{"id":5212,"date":"2011-01-23T10:45:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T15:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2011-01-23T10:45:47","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T15:45:47","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/01\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-19\/","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>Blogs in motion<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceseeker.org\">Scienceseeker<\/a> blog aggregator aims to act as a general portal for all science blogging, everywhere. It has <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceseeker.org\/displayfeed\/?type=blog&#038;filter0=topic&#038;value0=Geosciences\">a Geoscience section<\/a> which is obviously still lacking a fair number of the geoblogs out there; I have submitted the blogs on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/shared\/user\/18270218655642830115\/label\/allgeo\">allgeo feed<\/a> to be added to the database, but it may take a while as they run through the backlog of a deluge of submissions in the last week.<\/p>\n<h4>Earthquakes and Volcanos<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Impressive photos of aftermath of April 2010 Mexicali Earthquake &#8211; damage, triggered landslides.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthly-musings.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/amazing-photos-of-april-4-2010.html\">http:\/\/earthly-musings.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/amazing-photos-of-april-4-2010.html<\/a><br \/>\nThe photos remind me of this video of the Sierra Mayor mountains just after quake:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oeB-e3yBIho\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oeB-e3yBIho<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Some close-up photos of volcanic ash from Eyjafjallajokull, scourge of Transatlantic jet engines.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonfr.com\/volcano\/?p=474\">http:\/\/www.jonfr.com\/volcano\/?p=474<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Floods and Landslides<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Some very dramatic shots of floods around the globe from the Guardian.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/gallery\/2011\/jan\/18\/flooding\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/gallery\/2011\/jan\/18\/flooding<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/EcoInternet\">@EcoInternet<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/01\/landslides-and-flooding-in-brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<li>Mudslides and floods have killed 787 people (with ~400 still missing), making this the deadliest natural disaster in Brazil since 1900.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/canadianpress\/article\/ALeqM5hjKFFEBd5Tj5CuE48ZBMyEJ3qVqQ?docId=5719242\">http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/canadianpress\/article\/ALeqM5hjKFFEBd5Tj5CuE48ZBMyEJ3qVqQ?docId=5719242<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Landslides in Brazil: Some nice views of the scarps, flood deposits, and devastation from Boston Globe&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/big_picture\">@big_picture<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2011\/01\/landslides_in_brazil.html\">http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2011\/01\/landslides_in_brazil.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A discussion of the economic roots of the Brazilian disaster, making the case for reducing income inequality and better hazard mapping\/land-use planning<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Business\/Green-Economics\/2011\/0121\/Adapting-to-natural-disaster-risk-the-case-of-Brazil-s-flood\">http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Business\/Green-Economics\/2011\/0121\/Adapting-to-natural-disaster-risk-the-case-of-Brazil-s-flood<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&quot;Earth is cloudy. Especially in the tropics.&quot; Why there&#8217;s not (yet) any satellite imagery of the Brazilian floods.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/blogs\/elegantfigures\/2011\/01\/20\/the-challenges-of-picturing-floods\/?src=elegantfigures-rss\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/blogs\/elegantfigures\/2011\/01\/20\/the-challenges-of-picturing-floods\/?src=elegantfigures-rss<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/01\/flooding-on-the-flanks-of-mt-hood\/\">US West Coast<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<li>Lockwood Dewitt adds his perspective on floods in Oregon and elsewhere \\n-water.html<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/outsidetheinterzone.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/lot\">http:\/\/outsidetheinterzone.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/lot<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Brian Romans contributes a post the the QUEST blog: Rivers in the Sky Lead to Flooding on the Ground<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/quest\/blog\/2011\/01\/20\/rivers-in-the-sky\/\">http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/quest\/blog\/2011\/01\/20\/rivers-in-the-sky\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/01\/a-flood-is-a-disaster-when-people-are-in-the-way\/\">Australia<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<li>Before and after Brisbane flooding pictures<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/infographics\/qld-floods\/beforeafter.htm\">http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/infographics\/qld-floods\/beforeafter.htm<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>A satellite instrument that can measure water in soil and may help with future flood warnings.