{"id":3912,"date":"2010-07-25T15:05:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T20:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=3912"},"modified":"2010-07-25T15:15:41","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T20:15:41","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/07\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/chrisicon2.jpg\" alt=\"A post by Chris Rowan\" width=\"49\" height=\"50\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/anneicon.jpg\" alt=\"A post by Anne Jefferson\" width=\"49\" height=\"50\" \/><\/span>I suppose it was only a matter of time before water-related linkage merited it&#8217;s own separate category&#8230;.<\/p>\n<h4>Blogs in motion<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/loom\/2010\/07\/07\/oh-pepsi-what-hath-thou-wrought\">great blog redistribution of 2010 continues<\/a>: check out <a href=\"http:\/\/abelpharmboy.wordpress.com\">Abel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thusspakezuska.wordpress.com\">Zuska<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/coturnix.wordpress.com\">Bora&#8217;s<\/a> new digs. In the geoblogosphere, Julia is now posting at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stagesofsuccession.com\">Stages of Succession<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Extremely cool Friday &#8216;field&#8217; photo from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>): an aerial view of Mt. St. Helens during a flight from Vancouver to Oakland.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/clasticdetritus.com\/2010\/07\/23\/friday-field-foto-118-mt-st-helens-from-the-air\/\">http:\/\/clasticdetritus.com\/2010\/07\/23\/friday-field-foto-118-mt-st-helens-from-the-air\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Hawaiian Lava Daily blog has great pictures of recent Kilauea lava flows.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hawaiianlavadaily.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/molten-lava-continues-breaking-out.html\">http:\/\/hawaiianlavadaily.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/molten-lava-continues-breaking-out.html<\/a><br \/>\nAnd awesome video footage too.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4xc_GCHK9Ro\n<\/li>\n<li>Recent Al Jazeera report on Lusi mud volcano, with some footage of vent at 1:10<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/il.youtube.com\/watch?v=boyJ18EAFNY\">http:\/\/il.youtube.com\/watch?v=boyJ18EAFNY<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Deepest ever hydrothermal ecosystem found 16,000 ft (&gt;4 km) down on Cayman Rise, Caribbean. More accurately, a plume has been detected; not yet visited by submersibles.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/07\/deepest-hydrothermal-vent\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/07\/deepest-hydrothermal-vent\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The new Torosaurus=Triceratops study. Have to wonder, is adults and juveniles being classified as  different species a common paleontological problem?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.smithsonianmag.com\/dinosaur\/2010\/07\/22\/new-study-says-torosaurustriceratops\/\">http:\/\/blogs.smithsonianmag.com\/dinosaur\/2010\/07\/22\/new-study-says-torosaurustriceratops<\/a><br \/>\n(by <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Laelaps\">@Laelaps<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Larry Witmer&#8217;s top-notch paleo lab has just launched a new blog, Pick &amp; Scalpel &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/witmerlab.wordpress.com\/\">http:\/\/witmerlab.wordpress.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Laelaps\">@Laelaps<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Geoenginerering by atmospheric aerosol injection &#8216;an even more temporary [climate] fix than expected&#8217; : will cause long-term decline in rainfall, effects will vary significantly by region.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100718\/full\/news.2010.357.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100718\/full\/news.2010.357.html<\/a><br \/>\n(by  <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NatureNews\">@NatureNews<\/a>)<br \/>\nThe Economist also discusses on practical &amp; political difficulties arising from aerosol injection (agreeing to action may be just as difficult as negotiating emissions cuts. Shocking&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/newsbook\/2010\/07\/green_view\">http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/newsbook\/2010\/07\/green_view<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Modelling suggests white &#8216;cool&#8217; roofs help mitigate AGW. Interesting: last year&#8217;s Royal Society geoengineering report was rather dismissive of any potential benefits..<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news198771089.html\">http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news198771089.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8216;The Earth will survive&#8217; is a true but meaningless statement when talking about climate change. Why do people not see that civilisation is far more vulnerable than planet?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/classm\/2010\/07\/the_earth_will_survive.php\">http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/classm\/2010\/07\/the_earth_will_survive.php<\/a><br \/>\n(by  <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hrynyshyn\">@hrynyshyn<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Lake Superior, a Natural Global Warming Gauge, Running a Fever. Water temperature is currently 15C higher than normal for this time of year. Scary.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=lake-superior-a-natural-global-warming-gauge-is-running-a-fever\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=lake-superior-a-natural-global-warming-gauge-is-running-a-fever<\/a><br \/>\n(via  <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tpenews\">@tpenews<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;hot is the new normal&#8221; : and yet the US Senate can&#8217;t get its act together on climate legislation.