{"id":4000,"date":"2010-08-08T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=4000"},"modified":"2010-08-08T05:21:54","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T10:21:54","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/08\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-4\/","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>Since Anne and I have both been away, this is actually the last two weeks&#8217; worth of interesting links for your clicking pleasure.<\/p>\n<h4>Blogs in motion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>In addition to the launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/\">Scientopia<\/a>, Lab Spaces has also added <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labspaces.net\/view_blogs.php\">a raft of new bloggers<\/a> in recent weeks. They are blogging about science, science communication, and lives in science. It&#8217;s all good stuff; just take a glance at biochembelle&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labspaces.net\/blog\/293\/Roundup__July____Aug___\">roundup of the week&#8217;s post<\/a>s to get a sense of the diversity of voices.<\/li>\n<li>Prolific tweeter  <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/perrykid\">@perrykid<\/a> has also fired up a new geoblog, <a href=\"http:\/\/perrykidposts.wordpress.com\/\">Hydrofelicity<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/clasticdetritus.com\/\">Brian Romans <\/a> is taking on an additional blogging outreach role with his debut QUEST community science blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/quest\/blog\/2010\/08\/05\/learn-the-facts-about-serpentinite-before-it\u2019s-removed-as-california\u2019s-state-rock\/\">http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/quest\/blog\/2010\/08\/05\/learn-the-facts-about-serpentinite-before-it\u2019s-removed-as-california\u2019s-state-rock\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Tectonics<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Indian crust may have subducted to depths of 200km before being uplifted to form Himalayas, far beyond what current orogenic models suggest.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news200237328.html\">http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news200237328.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/physorg_com\">@physorg_com<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Mississippi River caused massive earthquakes in Missouri?  It&#8217;s an idea:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v466\/n7306\/full\/nature09258.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v466\/n7306\/full\/nature09258.html<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencebuzz.org\/blog\/massive-earthquakes-missouri-what-th\">http:\/\/www.sciencebuzz.org\/blog\/massive-earthquakes-missouri-what-th<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/stcNCED\">@stcNCED<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Geohazards<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>GPS satellites can detect &#8216;internal gravity waves&#8217; produced by tsunamis.  Warning poss. Even if no local instruments?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DiscoveryNews-Earth-News\/~3\/i_47fZ-BKI4\/satellites-use-ripples-in-space-to-detect-tsunamis.html\">http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DiscoveryNews-Earth-News\/~3\/i_47fZ-BKI4\/satellites-use-ripples-in-space-to-detect-tsunamis.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nice audio report on Lusi mud volcano: draws parallels with Gulf of Mexico oil spill.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbez.org\/content.aspx?audioID=43631\">http:\/\/www.wbez.org\/content.aspx?audioID=43631<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A nice post by <a href=\"eruptionsblog \">@eruptionsblog<\/a> on climate and volcano geomorphology in the Andes vs Cascades<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/eruptions\/2010\/07\/climate_volcanism_and_the_ande.php\">http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/eruptions\/2010\/07\/climate_volcanism_and_the_ande.php<\/a><\/li>\n<li>An astonishing landslide in China.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/daveslandslideblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/astonishing-landslide-this-morning-in.html\">http:\/\/daveslandslideblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/astonishing-landslide-this-morning-in.html<\/a><\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/daveslandslideblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/astonishing-landslide-this-morning-in.html\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4003\" title=\"10_07 China landslide 1\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/10_07-China-landslide-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/10_07-China-landslide-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/10_07-China-landslide-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environment and Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Most interesting thing about this article on the problems with using shale gas as a &#8216;bridging fuel&#8217; between coal and renewables: 60 years&#8217; supply is &#8216;an abundance&#8217;. Short-term, much?