils” policy has theseSomeone Turned On The Switch In The Tropical Atlantic
Besides Ernesto just north of South America, we have a tropical wave near the Bahamas and another looking very healthy off the coast of Africa this afternoon. The tropics are really heating up now. It’s tIme to check on your hurricane kits if you live near theTwo Mars scientists prepare for Curiosity’s descent to the red planet
Two young AGU member-scientists balance nervousness with excitement over the imminent arrival of the Mars Science Laboratory, a.k.a. “Curiosity,” on the planet’s surface. For Ryan Anderson the journey [...]Another Day, Another "Supervolcano" Scare
Scientific drilling, like commercial drilling, is a mature technology that has brought us great benefits. Even drilling into volcanoes, a project that might make some of us nervous, is routinely done whenever [...]Keegan Has Died
Geology Field trip offered- Ellensburg Area, September 15
Northwest Geology Field Trips [20:00:18]
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Registration is now open for the fall Ice Age Floods Institute field trip Saturday, September 15 2012 Central Washington University, Ellensburg WA Registration form is here: [...]
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Boat captains enlisted to improve Lake Erie water quality
The Lake Erie Charter Boat Association and the Ohio EPA have developed a new collaborative effort to improve the water quality of Lake Erie. Charter members will check at least four sites around the lake [...]Dinosaur Turnover
Canada's Dinosaur Park Formation is an exceptionally rich fossil boneyard, but what drove the evolution of the different dinosaurs foundPinnacles above Midas
Remembering Resource Interdependence
Legislating revenue transparency injects fairness into resource equations, but it remains the map rather than the territory. The deeper dilemma is that we no longer have a language to describe theDrought Over 64% of the Contiguous U.S.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 63.9% of the contiguous U.S. [...] For the history of the U.S Drought Monitor, which began in 1999, this is largest spatial extent [...]Friday fold: lower Martinsburg Formation near Bixler’s Ferry
The Friday fold is presented in photo, annotated photo, and GigaPan formats. It's a cleaved anticline in lower Martinsburg Formation limy slate from Page County, Virginia. See if you can spot Mr. E. coli in [...]Geosciences column: Don’t blame bacteria – nitrous oxide production in the ocean
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [14:00:12]
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In this month’s Geosciences Column, Celso Gomes highlights a recent result published in EGU’s Biogeosciences on the role of a particular single-celled microorganism in the production of nitrous [...]
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Nuevas publicaciones en Palaeo-3
DinoAstur. Blog sobre La Costa de los Dinosaurios [12:06:57]
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La Costa de los Dinosaurios de Asturias es conocida por el público general por sus huellas (icnitas) de dinosaurios y otros reptiles del Jurásico Superior, pero además preserva buenos afloramientos de rocas [...]
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MPF pede arquivamento de inquérito contra paleontólogos
O Ministério Público Federal (MPF) solicitou arquivamento do inquérito policial, que trata da prisão em flagrante de dois pesquisadores na área da Paleontologia. O fato aconteceu no último mês de maio. [...]Georgius Agricola y la palabra "fósil"
Unforced Varations: Aug 2012
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The joy in our job -- teaching with our models.
MicroGrants for Science Teachers – You Can Contribute!
Science teachers often spend a lot of money out-of-pocket to be sure that their students have the hands-on materials and supplies for a quality education. With just a little work planning and describing their [...]Cold Spell Gripped Europe 3,000 Years before “Little Ice Age,” Says Study
Human civilization arose during the relatively balmy climate of the last 10,000 years. Even so, evidence is accumulating that at least two cold spells gripped the northern hemisphere during this time, and that [...]Sediment Ablation at Laguna Mar Chiquita, Argentina
Prolonged drought and evaporating water has reduced the size of Laguna Mar Chiquita, a shallow lake in Argentina. The size has been reduced from about 2,230 square miles down to about 760 square miles, [...]Daily Geology Photos – August 3
A summary of photos posted on flickr today, tagged with “geology.” Displayed below are 70 geology-related photos were added to flickr today. Similar Posts on Geology News: Daily Geology Photos [...]
Sometimes you get the Trike, sometimes it gets you
Boeing, SpaceX & Sierra Nevada Win Commericial Crew Contracts
$20 Billion in Drought Losses?
Estimated crop insurance losses from the current drought covering much of the United States are at $20Mississippian, horizontal oil, and Spice
What’s up? The Friday links (41)
Although I already recommended some papers earlier this week, I have two more to mention: Supawit Yawsangratt and colleagues published new data on “Evidence of probable paleotsunami deposits on Kho Khao [...]Hoguera neandertal de hace 118.000 años
Fuente La Voz de Galicia: Uno de los principales centros de atención de la nueva campaña estará en el rastro de una hoguera localizado con anterioridad en el llamado nivel 4, correspondiente al [...]joanstone nutzt weiter Naturstrom
jonastone hat auch in diesem Jahr wieder ein Zertifikat für seine Naturstrom-NutzungHabitat and RIGS management - with Justin Smith
Outcrop - The Blog of the Avon RIGS Group [10:32:00]
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New Peer Reviewed Science Indicates Arctic Melt is Mainly Due to Humans
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While the main stream media has focused on a study that has yet to be peer-reviewed ( and really just confirms a dozen others), the present weather continues to be nothing less than amazing. The records from [...]
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Melted streetlights in Oklahoma blamed on global warming
It was a very hot day in Stillwater, Oklahoma, about 115°F. Someone sent a photo to KFOR-TV, via FACEBOOK, showing part of a streetlight that had melted. The far-left blog Think Progress picked up the story. [...]Geologia… a veces es sexy
Muchos no lo creen, pero es la verdad… la Geologia es muuuy sexy… Saludos y pronto algunas novedades. Filed under: Geo-variado, Z-Humor Tagged: geek,Trailer con dinosaurios y pterosaurios de la serie Doctor Who.
Definition of a Geologist
Paul Lindburg sent us a definition of a Geologist.http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/GeologistHow True -- Check it out .HarryTop concepts:
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