{"id":4986,"date":"2011-01-09T11:50:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T16:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2011-01-09T11:51:50","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T16:51:50","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/01\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-18\/","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> Now the holidays are over, it&#8217;s back to your regularly scheduled link-fest.<\/p>\n<h4>New Geoblogs<\/h4>\n<p>The new year has already seen some new voices added to the geoblogosphere<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pumicecastle.blogspot.com\/\">Pawn of the Pumice Castle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/terramotus.wordpress.com\/\">Terra Motus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wthompson-adventuresintime.blogspot.com\/\">Adventures in Time<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As part of Chris&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s resolution to update <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/shared\/user\/18270218655642830115\/label\/allgeo\">the allgeo combined geology blog feed<\/a>, he&#8217;s also added a couple more geoblogs that you may not have come across yet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geo-travels.blogspot.com\/\">Watch for Rocks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/georneys.blogspot.com\/\">Georneys<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For those who are tempted to dip their toes into the geoblogging waters, we&#8217;d like you to consider writing for our <a href=\"http:\/\/allgeo.org\/erratics\">Earth Science Erratics blog<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/01\/earth-science-erratics-the-kindler-gentler-way-to-start-geoblogging\/\">we introduced to the world this week<\/a>.<\/ul>\n<p>Also in blogging news: <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/thoughtfulanimal\/2011\/01\/open_lab.php\">the composition of the latest OpenLab blogging anthology has just been announced<\/a>. Congratulations to all the exemplary bloggers, and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jgold85\">@jgold85<\/a> and the judges for the hard work of putting it together. However, aside from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/01\/ive-been-selected-for-the-open-lab-2010-anthology-of-science-blogging\/\">Brian&#8217;s excellent post on rapid canyon formation<\/a>, geology is once again poorly represented, which is probably <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.coturnix.org\/2010\/12\/01\/open-laboratory-2010-submissions-now-closed-see-all-the-entries\/\">a reflection of the small number of geoblog posts that were nominated<\/a>. Perhaps we should all make it our new year&#8217;s resolution to submit more of the excellent geology writing we come across in the next year.\n<\/li>\n<h4>Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslides<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A fascinating idea that will be v. hard to prove either way: Can hurricanes trigger earthquakes?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/01\/can-hurricanes-trigger-earthquakes\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/01\/can-hurricanes-trigger-earthquakes\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>365 days of volcanism in a single post! Check out the 2010 Volcanic Year in Review &#8211; eruptions, science, media, more:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bigthink.com\/ideas\/26416\">http:\/\/bigthink.com\/ideas\/26416<\/a><br \/>\n(by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/eruptionsblog\">@eruptionsblog<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Who won the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/eruptionsblog\">@eruptionsblog<\/a> 2010 Pliny for volcanic event of the year? It was closer than you think:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bigthink.com\/ideas\/26402\">http:\/\/bigthink.com\/ideas\/26402<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Attabad &#8211; one year on.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/01\/04\/attabad-one-year-on\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/01\/04\/attabad-one-year-on\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\nSome of the impact of the current flooding in Queensland is revealed by <a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/NaturalHazards\/view.php?id=48319\">stunning satellite photography<\/a> (the city of <a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/NaturalHazards\/view.php?id=48456\">Rockhampton has suddenly found itself in the middle of a river<\/a>). Some can&#8217;t help <a href=\"http:\/\/ecocentric.blogs.time.com\/2011\/01\/04\/a-tale-of-two-floods-shows-the-disaster-gap-between-rich-and-poor\/\">unfavourably comparing the response here to the response to flooding in (much poorer) Pakistan<\/a> last year, although Australia is fortunate that the affected area has quite a low population density. However, there are likely to be <a href=\"http:\/\/lablemminglounge.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/queensland-floods.html\">significant economic &#038; environmental impacts<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>Comprehensive discussion of how Iowa&#8217;s flood risk is rising because of climate &amp; land use change<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/article\/20110102\/NEWS\/101020341\/River-rage-Why-Iowa-s-flood-risk-is-rising\">http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/article\/20110102\/NEWS\/101020341\/River-rage-Why-Iowa-s-flood-risk-is-rising<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/climatebrad\">@climatebrad<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The big news this week was the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilspillcommission.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Chapter4.pdf>a chapter from a US commission report on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-12124830\">directly implicated cost-cutting at expense of safety<\/a>, saying that the &#8216;root causes are systemic&#8217; in industry. Of course, it is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/damian-carrington-blog\/2011\/jan\/06\/bp-oil-spill-peak-oil\">society&#8217;s demand for oil that ultimately drives risky drilling.<\/a>\n<li>Good post &#8211; and interesting discussion in comments &#8211; on why we should conserve hydrothermal vents.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernfriedscience.com\/?p=8900\">http:\/\/www.southernfriedscience.com\/?p=8900<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A great discussion of  Climate Change, Natural Disasters &amp; Human Vulnerability: preparation will always trump prediction\/prevention.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sciblogs.co.nz\/shaken-not-stirred\/2011\/01\/06\/climate-change-natural-disasters-and-human-vulnerability\/\">http:\/\/sciblogs.co.nz\/shaken-not-stirred\/2011\/01\/06\/climate-change-natural-disasters-and-human-vulnerability\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Comment &#038; reply, scienceblog style: critique of possible 770 Ma Ediacaran fossils, author responds in comments (also an example of how papers can be wrong in interesting ways: possible some Ediacaran fossils have been misinterpreted)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ediacaran.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/770ma-ediacara-fossils-from-kazakhstan.html\">http:\/\/ediacaran.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/770ma-ediacara-fossils-from-kazakhstan.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nice article on evolution of biomineralisation (skeletons) in Ediacaran\/Cambrian  )<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrobio.net\/index.php?option=com_exclusive&#038;task=detail&#038;id=3733\">http:\/\/www.astrobio.net\/index.php?option=com_exclusive&#038;task=detail&#038;id=3733<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfAbelMendez\">@ProfAbelMendez<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>X-rays of ammonite mouthparts suggest they ate plankton &amp; other small marine organisms; may explain KT extinction?