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What We All Think We Know: Myths and Misconceptions about California and Earthquakes for the Day of the Great Shake-Out!

Geotripper | 17 October, 2024
Today is the Great Shake-Out in California: At 10:17 AM, around 10.5 MILLION people will participate in a statewide earthquake drill. This is also the 35th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake that caused so much damage in the San Francisco Ba...
Categories: California earthquake probabilities; California earthquakes; earthquake misconceptions; earthquake myths; Great California Shake Out; San Andreas fault;

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Celebrates 75 Years of Geosciences

State of the Planet | 17 October, 2024
Take a look back at historic discoveries from the past seven-and-a-half decades at Lamont....
Categories: Climate; Earth Sciences; climate change; climate science; Lamont 75; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Open House;

Session on archeoseismology at SAHC2025

Paleoseismicity | 17 October, 2024
The 4th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC2025) will take place from 15 - 17 September, 2025, in Lausanne. There will be a session on "New perspectives in Archaeoseismology" (SS-7), chaired by Philippe Garnier. Abstract submission deadline is 20 October, 2024, but likely to be prolonged.
Categories: Meeting; abstract; archeoseismology;

Why did the Road Cross the San Andreas Fault? 22 Years of Geologic Change (a new Update)

Geotripper | 16 October, 2024
2002 I've been leading geology field studies trips to lots of places in the American West for 36 years and started to take digital pictures in 2001. I sometimes struggle to find new things to photograph when I visit a place for the 34th time, but ...
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Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Approached Historic Lows

Sea ice in the Arctic continued a decades-long downward trend in its minimum summer extent, while sea ice around Antarctica saw meager winter growth in 2024. Read More......
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Why I’m Voting for a Multispecies Future

The Nature of Cities | 16 October, 2024
The notion of giving voice to more-than-human communities has long been of interest to artists, activists, and change-makers worldwide. Though still emerging, movements like the rights of nature have increasingly advocated for granting natural entities--rivers, forests, ecosystems--legal standing, akin to the rights given to people or corporations. Over the past several decades, several examples have ... Continue reading Why I'm Voting for a Multispecies Future ??'
Categories: Essay; North America; People & Communities; Biodiversity; Communities; Participation/Democracy;

2024 North Cascade Glacier Climate Project Results-41st year

From a Glaciers Perspective | 16 October, 2024
The winter season of 2023/24 yielded a low snowpack across the North Cascades. Snowpack at six longer Snotel stations was 0.63 m w.e on April 1, vs a 1984-2024 average of 1.02 m. This was the third lowest snowpack of this period, with 2005 and 2015 being lower. The melt season in May and June was cool helping extend the low snowpack at elevations above 1500 m. July rivaled 2015 for the warmest of the last 50 years, quickly melting back the snowpack by the start of August. The end of the melt season was fairly typical with several new snowfalls and periods of heat. The main melt season for the glaciers is June-September and this year the average temperature was 18.3 C, 1.3 C above the long term mean and the fourth year in a row above 18 C. The result was the fourth consecutive year of large glacier mass balance losses. The cumulative impact is glacier recession, thinning, loss of a number of glacier and overall steeper/dirtier ice. We conducted detailed field work on eight glaciers.
Categories: Glacier Observations; North Cascade Glaciers; Featured; North Cascade glaciers;

Upgrade for Member Services System

Planetary Society Weblog | 16 October, 2024
The Planetary Society is upgrading systems that will offer us many new capabilities and features that will enhance your membership experience....
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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Geologic Carbon Sequestration in the United States

Climate Law Blog | 16 October, 2024
Stephen Hui, Pembina Institute.   Geologic carbon sequestration--i.e., the storage of carbon dioxide in underground rock formations--has been the subject of much debate in recent years. Many see it as an important tool for combatting climate chang...
Categories: Cross-cutting Issues; Negative Emissions; carbon sequestration; geologic storage; rock formation;

A Colorful Aurora Paints the Night Sky

A powerful geomagnetic storm caused a display of light that was visible unusually far from Earth's poles. Read More......
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Ichthyocrinus laevis Crinoid Fossil Illustration

 Here are some illustrations of the crinoid fossil Ichthyocrinus laevis (Conrad). The fossil was found in the Rochester shale at Erie County, New York, USA. The fossil dates to the Silurian Period. This fossil is also found in the Lockport Shale....
Categories: calyx; crinoid; grabau; illustrations; new york; rochester shale; silurian;

Facts, Science and Trust

Rocky Planet | 15 October, 2024
Without facts we all agree upon, there can be no science ... and without science, who can we trust?...
Categories: Planet Earth;

Between energy transition and racialised disparities: are we on the right path to energy justice?

