{"id":7284,"date":"2012-02-19T21:17:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T02:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=7284"},"modified":"2012-02-19T21:17:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T02:17:59","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/02\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-40\/","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>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>From Callan Bentley comes the &#8220;xenobomb&#8221;: an amazing natural mash-up of deep earth and surface magmatic processes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/mountainbeltway\/2012\/02\/18\/the-xenobomb\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/mountainbeltway\/2012\/02\/18\/the-xenobomb\/<\/a><br \/>\nAlthough his neologism has kicked off a small terminology debate in the geoblogosphere:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ron.outcrop.org\/blog\/?p=1492\">http:\/\/ron.outcrop.org\/blog\/?p=1492<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Earthquakes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Clever. China tests active subsurface monitoring of a fault by firing regular airgun pulses though it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/46398859\/ns\/technology_and_science-science\/#.Tz5WY-NWosZ\">http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/46398859\/ns\/technology_and_science-science\/#.Tz5WY-NWosZ<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kwinkunks\">@kwinkunks<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>It looks like the L&#8217;Aquila quake trial is going downhill fast as it becomes lost in arcane debates about the best methodology for assessing seismic hazard. I fear for the outcome.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/new-twists-in-italian-seismology-trial-1.10049\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/new-twists-in-italian-seismology-trial-1.10049<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, here&#8217;s another controversial trial of public officials after a deadly disaster, although in this case it&#8217;s about about the response rather than prediction.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2012\/02\/14\/Eight-in-Chile-indicted-in-tsunami-case\/UPI-77351329233869\/\">http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2012\/02\/14\/Eight-in-Chile-indicted-in-tsunami-case\/UPI-77351329233869\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CPPGeophysics\">@CPPGeophysics<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>And it&#8217;s just been reported that the CTV building that collapsed in last February&#8217;s Christchurch earthquake, killing 115 people, did not meet the mandated building standards.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/international\/2012\/02\/13\/235112.htm\">http:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/international\/2012\/02\/13\/235112.htm<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>An event like the Christchurch quake in Wellington could cost NZ$37 billion; &gt;400 unreinforced buildings at risk.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/national\/6434263\/Wellington-earthquake-fear-No-way-in-or-out\">http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/national\/6434263\/Wellington-earthquake-fear-No-way-in-or-out<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cool stuff &#8211; using LIDAR to measure post earthquake deformation:  write-up of Science paper:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconrepublic.com\/innovation\/item\/25771-nasa-pioneers-3d-earthquake\/\">http:\/\/www.siliconrepublic.com\/innovation\/item\/25771-nasa-pioneers-3d-earthquake\/<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/content\/335\/6069\/702\">http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/content\/335\/6069\/702<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Based on seasonal patterns of bone growth, it seems that polar dinosaurs stayed in the Arctic through the long winter nights.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/ar.22428\/abstract\">http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/ar.22428\/abstract<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Laelaps\">@Laelaps<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Boo. NASA budget guts planetary science programme, AKA the part of NASA&#8217;s space programme that actually achieves things.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/planetary.org\/blog\/article\/00003373\/\">http:\/\/planetary.org\/blog\/article\/00003373\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/elakdawalla\">@elakdawalla<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Weird. The rotation of Venus has noticeably slowed in the last couple of decades.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2012\/02\/120214-venus-planets-slower-spin-esa-space-science\/\">http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2012\/02\/120214-venus-planets-slower-spin-esa-space-science\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/eruptionsblog\">@eruptionsblog<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The water footprint of humanity: 92% goes to crops<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2012\/02\/06\/1109936109\">http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2012\/02\/06\/1109936109<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thirstygecko\">@thirstygecko<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jfleck\">@jfleck<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Florida&#8217;s aquifer adventure &#8211; great images of springs, caves, etc. and discussion of connections between groundwater &#038; the surface.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=htBV_ZgoLmo&#038;feature=youtu.be\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=htBV_ZgoLmo&#038;feature=youtu.be<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>India&#8217;s barefoot water scientists: helping with water supply &#038; sustainability problems for farmers&#8217; shallow wells .