Blogs in motion
The Scienceseeker blog aggregator aims to act as a general portal for all science blogging, everywhere. It has a Geoscience section which is obviously still lacking a fair number of the geoblogs out there; I have submitted the blogs on the allgeo feed to be added to the database, but it may take a while as they run through the backlog of a deluge of submissions in the last week.
Earthquakes and Volcanos
- Impressive photos of aftermath of April 2010 Mexicali Earthquake – damage, triggered landslides.
http://earthly-musings.blogspot.com/2011/01/amazing-photos-of-april-4-2010.html
The photos remind me of this video of the Sierra Mayor mountains just after quake:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeB-e3yBIho - Some close-up photos of volcanic ash from Eyjafjallajokull, scourge of Transatlantic jet engines.
http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/?p=474
Floods and Landslides
- Some very dramatic shots of floods around the globe from the Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/jan/18/flooding
(via @rivrchik, @EcoInternet)
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Brazil
- Mudslides and floods have killed 787 people (with ~400 still missing), making this the deadliest natural disaster in Brazil since 1900.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hjKFFEBd5Tj5CuE48ZBMyEJ3qVqQ?docId=5719242 - Landslides in Brazil: Some nice views of the scarps, flood deposits, and devastation from Boston Globe’s @big_picture.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/01/landslides_in_brazil.html - A discussion of the economic roots of the Brazilian disaster, making the case for reducing income inequality and better hazard mapping/land-use planning
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Green-Economics/2011/0121/Adapting-to-natural-disaster-risk-the-case-of-Brazil-s-flood - "Earth is cloudy. Especially in the tropics." Why there’s not (yet) any satellite imagery of the Brazilian floods.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/01/20/the-challenges-of-picturing-floods/?src=elegantfigures-rss
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US West Coast
- Lockwood Dewitt adds his perspective on floods in Oregon and elsewhere \n-water.html
http://outsidetheinterzone.blogspot.com/2011/01/lot - Brian Romans contributes a post the the QUEST blog: Rivers in the Sky Lead to Flooding on the Ground
http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2011/01/20/rivers-in-the-sky/
(via @clasticdetritus)
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Australia
- Before and after Brisbane flooding pictures
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/qld-floods/beforeafter.htm
(via @clasticdetritus) - A satellite instrument that can measure water in soil and may help with future flood warnings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12206639
(Paleo)climate
- Arctic sea ice declining faster than models predict from RealClimate’s annual ‘how is reality doing compared to climate model predictions?’ piece.
http://yfrog.com/h0vx9
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2011/01/2010-updates-to-model-data-comparisons/
(via @clasticdetritus) - Corals migrate to higher latitudes in response to climate change. Can’t run away from ocean acidification though. Another important caveat from @rmacpherson: this assumes there is a suitable substrate for new coral to grow on.
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110121/full/news.2011.33.html
Planets
- Post-publication peer review in action: ‘habitable exoplanet’ claim attracts the nit-picky scientific horde
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/01/gliese-581g-questioned/ - This is going to be good: Stardust probe preparing to fly by comet Tempel 1 (the one Deep Impact…impacted) next month
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002884/
Fossils
- The "all stars" of Phanerozoic marine predators, summarized in a beautiful timeline from the Smithsonian:
http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-over-time/top-predators-timeline
(via @Ichnologist) - Take-home: distinguishing species from bones difficult. Triceratops may not be Torosaurus after all
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/01/triceratops-may-not-be-torosau.html
Environmental
- Death by 1000 cuts:Hypocentre highlights a major setback for UK Geo- and Bioconservation due to a quiet change in some funding rules.
http://hypocentral.com/blog/2011/01/21/major-setback-for-uk-geo-and-bioconservation/ - Even if we fully commit to it, transitioning from coal & oil to renewable energy will be a formidable challenge.
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/green_energys_big_challenge__the_daunting_task_of_scaling_up_/2362/
General Geology
- Great post on a fundamental geological concept: L is for Lithosphere
http://georneys.blogspot.com/2011/01/geology-word-of-week-l-is-for.html - be sure to download the EarthObserver app for iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch while it’s free #scio11
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/earthobserver/id405514799?mt=8
(via @jackiefloyd) - Pretty geo-pictures: From the ground,
http://geofroth.posterous.com/yawn
From the air,
http://iapetancaptain.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/aerial-pictures/
From a fold axis!
http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2011/01/21/friday-fold-scenes-from-new-55/ - Awesome. Alaskan Surfers Riding catch the tidal bore – for 45 minutes! (video)
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2011/01/alaska-long-surfing/
Interesting Miscellaney
- To honor victims of Tucson tragedy, fund leadership in Earth & space sciences, engineering & policy.
http://www.gabriellegiffordsleadershipfund.org/
(via @geographile, @AlanMLadwig) - The Myth of Progress: Why rich countries’ disasters get far more media play than poor countries’
http://www.dark-mountain.net/wordpress/2011/01/12/small-flood-in-sri-lanka-no-white-people-dead/
(via @geographicalmag) - Fix The System, Not The Women – summary from Science Careers for women in science –
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_01_21/science.opms.r1100099
(via @AtheneDonald) - For those interested in the issues around discussion of published research online, the ‘Trial by Twitter’ article in Nature is definitely worth reading
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110119/full/469286a.html
(via @clasticdetritus) - Possibly of interest to people at the ‘Technology in the Wild’ session at ScienceOnline: Project HiJack uses iPhone audio jack to make cheap sensors
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/01/project-hijack-uses-iphone-audio-jack-to-make-cheap-sensors.ars - A resource for participatory science projects:
http://scienceforcitizens.net - James Cameron building a sub to return to Challenger Deep (includes an interesting account of original dive).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/18/james-cameron-dives-deep-avatar
(via @claireainsworth)
ScienceOnline metabloggery
Unsurprisingly, this week has seen lots of summaries, reflections, and new conversations inspired by the ScienceOnline conference. Even Chris could not resist the siren call of navel-gazing.
- Ed Yong provides great advice on reaching beyond natural sciblogging audience. He also sets out why he ‘keeps yammering on about writing for broad audiences’.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/01/18/are-science-blogs-stuck-in-an-echo-chamber-chamber-chamber/
http://edyong.posterous.com/broad-vs-narrow - Two good write-ups of the Women in the Science Blogosphere panel at ScienceOnline 2011, which Anne co-moderated with Kate Clancy, Sheril Kirshenbaum, and Joanne Manaster
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=woman-science-bloggers-discuss-pros-2011-01-18
http://professorkateclancy.blogspot.com/2011/01/science-online-2011-even-when-we-want.html - Good advice for tenure-track bloggers from @drskyskull : "Blogging on the career path" at ScienceOnline 2011:
http://wp.me/p6nGL-1eS - Blogging with the Invisible Community – and Why It Matters
http://glyon.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/blogging-with-the-invisible-community-and-why-it-matters/
(via @Colo_kea, @BoraZ)
Nice plan for content warnings on Mastodon and the Fediverse. Now you need a Mastodon/Fediverse button on this blog.