{"id":6723,"date":"2011-10-09T12:14:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T17:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=6723"},"modified":"2011-10-09T12:14:23","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T17:14:23","slug":"stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/10\/stuff-i-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff I 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\" \/><\/span>The Sunday link-fest has returned, although it&#8217;s just me this week as Anne has been busy preparing for, and travelling to attend, the GSA Conference in Minneapolis. Here are the most interesting items I found in my travels around the internet in the last seven days:<\/p>\n<h4>Earthquakes &#038; Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The crux of L&#8217;Aquila quake trial: always a risk, but probability always low over timescales people are interested in.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/pnnGwn\">http:\/\/nyti.ms\/pnnGwn<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Short lived earthquake swarm beneath Katla in Iceland last night: @eruptionsblog has the details<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/10\/earthquake-swarm-keeps-icelands-katla-rocking\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/10\/earthquake-swarm-keeps-icelands-katla-rocking\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fascinating post from @Laelaps on how teeth seem to be the key to unravelling whale evolution<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/10\/evolutionary-treasures-locked-in-the-teeth-of-early-whales\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/10\/evolutionary-treasures-locked-in-the-teeth-of-early-whales\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>New in debate over original source of Earth&#8217;s water: Comet Hartley 2 contains water isotopically similar to oceans<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-15181123\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-15181123<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Some fascinating info &#038; pictures from the MESSENGER Mercury orbiter, courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/elakdawalla\">Emily Lakdawalla<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blog\/article\/00003211\/\">http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blog\/article\/00003211\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>The IAU will love this: Dawn PI describes the asteroid Vesta as the &#8220;smallest terrestrial planet in the solar system&#8221;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/334916\/title\/Miniplanet_sports_megapeak\">http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/334916\/title\/Miniplanet_sports_megapeak<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alexwitze\">@alexwitze<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Wow. This video of a cliff collapsing into the sea in Cornwall has to be seen to be believed.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/10\/07\/watch-this-surely-the-very-best-ever-cliff-collapse-video\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/10\/07\/watch-this-surely-the-very-best-ever-cliff-collapse-video\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/daveslandslides\">@daveslandslides<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Cool limestone outcropology from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus>Brian Romans<\/a>: Deposits from a 500 million year old storm<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/10\/friday-field-photo-157-evidence-of-a-500-million-year-old-storm\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2011\/10\/friday-field-photo-157-evidence-of-a-500-million-year-old-storm\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Odd but effective: annoyingly catchy &#038; informative music video about Earth&#8217;s internal structure. Warning: press play at your own risk of ear worms!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q9j1xGaxYzY&#038;feature=player_embedded\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q9j1xGaxYzY&#038;feature=player_embedded<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A record of a complicated tectonic history: lithospheric thickness sharply varies from 25-60 miles under California<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news\/2011-10-scientists-reveal-southern-california-tectonic.html\">http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news\/2011-10-scientists-reveal-southern-california-tectonic.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Heh. The <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/geolsoc\">Geological Society of London blog<\/a> considers what makes a good volcanic lair for the aspiring evil genius.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/geolsoc.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/07\/top-5-volcanic-lairs-for-evil-geologists\/\">http:\/\/geolsoc.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/07\/top-5-volcanic-lairs-for-evil-geologists\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Geotourism as a force for economic good: NPR covers the Mistaken Pt Ediacarans in Newfoundland<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/10\/04\/141044355\/fossils-help-rev-hard-hit-newfoundland-fishing-area\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/10\/04\/141044355\/fossils-help-rev-hard-hit-newfoundland-fishing-area<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/callanbentley\">@callanbentley<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Some beautiful photos of highly metamorphosed rocks in outcrop in Norway<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mentemalleo.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/04\/mishmash-in-the-earths-crust\/\">http:\/\/mentemalleo.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/04\/mishmash-in-the-earths-crust\/<\/a><br \/>\nAnd while you&#8217;re looking at metamorphic rocks, check out this primer from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/metageologist\">Metageologist<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2011\/10\/metamorphism-pressure-temperature-time-paths\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2011\/10\/metamorphism-pressure-temperature-time-paths\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not in the career guide, but it should be: &#8216;field geophysicists are hybrid offspring of MacGuyver &amp; a James Bond villian&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geomika.