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Thursday, 26 March 2020

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Icanotia zitteliana (Geinitz, 1873)

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [08:25:29]

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, Abb. von Psammobia Zitteliana in Geinitz, 1873, I. S. 232, Taf. 51 - Cenoman, oberes Cenoman (Dölzschen-Formation) - Ort: #Autobahnhalde (A17),

Tutorial: How to make a DEM from the Slovenian LiDAR data

Paleoseismicity [01:10:42]

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Since I can’t go to the field right now, I am stuck with analyzing the amazing LiDAR data from Slovenia. We have 1 m resolution data covering the entire country and oh my god it’s great for active tectonics research. But how do you actually make a DEM from the data? Here’s a quick guide using free software only. Download the data First, visit the ARSO website that hosts the data: http://gis.arso.gov.si/evode/profile.aspx?id=atlas_voda_Lidar@Arso&culture=en-US. Now zoom into your area [...]

Dispatches from the Original US COVID-19 Central

Rosetta Stones [19:00:00]

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In these extraordinary times, we take a break from earth science to talk pandemic. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

June bugs are back: What the heck are they?

BEYONDbones [16:00:00]

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Chances are if you have found yourself outside after dark in the past few weeks you have encountered a handful of June bugs on the ground. If you have children, they are no doubt collecting them for some sort [...]

Introduction to modern amphibians

Lusodinos- Dinossauros de Portugal [13:55:00]

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Introduction to modern amphibians Let’s talk about amphibians! When it comes to those cute, little animals, living both in water and on land, everyone has in mind the small frogs and salamanders that dwell [...]

Covid-19 -- US has probably hit testing saturation

Ontario-geofish [12:30:00]

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Reference As we know, the US has no healthcare for millions except the charity hospital emergency ward. As well, they have few test kits for the population. This has resulted in a very weird curve that [...]

Zoom Karaoke

Ontario-geofish [12:09:00]

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The young ones had a big zoom session with all their friends and a karaoke session. About 20 people, and all the video was generally frozen, but the audio came through. It was

Two strong earthquakes in Reykjanes volcano

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [00:01:00]

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Today (25-March 2020) two earthquakes happened in Reykjanes volcano. Largest earthquake had a magnitude of Mw3,1 and the second earthquake had a magnitude of Mw3,9. Other earthquakes were smaller in magnitude [...]

Fitting the COVID-19 SEIR model to data, part 2

James’ Empty Blog [21:17:00]

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TL;DR version: when the model is fitted to the data, the doubling time is around 3 days. This is far more rapid than the Imperial College (IC) modelling, and (if correct) could mean that the peak would be upon [...]

Fenn y Tom Rosenthal - Dinosaurs in Love

Koprolitos [10:03:00]

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Hace un par de meses, el músico inglés Tom Rosenthal grabó junto a su hija de cuatro años Fenn una canción que titularon "Dinosaurs in love". Pronto, el tema se hizo viral en redes, llegando a los seis [...]

Snow all April

Ontario-geofish [14:45:00]

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Yes people, my prediction in November will come true. We'll have snow in April. The mid-latitudes had a nice winter because of the Halvsie El Nino (hen), but that's at an end. This will be known as a [...]

INDIGO: NATURAL DYES

ARCHEA [21:26:00]

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Natural dyes are dyes or colourants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The majority of natural dyes are vegetable dyes from plant sources — roots, berries, bark, leaves, and wood — and other [...]