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New from Snet: Lithologs, a new tool to create lithological/sedimentological logs online..
Tuesday, 04 December 2018
I go weak in the knees when I see a science info-graphic that explains something really well in one picture. The image above from the NWS Kansas City is a really good one about long-range weather forecasts. Many forecasters in the Mid-Atlantic region and the Midwest are dealing with a possible winter storm beginning this weekend. We cannot say much more than that right now, and it’s tough to explain to the public …
The post Why Those Snow Forecasts Online are Likely Wrong appeared [...]
Am 4. Dezember 1872 entdeckte die Besatzung der "Dei Gratia", unter den Kommando von Kapitän David Morehouse, unweit der Inselgruppe der Azoren und dem portugiesischen Festland die Brigg "Mary Celeste". Einige der Segel waren zerrissen und das Schiff schien ziellos herumzutreiben. Morehouse beschloss beizudrehen und ein Beiboot auszusetzen. Von der Mannschaft der Mary Celeste, Kapitän Benjamin Briggs, seiner Ehefrau und seiner Tochter und sieben Seeleuten, fehlte an Bord jede Spur. Im [...]
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Heute ereignete sich beim polnischen Ort Legnica ein Erdbeben der Magnitude 3,8. Das Hypozentrum lag in 10 km Tiefe. Das Epizentrum befand sich fast 200 km von Kattowitz entfernt, wo derzeit der Weltklimarat [...]
Throughout advent, we're sharing some of our favourite entries to Earth Science Week photography competitions past and present - all of which feature the beautiful geology of the UK and Ireland. Check back [...]
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I've been leading geology field studies trips to lots of places in the American West for 30 years and started to take digital pictures in 2001. I sometimes struggle to find new things to photograph when [...]
This trilobite fossil was on display at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York city in July 2018. The trilobite fossil is named Asaphus expansus. It was found in the Wolchow River of St. [...]
Here’s a frozen pig head being hemisected with a band saw. The head in question, and the other bits we’ll get to later on in this post, both came from Jessie Atterholt’s Thanksgiving pig. As soon as [...]
I'm reading all the reports now, and if you were on stable ground, the pgv did not exceed 30 cm/s. Structural damage begins at 50 cm/s. This is consistent with the only full strong ground motion coming out [...]
Building an economy based on reusing and repurposing products will require big transformations. Participants at a recent event outlined concrete steps on how we can move
On 11/16/18, I received my verified certificate for passing the "Dinosaur Ecosystems" course (100%: [...]
Vale... No era necesario... Pero aquí está de nuevo el podcast de Koprolitos. Esta vez con uno de los de los fenómenos recientes y más controvertidos de la dinomanía: la literatura erótica de [...]
A strong earthquake shows off the value of seismic building codes, and allows the USGS to debut a valuable new tool for dealing with the aftermath
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