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Wednesday, 23 December 2015
Chemical changes in groundwater precede earthquakes in Iceland, study finds
Northern Iceland is a geothermally active land where heat from deep below the crust melts snow and wreaths the land in steam. Now, new research shows that the tumultuous groundwater beneath northern Iceland’s mist may hold the key to predicting future earthquakes in the region. In a new study presented at the 2015 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, researchers found that concentrations of dissolved minerals in groundwater sharply increased before two major earthquakes in northern [...]Scientific Assistant (Paleontology). American Museum Natural Hisstory
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYNOTICE OF JOB OPENINGJob Title: Scientific Assistant (Paleontology)The Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History is seeking 1 full-time (35 hours per week) Scientific Assistant in the Invertebrate Paleontology preparation lab. Responsibilities & Duties:The responsibilities and duties of the position include preparation and restoration of invertebrate fossils, including detailed microscope-based preparation using a full range of [...]USGIN content model proposed for all US earth observation data
Research Summary: Recent Warming Of Lake Kivu
Deep meromictic lakes are good climate monitors, as changes in heat fluxes across the lake surface become reflected in heat content of the deeper waters. Consistent with recent atmospheric warming,[...] The [...]Large asteroid hit would make the world burn, go dark
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid crashed into Earth. Its impact, scientists believe, caused global catastrophic fires, transformed the climate, and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. A new study [...]★ The evolution of Gerhard Heilmann’s Iguanodons
(This is a repost of a short piece I wrote for the Shells and Pebbles blog a while ago, but I thought it would not be out of place here and have adapted the text somewhat. In addition, it gives me the [...]Looking back at the EGU Blogs in 2015: welcoming new additions
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:19:07]
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It’s a little over 12 months since we launched the new look EGU blogs and with the holidays and new year approaching, what better time to take stock of 2015 as featured in the EGU Blogs? The past year has [...]
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Videos of the Shenzhen landslide
I have pulled together a series of videos showing the Shenzhen landslide in Guangdong, China, and itsComunicato del nuovo Presidente del Consiglio Nazionale dei Geologi Francesco Peduto: "salvate la Geologia italiana"
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Under Pressure
The Styrofoam cups brought on board the JR from Eagle Pass, Texas have made their trip down to the bottom of the Ocean! readLecturer in Paleobiology/Geobiology. University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Lecturer in Paleobiology/GeobiologyThe Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona invites applications for a non-tenure-track, full-time lecturer position in [...]1er Encuentro de Paleoarte
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Accepting Internship Applications
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a joint center of Columbia Law School and the Earth Institute, is accepting applications until January 15, 2016 for internship positions for [...]Four new GIGAmacro images of sedimentary rocks
It’s been a week and a half since Mountain Beltway has seen any publishing action, given the overlapping timesucks of the AGU Fall Meeting and the end of the semester. But now I’m back in the [...]★ Manfred Reichel’s Archaeopteryxes and the origin of feathered dinosaurs (?)
(This is a repost of a short piece I wrote for the Shells and Pebbles blog a while ago, but I thought it would not be out of place here. However, since I didn’t really investigate the origin of the [...]Did Sabercats Have Spotted and Striped Coats?
The spots and stripes of today's cats may help narrow down the coat patterns of their extinctDoor twenty three
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Throughout the #geoadvent, we’ve been sharing some of the beautiful images which were submitted to our 100 Great Geosites photography competition – as well as some of the winners! Our third place [...]
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The Bad Dinosaur (2015)
Este breve cortometraje es el proyecto final que realizó David Bui para el curso de Ilustración Digital de la Escuela de Diseño de la Universidad de Pennsylvania (Estados Unidos). Bui utilizó técnicas de [...]Palaeocarpillus Crab Fossil
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Paleogene; IT
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