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/content\/feature.msp?id=2290\">http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/content\/feature.msp?id=2290<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We &#8220;can&#8217;t adapt to climate change without adding to the destruction created by&#8230;climate change&#8221;   )<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ecocentric.blogs.time.com\/2010\/08\/05\/climate-change-how-adapting-to-warming-could-make-it-worse\/?xid=rss-topstories\">http:\/\/ecocentric.blogs.time.com\/2010\/08\/05\/climate-change-how-adapting-to-warming-could-make-it-worse\/?xid=rss-topstories<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jfleck\">@jfleck<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>A sobering article by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/carlzimmer\">@carlzimmer<\/a>. Warming &amp;stratified oceans could become depleted in O2 as a result of climate change.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/content\/feature.msp?id=2301\">http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/content\/feature.msp?id=2301<\/a><\/li>\n<li>U.S. faces climate-driven water shortages [1\/3 of counties by 2050]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/u.s.-faces-climate-change-caused-water-shortages\/\">http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/u.s.-faces-climate-change-caused-water-shortages\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1.8 million people, 90 percent of them children, lose their lives each year as a result of &#8230; unsafe drinking water&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/globalwater.jhu.edu\/magazine\/article\/the_world_is_dry\/\">http:\/\/globalwater.jhu.edu\/magazine\/article\/the_world_is_dry\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"jfleck\">@jfleck<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>State in-holdings in Grand Teton National Park may be up for sale&#8230;and development<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stagesofsuccession.com\/2010\/08\/problems-at-grand-teton.html\">http:\/\/www.stagesofsuccession.com\/2010\/08\/problems-at-grand-teton.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Mars site may hold &#8216;buried life&#8217;.Interesting, but slightly overselling &#8216;chemical similarity from remote sensing&#8217;&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-10790648\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-10790648<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A wonderful analogy at the end of this piece on the Earth&#8217;s inner core. The Earth is full of &#8220;solid-looking things&#8230;that might be better understood not as places, but as processes&#8221;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/economist.com\/blogs\/newsbook\/2010\/08\/greenview\">http:\/\/economist.com\/blogs\/newsbook\/2010\/08\/greenview<\/a><\/li>\n<li>An ambitious &amp; interesting project from Friends of the Pleistocene. Geologic City: A Field Guide to the GeoArchitecture of New York<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fopnews.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/05\/geologic-city-a-field-guide-to-the-geoarchitecture-of-new-york\">http:\/\/fopnews.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/05\/geologic-city-a-field-guide-to-the-geoarchitecture-of-new-york<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The OED keeps a vault of unused words. Some look rather handy &#8211; some I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve heard in conversation&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/howaboutthat\/7926646\/Secret-vault-of-words-rejected-by-the-Oxford-English-Dictionary-uncovered.html\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/howaboutthat\/7926646\/Secret-vault-of-words-rejected-by-the-Oxford-English-Dictionary-uncovered.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kjhaxton\">@kjhaxton<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/2020science\">@2020science<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nigelcameron\">@nigelcameron<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Are we less cautious sharing info online than in real life? Probably true for individuals, but I suspect the distributions overlap for populations.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthropologyinpractice.com\/2010\/08\/shifting-socialities-encounters-on-mass.html#more\">http:\/\/www.anthropologyinpractice.com\/2010\/08\/shifting-socialities-encounters-on-mass.html#more<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Post-mockery by xckd, unis recongnise their useless websites. Because I&#8217;m sure no-one has ever pointed this out before.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2010\/08\/04\/websites\">http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2010\/08\/04\/websites<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A good list of advice for tenure-track faculty, from Prof in Training:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/trainingprofessor\/2010\/08\/07\/if-i-knew-then-what-i-knew-now\/\">http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/trainingprofessor\/2010\/08\/07\/if-i-knew-then-what-i-knew-now\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/drskyskull\">@drskyskull<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>More good advice from Prof-Like Substance:  preliminary data: get it!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/proflikesubstance\/2010\/08\/07\/what-ive-done-wrong\/\">http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/proflikesubstance\/2010\/08\/07\/what-ive-done-wrong\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Anne and I have both been away, this is actually the last two weeks&#8217; worth of interesting links for your clicking pleasure. 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