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Friday, 09 October 2015
Harper Deserves to be Kicked Out
Cuomo’s Commitment to Addressing Climate Change
New York State has taken a progressive stand on climate change, pushing for renewable energy development and promising to curb greenhouse gas emissions. On Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, joined by Vice President Al Gore at Columbia University, announced several new actions to increase New York State’s commitment to fighting climateThe War on Science
heute nur ein kurzes Video, zum nachdenken. Der Trend mag in den USA deutlicher sein als bei uns in Europa, aber man kann viele von den angesprochenen Dingen auch hierzulande wiedererkennen. Eine freie [...]Shipboard Labyrinth: By Anna Ling
Introduction by Juliet Crowell Display on Kids page readAn Andy Warhol Moment for Liverpool’s Geomagnetism Group – dating the formation of the Earth’s Inner core
This week, my PhD supervisor, Andy Biggin, had a paper out in Nature. The findings of this new research point towards the Earth’s inner core being older than we’d previously thought. Recent [...]The Early Flight Ability of Birds
Friday fold: Apennine crenulation cleavage
My new social media buddy Samuele Jæger Papeschi and I collaborated on some goofy maps in August, but then he noticed my Friday folds, and like the very best human beings anywhere, Samuele offered to pitch [...]GfGD Annual Conference – Speaker Introductions (Session 5)
Geology for Global Development [13:51:36]
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Our 3rd Annual Conference, with the theme Fighting Global Poverty – Geology and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) takes place on Friday 30th October, hosted by the Geological Society of [...]
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Why do we have so few complete, undistorted sauropod necks?
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [10:11:56]
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Since I posted my preprint “Almost all known sauropod necks are incomplete and distorted” and asked in the comments for people to let me know if I missed any good necks, the candidates have been [...]
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El huevo de Iguanodon (Robert Duncan Milne) (I)
Koprolitos [09:00:00]
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KUOW Interview
Today, I was interviewed by Ross Reynolds on The Record on KUOW radio. Here’s a link to the
A Game of Strategy and Survival in the High Arctic
EcoChains: Arctic Crisis is a card game for ages 10 and up that challenges players to strategically manage the Arctic marine ecosystem as climate changes, while they learn about the potential impacts of future [...]100 Great Geosites photo competition – the results!
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We’re delighted to announce the winners of our photography competition, ‘100 Great Geosites.’ Based on the Society’s list of 100 geosites in the UK and Ireland, published last [...]
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Exp 359 9th Oct.
Fantastic pictures of Coccolithophores submitted by Jeremy Young during his presentation this morning. And he is not excelling just in [...]Maelstrom of Saltstraumen
The Way of the Geophysicist [10:00:00]
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The strongest tidal current in the world transports 400 million cubic meters of water in six hours. The waters reach speeds up to 20 knots or 25 mph. This causes some serious turbulence [...]
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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: A rugose coral and its encrusters from the Middle Devonian of New York
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Devonian; US
This week’s fossils were found on a most excellent field trip to the Niagara region of New York in August. One of our outcrops was a small patch of gravel in Bethany Center where the Centerfield [...]
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14 easy costumes that show your inner nerd
Sure, you can go daring. You can go scary. If you’re into zombie and cat costumes, more power to ya. But if you’re still searching for your look this year, consider going geek! Especially if [...]Top concepts:
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