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Understanding Planetary Defense and the Pi Project

Speaking of Geoscience [17:27:29]

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Asteroids hurtling toward Earth might sound like a sci-fi plot, but planetary defense is very real, and the Pulverize It (Pi) Project is one of the most innovative solutions being developed today. What if we could break an asteroid into harmless fragments before it even reaches our atmosphere? That’s exactly what Pi aims to do.

More “deep city” books please

Oakland Geology [17:01:39]

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Last week I was in Anaheim for the big annual meeting of GSA, the Geological Society of America. For the first time in many years, I was a presenter rather than a spectator, although I did plenty of spectating too. I addressed an audience of around fifty people for a session on “Human Dimensions of

Sea level goes back up

Ontario-geofish [16:56:00]

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 This is sad for me.  I was expecting a 1940's-type drop, the one that froze out the nastie invasion of russiak.  This is the closest to absolute sea level that I can [...]

FIRST FOSSIL DINOSAUR FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND

ARCHEA [04:44:00]

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This dapper fellow is a pine needle and horsetail connoisseur. He's a hadrosaurus — a duck-billed dinosaur. They were a very successful group of plant-eaters that thrived throughout western Canada during the [...]

Stationary storm churns away, but not much rain

Ontario-geofish [13:22:00]

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 Not much going on.  That storm is trapped, but it has dried out.  A new cold blob is sneaking down the side of the mountains.ps you can see the #2 hurricane starting up.  [...]