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/21\/business\/economy\/21leonhardt.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/21\/business\/economy\/21leonhardt.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Eaterofsun\">@Eaterofsun<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Hotter summers in North Carolina, ugh.  Southeast is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. New EPA Report<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/article\/20100722\/NEWS01\/7220331\/Southeast-may-be-vulnerable-to-worst-of-global-warming-s-effects\">http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/article\/20100722\/NEWS01\/7220331\/Southeast-may-be-vulnerable-to-worst-of-global-warming-s-effects<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/watercrunch\">@watercrunch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>New NRC report: emissions choices today have implications for global climate on the scale of millennia.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatesciencewatch.org\/index.php\/csw\/details\/nrc-climate-stabilization-targets-report\/\">http:\/\/www.climatesciencewatch.org\/index.php\/csw\/details\/nrc-climate-stabilization-targets-report\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KHayhoe\">@KHayhoe<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water <\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Confidence in China&#8217;s Three Gorges dam is waning, as floods raise questions on its capacity.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.ninemsn.com.au\/world\/7934450\/floods-put-pressure-on-dam\">http:\/\/news.ninemsn.com.au\/world\/7934450\/floods-put-pressure-on-dam<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/argillic\">@argillic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Eye_On_Earth\">@Eye_On_Earth<\/a>)<br \/>\nWow at photos of flood hunters beside the Three Gorges Dam.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/7\/21\/1279705968456\/Flood-water-is-released-f-015.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"731\" height=\"480\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Interesting piece on Nile water rights dispute &amp; the ignored ecological consequences. Egypt &#038; Sudan have Nile water rights; upstream nations like Ethiopia do not. Treaty drawn up in 1959. By Britain. Sigh.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/content\/feature.msp?id=2297\">http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/content\/feature.msp?id=2297<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/YaleE360\">@YaleE360<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Inflatable dam in Arizona bursts. Literally, it seems.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/news\/articles\/2010\/07\/20\/20100720tempelake0720-ON.html\">http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/news\/articles\/2010\/07\/20\/20100720tempelake0720-ON.html<\/a><br \/>\nWhy have an inflatable dam, you ask? So can be lowered when water released from upstream dams, preventing flooding<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tempe.gov\/lake\/lakehistory\/dams.htm\">http:\/\/www.tempe.gov\/lake\/lakehistory\/dams.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rafters Push For &#8216;Right To Float&#8217; In Colorado  [Water is public, but if you touch rock, it&#8217;s tresspassing.]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=128619563&#038;f=1007&#038;sc=tw\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=128619563&#038;f=1007&#038;sc=tw<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nprscience\">@nprscience<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>8 freely available global datasets on flood and drought hazards &#8211;  [Sweet!]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/geoserver.isciences.com\/DataBlog\/?p=2544\">http:\/\/geoserver.isciences.com\/DataBlog\/?p=2544<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/isciences\">@isciences<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>First in time,first in time. How groundwater can change the West&#8217;s water doctrine.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.activelymovingwater.com\/2010\/07\/first-in-time-first-in-time-how.html\">http:\/\/www.activelymovingwater.com\/2010\/07\/first-in-time-first-in-time-how.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WaterWired\">@WaterWired<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/loticwater\">@loticwater<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Chile plans seven big dams in Patagonia wilderness<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/cgi\/content\/short\/329\/5990\/382\">http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/cgi\/content\/short\/329\/5990\/382<\/a><br \/>\n(by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WanderingGaia\">@WanderingGaia<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Gulf of Mexico oil spill<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A huge relief: Gulf oil dispersants unlikely to be endocrine disruptors and have relatively low cell toxicity .<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/07\/100721133217.htm\">http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/07\/100721133217.htm<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/greenforyou\">@greenforyou<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Stop the Sand Berms, Scientists Plead &#8211; In an open letter to Thad W. Allen.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/22\/stop-the-sand-berms-scientists-plead\/\">http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/22\/stop-the-sand-berms-scientists-plead\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/argillic\">@argillic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WaterSISWEB\">@WaterSISWEB<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>A timely ponderable from (via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/olelog\">@olelog<\/a>): oil spill in Gulf of Mexico is small beer compared to ongoing oil spills in Nigeria&quot;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/nielsol\/blog\/2010\/07\/22\/nigerian-oil-spills\">http:\/\/my.opera.com\/nielsol\/blog\/2010\/07\/22\/nigerian-oil-spills<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oil industry lobbying to keep on deepwater drilling as if Gulf of Mexico oil spill never happened.