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New from Snet: Lithologs, a new tool to create lithological/sedimentological logs online..
Monday, 15 April 2019
Gestern ereignete sich ein erneuter Erdbebenschwarm am Vesuv in Italien. Das INGV registrierte 9 Erdbeben geringer Magnitude, die alle sehr Oberflächennahe stattfanden. Der letzte größere Erdbebenschwarm ereignete sich am 25. März dieses Jahres. Die Beben sind nicht als Anzeichen eines unmittelbar bevorstehenden Vulkanausbruchs zu verstehen, verdeutlichen aber, dass der Untergrund des Vulkans seismisch weiterhin aktiv ... Weiterlesen ...
New method helps determine how quickly silicates wear down over time, which is key to understanding natural processes that remove CO2 from
A sad day indeed... here is how I saw it back in 2016
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Shallow bodies of water, on the order of 10 centimeters deep, could have held high concentrations of what many scientists believe to be a key ingredient for jump-starting life on Earth: nitrogen.
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The earliest signs that hominins had colonised the island of Luzon in the Philippines took the form of crude stone tools found around half a century ago. Re-excavation of one of the sites uncovered yet more [...]
In 2009, a thief broke into England's Tring Museum and stole hundreds of curated bird skins. The thief was a talented American musician attending school in London. He broke apart specimens collected by Alfred [...]
Hansrudi Wäscher (1928-2016) pasó su infancia en Suiza y en 1940 se trasladó a Hannover. Durante los años 50 trabajó para la editorial Walter Lehning (1946), donde creó sus cómics más famosos, la [...]
This tiny, short-lived lake is a perfect example of a volcano's power to create and a river's power to destroy
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Adding compost to a garden is a good idea. But, like most things in life, is it best to do it in moderation? To answer that question, you need to
A popular ELI is 'Running the fossilisation film backwards; bringing a fossil ‘back to life’'
This is a thought experiment, including possible re-enactment, to recreate the likely ‘final moments’ [...]
Last week I paid my first visit to the Carrizo Plain since 2005. David K. Lynch’s superb Field Guide to the San Andreas Fault says, “Nowhere in California is the San Andreas Fault more dramatically [...]
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There is little question that parks are a resource worthy of investment and that the investment pays
Der indonesische Vulkan Ibu liegt auf der Insel Halmahera und emittiert heute ungewöhnlich viel Wärme. MIROVA registriert eine Wärmestrahlung mit einer Leistung von 110 MW. Zudem stieg eine Aschewolke bis [...]
On 18th March 2019, late in the night, a spectacular 250,000 cubic metre rockslide occurred at Flüela Wisshorn in the Swiss Alps
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These microscope images show a fossil that appears to be a Kazakhstania mangeri ammonite. It dates to the Mississippian Period. It was found in the Cave Run Fauna of Rowan County, Kentucky USA.
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