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/02\/job-geophysicist\/\">http:\/\/www.geomika.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/02\/job-geophysicist\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>This NOAA animation of Arctic ice cover since 1987 superbly highlights recent dramatic fall in multi-year ice<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatewatch.noaa.gov\/video\/2011\/old-ice-becoming-rare-in-arctic\">http:\/\/www.climatewatch.noaa.gov\/video\/2011\/old-ice-becoming-rare-in-arctic<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NatureGeosci\">@NatureGeosci<\/a>)<br \/>\nIn the scary present, 2011 Arctic sea ice melt neared record 2007 lows even without weather extremes that drove the previous minimum.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nsidc.org\/arcticseaicenews\/2011\/100411.html\">http:\/\/nsidc.org\/arcticseaicenews\/2011\/100411.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NSIDC_ArcticIce\">@NSIDC_ArcticIce<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<li>The geochemical arguments over what was going on in the Neoproterozoic &#038; the Snowball Earth get ever more complicated: this new paper argues it was actually not that cold&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v478\/n7367\/full\/nature10499.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v478\/n7367\/full\/nature10499.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>How even very smart people can do something dumb. A pro-geoengineering panel wrangles over a more focus-group friendly moniker.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/?p=336676\">http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/?p=336676<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/climateprogress\">@climateprogress<\/a>)<br \/>\nFollowing the money behind this panel also finds some strange bedfellows:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/blog\/2011\/oct\/06\/us-push-geoengineering\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/blog\/2011\/oct\/06\/us-push-geoengineering<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alicebell\">@alicebell<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Arctic ozone hole breaks all records  Weirdly, the cold air that caused it may be due to climate change<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn20988-arctic-ozone-hole-breaks-all-records.html\">http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn20988-arctic-ozone-hole-breaks-all-records.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/m_c_marshall\">@m_c_marshall<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Flagship UK carbon capture project &#8216;close to collapse&#8217;. CCS is fast becoming the nuclear fusion of the green economy (as in the potential is being touted far in advance of proving it can be practically harnessed).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2011\/oct\/06\/carbon-capture-project-longannet-collapse\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2011\/oct\/06\/carbon-capture-project-longannet-collapse<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter\/com\/Dhunterauthor\">Dana Hunter<\/a> on the legacy of Steve Jobs: &#8220;I&#8217;ll be able to bloody well do field geology on a f***ing phone.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/entequilaesverdad\/2011\/10\/06\/steve-was-all-right\/\">http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/entequilaesverdad\/2011\/10\/06\/steve-was-all-right\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A lesson from Sherlock Holmes: &#8220;Often, our mind conflates the world and our own interpretation of it.&#8221; Part of a fascinating series at Scientific American blogs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/2011\/10\/04\/lessons-from-sherlock-holmes-trust-in-the-facts-not-your-version-of-them\/\">http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/2011\/10\/04\/lessons-from-sherlock-holmes-trust-in-the-facts-not-your-version-of-them\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JenLucPiquant\">@JenLucPiquant<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Something to cheer me up following England&#8217;s exit from the Rugby World Cup: Rugby and bad statistics get amusingly mashed up.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/archosaurmusings.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/08\/on-statistics\/\">hhttp:\/\/archosaurmusings.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/08\/on-statistics\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Observation, Observation, Observation x2: Six ways to never get lost in a city again<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-15125287\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-15125287<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WanderingGaia\">@WanderingGaia<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>What key ingredients make a good poster presentation? A compelling graphic from<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/betterposters.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/mostly-right.html\">http:\/\/betterposters.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/mostly-right.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/andyfarke\">@andyfarke<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DoctorZen\">@DoctorZen<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Brilliant. The 3 things I learned at the Purdue Conf for Pre-Tenure Women: On being a radical scholar:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/context-and-variation\/2011\/10\/07\/the-three-things-i-learned-at-the-purdue-conference-for-pre-tenure-women-on-being-a-radical-scholar\/\">http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/context-and-variation\/2011\/10\/07\/the-three-things-i-learned-at-the-purdue-conference-for-pre-tenure-women-on-being-a-radical-scholar\/<\/a><br \/>\n(by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KateClancy\">@KateClancy<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunday link-fest has returned, although it&#8217;s just me this week as Anne has been busy preparing for, and travelling to attend, the GSA Conference in Minneapolis. 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