{"id":6956,"date":"2011-11-13T13:24:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=6956"},"modified":"2011-11-13T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T18:24:09","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/11\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-37\/","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>Other posts on All-geo<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Earth Science Erratics: Tim Sherry brings us some spectacular field photos from the Charlevoix impact crater.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/erratics\/2011\/11\/the-charlevoix-impact-crater\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/erratics\/2011\/11\/the-charlevoix-impact-crater\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Metageologist: We all rave about John McPhee, but he is by no means the only author to have written poetically about geology. Simon introduces us to Irishman Tim Robinson.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2011\/11\/tim-robinson-geology-and-place\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2011\/11\/tim-robinson-geology-and-place\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Blogs in motion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Harmonic Tremors blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/seismogenic\">@seismogenic<\/a> has rebooted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismogenic.net\/\">http:\/\/www.seismogenic.net\/<\/a>.<br \/>\n(via)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazing photos of El Hierro eruption from sea level, including steaming and floating ejecta, and the latest satellite image of the eruption.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/presican\/sets\/72157627925719829\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/presican\/sets\/72157627925719829\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=76362\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=76362<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA_EO\">@NASA_EO<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Earthquakes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A very nice article tying the Oklahoma quakes into wider discussion of seismic activity within plates.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Environment\/2011\/1108\/Earthquakes-in-Oklahoma-Is-fracking-to-blame-or-something-else\">http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Environment\/2011\/1108\/Earthquakes-in-Oklahoma-Is-fracking-to-blame-or-something-else<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>On a related note, Nature has a great report on Seth Stein&#8217;s ideas argument that New Madrid earthquake fears are overblown<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/seth-stein-the-quake-killer-1.9311\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/seth-stein-the-quake-killer-1.9311<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jfleck\">@jfleck<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Human-set, scrub-clearing Fires &#8216;changing seed evolution&#8217; &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-15674495\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-15674495<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sarcastic quips about yuppie dinosaurs offset by the fact this is darned interesting: Tyrannosaurs were power-walkers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2011\/111107\/full\/news.2011.631.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/2011\/111107\/full\/news.2011.631.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NatureNews\">@NatureNews<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Cambrian ichnology! Description of a trackway from the Burgess Shale. CBC report has pictures.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/early\/2011\/11\/04\/rspb.2011.1986\">http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/early\/2011\/11\/04\/rspb.2011.1986<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/m\/rich\/technology\/story\/2011\/11\/09\/science-fossil-tracks-burgess-shale.html\">http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/m\/rich\/technology\/story\/2011\/11\/09\/science-fossil-tracks-burgess-shale.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kwinkunks\">@kwinkunks<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8216;Clathrate gun&#8217; hypothesis for the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum has largely fallen from favour, but its not dead yet..<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news240047732.html\">http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news240047732.html<\/a><br \/>\nFor more background, here&#8217;s a paper that summarises  the current state of thinking on the PETM.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/368\/1919\/2395.full\">http:\/\/rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/368\/1919\/2395.full<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bangkok flooding continues:  water still rising, evacuation widens, flood response HQ surrounded by water.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-15615876\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-15615876<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ayresriverblog.com\/2011\/11\/07\/bangkok-flooding-water-still-rising-in-the-city\/\"> http:\/\/ayresriverblog.com\/2011\/11\/07\/bangkok-flooding-water-still-rising-in-the-city\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Counting the blue, green, and gray water that goes into manufacturing:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/11\/02\/for-parched-times-a-new-water-calculus\/\">http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/11\/02\/for-parched-times-a-new-water-calculus\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kjmcguire\">@kjmcguire<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Obama Administration delays decision on Keystone XL pipeline until AFTER 2012 election.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/glogin?URI=http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/11\/11\/us\/politics\/administration-to-delay-pipeline-decision-past-12-election.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/glogin?URI=http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/11\/11\/us\/politics\/administration-to-delay-pipeline-decision-past-12-election.