<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a6LT3Gt8N38&#038;feature=youtu.be\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a6LT3Gt8N38&#038;feature=youtu.be<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The schadenfreude is strong when reading the leaked documents from top climate science-muddiers the Heartland Institute &#8211; but will it influence people who didn&#8217;t already &#8216;know&#8217; this stuff?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/blog\/2012\/feb\/15\/leaked-heartland-institute-documents-climate-scepticism?CMP=twt_gu\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/blog\/2012\/feb\/15\/leaked-heartland-institute-documents-climate-scepticism?CMP=twt_gu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/science\/story\/10741778\/\">http:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/science\/story\/10741778\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A very interesting analysis of why clean energy is still struggling to take off in US. China and shale gas are two major factors.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/magazine\/2012\/01\/ff_solyndra\/all\/1\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/magazine\/2012\/01\/ff_solyndra\/all\/1<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Adding people, ships &#038; oil rigs to the melting Arctic is a recipe for environmental &#038; political chaos.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/arctic\/strategy-advance-arctic-economy\/p27258?cid=emc-ArcticPIM_pressblast-021612\">http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/arctic\/strategy-advance-arctic-economy\/p27258?cid=emc-ArcticPIM_pressblast-021612<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/carlzimmer\">@carlzimmer<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Is protecting the environment incompatible with social justice?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/georgemonbiot\/2012\/feb\/13\/protecting-environment-social-justice\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/georgemonbiot\/2012\/feb\/13\/protecting-environment-social-justice<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ddimick\">@ddimick<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/guardianeco\">@guardianeco<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Neutralising Africa&#8217;s &#8216;exploding lake&#8217; Kivu.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-16394635\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-16394635<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Words for every geologist to live by: &#8216;If I stopped at every road cut I came across I&#8217;d never get anything else done.&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.watchingforrocks.com\/2012\/02\/back-road-into-town.html\">http:\/\/www.watchingforrocks.com\/2012\/02\/back-road-into-town.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>The latest geologic time nitpickery: Should Ma indicate duration as well as a point in time (million years ago)?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earth-pages.co.uk\/2012\/02\/15\/time-wars-flare-up-again\/\">http:\/\/earth-pages.co.uk\/2012\/02\/15\/time-wars-flare-up-again\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fascinating stuff. &#8216;Human wormholes&#8217;: still-living people who remember distant historical events<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/krulwich\/2012\/02\/07\/146534518\/rasputin-was-my-neighbor-and-other-true-tales-of-time-travel\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/krulwich\/2012\/02\/07\/146534518\/rasputin-was-my-neighbor-and-other-true-tales-of-time-travel<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mooresville School District, a Laptop (and Learning) Success Story:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/02\/13\/education\/mooresville-school-district-a-laptop-success-story.html?pagewanted=all\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/02\/13\/education\/mooresville-school-district-a-laptop-success-story.html?pagewanted=all<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Revkin\">@Revkin<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Baby steps in the right direction for female scientists.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/The-Next-Step-for-Female\/130717\/\">http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/The-Next-Step-for-Female\/130717\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>But meanwhile, in what is unfortunately the real world: the ever-articulate Emily Willingham on what it&#8217;s like to be a woman right now.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/biologyfiles.fieldofscience.com\/2012\/02\/men-should-just-shove-aspirin-up-their.html\">http:\/\/biologyfiles.fieldofscience.com\/2012\/02\/men-should-just-shove-aspirin-up-their.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>And then there&#8217;s what stock thinks a young female scientist looks like. What the *&#038;^% happened to her clothes?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/stock-photo-13771784-lab-work.php\">http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/stock-photo-13771784-lab-work.php<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Ananyo\">@Ananyo<\/a>)<br \/>\nEvelyn has some good commentary on this apparent misconception:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/georneys\/2012\/02\/19\/how-a-geochemist-really-dresses\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/georneys\/2012\/02\/19\/how-a-geochemist-really-dresses\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volcanoes From Callan Bentley comes the &#8220;xenobomb&#8221;: an amazing natural mash-up of deep earth and surface magmatic processes. http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/mountainbeltway\/2012\/02\/18\/the-xenobomb\/ Although his neologism has kicked off a small terminology debate in the geoblogosphere: http:\/\/ron.outcrop.org\/blog\/?p=1492 Earthquakes Clever. 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