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Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Un día más en el yacimiento paleontológico de Somosaguas. Amanecíamos con algo de fresco, el suficiente como para tener que llevar una sudadera de esas que habíamos dejado olvidadas en primavera. Pero el sol ha empezado pronto a pegar, lo que ha provocado en los excavadores una imperiosa necesidad de sombra, pegándose al sedimento no por los fósiles sino por lo fresquito que estaba.
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A small earthquake swarm took place this morning (11-September-2019) just north of Grindavík village this morning. A magnitude Mw3,4 earthquake took place at 06:06 UTC and was felt in Grindvík village. Earthquake activity north of Grindvík (green star on the left). Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office. This earthquake activity is normal … Continue reading "Small earthquake swarm on Reykjanes peninsula"
Die spanische Urlaubsinsel Mallorca wurde letzte Nacht von einem starken Unwetter heimgesucht. Hagel prasselte nieder und Starkregen überflutete die Strassen. Keller liefen voll, Bäume wurden entwurzelt und [...]
By Jayne de Guzman Geology rocks! I mean that both literally and figuratively — School of Rock 2019 has officially... Read more
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¿Tienes niños chiquitines que empiezan a apuntar ya maneras? ¿Quizás un sobrinillo o sobrinilla que podría convertirse en el próximo Bob Bakker o la próxima Halszka Osmólska? No te preocupes, [...]
Im Golf von Alaska ereignete sich ein Erdbeben der Magnitude 5,7. Das Hypozentrum lag mit einer Tiefe von 2000 m sehr flach. Das Epizentrum manifestierte sich offshore, 251 km westlich des Ortes Sitka. Direkt [...]
Un dia genial en molt bona companyia.Fins a l'onzena trobada!(Gràcies a Jordi Espuny per les fotos)
Fissure 8, Kilauea Volcano HawaiiPhoto of "Fissure 8" from the 2018 Lower East Rift Zone eruption on Kilauea Volcano. The Lower East Rift Zone eruption began on May 3rd after an intrusion of magma into the [...]
El pasado martes 10 a las 11.30 horas el aragosaurero Antonio Alonso Germán Ha defendido su tesis doctoral titulada “Nuevas contribuciones a la paleobiodiversidad de dinosaurios terópodos del [...]
Geology, and science in general, is for everyone. Everyone should be allowed to have opportunities to explore the world. Just... Read more
The Earth Institute is collaborating with leading global investment management firm AllianceBernstein L.P. to create an intensive curriculum focused on how climate change can affect economic and financial [...]
Am Ätna auf Sizilien wurde gestern Abend eine hohe Wärmestrahlung mit einer Leistung von 360 MW registriert. Dieser Wert ist insofern ungewöhnlich, weil kein Lavastrom gesichtet wurde. Die Wärmestrahlung [...]
Xe Pian Xe Namnoy: a guest commentary by Richard Meehan and Douglas Hamilton on land stability and dam failure in the wake of the 2018 collapse on the Bolaven Plateau,
This image is of a Ranella olearia gastropod fossil. The
creature existed in the Pliocene Epoch of the Neogene Period. Fossil was
discovered in Siena, Toscana, Italy.
Picture taken at Museo di
Geologia e [...]
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This isn't much, but the El Nino is over, and that's the only thing that can shift this chart. Surprisingly, the northern mids are up a bit. Finally a hit from our warm Summer.
Now, the Guardian [...]
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