Earthquakes
- 67 Killed, 100,000 Displaced by Yunnan Quakes – China Digital Times:
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/09/64-killed-100000-displaced-by-yunnan-quakes/#.UEo2Ud69GfE.twitter
(via @CPPGeophysics) - Quake location matters: 40km deep M7.6 kills 1 in Costa Rica: 9km deep M5.6 kills 80 in China
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/07/costa-rica-escapes-major-damage-after-most-severe-earthquake-in-two-decades/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19527695 - Photos from Costa Rica post-quake.
http://imgur.com/a/fq7oJhttp://teletica.cloudapp.net/galerias/
(via @volcanojw, @drrocks1982) - Good discussion of the criteria used when generating a tsunami warning.
http://www.geologyinmotion.com/2012/09/earthquake-and-possible-tsunami-near.html
(via @Geoblogfeed)
Volcanoes
- 2011 Tohoku quake has increased pressure in Mt Fuji’s magma chamber. Actual risk from this murky (and probably minimal).
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-06/mount-fuji-under-pressure-after-2011-quake/4247160
(via @EuroGeosciences)
Water
- Exploring London’s urban hydrology with @jfleck: Two things we do with water
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2012/09/two-things-we-do-with-water/ - As always, an excellent reading list on Hydraulically Inclinded: Photos of Hurricane Isaac
http://ayresriverblog.com/2012/09/04/a-few-good-reads-9412-photos-of-hurricane-isaac/
(via @DustyWRobinson) - Cookbook Recipes for Stream Restoration – Buyer Beware
http://troutheadwaters.com/clubecoblu/?p=685
(via @geographile, @troutheadwaters) - It’s getting steadily worse on the dry Mississippi. Barge operator: ‘We’re fixing to get panic-stricken’ …
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mississippi-river-20120902,0,6051251.story
(via @billmckibben)
(Paleo)climate
- Latest on Arctic ice melting from Svalbard – ‘Unprecedented’ in at least last 1500 yrs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19508906
(via @NatureGeosci) - An interesting visualisation of the decline: Cycle plots of Arctic sea ice
http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2012/09/cycle-plots-of-sea-ice-area-and-extent.html
(via @callanbentley) - Shale gas produces less CO2 than coal. But it’s not an either/or thing, so overall effect on emissions blunted.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/09/fracking-good-environment - Great visualisation of hurricane paths on planet Earth.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120904.html
(via @ProfAbelMendez) - Chris probably found this funnier than he should have : Weatherperson goes rogue!
(via @kate_sheppard)
Environmental
- Hurricane Isaac appears to have dredged up oil from Deepwater Horizon spill, washed it onto Louisiana beaches. Highlights just how cosmetic the ‘clean-up’ from a major oil spill is: much of it remains, just out of sight
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/07/issac-tar-balls-bp-oil-spill - Likely Japan will settle on 15% nuclear by 2030. (30% pre-Fukushima, <<15%? right now)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-06/japan-to-reduce-nuclear-power-to-below-15-by-2030-kyodo-says.html
(via @geolsoc, @PlanktonMath) - White roofs can combat Urban Heat Islands, but not w/o impacting regional hydroclimate by decreasing precipitation
https://asunews.asu.edu/20120907_urbanheat_tradeoffs
(via @rivrchik)
Fossils
- “The past keeps getting cooler!” XKCD on feathered dinosaurs.
http://xkcd.com/1104/
(via @Laelaps)
General Geology
- For those worried about the threat of the Siccar Point pipeline, here are the actual planning and consultation documents
http://eplanning.scotborders.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=M7M1C3NT02Q00
Probably the most important documents are the map of the proposed route and the advice from Scottish Natural Heritage. - A Statement from the Geological Society on the Siccar Point brouhaha:
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/policy/policy_statements/page12181.html
(via @Protohedgehog) - The science of magnetic reversals at the British Science Festival.
http://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/2012/09/06/flippin-earth/
(via @geolsoc) - Anne *REALLY* likes this Geological Society of America (@geosociety) Code of Conduct
http://www.geosociety.org/aboutus/ConductCode.htm Beautiful photos of Iceland’s water and volcanoes - XKCD: What would the world be like if the land masses were rotated by an angle of 90 degrees?
http://what-if.xkcd.com/10/
(via @edyong209, @TomChivers) - Great post from @danigeos on GK Gilbert, Lk Bonneville, Isostasy & principles of geology
http://retosterricolas.blogspot.com/2012/09/see-lithosphere-moving-up-and-down.html
(via @clasticdetritus)
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/05/iceland/haarberg-photography
Interesting Miscellaney
- Obama v Romney on top 14 science questions put to them by the public. At least Obama uses less words when he waffles.
http://www.nature.com/news/obama-and-romney-tackle-14-top-science-questions-1.11355 - On a related note: Say wut? “Mitt Romney: I believe in basic science, and by ‘basic science’ I mean ‘cold fusion'”
http://boingboing.net/2012/09/06/179832.html
(via @iamFinch) - Like! : ‘Scholarfy’, a bookmarklet that transfers your Google search to a Google Scholar search
http://www.cam.cornell.edu/~jugander/scholarfy.html
(via @thirstygecko) - Epic, thought-provoking discussion of how race defines and constrains Obama’s presidency.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/?single_page=true - Cambridge physics profs are obsessed with experimental error; but not many get to talk about it (well) in the Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/p/3a82j/tf - 98 year-old message in a bottle found. Fortunately, no rescue mission was required.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19422354 - This is a thought provoking article on student silence:
http://chronicle.com/article/Whats-the-Problem-With-Quiet/124258/ - Good stuff. So you got a job with your prof: advice for undergrads
http://profsnarky.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/so-you-got-a-job-with-your-prof-advice-for-undergrads/
(via @aetiology, @JenLucPiquant, @ProfSnarky) - Biography of Sarah Losh, Enlightment architect inspired by nature, sounds worth a read. [paywall link to review]
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7414/full/489029a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20120906
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