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Pill Hill, an odd outlier of ancient alluvial gravel in North Oakland with a long history, rises almost 50 feet above its flat surroundings. Today it’s thoroughly encrusted with buildings, as seen here looking up Broadway from the YMCA gym [...]
Der italienische Calderavulkan Campi Flegrei wurde von einem starken Schwarmbeben heimgesucht. Die Erdbeben begannen nachts und hielten bis in die frühen Morgenstunden an. 35 Erschütterungen wurden von den Seismometern des INGVs registriert. Die [...]
Am italienischen Vulkan Vesuv ereignete sich ein Schwarmbeben. Das INGV registrierte seit gestern Abend 35 leichte Erschütterungen westlich des Kraters. Das stärkste Einzelbeben brachte es auf einer Magnitude von 2,1. Die Tiefe des Erdbebenherdes [...]
A student writes about how a moment of enlightenment changed her career
There isn’t a simple answer to this complex question – but my research hopes to shed some light on this important subject. The key to answering this question starts with
A friend pointed out these two books.
1) Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings by Valerie Trouet.
Review: "Trouet, a leading tree-ring scientist, takes us out into the field, from remote African villages to radioactive Russian [...]
In an online workshop, students produced audio commentaries on their coronavirus experience—how they were managing and what advice they might offer their
The Heteromorph, Jaubertites (Audouliceras) renauxianum
A stunningly beautiful example of the heteromorph ammonite Jaubertites (Audouliceras) renauxianum (d'Orbigny, 1842) from the Volga region in Russia. The Volga region encompasses the drainage [...]
This toothy specimen is an Oncorhynchus nerka, a Pleistocene Sockeye Salmon from outcrops along the South Fork Skokomish River, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA.
I'd expected to learn that the locality contained a single or just a few [...]
Winter photo of SP Crater, the 2nd youngest cone and crater in the San Francisco Volcanic Field. It has recently been re-re-dated at about 59,000 years. (Photo January 1, 2011)You might think this blog title refers to a plea for mental health [...]