{"id":4245,"date":"2010-08-29T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T16:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2011-01-03T00:24:55","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T05:24:55","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/08\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-7\/","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>Another week, another link extravaganza for you to enjoy.<\/p>\n<h4>Blogs in motion<\/h4>\n<p>The National Ground Water Association joins the blogosphere with its creatively named NGWA Blog (<a href=\"http:\/\/info.ngwa.org\/blog\">http:\/\/info.ngwa.org\/blog<\/a>). Early posts suggest the blog will focus on the practical aspects of the hydrogeology profession.<\/p>\n<h4>Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tectonics<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Video: visiting Iceland&#8217;s new volcanic landforms (check out the window down to the molten rock!)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-11038232\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-11038232<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/volcanotweet\">@volcanotweet<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Details and perspective on the San Andreas fault paleoseismology paper that argues for a reduced recurrence interval: more risk of moderate quakes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-earthquake-fault-20100821,0,946323.story\">http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-earthquake-fault-20100821,0,946323.story<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/EricFielding\">@EricFielding<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Tipping your tension gash: a nice illustration of rock deformation on a smaller scale: tipping your tension gash (with animation!)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mountainbeltway.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/24\/tipping-your-tension-gash\/\">http:\/\/mountainbeltway.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/24\/tipping-your-tension-gash\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/callanbentley\">@callanbentley<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Extra-solar system with at least 5 planets, possibly 7, discovered by ground-bases observatings: continues the exciting trend towards smaller extra-solar planets with wider orbits&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news201850291.html\">http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news201850291.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Look at the flux lines on that! : a stunningly detailed photo of a sunspot, images using a new type of adaptive optics.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/71971\/amazing-sunspot-image-from-new-solar-telescope\/\">http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/71971\/amazing-sunspot-image-from-new-solar-telescope\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/elakdawalla\">@elakdawalla<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>The Solar System is a few million years older than previously thought (with some good background on the changing views on how formation occurred).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100822\/full\/news.2010.423.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100822\/full\/news.2010.423.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NatureNews\">@NatureNews<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Whirling history of asteroid discovery: Video where whites are new, colored are cumulative; wait for late 90s burst<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S_d-gs0WoUw&#038;feature=youtu.be\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S_d-gs0WoUw&#038;feature=youtu.be<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rkerr46\">@rkerr46<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>How short-termism is not just fouling up the environment, but our whole society<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2010\/aug\/22\/generational-warriors-should-go-easy-on-the-old\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2010\/aug\/22\/generational-warriors-should-go-easy-on-the-old<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alicebell\">@alicebell<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/deepseanews.com\/\">Deep Sea News<\/a> continues to provide indispensable coverage of the aftermath from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: on research <a href=\"http:\/\/deepseanews.com\/2010\/08\/9628\/\">confirming the presence of a deepwater oil plume<\/a> (in June at least); the <a href=\"http:\/\/deepseanews.com\/2010\/08\/plumes-microbes-and-hypoxia-did-do-or-will-they-exist-in-the-gulf\/\">latest research on plumes &amp; bacterial oil munching<\/a>; and some <a href=\"http:\/\/deepseanews.com\/2010\/08\/dispersants-a-multi-part-series-to-enlighten-your-brains\/\">background on dispersants<\/a>. The media&#8217;s coverage of the persistance (or not) of oil in the Gulf has been somewhat compromised by the tendency to report early and tentative results as certainties: two excellent discussions of the difficulties of accurately reporting research as it is happening can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/twistedphysics.typepad.com\/cocktail_party_physics\/2010\/08\/what-do-we-mean-by-how-much-oil-is-left-in-the-gulf.html\">Cocktail Party Physics<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/ksjtracker.mit.edu\/2010\/08\/25\/science-is-messy-should-we-tell-the-readers-tell-our-editors-or-would-that-discourage-attention-to-the-endeavor-we-love-do-we-still-have-to-follow-the-money\/\">Knight Science Journalism Tracker<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> A very different kind of regeneration: installing solar and wind power on mine tailings.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.miller-mccune.com\/environment\/can-mining-provide-a-renewable-energy-future-2-21258\/\">http:\/\/www.miller-mccune.com\/environment\/can-mining-provide-a-renewable-energy-future-2-21258\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AZStateGeo\">@AZStateGeo<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>The researchers that created maps of anthropogenic biomes (which <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2009\/09\/anthropogenic-biomes\/\">Anne has posted about before<\/a>) have now mapped their anthromes through history. Fascinating!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/08\/new-anthrome-maps\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/08\/new-anthrome-maps\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Anne&#8217;s PhD field area is burning. She wonders if someone will look for hydrologic effects of the forest fires in her streams?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inciweb.org\/incident\/2082\/\">http:\/\/www.inciweb.org\/incident\/2082\/<\/a><br \/>\nAlso check out the NASA Earth Observatory image of the fires in Oregon.