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-12206639\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-12206639<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Arctic sea ice declining faster than models predict from RealClimate&#8217;s annual &#8216;how is reality doing compared to climate model predictions?&#8217; piece.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/yfrog.com\/h0vx9\">http:\/\/yfrog.com\/h0vx9<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2011\/01\/2010-updates-to-model-data-comparisons\/\">http:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2011\/01\/2010-updates-to-model-data-comparisons\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Corals migrate to higher latitudes in response to climate change. Can&#8217;t run away from ocean acidification though. Another important caveat from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rmacpherson\">@rmacpherson<\/a>: this assumes there is a suitable substrate for new coral to grow on.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2011\/110121\/full\/news.2011.33.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2011\/110121\/full\/news.2011.33.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Post-publication peer review in action: &#8216;habitable exoplanet&#8217; claim attracts the nit-picky scientific horde<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/01\/gliese-581g-questioned\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/01\/gliese-581g-questioned\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>This is going to be good: Stardust probe preparing to fly by comet Tempel 1 (the one Deep Impact&#8230;impacted) next month<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blog\/article\/00002884\/\">http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blog\/article\/00002884\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The &quot;all stars&quot; of Phanerozoic marine predators, summarized in a beautiful timeline from the Smithsonian:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ocean.si.edu\/ocean-over-time\/top-predators-timeline\">http:\/\/ocean.si.edu\/ocean-over-time\/top-predators-timeline<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Ichnologist\">@Ichnologist<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Take-home: distinguishing species from bones difficult. Triceratops may not be Torosaurus after all<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/blogs\/shortsharpscience\/2011\/01\/triceratops-may-not-be-torosau.html\">http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/blogs\/shortsharpscience\/2011\/01\/triceratops-may-not-be-torosau.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Death by 1000 cuts:<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hypocentre\">Hypocentre<\/a> highlights a major setback for UK Geo- and Bioconservation due to a quiet change in some funding rules.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hypocentral.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/21\/major-setback-for-uk-geo-and-bioconservation\/\">http:\/\/hypocentral.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/21\/major-setback-for-uk-geo-and-bioconservation\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Even if we fully commit to it, transitioning from coal &amp; oil to renewable energy will be a formidable challenge.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/feature\/green_energys_big_challenge__the_daunting_task_of_scaling_up_\/2362\/\">http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/feature\/green_energys_big_challenge__the_daunting_task_of_scaling_up_\/2362\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Great post on a fundamental geological concept: L is for Lithosphere<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/georneys.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/geology-word-of-week-l-is-for.html\">http:\/\/georneys.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/geology-word-of-week-l-is-for.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>be sure to download the EarthObserver app for iPad and iPhone\/iPod Touch while it&#8217;s free #scio11<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/earthobserver\/id405514799?mt=8\">http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/earthobserver\/id405514799?mt=8<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jackiefloyd\">@jackiefloyd<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Pretty geo-pictures: From the ground,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/geofroth.posterous.com\/yawn\">http:\/\/geofroth.posterous.com\/yawn<\/a><br \/>\nFrom the air,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/iapetancaptain.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/20\/aerial-pictures\/\">http:\/\/iapetancaptain.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/20\/aerial-pictures\/<\/a><br \/>\nFrom a fold axis!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/mountainbeltway\/2011\/01\/21\/friday-fold-scenes-from-new-55\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/mountainbeltway\/2011\/01\/21\/friday-fold-scenes-from-new-55\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Awesome. Alaskan Surfers Riding catch the tidal bore &#8211; for 45 minutes! (video)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/playbook\/2011\/01\/alaska-long-surfing\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/playbook\/2011\/01\/alaska-long-surfing\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To honor victims of Tucson tragedy, fund leadership in Earth &amp; space sciences, engineering &amp; policy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gabriellegiffordsleadershipfund.org\/\">http:\/\/www.gabriellegiffordsleadershipfund.