{"id":6277,"date":"2011-06-12T09:39:49","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T14:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=6277"},"modified":"2011-06-12T09:39:49","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T14:39:49","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/06\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-30\/","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>Thanks for voting for Anne in the Three Quarks Daily contest. She&#8217;s been voted into the semi-finals round, and now it is up to the editors of 3QD and the judges. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2011\/06\/3qd-science-prize-semifinalists-2011.html\">Do check out the list of other semi-finalists;<\/a> they are all excellent reads and the <a href=\"http:\/\/lablemminglounge.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/3qd-semifinalists-announced.html\">geo- and enviro-sciences are well-represented<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Earthquakes and Tsunami<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Excellent article on tsunami disaster response modeling for Cannon Beach, Oregon:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kgw.com\/news\/local\/OR-computer-simulation-guides-tsunami-planning-123479259.html\">http:\/\/www.kgw.com\/news\/local\/OR-computer-simulation-guides-tsunami-planning-123479259.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lockwooddewitt\">@lockwooddewitt<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Gorgeous wind shift in the plume: incredible image of Puyehue ash blown into Argentina<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/NaturalHazards\/view.php?id=50858\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/NaturalHazards\/view.php?id=50858<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ugrandite\">@ugrandite<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA_EO\">@NASA_EO<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Landslides<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Slow-Motion Landslide Threatens Homes In New York, as covered on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nprnews\/\">@nprnews<\/a> and Geology in Motion;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/06\/06\/136935162\/slow-motion-landslide-threatens-homes-in-new-york\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/06\/06\/136935162\/slow-motion-landslide-threatens-homes-in-new-york<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geologyinmotion.com\/2011\/06\/largest-landslide-in-new-york-state-82.html\">http:\/\/www.geologyinmotion.com\/2011\/06\/largest-landslide-in-new-york-state-82.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>What did plesiosaurs do with their long necks? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Laelaps\">@Laelaps<\/a> looks at the clues:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/06\/plesiosaurs-the-beautiful-bottom-feeders\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/06\/plesiosaurs-the-beautiful-bottom-feeders\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Traces of early, pre-snowball earth biomineralisers found Yukon, Canada<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/newsoffice\/2011\/ancient-armor-microfossils-0607.html\">http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/newsoffice\/2011\/ancient-armor-microfossils-0607.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/highlyanne\">@highlyanne<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>OK, this is pretty scary: the release of carbon into the atmosphere today is nearly 10 times as fast as during Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/06\/110605132433.htm\">http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/06\/110605132433.htm<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fascinating: how warm water leaking into Atlantic from Indian Ocean strongly affects climate of S America &amp; Europe<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/deepseanews.com\/2011\/06\/the-indian-oceans-cup-runeth-over\/\">http:\/\/deepseanews.com\/2011\/06\/the-indian-oceans-cup-runeth-over\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The public thinks scientists are divided on global warming, when it just ain&#8217;t true.&#8221; Good post summarizing the disconnect between public perception and scientific consensus, by Wild Weather Dan.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/wildwildscience\/2011\/06\/08\/the-great-american-disconnect\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/wildwildscience\/2011\/06\/08\/the-great-american-disconnect\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/para_sight\">@para_sight<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Bill McKibben wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post a few weeks ago about seeing a pattern in individual events. While we don&#8217;t understand tornadoes and their historical record well enough to say whether their frequency or intensity is being affected by climate change, this dramatization of McKibben&#8217;s editorial makes a very powerful point:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A link between climate change and the Joplin Tornadoes? Never! (2011)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xhCY-3XnqS0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<li>Elizabeth Kolbert echoes a similar refrain in The <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NewYorker\">@NewYorker<\/a> on climate change, extreme weather, and politics.