Vom Sinabung in Indonesien hatte ich ja schon einige Beispiele pyroklastischer Ströme vorgestellt. Der Vulkan ist immer noch sehr aktiv, gerade heute ist es allem Anschein nach wieder zu kleineren Strömen gekommen (laut Beschreibung des Videos am 27 Juli 2015 gegen 12:20 lokaler Zeit, an der Ostflanke des Vulkans). Vielleicht mag es manche Leute langweilen, aber ich kann mich an dem Phänomen nicht satt sehen. Vor allem nicht, wenn ich es bequem vom heimischen Rechner aus beobachten kann, [...]
Rare earth elements are found in nearly every aspect of our lives. Televisions, smartphones, tablets, computers, stereos, and cars all contain rare earth elements. Our national security also relies on rare [...]
nationalgeographic.com Over eight decades ago, while pondering the heavily-armored dinosaur Scolosaurus, the eccentric paleontologist Franz Nopcsa proposed what is probably one of the oddest ideas in the [...]
The Earthlearningidea 'The mineral foundations of everyday life' involves a matching exercise, where pupils are asked to match photographs of everyday objects with photographs of the minerals from which they [...]
Utah Geological Survey - blog [19:32:31]
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nationalgeographic.com Snakes can famously disarticulate their jaws, and open their mouths to extreme widths. David Martill from the University of Portsmouth did his best impression of this trick while [...]
Utah Geological Survey - blog [18:19:25]
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moabsunnews.com How do you move a 5 ton dinosaur down a hill? That’s the questions facing Utah paleontologists who are trying to bring a large collection of well-preserved fossils found north of Arches [...]
Mountain Beltway [15:48:03]
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There’s something about conglomerates that just draws me in. Here’s a lovely example — you might even say it’s an exemplar — from Sandy Hollow in Montana: That’s the basal [...]
Over eight decades ago, while pondering the heavily-armored dinosaur Scolosaurus, the eccentric paleontologist Franz Nopcsa proposed what is
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [12:30:05]
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This week’s Imaggeo on Mondays image blends a range of geoscience disciplines. The post, by Irenen Mazoff, a researcher at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, explores how the mountains, rivers and [...]
After the 2011 Fukushima earthquake, the reactors at TEPCO's nuclear facility began leaking radioactive groundwater. The plan to contain the contamination is to use ground freezing to construct an "ice [...]
Zeichnung einer Wandelschuldverschreibung über AUD 650.000/Finanzierung weiterer Explorationsarbeiten in Mount Isa gesichert Heidelberg. Die australische Hammer Metals Limited („HMX“), an
Laura Cooper es una ilustradora estadounidense afincada en China, responsable del webcomic XP, que actualiza dos veces a la semana desde 2014. No contenta con estas publicaciones periódicas, Cooper ha [...]
Predicting the Shape of River DeltasMIT News The Selenga River Delta of Lake BaikalGeology.com A Challenge to the New York Fracking Ban ?Poughkeepsie Journal Measuring the Height of Mount McKinleyUnited States [...]
In January 2014, I wrote about How To Be A Megalodon Shark which was about a character in a very popular smartphone game Hungry Shark Evolution. In that posting, I was hoping they would create an arthrodire or [...]
Bust out your planners, calendars, and PDAs (if you are throwback like that), it’s time to mark your calendars for the HMNS events of this week! Rocket Day At The George Observatory!Saturday, August 110:00 [...]
Europe reported it as an M5.1, I waited 'forever' for the USGS report. I thought it was a phantom earthquake, but it probably clipped all their seismometers.
Here's the felt area.
This gives an [...]
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Prozesse im Erdinneren stellen die Wissenschaft vor viele Rätsel.
Eine der offenen Fragen lautet, warum nahe beieinander liegende Vulkane,
die vom selben vulkanischen Hotspot versorgt werden, über [...]
Goodness, I’ve been busy recently! I’m afraid that my blogging has been quite neglected… as it has been for the past few months. However, things have finally calmed down a little now, so [...]
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We all know that climate change can generate great debate in the United States. But what about the rest of the
Time for an essay that nobody reads! This is just for my fun, standing on my soapbox in the park, screaming at everyone.
You've met them at work, the type that does everything verbally, yack and yack. [...]
Results from some recent experiments: First look with our regular Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) (not too bad piece of an equipment) – “Hmm… pretty nice” Well, I had a suspicion [...]
New Initiative Modeled After Longstanding Bridge Program
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today published the final rule for national [...]
The 2015 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo was held in San Antonio back in March of this year. The proceedings from IFCEE 2015 are now available online and for purchase at the ASCE [...]
Zeichnung einer Wandelschuldverschreibung über AUD 650.000/Finanzierung weiterer Explorationsarbeiten in Mount Isa gesichert Heidelberg. Die australische Hammer Metals Limited („HMX“), an
Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]
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This next fossil is one that always gives me trouble when naming it. Some refer to it as Kozlowskiellina and some as Delthyris. Both are very similar shells and appear to be valid names. The former seems to be [...]
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..and don’t get me started about roundabouts either, because that’s a whole other blog post! Seriously though, our once number one position in atmospheric science is long gone, and there are few [...]
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What happens when you write a blog that is so full of misinformation, and incorrect assumptions, that someone starts a separate a blog to correct the mistakes? Well, for one thing you get some good laughs, [...]