{"id":3639,"date":"2010-07-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/07\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week\/"},"modified":"2010-07-04T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T11:00:00","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/07\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A\"A<\/span>From this week, you get two link curators for the price of one; a combined list of the more interesting items from both of our Twitter feeds. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Earthquakes<\/h3>\n

Seismologists on trial triggers scientific debate [Mixing up scientific & legal arguments? This will be messy]
\nhttp:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/news\/thegreatbeyond\/2010\/07\/_seismologists_on_trial_trigge.html<\/a>
\n(via @NatureNews<\/a>)
\nItalian seismologists: What should they have said? [Agree with conclusion, but comparison with climate science is just daft]
\nhttp:\/\/www.earthmagazine.org\/earth\/article\/35b-7da-7-1<\/a>
\n(via @RonsGeoPicks<\/a>)
\nMany photos from Haiti after the earthquake (latest of 8 parts)
\nhttp:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/Photo-Essay-Haiti-After-t-by-Mac-McKinney-100627-75.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Volcanoes<\/h3>\n

Volcano porn [Including the best animated GIF ever<\/a> – small version shown below]
\nhttp:\/\/blog.atmospheres.be\/?p=2167<\/a> (H\/T to Adventures in the world of Geology<\/a>)
\n(via @Geoblogfeed<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"volcanic_lightning.gif\"\/
Source: Blog.atmospheres.de<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Rift history & volcanism at continental margins [Ocean rifting is now known to be much more complex than when I was a student!]
\nhttp:\/\/noc.ac.uk\/news\/rift-history-and-volcanism-continental-margins<\/a>
\n(via @NOCnews<\/a>)
\nGen. McChrystal a victim of Eyjafjallaj\\u00f6kull? No flights->boozy layover in Berlin with Rolling Stone reporter.
\nhttp:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/gen-stanley-mcchrystal-icelands-volcano\/story?id=11016455&page=1<\/a><\/p>\n

Fossils<\/h3>\n

Giant dinosaurs used planet to warm their eggs [hot spring incubators. Fascinating]
\nhttp:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2010\/06\/29\/giant-dinosaurs-used-the-planet-to-warm-their-eggs\/<\/a>
\n(by @edyong209<\/a>)
\nFlores ‘hobbits’ weren’t malformed humans [At least, not this month…]
\nhttp:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20627664.500-flores-hobbits-werent-malformed-humans.html<\/a>
\n(via @rowanNS<\/a>)<\/p>\n

(Paleo)Climate<\/h3>\n

Long-term effectiveness of CO2 sequestration may be undermined by leakage http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news196856250.html<\/a>
\n(via @physorg_com<\/a>)
\nMan-made global warming started with ancient hunters [killed grazing mammoths, changed grassland->forest]
\nhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/aaMfsH<\/a>
\n(via @theAGU<\/a>)
\nUS scientist in race to learn from Indonesia’s dying glacier [‘could be gone in 4 or 5 years’]
\nhttp:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news197266012.html<\/a>
\n(via @physorg_com<\/a>)
\nEllesmere Island fossil site sheds light on warming Arctic [High sensitivity to past changes in CO2]
\nhttp:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/technology\/Ellesmere+Island+fossil+site+sheds+light+warming+Arctic\/3210268\/story.html<\/a>
\n(via @geology4u<\/a>)
\n(Anne blogged about a threat to this site<\/a> a few months back. It seems the proposed coal mine was rejected. Huzzah!)<\/p>\n

Environmental<\/h3>\n

UK progress on #climatechange is an illusion [emissions fallen due to recession, not +ve action]
\nhttp:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/articles\/politics\/domestic_politics\/uk+progress+on+green+energy+an+aposillusionapos\/3696182<\/a>
\n(via @channel4news<\/a>)
\nO Water, Water, Wherefore Art Thou Water? impact of climate change on freshwater resources.
\nhttp:\/\/profmandia.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/28\/o-water-water-wherefore-art-thou-water\/<\/a>
\n(via @AGW_Prof<\/a>)
\nRT @argillic: RT @yonatan_yahalom: Seattle Post Intelligencer: Arsenic water killing 1 in 5 exposed in Bangladesh
\nhttp:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/health\/1500ap_as_med_bangladesh_drinking_arsenic.html<\/a>
\n(via @argillic<\/a>, @yonatan_yahalom<\/a>)
\nCutting up Australia. Sell off inefficient national parks: To protect plants, replace conservation parks
\nhttp:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn19124-to-protect-plants-replace-conservation-parks.html<\/a>
\n(via @rivrchik<\/a>, @newscientist<\/a>)
\nHow Asian cities are built will determine the prospects for global carbon emissions http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/16481295?story_id=16481295<\/a>
\n(via @TheEconomist<\/a>)<\/p>\n

General Geology<\/h3>\n

I gave it a good try, but now it’s your turn: Where on (Google)Earth no. 208
\nhttp:\/\/lostgeologist.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/where-on-google-earth-nr-208.html<\/a>
\n(via @clasticdetritus<\/a>)
\nLoving the new NASA Earth Observatory<\/a> layer in Google Earth:
\nhttp:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/Feeds\/GoogleEarth\/eo.kml?src=eoa-ann<\/a>
\nBeautiful new high resolution geoid from #ESA Goce satellite. Didn’t know N Atlantic was such a gravity high…
\nhttp:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/sci\/tech\/8767763.stm<\/a>
\nUsing sedimentation rates to infer long-term global climate change
\nhttp:\/\/clasticdetritus.com\/2010\/06\/28\/using-sedimentation-rates-to-infer-long-term-global-climate-change\/<\/a>
\n(by @clasticdetritus<\/a>)
\nDo I detect the birth of a meme? 10 Overrated Places to see before you die! The geologic version:
\nhttp:\/\/geotripper.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/ten-overrated-places-to-see-before-you.html<\/a>
\n(via @geotripper<\/a>)
\nGreenland Oil Exploration [companies have to front up \\u20ac8 billion\/hole before drilling. Q a deposit!]
\nhttp:\/\/my.opera.com\/nielsol\/blog\/greenland-oil-exploration<\/a>
\n(by @olelog<\/a>)
\nThe direct or indirect resistance to biomineralization theories [bacteria involved in forming ores?]
\nhttp:\/\/sandbian.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/30\/the-direct-or-indirect-resistance-to-biomineralization-theories\/<\/a>
\nThis is brilliant. Play Deep Earth Bingo at your next meeting, conference, and\/or colloquium!
\n\"124081961.jpg\"\/<\/a>
\n(via @mineralphys<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Interesting Miscellaney<\/h3>\n

Fiona Fox: He said\/she said doesn’t work in sci journalism
\nhttp:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/journalism\/blog\/2010\/06\/he-says-she-says-just-doesnt-w.shtml<\/a>
\nRead @ivanoransky<\/a>‘s tips on avoiding it
\nhttp:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2010\/02\/18\/how-to-avoid-he-said-she-said-science-journalism\/<\/a>
\n(via @edyong209<\/a> )
\nWhen scientific evidence is unwelcome, people try to reason it away [Rather sobering]
\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2010\/jul\/03\/confirmation-bias-scientific-evidence<\/a>
\n(via @guardianscience<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another week, another list of interesting links originally shared via Twitter; but now with added watery goodness!
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