EGU Geolog | 15 October, 2024
Navigating the world in a Black or any other non-Caucasian body often means facing systemic disadvantages, marginalization, and discrimination especially in predominantly white spaces. These inequities shape all aspects of life, from accessing healthcare and education to economic opportunities and even access to basic resources like energy. Across the globe, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities are disproportionately affected by environmental and social injustices, including energy poverty. As the world grapples with the dual crises of climate change and several enmeshed forms of inequality, the concept of energy justice has emerged as a crucial part of the conversation due to the need for a fair and inclusive transition to renewable energy.
Categories: Climate; Renewable Energy; Science Communication; climate financing; climate justice; energy transition; just transition; renewable energy;

Navigating Nonprofits: A Summer Internship on Capitol Hill

State of the Planet | 15 October, 2024
Working at a DC-based environmental nonprofit convinced this student to pursue a career in environmental policy....
Categories: Education; Sustainability; education; education news; SDEV Student Spotlight; sustainable development;

Intense, Widespread Drought Grips South America

Insufficient rainfall in 2023-2024 has taken a toll on the region's rivers and groundwater and upended daily life in several countries. Read More......
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A Second Look at Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)!

Geotripper | 14 October, 2024
I had my first look at Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) last night, but my timing sucked, as I didn't locate it until it was close to the horizon and practically lost in the afterglow of the sunset. Tonight I was a bit better prepared, and the co...
Categories: Comet; Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS);

MRGCD Board Approves Abiquiu Storage Deal

Inkstain (John Fleck) | 14 October, 2024
The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District Board this afternoon (Monday Oct. 14, 2024) approved an agreement among the District, the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, and the Bureau of Reclamation for temporary storage of District water in Abiquiu Reservoir on the Rio Chama while El Vado Reservoir is out of comission.
Categories: New Mexico; Ribbons of Green; water;

More “artificial intelligence” idiocy

I asked ChatGPT a very simple question:
Categories: Artificial intelligence; LLM;

Eucalyptocrinus decorus Crinoid Fossil Illustration

 Here are some illustrations of the crinoid fossil Eucalyptocrinus decorus (Phillips). The fossil was found in the Clinton beds at Erie County, New York, USA. The fossil dates to the Silurian Period. This fossil is also found in the Rochester Sha...
Categories: calyx; crinoid; grabau; new york; rochester shale; silurian;

Amplifying Youth Voices in Sustainable Planning

State of the Planet | 14 October, 2024
In this pre-college workshop, students explore the critical role that sustainable development, planning and design play in building community resilience....
Categories: Climate; Education; Sustainability; education; education news; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Pre-College Programs; sustainable development;

Kingsland valley and the shifting streams

Oakland Geology | 14 October, 2024
Kingsland Avenue, in the Maxwell Park neighborhood, is an easy uphill walk that provides the gentle thrill of following a natural feature in the terrain. It curves up a small valley that was once grassland with a wide view, occupied by a seasonal stream. The terrain makes for a most charming arrangement of homes and vistas, ending with a spread of the high hills.
Categories: Oakland geology walks; Oakland streams and water;

Kingsland valley and the shifting streams

Oakland Geology | 14 October, 2024
Kingsland Avenue, in the Maxwell Park neighborhood, is an easy uphill walk that provides the gentle thrill of following a natural feature in the terrain. It curves up a small valley that was once grassland with a wide view, occupied by a seasonal stream. The terrain makes for a most charming arrangement of homes and vistas, ending with a spread of the high hills.
Categories: Oakland geology walks; Oakland streams and water;

Adventures in Time | 14 October, 2024
 Please consider joining Pacific Paleontology and CA State Parks for this fun family fossils walk back in time to the Pliocene Era a few million years into the past.  Free.  https://ranchodeloso.org/events/....
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Europa Clipper launches on its journey to Jupiter’s icy moon

Planetary Society Weblog | 14 October, 2024
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft launched today aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida....
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Visible now! Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

Geotripper | 13 October, 2024
 It's not often that I get to see two astronomical phenomena in the same week, but that's what has happened. The other night was an extraordinary display of the aurora borealis in my part of Central California (and most of the rest of the lower 48 s...
Categories: Comet; Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS); Hale-Bopp; Hyakutake; oort cloud;

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