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/geographile\">@geographile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanMLadwig\">@AlanMLadwig<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>The Myth of Progress: Why rich countries&#8217; disasters get far more media play than poor countries&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dark-mountain.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/12\/small-flood-in-sri-lanka-no-white-people-dead\/\">http:\/\/www.dark-mountain.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/12\/small-flood-in-sri-lanka-no-white-people-dead\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/geographicalmag\">@geographicalmag<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Fix The System, Not The Women &#8211; summary from Science Careers for women in science &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sciencecareers.sciencemag.org\/career_magazine\/previous_issues\/articles\/2011_01_21\/science.opms.r1100099\">http:\/\/sciencecareers.sciencemag.org\/career_magazine\/previous_issues\/articles\/2011_01_21\/science.opms.r1100099<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AtheneDonald\">@AtheneDonald<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>For those interested in the issues around discussion of published research online, the &#8216;Trial by Twitter&#8217; article in Nature is definitely worth reading<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2011\/110119\/full\/469286a.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2011\/110119\/full\/469286a.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Possibly of interest to people at the &#8216;Technology in the Wild&#8217; session at ScienceOnline: Project HiJack uses iPhone audio jack to make cheap sensors<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/news\/2011\/01\/project-hijack-uses-iphone-audio-jack-to-make-cheap-sensors.ars\">http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/news\/2011\/01\/project-hijack-uses-iphone-audio-jack-to-make-cheap-sensors.ars<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<li>A resource for participatory science projects:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scienceforcitizens.net\">http:\/\/scienceforcitizens.net<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>James Cameron building a sub to return to Challenger Deep (includes an interesting account of original dive).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2011\/jan\/18\/james-cameron-dives-deep-avatar\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2011\/jan\/18\/james-cameron-dives-deep-avatar<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/claireainsworth\">@claireainsworth<\/a>)\n<\/ul>\n<h4>ScienceOnline metabloggery<\/h4>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, this week has seen lots of summaries, reflections, and new conversations inspired by the ScienceOnline conference. Even <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/01\/the-elephants-in-the-room-at-scienceonline-2011\/\">Chris could not resist<\/a> the siren call of navel-gazing. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edyong209\">Ed Yong<\/a> provides great advice on reaching beyond natural sciblogging audience. He also sets out why he &#8216;keeps yammering on about writing for broad audiences&#8217;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2011\/01\/18\/are-science-blogs-stuck-in-an-echo-chamber-chamber-chamber\/\">http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2011\/01\/18\/are-science-blogs-stuck-in-an-echo-chamber-chamber-chamber\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edyong.posterous.com\/broad-vs-narrow\">http:\/\/edyong.posterous.com\/broad-vs-narrow<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Two good write-ups of the Women in the Science Blogosphere panel at ScienceOnline 2011, which Anne co-moderated with <a href=\"http:\/\/professorkateclancy.blogspot.com\/\">Kate Clancy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/intersection\/\">Sheril Kirshenbaum<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joannelovesscience.com\/\">Joanne Manaster<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=woman-science-bloggers-discuss-pros-2011-01-18\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=woman-science-bloggers-discuss-pros-2011-01-18<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/professorkateclancy.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/science-online-2011-even-when-we-want.html\">http:\/\/professorkateclancy.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/science-online-2011-even-when-we-want.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good advice for tenure-track bloggers from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/drskyskull\">@drskyskull<\/a> : &quot;Blogging on the career path&quot; at ScienceOnline 2011:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p6nGL-1eS\">http:\/\/wp.me\/p6nGL-1eS<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Blogging with the Invisible Community &#8211; and Why It Matters<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/glyon.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/20\/blogging-with-the-invisible-community-and-why-it-matters\/\">http:\/\/glyon.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/20\/blogging-with-the-invisible-community-and-why-it-matters\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Colo_kea\">@Colo_kea<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BoraZ\">@BoraZ<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekly linkfest. <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/01\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-19\/\">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-5212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212","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=5212"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5235,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions\/5235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}