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I recently discovered the blog Slime Mold Time Mold, which is largely about the science of obesity — a matter of more than academic interest to me, and if I may say to, to Matt. I discovered SMTM through its fascinating discussions of scurvy and [...]
With geoscience-related degrees seeing a decline in applicants, George Jameson (Diversity and Inclusion Project Lead) discusses the value of further education in Earth science graduate outcomes. For some time, we have wondered about how beneficial [...]
Arrow points to our destination—a Rocky Mountain Juniper
Every year about this time, we tree followers are out searching for a new tree. Unfamiliar with tree following? This is how I explained it in 2014, the year I joined the group, when I [...]
This post is of a horn coral fossil called Duncanella borealis (Nicholson, 1889). Fossil found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County Indiana USA. It dates to the Silurian Period.
Fossil on display at Falls of the Ohio Interpretative Center [...]
Villains, tyrants and heroes alike are immortalized in the scientific literature as researchers don each new species a unique scientific name — and rename geographic sites with a settlers' mindset. If you pick through the literature, it is a [...]
The UNESCO World Heritage site “Caliphal City of Medina Azahara” in southern Spain was built in the 10th Century by the first Caliph of al-Andalus, Abd al-Rahman III. The destruction and consequent abandonment of the city were thought to result [...]
Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri
One of the classic Vancouver Island fossil localities is the Santonian-Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous Haslam Formation Motocross Pit near Brannen Lake, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
The quarry is no longer [...]
This post is of a coral fossil called Favosites occidentalis (Hall, 1875). Fossil found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County Indiana USA. It dates to the Silurian Period.
Fossil on display at Falls of the Ohio Interpretative Center [...]
This post is of an Eucalyptocrinites (Goldfuss, 1831) holdfast fossil that grew on a fallen Eucalyptocrinites crassus (Hall, 1863) calyx cup. Fossil found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County Indiana USA. It dates to the Silurian Period.
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