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/talk\/comment\/2011\/06\/13\/110613taco_talk_kolbert\">http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/talk\/comment\/2011\/06\/13\/110613taco_talk_kolbert<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/YaleE360\">@YaleE360<\/a>, )\n<\/li>\n<li>Recent snowpack declines in the Rocky Mountains are out of the ordinary, compared to a long tree-ring record [I need to read the paper]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doi.gov\/news\/pressreleases\/USGS-Study-Finds-Recent-Snowpack-Declines-in-the-Rocky-Mountains-Unusual-Compared-to-Past-Few-Centuries.cfm#\">http:\/\/www.doi.gov\/news\/pressreleases\/USGS-Study-Finds-Recent-Snowpack-Declines-in-the-Rocky-Mountains-Unusual-Compared-to-Past-Few-Centuries.cfm#<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/WaterWired\">@WaterWired<\/a>)<\/li)\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>For more flood links, check out Anne&#8217;s mid-week post on the Mississippi, Missouri, and Chinese floods:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/06\/flooding-around-the-world-2\/\">https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/06\/flooding-around-the-world-2\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Worth a watch. Reeks with hubris but a good overview of this year&#8217;s Mississippi flood: USACE video<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SiPqy76vPtM&#038;feature=player_profilepage\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SiPqy76vPtM&#038;feature=player_profilepage<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WaterWired\">@WaterWired<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Lots of aerial photos of Missouri River Flooding near Pierre, SD<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nylen.com\/flood\/20110610\/\">http:\/\/www.nylen.com\/flood\/20110610\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\" \nhttp:\/\/www.disasterrecovery.sd.gov\/photogal\/Pierre\/gallery_Jun6.aspx\">http:\/\/www.disasterrecovery.sd.gov\/photogal\/Pierre\/gallery_Jun6.aspx<\/a>(Check out the whirlpool!)<br \/>\n(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/TheGeoEngineer\">@TheGeoEngineer<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>In Historic Flooding On Mississippi River, A Missed Opportunity To Rebuild Louisiana:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/06\/09\/in-historic-flooding-on-m_n_873623.html\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/06\/09\/in-historic-flooding-on-m_n_873623.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>China is threatening Egypt&#8217;s claims to the Nile water, by buying land upstream<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Business\/Green-Economics\/2011\/0604\/For-Egypt-China-is-threatening-the-Nile\">http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Business\/Green-Economics\/2011\/0604\/For-Egypt-China-is-threatening-the-Nile<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WanderingGaia\">@WanderingGaia<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Two Elwha River (WA) dams unplugged last week, in prep for removal this fall, restoring salmon runs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/localnews\/2015202387_elwha02m.html\">http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/localnews\/2015202387_elwha02m.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WaterWired\">@WaterWired<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Fun video of geese surfing a wave on the Colorado River at a 27-year high flow!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xQfSx6zEey0&#038;feature=share\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xQfSx6zEey0&#038;feature=share<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>NGWA Conference: Groundwater: Cities,Suburbs &amp; Growth Areas \\u2014 Remedying the Past\/Managing for Future [Wish I&#8217;d known about this one earlier.]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngwa.org\/DEVELOPMENT\/conferences\/details\/5026\/index.aspx?CFID=733719&#038;CFTOKEN=60984258\">http:\/\/www.ngwa.org\/DEVELOPMENT\/conferences\/details\/5026\/index.aspx?CFID=733719&#038;CFTOKEN=60984258<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WaterWired\">@WaterWired<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia gets approval for its green water infrastructure, principally better storm water management<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanrivers.org\/newsroom\/blog\/lgarland-20110608-pennsylvania-supports.html\">http:\/\/www.americanrivers.org\/newsroom\/blog\/lgarland-20110608-pennsylvania-supports.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cynthiabarnett\">@cynthiabarnett<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Can California further reduce urban water use? By following Australia&#8217;s example it can<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p17k4l-7Y\">http:\/\/wp.me\/p17k4l-7Y<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chanceofraincom\">@chanceofraincom<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Knock-on effect of Mississipi flooding: displaced fertiliser may lead to largest-ever dead zone in Gulf of Mexico.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/03\/science\/earth\/03runoff.html?_r=2&#038;ref=science\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/03\/science\/earth\/03runoff.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Five Years On, Java Still Grapples with Mud Volcano<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,2076148,00.html\">http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,2076148,00.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Voyager probes flying through turbulent magnetic &#8216;bubbles&#8217; 10s of millions of km across at edge of the solar system<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-13715764\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-13715764<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A lovely overview of the Voyager missions. Looks like the original chief scientist, who is now in his 70s, still runs the show\u2026<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-13704153\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-13704153<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Remember the rediscovery of the Pink Terraces beneath Lake Rotomahana in New Zealand? Now they&#8217;ve found the White Terraces too.