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/science-environment-12127790\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/science-environment-12127790<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Very interesting post on the early study of glaciers on the Alps today on the  Guest Blog   )<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=the-discovery-of-the-ruins-of-ice-t-2011-01-03\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=the-discovery-of-the-ruins-of-ice-t-2011-01-03<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sciam\">@sciam<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BoraZ\">@BoraZ<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Reprocessing of data from Apollo-deployed seismometers reveals Moon has a solid inner &#038; molten outer core<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/sciencenow\/2011\/01\/at-long-last-moons-core-seen.html\">http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/sciencenow\/2011\/01\/at-long-last-moons-core-seen.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianShiro\">Brian Shiro<\/a> has an excellent in-depth write-up of this discovery:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronautforhire.com\/2011\/01\/lunar-core.html\">http:\/\/www.astronautforhire.com\/2011\/01\/lunar-core.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Could seasonal methane on planet Mars just be an observational artefact?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/17797286\">http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/17797286<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jorge_salazar\">@jorge_salazar<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Good discussion of the &#8216;Rare Earth&#8217; hypothesis.  We don&#8217;t yet know if Earth is &#8216;rare&#8217; in any sense of the word.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lifeunbounded.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/ten-most-important-questions-for.html\">http:\/\/lifeunbounded.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/ten-most-important-questions-for.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nice framing of the Drake Equation as an organising principle of SETI.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/discovermagazine.com\/2010\/jul-aug\/03-alien-seekers-of-seti-just-getting-started\">http:\/\/discovermagazine.com\/2010\/jul-aug\/03-alien-seekers-of-seti-just-getting-started<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Some fabulous astronaut pics of Earth from ISS &#8211; 5, 15 &amp; 23 especially awe-inspiring  )<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/triggerpit.com\/2010\/11\/22\/incredible-pics-nasa-astronaut-wheelock\/\">http:\/\/triggerpit.com\/2010\/11\/22\/incredible-pics-nasa-astronaut-wheelock\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/_ColinS_\">@_ColinS_<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fabulous post from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sfoxx\">Silver Fox<\/a> discussing how she visualises deep time:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/highway8a.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/deep-time.html\">http:\/\/highway8a.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/deep-time.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>[365 days, 365 photos of rocks. An epic achievement!] : Rock365: The Postscript<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hypocentral.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/02\/rock365-the-postscript\/\">http:\/\/hypocentral.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/02\/rock365-the-postscript\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hypocentre\">@hypocentre<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cbdawson\">@cbdawson<\/a> explains the hydrologically incorrect geology cake (and why he cares). Anne says &#8220;At least they connected it to surface H2O&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cbdawson.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/cake\/\">http:\/\/cbdawson.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/cake\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ooh, only just seen this: switching between plain and polarized light for virtual microscopy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gmcgeology.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/openlayer-and-virtual-microscopy-part-1.html\">http:\/\/gmcgeology.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/openlayer-and-virtual-microscopy-part-1.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Russian team prepares to (very carefully) penetrate Lake Vostok  But no sample retrieval until next year.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2011-01\/07\/russians-penetrate-lake-vostok\">http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2011-01\/07\/russians-penetrate-lake-vostok<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>You can watch a bunch of talks from the AGU Fall Conference online.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/meetings\/fm10\/lectures\/videos.php\">http:\/\/www.agu.org\/meetings\/fm10\/lectures\/videos.php<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>From writer China Mi\\u00e9ville, a geography toy that really should exist:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/chinamieville.net\/post\/2568127546\/new-worlds-of-play\">http:\/\/chinamieville.net\/post\/2568127546\/new-worlds-of-play<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jetjocko\">@jetjocko<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>You might not be able to see the Great Wall of China from space, but you can see Fermilab<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2011\/01\/03\/scientific-artifacts-from-the-sky\/\">http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2011\/01\/03\/scientific-artifacts-from-the-sky\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cheese: a whole microbial ecosystem in one tasty package. Fascinating inaugural blog post by :<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claireainsworth.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/06\/whos-for-port-and-ecosystem\/\">http:\/\/claireainsworth.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/06\/whos-for-port-and-ecosystem\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Trying to Keep Women in Science on a Tenure Track: Women PhDs 27% less likely to get Tenure than Men.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/economix.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/05\/keeping-women-in-science-on-a-tenure-track\/?src=tptw\">http:\/\/economix.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/05\/keeping-women-in-science-on-a-tenure-track\/?src=tptw<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AWISnational\">@AWISnational<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Something to cheer you up: Charlie Stross on changes for the better in the last decade<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2010\/12\/reasons-to-be-cheerful.html\">http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2010\/12\/reasons-to-be-cheerful.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>I probably shouldn&#8217;t be finding this &#8216;My Blackberry is not working&#8217; sketch as funny as I do.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Why social software for scientists is hard to do &#8211; we don&#8217;t like sharing, it seems.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/takeoneonion.org\/archives\/2011\/01\/leaving-nature-now-freela.html\">http:\/\/takeoneonion.org\/archives\/2011\/01\/leaving-nature-now-freela.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now the holidays are over, it&#8217;s back to your regularly scheduled link-fest. <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/01\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-18\/\">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-4986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986","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=4986"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5000,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions\/5000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}