{"id":3593,"date":"2010-02-14T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/02\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-8\/"},"modified":"2010-02-14T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-14T10:30:00","slug":"stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/02\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff I linked to on Twitter last week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/span>For more geo-link goodness, head over to Lockwood’s for the Flash Accretionary Wedge<\/a> – you can suggest your own recent geological favourites whilst you’re there.
\nDemo of augmented reality maps – I can see some really cool possible geology applications for AR…
\nhttp:\/\/on.ted.com\/88OU<\/a>
\n(via @tedtalks<\/a>)
\nBeautiful crenulated metasediments:
\nPlane light – http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65726513@N00\/3967698299\/in\/photostream\/<\/a>
\nPolarized light – http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65726513@N00\/3968476812\/<\/a>
\n(via @callanbentley<\/a>)
\nProposals to extend geological timescale back beyond formation of Earth. Defining GSSP will be fun!
\nhttp:\/\/www.economist.com\/world\/international\/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15207606<\/a>
\n(via @bobreturns<\/a>)
\nA "history" of the climate wars, written from the vantage point of the future by Spencer Weart: by Excellent
\nhttp:\/\/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/12\/a-historian-looks-back-at-the-climate-fight\/<\/a>
\n(via @BoraZ<\/a>, @Revkin<\/a>)
\nEasterbrook on the quality of #climate science code ?p=1388
\nhttp:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/?p=1388<\/a>
\n(via @thirstygecko<\/a>, @scottstgeorge<\/a>)
\nMaps of global fatal landslides
\nhttp:\/\/daveslandslideblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/maps-of-global-fatal-landslides.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)
\nHawaii Lava Flows – ASTER Image Gallery [satellite thermal images of lava entering sea]
\nhttp:\/\/redux.com\/f\/993571\/Hawaii-Lava-Flows-ASTER-Image-Gallery<\/a>
\n(via @geographile<\/a>, @Marscryovolc<\/a>)
\nWaves from California collapse ice shelves in Antarctica? ["infragravity waves"? How Dr. Evil.]
\nhttp:\/\/scrippsnews.ucsd.edu\/Releases\/?releaseID=1046&pass=862808<\/a>
\n(via @carlzimmer<\/a>)
\nVideo: Saturn’s auroras captured by Hubble space telescope
\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/science\/video\/2010\/feb\/11\/hubble-space-telescope-saturn-auroras<\/a>
\n(via @guardianscience<\/a>)
\nEdiacaran oceans v chemically stratified & dynamic Based on Doushantuo in S China; but is it representative?
\nhttp:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2010-02\/uoc–npo020810.php<\/a>
\nSparks fly in Sakura-jima eruption [wow – lava fountains with added lightning!]
\nhttp:\/\/volcanism.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/11\/sparks-fly-in-sakura-jima-eruption\/<\/a>
\n(via @volcanismblog<\/a>)
\nFinding a Secret Map to Erosion [cosmogenic isotope levels in sed -> timescale of erosion. Cool!]
\nhttp:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmpr\/?Page=News&storyID=16008<\/a>
\n(via @RonsGeoPicks<\/a>)
\nExcellent piece on macroeconomics of climate policy. The "invisible hand" seen without clothes: by
\nhttp:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-02-10-economics-cage-match-stavins-minimalism-houser-full-court-press\/<\/a>
\n(via @ericmjohnson<\/a>, @drgrist<\/a>)
\nPeople vs. the Rover [cool N Mexico volcanic outcrops, thoughts on limitations of robot geologists]
\nhttp:\/\/www.iapetusbeat.com\/2010\/02\/people-vs-rover-and-some-new-mexican.html<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)
\nHaiti as a Metaphor Haiti eq "surprise" despite warnings, other looming earth\/environmental disasters may be same?
\nhttp:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/earthandmind\/posts\/haitimetaphor.html<\/a>
\nAre we running out of materials? Once again, economists claim civilisation can break The Physical Laws of the Universe<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/timesonline.typepad.com\/science\/2010\/02\/out-of-this-world-are-we-running-out-of-materials.html<\/a>
\n(via @TimesScience<\/a>, )
\nUsing Earthquakes & Magma Viscosity to Predict Eruptions? More viscous->longer ‘run-up’
\nhttp:\/\/geology.com\/press-release\/forecasting-volcanoes\/<\/a>
\n(via @geographile<\/a>, @GeologyDotCom<\/a>)
\nBird-from-dinosaur theory of evolution challenged
\nhttp:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/02\/100209183335.htm<\/a>
\nMore than the view of one scientist? Perhaps not <\/a>
\nFuture earthquake risk in Haiti Nice interpreted SAR image. Rupture didn’t break surface, significant thrust component.
\nhttp:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/02\/100209152237.htm<\/a>
\nA TREE RING RECORD FROM DEEP SEA OFF OF ANTARCTICA Wow, 1"\/year deposition rate, seasonal banding.
\nhttp:\/\/joidesresolution.org\/node\/1098<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)
\n[Lots and lots of!] Dust over Iran
\nhttp:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/NaturalHazards\/view.php<\/a>
\n(via @NASA_EO<\/a>)
\nFabulous! : Soufriere Hills puts on night-time pyroclastic flow show
\nhttp:\/\/www.swisseduc.ch\/stromboli\/perm\/montserrat\/pyroclastic-night-en.html<\/a>
\n(via @volcanismblog<\/a>)
\nWired: Stunningly Preserved 165-Million-Year Old Spider Fossil from China ‘Stunning’ well earned in this case.
\nhttp:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/02\/spider-fossil\/<\/a>
\nUK spring: 1976-2000, timing of reproduction and population growth >11 days earlier, change accelerating
\nhttp:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2010-02\/cfe-wes020510.php<\/a>
\nTechno-Archaeology Rescues Climate Data from Early Satellites – might extend sea ice record back to 60s.
\nhttp:\/\/nsidc.org\/monthlyhighlights\/january2010.html<\/a>
\n(via @Eaterofsun<\/a>)
\nBlood iPhones? [or, more specifically, blood tantalite\/niobite]
\nhttp:\/\/lablemminglounge.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/blood-iphones.html<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)
\nDefusing the Methane Timebomb methane munching bacteria may eat results of clathrate breakdown.
\nhttp:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=defusing-the-methane-time-bomb<\/a>
\n(via @Eaterofsun<\/a>, @Mims<\/a>)
\nHmmm. A new addition to my excursion list? : Laacher See: The caldera in the middle of Europe
\nhttp:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/eruptions\/2010\/02\/laacher_see_the_caldera_in_the.php<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)
\nTafoni Occurs In Basalts Too [Tafoni=ellipsoidal weathering features, but I’m sure you knew that]
\nhttp:\/\/suvratk.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/tafoni-occurs-in-basalts-too.html<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)
\nDrought in SW Australia linked to increased snowfall in Antarctica A "precipitation see-saw"
\nhttp:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news184771509.html<\/a>
\nNice interview: Lamont Seismologist answers question on #Haiti #earthquake
\nhttp:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news184488365.html<\/a>
\nNew paper lists quakes that have caused most ground shaking. High magnitude does not always -> most shaking, damage.
\nhttp:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/02\/100205102550.htm<\/a>
\nA Landscape Created by the Earthquake of 1700, Washington State.
\nhttp:\/\/washingtonlandscape.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/washington-state-coast-is-located-along.html<\/a>
\n(via @RonsGeoPicks<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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