This fossil appears to be a Bicidiocrinus wetherbyi (Wachsmuth and Springer, 1886). It was found in the Glen Dean formation of Grayson County, Kentucky USA. The fossil dates to the Mississippian Period. Thanks to Kenny for the images. ...

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I highlighted yesterday that Ecuador is being very significantly affected by landslides triggered by high levels of rainfall at the moment. A good example occurred on 30 March 2025 close to Chanazana in Nabón. I have not pinned down the precise location of this event as yet, but it in the general vicinity of [-3.341, -79.051]. It is reported to be at Gonzapamba, but this place does not appear on the maps that I have available.

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This has been the week for Humpback whales visiting the eastern shores of Vancouver Island. These lovelies are, Megaptera novaeangliae, a species of baleen whale for whom I hold a special place in my heart. Baleens are toothless whales who ...

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Abundant rain in Queensland overfilled rivers, flooded towns, and submerged livestock grazing lands. Read More......

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The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), one of the most critical climate spending programs in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), has come under significant fire from the Trump administration. In the span of twenty days, EPA has blocked GGRF awardees from accessing their grant accounts, made baseless accusations of program-wide fraud, and taken the extraordinary step of terminating $20 billion in National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF) and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA) grants. The awardees have pushed back, challenging EPA's actions in court. They scored an early victory last month, with the court issuing a temporary restraining order to prevent EPA from giving effect to its grant terminations, but there is still a long way to go in the litigation.

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The deep-sea mining world was thrown a curveball last week when, as the spring session of the International Seabed Authority came to a close, the Metals Company, one of several commercial ventures seeking permission to mine polymetallic nodules in th...

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Coal-fired power plants in India--responsible for generating 73.4% of the country's electricity--are bad for the country's wheat. A new study shows that nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emitted from the plants can affect agricultural productivity on farms up to 100 kilometers away and reduce crop yields for wheat and rice in particular.

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Most people spend a lot of time and effort making their presentation engaging and impactful, but how much time do you spend making sure it is accessible!? An accessible presentation takes into account the diverse backgrounds and abilities of the audience, to support a better understanding of the message and information you are trying to share. This is particularly important for scientific research, where presenters need to be confident that their research is being communicated in a manner that is both scientifically sound and accessible; regardless of the barriers that will naturally exist, be they language, cultural or a disability. 

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All eyes are on the horrible consequences of the Myanmar Earthquake right now. Let's hope that on the long term, this event helps us to be better prepared for large earthquakes elsewhere. Meanwhile, lots of interesting papers have been published, among them many that deal with seismic hazard and cascading effects and actually also one on Myanmar (Sethanant et al., 2025). Let us know in the comments of there's something missing. 

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These pictures show a Petalodus (Hall, 1858) shark tooth fossil. They were found in the Glen Dean Formation of Grayson County, Kentucky USA. The fossils date to the Mississippian Period. Thanks to Kenny for the images....

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The region's ice extent on March 1 tied for the second-lowest minimum observed in the satellite record. Read More......

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Stemec suntokum, a Fossil Plopterid from Sooke, BCWe all love the idea of discovering a new species--especially a fossil species lost to time. As romantic as it sounds, it happens more often than you think. I can think of more than a dozen...

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Screen capture from about 1:30 PM Hawaiian local time on April 1, 2025 If you have not been watching the live WebCam from the Kilauea volcano, check it out here. Spectacular fountaining going on.HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY STATUS REPORTU.S. Geologi...

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Our Power, Our Planet is the theme of Earth Day 2025, and it invites the world to join together in support of renewable energy....

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In an open letter to the American people, more than 1,900 scientists sent an "SOS" that the Trump administration's actions have "decimated" the nation's scientific enterprise and censored scientific work. "We see real danger in this moment," the scientists wrote.

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Rivers join downstream, flow downhill, and eventually meet an ocean or terminal lake: These are fundamental rules of how waterways and basins are supposed to work. But rules are made to be broken. Sowby and Siegel lay out nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations.

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This month's open thread for climate topics. Please try to stay focused on climate instead of generic (and tedious) political sniping.

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Ever since the election of Donald (Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho) Trump as President of the United States, climate denial has been in overdrive, and the intellectual honesty of its purveyors, in the toilet. Case in point: Steve Milloy ...

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Mount Rainier to become spaceport Mountain renamed Mount Bezos A top-secret development on Mount Rainier came out in the open this morning. There was widespread surprise and excitement when people in Tacoma and Seattle saw a rocket was launched from ...

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Depictions of the seafloor derived from satellite data can improve underwater navigation and increase knowledge of how heat and life move around the world's ocean. Read More......

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Wooster Earth Scientists traveled to Erie PA to attend the joint Northeast /North-Central Geological Society of America for a weekend of geology talks, posters and fieldtrips.

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Contributed by Dean Wrobel, GSA Graduate Student Research Grant Recipient

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Therizinosauria is a group of unusual theropod dinosaurs known from Cretaceous deposits in Asia and North America. The clade exhibits unique features, including lanceolate teeth, a rostral rhamphotheca, and a broad, opisthopubic pelvis. Some of those characteristics are associated with a shift in dietary preferences and an adaptation to herbivory. But the most striking feature, as exemplified by the large-bodied Therizinosaurus from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, is the presence of tridactyl (three-fingered) hands with three large claw-like unguals.

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In late February, delegates from more than 190 countries met in Hangzhou, China to make preliminary decisions about the timing and content of the seventh assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The Trump administration barred U.S. delegates from attending the February meeting, one step among many the president has taken to abandon America's global leadership on climate change.

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Continuing on our journey, we visited the shrine and former home of Bangladeshi cultural icons, continued our interviews, and boarded a boat to take us to the embanked islands known as polders....

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