{"id":7660,"date":"2012-06-24T20:04:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T01:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=7660"},"modified":"2012-06-24T20:09:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T01:09:36","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/06\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-44\/","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>After a long hiatus, our weekly link-sharing extravaganza returns! Comprising the most interesting and notable things we have found around the internet in the last few days.<\/p>\n<h4>Other posts on All-geo<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>On Metageologist: Scotland, 1 billion years ago: an orogeny, a foreland basin, and an awful lot of sand.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/06\/the-biggest-pile-of-sand-the-world-has-ever-seen\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/06\/the-biggest-pile-of-sand-the-world-has-ever-seen\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>At volcan01010: A report from AGU Chapman Conference on Volcanism and the Atmosphere in Iceland , including a spirited debate over how well tree rings pick up cooling by volcanic eruptions.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/06\/aguvolcatm\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/06\/aguvolcatm\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Dana Hunter continues her compelling blow-by-blow account of the 1980 eruption of Mt. St Helens, complete with pretty aerial photos.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/rosetta-stones\/2012\/06\/21\/something-dramatic\/\">http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/rosetta-stones\/2012\/06\/21\/something-dramatic\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Some interesting new research on kimberlites, from whence all diamonds. spring<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lithics.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/18\/diamond-geyser-anatomy-of-a-kimberlite-eruption\/\">http:\/\/lithics.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/18\/diamond-geyser-anatomy-of-a-kimberlite-eruption\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Geoblogfeed\">@Geoblogfeed<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Reason number 1,001 to visit Iceland&#8230;. : Tour an Icelandic volcano &#8211; from the inside.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/p\/38f83\/tw\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/p\/38f83\/tw<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CPPGeophysics\">@CPPGeophysics<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Another enviable field trip: Quiet Eyjafyallajukull littered with reminders of 2010 explosion<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/geospace\/2012\/06\/15\/eyjafyallajokull-reminders-of-2010-explosion\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/geospace\/2012\/06\/15\/eyjafyallajokull-reminders-of-2010-explosion\/<\/a><br \/>\nSee also Alex Witze&#8217;s account:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/341634\/title\/Icelandic_volcanoes_slumber_today%2C_but_not_forever\">http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/341634\/title\/Icelandic_volcanoes_slumber_today%2C_but_not_forever<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>After a tough week, you deserve to lower your blood pressure by admiring some volcanoes from space. Go on, go on, go on&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/06\/vulcans-view-10-volcanoes-seen-from-space-for-june-22-2012\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/06\/vulcans-view-10-volcanoes-seen-from-space-for-june-22-2012\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>New post by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/subglacial\">@subglacial<\/a> on Alaska &#8211; The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes (Part 1)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/davemcgarvie.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/23\/alaska-the-valley-of-ten-thousand-smokes-part-1\/\">http:\/\/davemcgarvie.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/23\/alaska-the-valley-of-ten-thousand-smokes-part-1\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Earthquakes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>I want this on my wall. I need this on my wall. 40 years of earthquakes on one seismogram.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tremblingearth.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/22\/40-years-of-earthquakes-on-one-seismogram\/\">http:\/\/tremblingearth.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/22\/40-years-of-earthquakes-on-one-seismogram\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Clever use of thermochronology to show pseudotachylyte (melted rock formed by fault movement) formed at 2.4-6 km depth<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/pip\/2011JB008846.shtml\">http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/pip\/2011JB008846.shtml<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Plant leaf wax remnants in Antarctic sediment core indicate 15-20 Myr ago continent was 11 C warmer than today.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ngeo\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/abs\/ngeo1498.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ngeo\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/abs\/ngeo1498.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Panamanian Isthmus may have formed much earlier than N hemisphere glaciation it is theorised to have triggered.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=new-dating-panama-formations-cast-doubt-ice-age-origins\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=new-dating-panama-formations-cast-doubt-ice-age-origins<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>As we enter the melting season, lots of graphs showing the scary decline of Arctic Sea over the last few decades.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tamino.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/17\/sea-ice-update\/\">http:\/\/tamino.