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From Wired: A sand scandal is brewing in China, with concerns that low-quality concrete has been used in the construction of many of the country's largest buildings -- putting them at risk of collapse. The recipe to make concrete
Otis Redding sang "you don't miss your water 'til your well runs dry" in 1965 about pining for a lost love. Last week, Climate and Society founder and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientist Mark Cane reprised it with a much different, more [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2013-04-03 14:34:09]
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Last year, we held a great debate on open access, featuring both traditional and open access publishers. This year we’re making the discussion wide open while exploring how it can help early career researchers in a market place of discussion. [...]
Cambriangirl - Science! Geology! Writing! [2013-04-05 17:23:23]
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I made a hasty attempt at this wee Friday writing challence – of course with the theme being volcanoes I have added a tiny geological twist. It is heavily influenced by my first memories of being in a volcanic landscape … Continue [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2013-04-01 19:54:56]
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Yellowstone National Park, USA, is well known for its outstanding natural beauty. This is the Grand Prismatic Spring in the Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. It is the third largest hotspring in the world and the largest found in the [...]
Salt glaciers (also known as namakiers) are masses of salt that erupt onto Earth’s surface and flow downslope under their own weight. They develop where salt domes rise high enough to reach the
WOOSTER, OHIO–One of the early spring pleasures of a geologist in the Upper Midwest is finally getting outside and scouting the field trips for the semester. Today we had bright sun and temperatures in the 50s (I know — I’m [...]
I have now been collecting fossils in the Waldron Shale for several years and I have a short list of the rare fossils I want to find in my collecting lifetime. I call these elusive fossils the "Holy Grail" specimens. It is in reference to the King [...]
Getting ready! A few of us Rockers got turned around and showed up in time for the shuttle to be pulling away! Thanks to some amazing BC hospitality we got a free ride from a local hotel (NONE of us were staying at) and dropped off at Ogden Point! [...]