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE66J2WW20100720\">http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE66J2WW20100720<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Forensic geology: from Sherlock Holmes to war crimes investigations.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/historyofgeology.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/csi-geology-forensic-geosciences-and.html\">http:\/\/historyofgeology.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/csi-geology-forensic-geosciences-and.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Is the concept of deep time becoming a culturally significant &#8216;meme&#8217; ? I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m convinced it&#8217;s particularly entrenched in popular thinking: it still needs geologists out there pushing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fopnews.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/21\/geologic-time-is-now\/\">http:\/\/fopnews.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/21\/geologic-time-is-now\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Geoblogfeed\">@Geoblogfeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Big Bend National Park [Gorgeous geology image]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=44670\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=44670<\/a><br \/>\n(from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA_EO\">@NASA_EO<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Great post on why none of the advanced civilizations in the New World used wheeled vehicles<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gamblershouse.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/15\/why-no-wheels\/\">http:\/\/gamblershouse.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/15\/why-no-wheels\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/davemunger\">@davemunger<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Is there anywhere left for the Higgs boson to hide?  [Are there sofas at CERN? I&#8217;d look there]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/science\/blog\/2010\/jul\/23\/higgs-boson-ichep-high-energy\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/science\/blog\/2010\/jul\/23\/higgs-boson-ichep-high-energy<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/guardianscience\">@guardianscience<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Jules Verne, in new translations repairing the cuts and idiocy of earlier ones, is suddenly a hot sci-fi writer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/books\/feature\/2010\/07\/20\/the_casle_in_transylvania_jules_verne\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.salon.com\/books\/feature\/2010\/07\/20\/the_casle_in_transylvania_jules_verne\/index.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ebertchicago\">@ebertchicago<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Some worrying signs UK research councils may start squabbling for scraps of much smaller funding pie  (via )<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100720\/full\/466420b.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100720\/full\/466420b.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alicebell\">@alicebell<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Fascinating stuff from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edyong209\">@edyong209<\/a>: How I got my genes tested, and the birth of Science Writer Disease Risk Top Trumps<br \/>\n<a href=http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2010\/07\/21\/how-i-got-my-genes-tested-and-the-birth-of-science-writer-disease-risk-top-trumps\/>http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2010\/07\/21\/how-i-got-my-genes-tested-and-the-birth-of-science-writer-disease-risk-top-trumps\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&quot;Agora.&quot; A pagan woman mathematician fights to save the Library of Alexandria. My review is now online.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rogerebert.suntimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20100721\/REVIEWS\/100729996\">http:\/\/rogerebert.suntimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20100721\/REVIEWS\/100729996<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ebertchicago\">@ebertchicago<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Fascinating post by Prof Like Substance on tenure track hiring in ecology  with BEST EVER analogy for academic science<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/proflikesubstance.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/job-data-in-ecology-and-evolution.html\">http:\/\/proflikesubstance.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/job-data-in-ecology-and-evolution.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How scientists see the world [seems about right!]<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/abstrusegoose.com\/strips\/all_i_see_are_equations.PNG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/abstrusegoose.com\/strips\/all_i_see_are_equations.PNG\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"744\" height=\"1182\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/YSJournal\">@YSJournal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/PolymerPhD\">@PolymerPhD<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquelynGill:\">@JacquelynGill<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I suppose it was only a matter of time before water-related linkage merited it&#8217;s own separate category&#8230;. Blogs in motion The great blog redistribution of 2010 continues: check out Abel, Zuska, and Bora&#8217;s new digs. In the geoblogosphere, Julia is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/07\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3912","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=3912"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3930,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3912\/revisions\/3930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}