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DCdebbie\">@DCdebbie<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Desmond Tutu thoughtfully refutes oil industry&#8217;s &quot;ethical oil&quot; claims for Keystone pipeline:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/tutu14\/English\">http:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/tutu14\/English<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/climateprogress\">@climateprogress<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NRDC\">@NRDC<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Very cool. Thames River contamination tied to World War II gardens.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/geospace\/2011\/11\/08\/thames-river\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/geospace\/2011\/11\/08\/thames-river\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/theAGU\">@theAGU<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Including oil, and the &#8216;tragedy of the commons&#8217; makes Settlers of Catan much less fun, SouthernFriedScientist concludes. A lesson there.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernfriedscience.com\/?p=11742\">http:\/\/www.southernfriedscience.com\/?p=11742<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Moon&#8217;s early magnetic field may have been powered by mechanical stirring. Differential mantle\/core rotation or impacts have both been proposed as the cause.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v479\/n7372\/full\/479183a.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v479\/n7372\/full\/479183a.html<\/a><br \/>\nIf this sounds ridiculous, mechanical stirring is actually how experimental dynamos impart energy into a &#8216;core&#8217; of molten sodium(!)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/complex.umd.edu\/dynamo\/\">http:\/\/complex.umd.edu\/dynamo\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bm_iqzmR2cE\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bm_iqzmR2cE<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Radar images of asteroid 2005 YU55 that buzzed Earth this week: resolution uncannily similar to 1980s video game.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/videogallery\/index.html?collection_id=77341&#038;media_id=119737731\">http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/videogallery\/index.html?collection_id=77341&#038;media_id=119737731<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Anne likes &#8216;the five D&#8217;s of fieldwork&#8217; in The Future of Fieldwork by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mikamckimmon>Mika Mckimmon<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geomika.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/10\/future-fieldwork\/\">http:\/\/www.geomika.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/10\/future-fieldwork\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chris is liking this newly-discovered &amp; photo-rich blog by Edmund Stump about doing research in Transantarctic Mountains<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transantarcticmountains.com\/blog\/\">http:\/\/www.transantarcticmountains.com\/blog\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Whilst the art world lives up to its stereotype by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-15689652\">chucking \u00a32.7 million at an extremely boring photo<\/a>, In Focus showcases some of the more spectacular entries for the National Geographic 2011 Photo Contest. All of them are amazing, but 25 and 33 Chris&#8217;s  faves.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/infocus\/2011\/11\/national-geographic-photo-contest-2011\/100187\/\">http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/infocus\/2011\/11\/national-geographic-photo-contest-2011\/100187\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/in_focus\">@in_focus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Acceptable Parity: Four Ways Men Stunt Women&#8217;s Careers Unintentionally (a hilarious and educational rewrite of a career advice article).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/acceptableparity.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/four-ways-men-stunt-womens-careers.html\">http:\/\/acceptableparity.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/four-ways-men-stunt-womens-careers.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alicepawley\">@alicepawley<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Excellent advice. Worth bookmarking. The art of negotiating: an analogy, with booze.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/drbecca\/2011\/11\/07\/the-art-of-negotiating-an-analogy-with-booze\/\">http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/drbecca\/2011\/11\/07\/the-art-of-negotiating-an-analogy-with-booze\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ScientopiaBlogs\">@ScientopiaBlogs<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Hilarious &amp; sad: UK profs protest pension changes by working to contract, cut hours by 1\/3, get life back.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/education\/2011\/nov\/07\/academics-pensions-dispute\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/education\/2011\/nov\/07\/academics-pensions-dispute<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kejames\">@kejames<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Bingo. &#8220;get a student to the point at which a theory comes as a solution, rather than as an edict, [then] you&#8217;ve won.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/suburbdad.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/grading-and-choosing.html\">http:\/\/suburbdad.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/grading-and-choosing.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>How to request an error correction in Web of Science &#8211;  Useful when they&#8217;ve missed your citations!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/science.thomsonreuters.com\/techsupport\/datachange\/\">http:\/\/science.thomsonreuters.com\/techsupport\/datachange\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other posts on All-geo Earth Science Erratics: Tim Sherry brings us some spectacular field photos from the Charlevoix impact crater. http:\/\/all-geo.org\/erratics\/2011\/11\/the-charlevoix-impact-crater\/ Metageologist: We all rave about John McPhee, but he is by no means the only author to have written &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2011\/11\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-37\/\">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-6956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6956","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=6956"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6962,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6956\/revisions\/6962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}