{"id":4541,"date":"2010-10-10T09:38:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T14:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=4541"},"modified":"2010-10-10T09:38:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T14:38:54","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/10\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-12\/","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><\/p>\n<h4>DonorsChoose<\/h4>\n<p>In addition to giving to the <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/10\/teaming-up-with-donorschoose-to-bring-earth-science-to-schools\/\">Highly Allochthonous Earth Science Challenge<\/a>, please support Maitri&#8217;s efforts in the Science Bloggers for Students challenge!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=73292&#038;max=10\">http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=73292&#038;max=10<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>It should be no surprise that lava flows&#8230;flow, but lava deltas are still very, very cool.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/yeehowcentral.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/best-owyhee-example-of-lava-dam.html\">http:\/\/yeehowcentral.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/best-owyhee-example-of-lava-dam.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/geopathology.posterous.com\/behold-the-owyhee-lava-deltapart-1\">http:\/\/geopathology.posterous.com\/behold-the-owyhee-lava-deltapart-1<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A Delta Made of Lava  post on Clastic Detritus  had Anne wondering why lava deltas tend to collapse quickly. Thoughts?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/10\/a-delta-made-of-lava\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/10\/a-delta-made-of-lava\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Why are the volcanic arcs behind subduction zones so narrow?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news205652605.html\">http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news205652605.html<\/a><br \/>\n(from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/physorg_com\">@physorg_com<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Interesting: real time temperature data from geyser outlets and hot pools in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/volcanoes.usgs.gov\/yvo\/activity\/monitoring\/norris\/index.php\">http:\/\/volcanoes.usgs.gov\/yvo\/activity\/monitoring\/norris\/index.php<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NatureNews\">@NatureNews<\/a> reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/news\/thegreatbeyond\/2010\/10\/post_65.html\">&#8216;Martian&#8217; methane may be an artefact of looking through the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere<\/a>.  Whilst this can&#8217;t explain the fact that Mars Express <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daviddarling.info\/encyclopedia\/M\/Mars_methane.html\">reportedly  detected methane in 2004<\/a>, that was in much lower concentrations, and the data were not unequivocal.<\/li>\n<li>Europa might be much more chemically active than thought<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.cfm?release=2010-319&#038;cid=release_2010-319\">http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.cfm?release=2010-319&#038;cid=release_2010-319<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Asteroid Lutetia is &#8211; like the moon &#8211; coated in a thick blanket of dusty regolith (impact soil!).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-11470851\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-11470851<\/a><br \/>\n(by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCscience\">@BBCscience<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Tracks of dinosaur ancestors found right after Permian extinction.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.smithsonianmag.com\/dinosaur\/2010\/10\/06\/earth%E2%80%99s-worst-extinction-may-have-been-key-to-dinosaur-origins\/\">http:\/\/blogs.smithsonianmag.com\/dinosaur\/2010\/10\/06\/earth%E2%80%99s-worst-extinction-may-have-been-key-to-dinosaur-origins\/<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/laelaps\">@laelaps<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2010\/10\/05\/walking-with-dinosaur-ancestors-%e2%80%93-footprints-put-dinosaur-like-beasts-at-scene-of-life%e2%80%99s-great-comeback\/\">http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2010\/10\/05\/walking-with-dinosaur-ancestors-%e2%80%93-footprints-put-dinosaur-like-beasts-at-scene-of-life%e2%80%99s-great-comeback\/<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edyong209\">@edyong209<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>Leonardo da Vinci correctly interpreted trace fossils centuries before other European scientists.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20827801.400-fossil-secrets-of-the-da-vinci-codex.html\">http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20827801.400-fossil-secrets-of-the-da-vinci-codex.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/history_geek\">@history_geek<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Even &#8216;simple&#8217; stromatolites very diverse, with complex internal ecologies: not just cyanobacteria.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrobio.net\/exclusive\/3636\/stepping-stones-through-time\">http:\/\/www.astrobio.net\/exclusive\/3636\/stepping-stones-through-time<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ComplexLifeNAI\">@ComplexLifeNAI<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Grrr. Ignorance.: B.C. fossils in danger of being ground up for kitty litter<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvbc.ctv.ca\/servlet\/an\/local\/CTVNews\/20101005\/bc_dinosaur_bones_101005\/20101005\">http:\/\/www.ctvbc.ctv.ca\/servlet\/an\/local\/CTVNews\/20101005\/bc_dinosaur_bones_101005\/20101005<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Laelaps\">@Laelaps<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Aleutian volcano provides natural iron fertilisation experiment: large phytoplankton bloom but very little CO2 drawdown. Not the first indication that iron fertilisation is a dud, so this probably won&#8217;t dampen the geoengineering fervour. The plans are &#8216;simple&#8217;, but the planet (and its response) is inconveniently complex.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/m.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/british-columbia\/effects-of-volcanic-eruption-dash-promising-global-warming-theory\/article1744583\/?service=mobile\">http:\/\/m.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/british-columbia\/effects-of-volcanic-eruption-dash-promising-global-warming-theory\/article1744583\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Vance Holliday: [Younger Dryas] impact did not end the Clovis culture<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/arizonageology.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/vance-holliday-impact-did-not-end.html\">http:\/\/arizonageology.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/vance-holliday-impact-did-not-end.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Geoblogfeed\">@Geoblogfeed<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>China&#8217;s &#8216;climate cave&#8217;: stalagmites record 1000s of years of monsoon history, poss. effects of climate change  (video)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-11473321\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-11473321<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>End of season wrap-up: read details on the eventful 2010 Arctic ice melt season.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nsidc.org\/arcticseaicenews\/2010\/100410.html\">http:\/\/nsidc.org\/arcticseaicenews\/2010\/100410.