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/juliansrockandiceblog.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/white-terraces-reappear-after-125-years.html\">http:\/\/juliansrockandiceblog.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/white-terraces-reappear-after-125-years.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Accretionary Wedge #34 encore at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Dhunterauthor\">@Dhunterauthor&#8217;s<\/a> includes some more great posts.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/accretionary-wedge-34-encore.html\">http:\/\/entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/accretionary-wedge-34-encore.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, in preparation for her hosting of the next Accretionary Wedge, Evelyn writes about&#8230;Accretionary Wedges.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/georneys.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/geology-word-of-week-is-for.html\">http:\/\/georneys.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/geology-word-of-week-is-for.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A taste of nostalgia for Chris in <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">Brian Romans&#8217;<\/a> Friday Field Photo: cross-bedded quartzites from Table Mountain in Cape Town.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/06\/friday-field-photo-147-cape-town-cross-bedding\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/06\/friday-field-photo-147-cape-town-cross-bedding\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>I hope the buyers of these dinosaurs, meteorites, minerals, and a giant ground sloth up for auction put them on display so that people can see them.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/06\/dinosaur-auction-gallery\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/06\/dinosaur-auction-gallery\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wiredscience\">@wiredscience<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>This year&#8217;s annual Geological Society of America meeting in Minneapolis is 9-12 Oct. Registration begins today at<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geosociety.org\/meetings\/2011\/reg.h\">http:\/\/www.geosociety.org\/meetings\/2011\/reg.h<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/geosociety\">@geosociety<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Cool photo: Seafloor Sunday no. 87 &#8211; Debris left by icebergs plowing into the seabed in Antarctica<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/06\/seafloor-sunday-87-icebergs-plowing-into-the-seabed\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/06\/seafloor-sunday-87-icebergs-plowing-into-the-seabed\/<\/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>Thinking about an academic career?  Be sure to check out SERC&#8217;s June 2011 workshop:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/NAGTWorkshops\/careerdev\/AcademicCareer2011\/june_2011.html\">http:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/NAGTWorkshops\/careerdev\/AcademicCareer2011\/june_2011.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ugrandite\">@ugrandite<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Using group dynamics to prevent tragedy of the commons: &#8216;complex network of small groups&#8217; better than one big one?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/news\/2011\/06\/group-dynamics-key-to-avoiding-tragedy-of-the-commons.ars\">http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/news\/2011\/06\/group-dynamics-key-to-avoiding-tragedy-of-the-commons.ars<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not only do people have bad instincts when it comes to probability and statistics, but its easy to exploit them.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/news\/2011\/06\/risk-probability-and-how-our-brains-are-easily-misled.ars\">http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/news\/2011\/06\/risk-probability-and-how-our-brains-are-easily-misled.ars<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>There Is No Such Thing as a Free Market [we only see the restrictions\/regulations we don&#8217;t like]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/there-no-such-thing-free-market\/1307462405\">http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/there-no-such-thing-free-market\/1307462405<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBrowser\">@TheBrowser<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Another reason to lust for an i-Pad: NSF Science360<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/science360-for-ipad\/id439928181?mt=8\">hhttp:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/science360-for-ipad\/id439928181?mt=8<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BoraZ\">@BoraZ<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>&quot;You can see that things gradually become more terrifying&#8230;&quot; The alkali metals in water, via<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/8868\">http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/8868<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/drskyskull\">@drskyskull<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/swansontea\">@swansontea<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for voting for Anne in the Three Quarks Daily contest. She&#8217;s been voted into the semi-finals round, and now it is up to the editors of 3QD and the judges. Do check out the list of other semi-finalists; they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/06\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-30\/\">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-6277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6277","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=6277"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6291,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6277\/revisions\/6291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}