{"id":3539,"date":"2009-10-18T14:31:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T14:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2009\/10\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-4\/"},"modified":"2009-10-18T14:31:19","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T14:31:19","slug":"stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2009\/10\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff I linked to on Twitter last week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/span>More interesting links that I’ve shared via Twitter<\/a> over the past seven days.
\nVolcanic cone-ilicious! : Marion Island, South Africa.
\nhttp:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=40806<\/a>
\n(via @EarthObser<\/a>)
\nBreak out the stickyback plastic! : Build a high resolution spectrograph in 15 minutes.
\nhttp:\/\/sci-toys.com\/scitoys\/scitoys\/light\/spectrograph\/spectrograph.html<\/a>
\n(via @BoraZ<\/a>, @sqfield<\/a>)
\nHere’s what sea ice looks like from 20,000 ft from flight over Antarctica.
\nhttp:\/\/twitpic.com\/lvtxg<\/a>
\n(via @geogirldi<\/a>, @mihaela4021<\/a>, @NASA<\/a>, @IceBridge<\/a>)
\nLCROSS mission just posted new update: & images: But, no word on H2O detection.
\nhttp:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/LCROSS\/main\/LCROSS_impact.html<\/a> ,http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/LCROSS\/main\/LCROSS_impact_images.html<\/a>
\n(via @elakdawalla<\/a>)
\nMake sure to check out the animation : Cassini and IBEX results indicate heliosphere is a big bubble
\nhttp:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/cassinifeatures\/newsrelease20091015\/<\/a>
\n(via @CassiniSaturn<\/a>)
\nCool webcam pictures from the ongoing eruption of Chaiten
\nhttp:\/\/volcanism.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/15\/the-view-from-chaiten-15-october-2009\/<\/a>
\nHmm. No real evidence for this so far : giant impact near India – not Mexico – may have doomed dinosaurs.
\nhttp:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news174827113.html<\/a>
\n(via @physorg_com<\/a>)
\nA reminder that analogies can be stretched too far: important physical diffs between lava lamps and mantle convection.
\nhttp:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news174764751.html<\/a>
\nFascinating eyewitness account of 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
\nhttp:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/stressrelated\/2009\/10\/the_great_california_shake_out.php<\/a>
\n(via @stressrelated<\/a>)
\nVideo: Changes in Arctic sea ice coverage from 1978 to 2008.
\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/video\/2009\/oct\/14\/arctic-sea-ice-coverage<\/a>
\n(via @guardianscience<\/a>)
\nCheck out this awesome photo compilation of erupting volcanoes.
\nhttp:\/\/pixdaus.com\/?sort=tag&tag=volcano<\/a>
\n(via @clasticdetritus<\/a>)
\nSatellite imagery of tsunamI damage to Samoan coast :
\nhttp:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/NaturalHazards\/view.php?id=40745<\/a>
\nVery nice, polished piece by on physicists who go out on a limb as climate skeptics
\nhttp:\/\/arthur.shumwaysmith.com\/life\/content\/the_arrogance_of_physicists<\/a>
\n(via @mtobis<\/a>, @arthursmith<\/a>)
\nSolid evidence of paleo-lakes on Mars! >3 billion years old though, before you get too excited.
\nhttp:\/\/www.dailygalaxy.com\/my_weblog\/2009\/10\/the-paleolakes-of-mars-are-fossil-fish-next.html<\/a>
\n(via @geologynews<\/a>)
\nScientists seek truth on oil sands damage. "academic community has been pretty quiet" so far, it seems.
\nhttp:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/scientists-seek-truth-on-oil-sands-damage\/article1319806\/<\/a>
\n(via @geology4u<\/a>)
\nMorphological differences between juvenile, adult dinosaurs might mean 1\/3 of species ‘do not exist’.
\nhttp:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news174634964.html<\/a>
\n(via @physorg_com<\/a>)
\nAwesome! Saturnian aurora!
\nhttp:\/\/planetary.org\/blog\/article\/00002162\/<\/a>, longer animation http:\/\/planetary.s3.amazonaws.com\/cassini\/saturn_aurora_cassini_astro0.gif<\/a>
\n(via @elakdawalla<\/a>)
\nLiterally Doomed. I think poor writing is due to not enough reading: you learn by exposure to good writing.
\nhttp:\/\/science-professor.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/literally-doomed.html<\/a>
\nUK cities need portfolio of measures that minimize impact of climate change while allowing for growth
\nhttp:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news174576543.html<\/a>
\nWANT! Is this the coolest space exploration poster ever made?
\nhttp:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamcrowe\/4002050596\/sizes\/o\/<\/a>
\n(via @NatureNews<\/a>, @DrStuClark<\/a>, @ScienceSoWhat<\/a>)
\nAirships set for Arctic’s heavy lifting
\nhttp:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/entertainment\/Airships+Arctic+heavy+lifting\/2084159\/story.html<\/a>
\nMeltwater, patterned ground, debris flow levees and more on 0.5 km asteroid:
\nhttp:\/\/www.psi.edu\/pgwg\/images\/oct09image.html<\/a>
\n(via @aboutgeology<\/a>)
\nKiller earthquakes shake scientific thought Could EQ cycles at diff plate boundary segments move into phase somehow?
\nhttp:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news174481366.html<\/a>
\nResearch offers hope for oxygen, life in Europa’s oceans Based on chemistry of ice upwelling into surface cracks…
\nhttp:\/\/arizonageology.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/ua-research-offers-hope-for-oxygen-life.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More interesting links that I’ve shared via Twitter over the past seven days. Volcanic cone-ilicious! : Marion Island, South Africa. http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=40806 (via @EarthObser) Break out the stickyback plastic! : Build a high resolution spectrograph in 15 minutes. http:\/\/sci-toys.com\/scitoys\/scitoys\/light\/spectrograph\/spectrograph.html (via @BoraZ, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}