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Wooster Geologists in Bristol, England 

Bristol, England — Cassidy Jester (’17) and I are spending the weekend in Bristol after finishing our fieldwork in Dorset this week. Our travel and lodging arrangements required a couple of days here before we go to London on Monday and then our separate ways. We’ll continue to sort out our specimens, work on a

The boulder that came to tea 

The boulder that came to tea - in Dubrovnik, Croatia, a boulder crashed through the window of a house during heavy rainfall on

Getting ready to move AZGS's Phoenix mining files and library into storage 

We will be packing the AZGS Phoenix office library and files starting Monday to move them into storage at the old mining and mineral museum near the Capitol. Volunteers will be coming in throughout the week to help pull volumes off shelves into rolling gondolas.  Professional movers will transport those and the shelving to the museum, where we will have two weeks to unload them onto the

Monday's Minor Mystery Solved Pretty Quickly: Poles with no Shadows in Hawai'i 

You can't mystify scientists of the Earth with questions of latitude. I had numerous answers pretty darn quick about why this stop sign reveals my location. The sign pole is casting no shadow! The only way that can happen is if the sun is directly overhead, and that can only happen if one is within 23 degrees of the equator, and only at noon. I have never thought to seek such a picture on

Seeing Stars with James Wooten: Exciting Rare Mercury Transit Next Monday! 

Jupiter is now high in the south at dusk. It outshines all stars we ever see at night, so you can’t miss it. Mars and Saturn become late evening objects this month. Tonight, May 2, Mars rises in the southeast … Continue reading

Imaggeo on Monday: a big thank you from the EGU 

Outside EGU General Assembly 2016. Credit: Kai Boggild/EGU (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu) The past week in Vienna was a busy one! Hordes of Earth, ocean and planetary scientists came together to present, share and discuss their most recent scientific findings at the 2016 General Assembly. The conference was a great success, with over 4800 oral and 10300 poster presentations, as well as close to a 1000 PICO presentations too! Participants at the conference could pick talks and posters from a [...]

Elephant’s Eye Cave Hike in Pictures 

On Monday I shared one picture from a recent hike to Elephant’s Eye cave in Silvermine Nature Reserve here in the Cape Town region of South Africa. Today I’m sharing some more pictures from that hike, which took place last weekend. I really enjoy hiking to Elephant’s Eye.The hike consists of a fairly easy 3 hour round trip route that takes you through some beautiful fynbos vegetation and past some lovely rock

27th - 30th May - Field trip to Anglesey 

A Geology Course in AngleseyDave Green, GeostudiesFriday 27th May from 7.30 p.m. to Monday 30th May at lunch timeFull details on the Bath Geological Society websiteand from the secretaryThere are a few places left; everyone is welcome. 

Machimosaurus rex, Giant Marine Crocodile from Tunisia 

Brian Switek covers some nice work by our colleague, Federico Fanti: The biggest sea-dwelling crocodile ever found has turned up in the Tunisian desert. The whopper of a prehistoric predator grew to over 30 feet long (nearly ten meters) and weighed three tons. Paleontologists have dubbed the new species Machimosaurus rex and describe it Monday in the journal Cretaceous

Carbonate Short Course 

After teaching version 1.0 of this course last year in China, Carbonate Essentials is being significantly updated and expanded for presentation at SEG/AAPG ICE in Barcelona on Saturday April 2, 2016 and at the EAGE Annual Meeting in Vienna on Monday May 30, 2016. Over the holiday break I reviewed and marked up nearly 80 papers and books on carbonate topics and am working the best of this into the course material. A big shout out to Gerard Wieggerink who directed me to excellent case [...]

Restoring white Arctic will fall to future generations who never knew it 

Scientists and policymakers have discussed for decades how to slow the rate of global warming and melting Arctic ice—most recently at the Paris talks—but few have discussed how to restore the ice after it is lost. That task will likely fall to future generations who not only grew up without a white Arctic but may have conflicting interests in keeping it blue, according to an analysis presented on Monday by scientists at the 2015 American Geophysical Union Fall

Oklahoma earthquakes have settled down 

I'm now thinking that Monday's 4.7 was just a leftover from the intense activity of last week.  That truly was the first signal of a large quake.  Looks like there isn't a second signal.  That activity really shook things up a lot so we can expect a period of quiet. During that time, all the wells they closed will open up again, and inject like mad.  Natural gas prices have tanked due to El

Sierra Club Issues Notice of Intent to Sue over Frackquakes in Oklahoma 

On Monday, November 2, the Sierra Club issued a Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) four oil companies, alleging ongoing violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”).  Specifically, the Notice states that the injection and disposal of hydraulic fracturing waste fluids into the ground is a “past and present handling and disposal of … Continue

Delta Flume – Tsunami simulation 

Reading Time: 1 minutes Dutch engineers have built a structure that is capable of simulating tsunamis bigger than ever before (7m). The channel that holds up to 9 million litres (about 2400000 US gallons) of water and a 10 meter wave generator is powered 1,9 MW system. But see the video for yourself. See the project here: DeltaRes The post Delta Flume – Tsunami simulation appeared first on The Way of the Geophysicist. Related posts: Shock Waves on Tavurvur – Volcano Monday [...]

Landslides from the Afghanistan earthquake on Monday 

Some interesting videos and images are now emerging of landslides and rockfalls triggered by the M=7.5 Afghanistan earthquake on

The 26 October 2015 Afghanistan Earthquake 

At 09:09 (GMT) on Monday 26 October a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit the north-eastern area of Afghanistan near the Tajikistan and Pakistani border. It occurred as the result of reverse faulting approximately 210 km below the Hindu Kush Range of mountains … Continue reading

Cause of Afghan Quake Is a Deep Mystery 

Causes of earthquakes in remote areas remain a mystery. Read more on what scientists think is going on in Afghanistan where a 7.5 earthquake recently shook the area. news.nationalgeographic.com The magnitude 7.5 earthquake that shook northeast Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday was a type of quake not easily understood by scientists, even though it happened

Hydrologic response to watershed metrics describing urban development and mitigation with stormwater control measures 

Watershed Hydrology lab collaborator and Ph.D. candidate Colin Bell will be giving a talk in T106. From Green Roofs and Gutters to Urban Streams: Advancing Urban Watershed Hydrology through Innovative Field and Modeling Approaches on Monday, 2 November 2015 at 2:25 pm in Room 342 (Baltimore Convention Center). HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE

Imaggeo on Mondays: The Grand Canyon and celebrating Earth Science Week 

Today marks the start of Earth Science Week – a yearly international event which aims to help the public gain a better understanding and appreciation for the Earth Sciences. The event is promoted by the American Geosciences Institute and the Geological Society of London, amongst others, so be sure to head to their websites to find out more. Our Imaggeo on Monday’s image celebrates Earth Science Week too, as well as the General Assembly 2015 conference theme, A Voyage Through Scales! This [...]

Landslides caused by beavers 

In Switzerland on Monday the A1 motorway was closed by a landslide triggered by busy