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/NaturalHazards\/view.php?id=45503&#038;src=twitter-nh\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/NaturalHazards\/view.php?id=45503<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ethnic minority communities suffer huge lack of green space  [Green space correlates with physical activity]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2010\/aug\/18\/ethnic-minority-communities-green-space\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2010\/aug\/18\/ethnic-minority-communities-green-space<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KateClancy\">@KateClancy<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>The value of Restoring Mississippi River Delta; it provides $12-47+ billion in benefits every year:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/conserveonline.org\/library\/gaining-ground-wetlands-hurricanes-and-the-economy\/view.html\">http:\/\/conserveonline.org\/library\/gaining-ground-wetlands-hurricanes-and-the-economy\/view.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor Science brings us the story behind the story of the discovery of a plankton rich oasis near Antarctica<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.outdoor-science.com\/?p=631\">http:\/\/www.outdoor-science.com\/?p=631<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>An excellent discussion of Ecological rules of thumb and the 10% impervious rule for watersheds by new blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Etheostomatt\">@Etheostomatt<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/freshwatermatters.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/ecological-rules-of-thumb-and-10.html\">http:\/\/freshwatermatters.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/ecological-rules-of-thumb-and-10.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Stormwater: Waste or Resource?  We don&#8217;t pay true development cost if stormwater is ignored.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/2010\/08\/stormwater-waste-or-resource\/\">http:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/2010\/08\/stormwater-waste-or-resource\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WaterOnline\">@WaterOnline<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Diverting Red River floods around Fargo will increase flooding downstream, maybe into Canada   )<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/gwire\/2010\/08\/27\/27greenwire-flood-fears-downstream-hinder-plans-to-divert-58522.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/gwire\/2010\/08\/27\/27greenwire-flood-fears-downstream-hinder-plans-to-divert-58522.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NEMWIUpperMiss\">@NEMWIUpperMiss<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Water AND maps! Doesn&#8217;t get much better! : An interesting look at the world&#8217;s water resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigwild.org\/blog-wild\/thinking-about-worlds-water\">http:\/\/www.thebigwild.org\/blog-wild\/thinking-about-worlds-water<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thebigwild\">@thebigwild<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>AMAZING video of debris flow in Pakistan at Dave&#8217;s Landslide Blog  [Biggest boulders at flow front ~1:15 into video.]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/daveslandslideblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/hunza-debris-flow-video.html\">http:\/\/daveslandslideblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/hunza-debris-flow-video.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Deconstructing the Indus River flow during the Flooding.  [Great visual of downstream flood propogation]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.watercrunch.com\/2010\/08\/indus-river-flow-during-flooding.html\">http:\/\/www.watercrunch.com\/2010\/08\/indus-river-flow-during-flooding.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/highlyanne\">@highlyanne<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/watercrunch\">@watercrunch<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan flood disaster: the aftermath (Slideshow)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/gallery\/2010\/aug\/24\/pakistan-flooding-aftermath\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/gallery\/2010\/aug\/24\/pakistan-flooding-aftermath<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/guardianeco\">@guardianeco<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan faces long-term damage to irrigation system &#8211; second wave of flooding overloads canals<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100820\/full\/news.2010.424.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100820\/full\/news.2010.424.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>A pattern we&#8217;ll see with increasing frequency elsewhere &#8211; Pakistan Flood Sets Back Years of Gains:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/08\/27\/world\/asia\/27flood.html?src=tptw\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/08\/27\/world\/asia\/27flood.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/afreedma\">@afreedma<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>The connection between energy supply and expansion of groundwater irrigation in the Indus-Ganges Basin<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/indiawaterportal.org\/node\/12283\">http:\/\/indiawaterportal.org\/node\/12283<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Simple. Cheap. Two words that don&#8217;t apply to geoengineering.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100823\/full\/news.2010.426.htm\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2010\/100823\/full\/news.2010.426.htm<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NatureNews\">@NatureNews<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Hansen et al. hit a Climate Home Run &#8211; in 1981. Their simple model predicted the global temperature increases over the next 30 years almost exactly.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skepticalscience.com\/Hansen-hit-a-home-run.html\">http:\/\/www.skepticalscience.com\/Hansen-hit-a-home-run.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AGW_Prof\">@AGW_Prof<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>5 years since Katrina, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NatureNews\">@NatureNews<\/a> asks scientists how it has shaped hurricane research.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/news\/thegreatbeyond\/2010\/08\/evaluating_katrinas_impact.html\">http:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/news\/thegreatbeyond\/2010\/08\/evaluating_katrinas_impact.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Temperatures didn&#8217;t go below freezing on the High Arctic&#8217;s Ellesmere Island in the Eocene, based on O isotopes of fossil tooth enamel:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/08\/100824132417.htm\">http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/08\/100824132417.htm<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Plants now absorbing less CO2 than before because of higher temperatures. Another disproof of the &#8220;CO2 is plant food&#8221; argument.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=higher-temperatures-lessen-plants-ability-to-store-co2\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=higher-temperatures-lessen-plants-ability-to-store-co2<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KHayhoe\">@KHayhoe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sciam\">@sciam<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>An absolutely beautiful crinoid fossil.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/louisvillefossils.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/scytalocrinus-robustus.html\">http:\/\/louisvillefossils.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/scytalocrinus-robustus.