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NSIDC_ArcticIce\">@NSIDC_ArcticIce<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Not so glacial in Boston during at least one of the Snowball Earth glaciations?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/nielsol\/blog\/2010\/10\/07\/snowball-earth-or-not\">http:\/\/my.opera.com\/nielsol\/blog\/2010\/10\/07\/snowball-earth-or-not<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/olelog\">@olelog<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Climate change will exacerbate social &amp; economic inequality according to a London School of Economics study<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unifem.org\/partnerships\/climate_change\/facts_figures.php\">http:\/\/www.unifem.org\/partnerships\/climate_change\/facts_figures.php<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/UN\">@UN<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/UNIFEM\">@UNIFEM<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/argillic\">@argillic<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The big water (pollution) news of the week was a flood of toxic sludge release from a tailing pond in Hungary. Incredibly caustic (pH of 13) and probably full of heavy metals, the sludge spill had devestating local impacts and threatened one of Europe&#8217;s most important rivers, the Danube. Here&#8217;s a couple of the stories from the spill news this week.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=130396366&#038;f=1007\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=130396366&#038;f=1007<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2010\/10\/a_flood_of_toxic_sludge.html\">http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2010\/10\/a_flood_of_toxic_sludge.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/oct\/09\/toxic-sludge-hungary-village-evacuated\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/oct\/09\/toxic-sludge-hungary-village-evacuated<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pakistani &amp; USGS scientists battle arid Pakistan&#8217;s myriad water woes  [It&#8217;s a lot more than floods.]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthmagazine.org\/earth\/article\/3a4-7da-a-5\">http:\/\/www.earthmagazine.org\/earth\/article\/3a4-7da-a-5<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/earthmagazine\">@earthmagazine<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Malaria threatens 2 million in Pakistan as floodwaters turn stagnant<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/oct\/03\/pakistan-malaria-floods\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/oct\/03\/pakistan-malaria-floods<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/guardianeco\">@guardianeco<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Civilization&#8217;s Foundation Eroding: the linked threats of overgrazing, soil erosion &#038; desertification.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earth-policy.org\/index.php?\/book_bytes\/2010\/pb4ch02_ss2\">http:\/\/www.earth-policy.org\/index.php?\/book_bytes\/2010\/pb4ch02_ss2<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/geographile\">@geographile<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Epic photoblog of Grand Canyon Rafting Trip. Both of us are jealous. Very jealous.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthly-musings.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/my-2010-grand-canyon-rafting-trip.html\">http:\/\/earthly-musings.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/my-2010-grand-canyon-rafting-trip.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Earth&#8217;s rotation affects flows in submarine channels. I find this fascinating &#8211; I never would have thought Coriolis forces would have ever been dominant at those sorts of length scales&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/news\/press\/jhighlight_archives\/2010\/2010-10-05.shtml#three\">http:\/\/www.agu.org\/news\/press\/jhighlight_archives\/2010\/2010-10-05.shtml#three<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/theAGU\">@theAGU<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Pathological Geomorphology has kicked off a new month with the theme of interesting juxtapositions of human and natural landscapes. Check out some of the recent posts:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/geopathology.posterous.com\">http:\/\/geopathology.posterous.com<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellany<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>James Randi: &#8216;You can&#8217;t be &#8216;fair and balanced.&#8217; You can only be fair *or* balanced&#8217;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publications.mcgill.ca\/reporter\/2010\/10\/james-randi-amazing-pseudoscience-debunker\/\">http:\/\/publications.mcgill.ca\/reporter\/2010\/10\/james-randi-amazing-pseudoscience-debunker\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tvjrennie\">@tvjrennie<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Have we solved all the questions in chemistry? The short &#8211; and unsurprising &#8211; answer is &#8216;no&#8217;. People claiming that all major problems in a scientific discipline have been solved are merely showing their ignorance of that discipline.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/prospect.rsc.org\/blogs\/cw\/2010\/10\/06\/have-we-solved-all-the-questions-in-chemistry\/\">http:\/\/prospect.rsc.org\/blogs\/cw\/2010\/10\/06\/have-we-solved-all-the-questions-in-chemistry\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BoraZ\">@BoraZ<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Science begins in the field. Follow the new group blog Journeys, created for short-term expeditions<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.southernfriedscience.com\/?p=66\">http:\/\/journeys.southernfriedscience.com\/?p=66<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kzelnio\">@kzelnio<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>NSF will no longer fund NPR&#8217;s Science Friday, which means it may not survive.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jim-fruchterman\/science-friday-funding-cr_b_748607.html\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jim-fruchterman\/science-friday-funding-cr_b_748607.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmcarroll\">@seanmcarroll<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/erinbiba\">@erinbiba<\/a>, <a \nhref=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mims\">@mims<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>WIN: new BBC guidelines say science news stories must link to the scientific paper<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bengoldacre.posterous.com\/win-new-bbc-guidelines-say-science-news-stori\">http:\/\/bengoldacre.posterous.com\/win-new-bbc-guidelines-say-science-news-<br \/>\nstori<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/bengoldacre\">@bengoldacre<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DonorsChoose In addition to giving to the Highly Allochthonous Earth Science Challenge, please support Maitri&#8217;s efforts in the Science Bloggers for Students challenge! http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=73292&#038;max=10 Volcanoes It should be no surprise that lava flows&#8230;flow, but lava deltas are still very, very &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/10\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-12\/\">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":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541","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=4541"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4551,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541\/revisions\/4551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}