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Thursday, 16 May 2019

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Climatologist Testifies to Senate Subcommittee Regarding Costs of Extreme Weather 

State of the Planet [22:18:26]  recommend  recommend this post  (238 visits) info
Lamont’s Radley Horton explains that enhanced forecasts and better communication can reduce climate risks and create new economic

Topographic Differencing Showcase 

OpenTopography Blog [20:28:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (150 visits) info
OpenTopography recently released on-demand vertical differencing. Here, we showcase a range of anthropogenic, geomorphic, and tectonic processes imaged using topographic differencing on OpenTopography’s portal. In each image, erosion or downward change of the Earth’s surface is colored in red, while deposition or upward change is colored in blue. We include a link to the change detection page for each dataset pair so you can run your own jobs and explore.

Jacqueline Klopp Helps Public Transit to Grow Sustainably 

State of the Planet [19:16:29]  recommend  recommend this post  (221 visits) info
She’s finding new ways collect and share data in rapidly growing cities — and the results will help to build a healthier future for the entire

Artists in New York City Call for Climate Change Awareness 

State of the Planet [17:11:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (203 visits) info
Sustainability Management student Amy Bohnenkamp reports on how artists in New York have been raising their voices to make the public more aware of climate change

Earthquake in 2009 intensified American Samoa’s rising sea levels 

AGU Meetings [16:01:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (212 visits) info
The 2009, magnitude-8.1 Samoa earthquake dealt a great deal of damage to the Samoan Islands: Tsunami waves as high as 14 meters (46 feet) wiped out multiple villages, claiming nearly 200 lives and severely [...]

Turrialba erneut ausgebrochen 

Florian Beckers Vulkan-Blog [10:28:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (160 visits) info
In Costa Rica ist der Vulkan Turrialba erneut ausgebrochen. Das VAAC Washington registrierte heute 2 Aschewolken, die bis in einer Höhe von 3500 m über dem Meeresspiegel aufgestiegen sind. Der Vulkan selbst [...]

Los disfraces de dinosaurio de MorphCostumes 

Koprolitos [09:18:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (149 visits) info
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Hace algún tiempo os mostrábamos los disfraces hinchables que habían surgido con motivo del estreno de Jurassic World. Algunos de ellos, como el tiranosaurio, han alcanzado bastante fama y es posible ver [...]

A Peek Inside HMNS’ Secret Education Collections 

BEYONDbones [02:20:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (281 visits) info
By Jayme Schlimper, Overnight Program Manager and Curator of Education Collections Hello! Today I want to let you in on a secret. Hidden in the museum is a magical room full of everything you could ever [...]

Lots of Rain v. Many Rainy Days 

Wooster Geologists [18:00:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (142 visits) info
The other day while on the phone with my sister, she complained about how bad the weather was. “It’s rained like every day since April 1st” was the statement. That was an exaggeration, so she then [...]

A World-Class Trackway in the Coconino Sandstone Announced in Grand Canyon 

Earthly Musings [16:17:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (187 visits) info
In December, 2016 I posted a piece about a trackway found along the Bright Angel Trail (see here). That site has received a lot of national attention in the last year and is being studied in detail by Dr. [...]

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Lounge of the Lab Lemming [14:15:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (589 visits) info
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WALLISEROPS: JOUST A PLAISANCE 

ARCHEA [09:28:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (171 visits) info
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A beautiful detail of a Walliserops, a genus of spinose phacopid trilobite of the family Acastidae found in the Lower to Middle Devonian strata near Foum Zguid, Tata Province, Souss-Massa, southeastern [...]

A major, fatal retaining wall failure from Basaksehir in Istanbul, Turkey 

The Landslide Blog [08:40:19]  recommend  recommend this post  (156 visits) info
On Tuesday 16th May 2019 a large retaining wall failed in the Basaksehir district of Istanbul in Turkey, killing a passing motorist. The post A major, fatal retaining wall failure from Basaksehir in Istanbul, [...]
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