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/anatotitan\">@anatotitan<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Earliest direct evidence of human-made arrows found in SA &#8211; 64,000 year-old artefacts with traces of blood &amp; bone fragments &#8211; &amp; glue!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-11086110\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-11086110<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCscience\">@BBCscience<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>More evidence for oxygenated &#8216;oases&#8217; on anoxic Archean earth. This makes sense: the modern earth does not have one single redox state.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/08\/100823113436.htm\">http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/08\/100823113436.htm<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Two cool Gigapans:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gigapan.org\/gigapans\/57402\/\">Grand Prismatic Spring Valley, Yellowstone National Park<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gigapan.org\/gigapans\/57636\/\">Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake from Windy Ridge<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A pretty awesome infographic, but you&#8217;d need *very* high ceilings to put it up! Explore Planet Earth : Top to Bottom<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/arkarthick.com\/2010\/06\/10\/explore-planet-earth-top-to-bottom-infographic\/\">http:\/\/arkarthick.com\/2010\/06\/10\/explore-planet-earth-top-to-bottom-infographic\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Draft science plan to guide scientific ocean drilling for the next decade is online. Comment period lasts till Sept 21.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/campanian.iodp.org\/NewSciencePlan\/\">http:\/\/campanian.iodp.org\/NewSciencePlan\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BoreholeGroup\">@BoreholeGroup<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Could be an interesting read: a new History of Science Journal, <i>History of the Geo- and Space Sciences<\/i>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.history-of-geo-and-space-sciences.net\/\">http:\/\/www.history-of-geo-and-space-sciences.net\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/HistoryPhysics\">@HistoryPhysics<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Another lovely Friday Field Foto from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>: channelized Miocene strata, Tierra del Fuego<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/clasticdetritus.com\/2010\/08\/27\/friday-field-foto-122-channelized-miocene-strata-tierra-del-fuego\/\">http:\/\/clasticdetritus.com\/2010\/08\/27\/friday-field-foto-122-channelized-miocene-strata-tierra-del-fuego\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great plain language geojob profile! : SciMath Career #6: Logging Scientist<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/joidesresolution.org\/node\/1299?utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter\">http:\/\/joidesresolution.org\/node\/1299<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cbdawson\">@cbdawson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Geoblogfeed\">@Geoblogfeed<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ooh. Solar activity effects radioactive decay rates? Due to neutrinos or some unknown particle?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news201795438.html\">http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news201795438.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GrrlScientist\">@GrrlScientist<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Beer microbes live 553 days outside ISS. FROM Beer, S UK, not used to make it. Boo.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-11039206\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-11039206<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ComplexLifeNAI\">@ComplexLifeNAI<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Very cool project and website: The Mannahatta Project &#8212; reconstructing NYC&#8217;s past landscape and ecosystems.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/themannahattaproject.org\/home\/\">http:\/\/themannahattaproject.org\/home\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Swarm modeling started as a poor man&#8217;s AI &#8211; but it may be the key to the real thing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/16789226\">http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/16789226<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edyong209\">@edyong209<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vaughanbell\">@vaughanbell<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>An interesting &#8221;2 cultures&#8217; framing of the endless discussion of the state of science reporting: scientists and science journalists have different objectives, so may never see completely eye-to-eye&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/story.asp?sectioncode=26&#038;storycode=413129&#038;c=2\">http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/story.asp?sectioncode=26&#038;storycode=413129&#038;c=2<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fascinating post by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/PHLane\">@PHLane<\/a> on the impact of parenthood on salary.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/networkedblogs.com\/7erDy\">http:\/\/networkedblogs.com\/7erDy<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mariawolters\">@mariawolters<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>And another great post from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/PHLane\">@PHLane<\/a> on why mentoring alone won&#8217;t break the glass ceiling for women:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pascalelane.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/25\/we-need-more-than-mentors\/\">http:\/\/pascalelane.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/25\/we-need-more-than-mentors\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Canada&#8217;s new Arctic research station site chosen to be Cambridge Bay [Personally I&#8217;m surprised it&#8217;s not Resolute]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/technology\/story\/2010\/08\/24\/arctic-research-station-cambridge-bay.html?ref=rss\">http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/technology\/story\/2010\/08\/24\/arctic-research-station-cambridge-bay.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Excellent list of banned words for writing about science by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/carlzimmer\">@carlzimmer<\/a> re writing about science<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/loom\/2009\/11\/30\/the-index-of-banned-words-the-continually-updated-edition\/\">http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/loom\/2009\/11\/30\/the-index-of-banned-words-the-continually-updated-edition\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another week, another link extravaganza for you to enjoy. <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/08\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-7\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245","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=4245"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4956,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245\/revisions\/4956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}