{"id":3608,"date":"2010-03-28T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/03\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-10\/"},"modified":"2010-03-28T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T11:00:00","slug":"stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/03\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff I linked to on Twitter last week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/span>Another week’s worth of interesting links I shared via Twitter<\/a>
\nBlog Post by @brianshiro<\/a> – Earth and Space 2010 [great write-up of what sounds like an interesting conference]
\nhttp:\/\/www.astronautforhire.com\/2010\/03\/earth-and-space-2010.html<\/a>
\nActive reading techniques to improve understanding & retention [how to read sci papers effectively]
\nhttp:\/\/a-life-long-scholar.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/active-reading-techniques-to-improve.html<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)
\nRelative relatives [how do you accurately describe evolutionary relationships to a layman?]
\nhttp:\/\/archosaurmusings.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/27\/relative-relatives\/<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)
\nIcelandic eruption from space [shows lava flowing along drainage to east of lava fountains]
\nhttp:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/eruptions\/2010\/03\/icelandic_eruption_from_space.php<\/a>
\nPlans to drill into Antarctic sub-ice lakes, including Vostok, are well underway it seems
\nhttp:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100324\/full\/464472b.html<\/a>
\nMagnetotactic bacteria FTW! : Bacteria build a mini-pyramid
\nhttp:\/\/blogs.sundaymercury.net\/weirdscience\/2010\/03\/bacteria-build-a-mini-pyramid.html<\/a>
\n(via @ScienceSoWhat<\/a>)
\nHow small planets can have self-sustaining magnetic fields [inc. poss. asteroid Vesta! Only short lived ones of course]
\nhttp:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news188753199.html<\/a>
\nHow China overtook the US in renewable energy [with data on global clean energy spending\/usage]
\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/news\/datablog\/2010\/mar\/25\/china-renewable-energy-pew-research<\/a>
\n(via @guardianscience<\/a>)
\nTelegraph Reports, "Oil Reserves ‘Exaggerated by 1\/3’" An Analysis and Some Charts–Going In Depth
\nhttp:\/\/www.theoildrum.com\/node\/6324<\/a>
\n(via @TheOilDrum<\/a>)
\nJapan creates elastic alloy to make earthquake-proof buildings. [if it works, lets hope its cheap-ish]
\nhttp:\/\/www.inhabitat.com\/2010\/03\/23\/elastic-iron-alloy-could-be-used-to-make-earthquake-proof-buildings\/<\/a>
\n(via @geology4u<\/a>)
\nHaiti, After the Quake [Interview with medic who has been on the ground in Port-au-Prince]
\nhttp:\/\/news.discovery.com\/earth\/haiti-after-the-quake.html<\/a>
\n(via @RonsGeoPicks<\/a>)
\nIsland disputed by India and Bangladesh sinks below waves [Anyone else instantly think of Jingo?]
\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/cif-green\/2010\/mar\/24\/india-bangladesh-sea-levels<\/a>
\n(via @guardianscience<\/a>)
\n6 Ways We’re Already Geoengineering Earth [yes, it counts even when its unintended]http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/03\/geoengineering-gallery\/<\/a>
\n(via @highlyanne<\/a>, @ScienceSoWhat<\/a>)
\nStrain Is Accumulating On Istanbul
\nhttp:\/\/suvratk.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/strain-is-accumulating-on-istanbul.html<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)
\nExtreme palaeontology! How to collect a skeleton from cliff face with 200 m of sandstone as overburden
\nhttp:\/\/archosaurmusings.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/24\/guest-post-how-to-collect-a-skeleton-from-a-cliff-face-with-200-meters-of-sandstone-as-overburden\/<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)
\nWhen are freak weather events considered normal? How the unusual are becoming the expected:
\nhttp:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/local\/stories\/2010\/03\/24\/2854603.htm<\/a>
\n(via @geographile<\/a>, @BraveNewClimate<\/a>)
\nMore impressive "curtain of fire" movies from Iceland eruption: [night shots towards end]
\nhttp:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/earth\/earthvideo\/7500544\/Active-Icelandic-volcano-new-pictures.html<\/a>
\n(via @CPPGeophysics<\/a>)
\nMississippi River looking mighty indeed outside Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory today:
\nhttp:\/\/mediamill.cla.umn.edu\/mediamill\/embed\/64513<\/a>
\n(via @stcNCED<\/a>)
\nI am out-geeked. What is the tensile strength of rock and roll? (from @geographile<\/a>)
\nhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/bw6SXk<\/a>
\n(via @callanbentley @stressrelated<\/a>, @geographile<\/a>)
\nMore detail on possiblity of Eyjafjallaj\\u00f6kull eruption triggering Katla – has happened before, 3 times in 1100 years
\nhttp:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn18690-iceland-waits-for-volcanic-shoe-to-drop.html<\/a>
\nChileans’ quake knowledge saved thousands of lives [that, plus 30 seconds before most intense shaking]
\nhttp:\/\/www.newsdaily.com\/stories\/tre62i4ao-us-quake-chile-knowledge\/<\/a>
\nHow dinosaurs rose to prominence: early Atlantic rift volcanism linked to end-Triassic mass extinction
\nhttp:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/03\/100322153947.htm<\/a>
\nEarth’s rivers from space
\nhttp:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/03\/gallery-rivers\/<\/a>
\n(via @clasticdetritus<\/a>)
\nEarthquakes, urbanization & fatalities [nice plot of fatalities vs quake magnitude – sadly, Haiti an outlier]
\nhttp:\/\/shakingearth.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/earthquakes-urbanization-and-fatalities.html<\/a>
\nPerry Mason & the climate change deniers Great post on confusion over criminal vs scientific standards of evidence.
\nhttp:\/\/resourceinsights.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/perry-mason-and-climate-change-deniers.html<\/a>
\nWeathering the Grenvillian landscape [outcrop photos of Neoproterozoic rift sediments]
\nhttp:\/\/mountainbeltway.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/21\/transect-debrief-2-weathering-the-grenvillian-landscape\/<\/a>
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another week’s worth of interesting links I shared via Twitter
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