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/17\/sea-ice-update\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Speculative, but worrying: Pumping CO2 underground may trigger quakes, damage reservoir, release CO2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/news\/428256\/researchers-say-earthquakes-would-let-stored-co2\/\">http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/news\/428256\/researchers-say-earthquakes-would-let-stored-co2\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/geocastaway\">@geocastaway<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Bleached sandstones in Utah are a natural analogue of how sequestered carbon dioxide could leak back to the surface without careful site selection.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earth-pages.co.uk\/2012\/06\/21\/carbon-dioxide-burial-an-analogy-of-some-pitfalls\/\">http:\/\/earth-pages.co.uk\/2012\/06\/21\/carbon-dioxide-burial-an-analogy-of-some-pitfalls\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/geology.gsapubs.org\/content\/40\/6\/555.abstract\">http:\/\/geology.gsapubs.org\/content\/40\/6\/555.abstract<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Dual isotope detrending of evaporation effects on carbonate proxies of paleoelevation<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2012GC004132.shtml\">http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2012GC004132.shtml<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ooh, Pretty. LiDAR map shows path of Great Missoula Flood [in northern Willamette Valley]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/environment\/index.ssf\/2012\/06\/lidar_map_shows_path_of_missou.html\">http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/environment\/index.ssf\/2012\/06\/lidar_map_shows_path_of_missou.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AiGeology\">@AiGeology<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>New Paper: CrowdHydrology: Crowdsourcing Hydrologic Data and Engaging Citizen Scientists.  This is a great idea for urban hydrology<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1745-6584.2012.00956.x\/abstract;jsessionid=7720434416C464C19F80C29BB10704B9.d02t03\">http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1745-6584.2012.00956.x\/abstract;jsessionid=7720434416C464C19F80C29BB10704B9.d02t03<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>New paper: Expanding the concept of Urban Watersheds into a 4-dimensional network:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/06\/120614182757.htm\">http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/06\/120614182757.htm<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BenthosNews\">@BenthosNews<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Pasadena hydrology: &#8220;A portion of the stream&#8230;may better function covered, allowing for&#8230;parking.&#8221;  [Yeah, right]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lacreekfreak.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/18\/a-better-functioning-arroyo-seco\/\">http:\/\/lacreekfreak.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/18\/a-better-functioning-arroyo-seco\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chanceofraincom\">@chanceofraincom<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/LACreekFreak\">@LACreekFreak<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Flooding in Florida last weekend:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ayresriverblog.com\/2012\/06\/15\/florida-flooding\/\">http:\/\/ayresriverblog.com\/2012\/06\/15\/florida-flooding\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Largest dam removal in California history approved!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/cpuc-approves-removal-of-the-san-clemente-dam-2012-06-21\">http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/cpuc-approves-removal-of-the-san-clemente-dam-2012-06-21<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/LizHadly\">@LizHadly<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>New paper: Placer mining along the Fraser River, British Columbia: geomorphic impact<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gsabulletin.gsapubs.org\/content\/124\/7-8\/1212.abstract?rss=1\">http:\/\/gsabulletin.gsapubs.org\/content\/124\/7-8\/1212.abstract?rss=1<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Duluth and Northern Minnesota Flooding<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Impressive\/scary video of the torrents of water flowing through the streets of Duluth, :<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ayresriverblog.com\/2012\/06\/21\/duluth-inundated-by-record-flooding-footage\/\">http:\/\/ayresriverblog.com\/2012\/06\/21\/duluth-inundated-by-record-flooding-footage\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Geoblogfeed\">@Geoblogfeed<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Some serious urban flooding and infrastructure damage in Duluth, MN<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/collections\/special\/columns\/statewide\/archive\/2012\/06\/photos-duluth-north-shore-endures-major-flooding.shtml\">http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/collections\/special\/columns\/statewide\/archive\/2012\/06\/photos-duluth-north-shore-endures-major-flooding.shtml<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquelynGill\">@JacquelynGill<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Ten inches of rain, an overwhelmed storm sewer, and sinkholes &#8211; more news from Duluth, MN.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2012\/06\/21\/flood\/duluth-damage-assessment\/\">http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2012\/06\/21\/flood\/duluth-damage-assessment\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/stcNCED\">@stcNCED<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Flood causes seals in the streets of Duluth. Good roundup by Tom Pagano.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tompagano.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/flood-causes-seals-in-streets-of-duluth.html\">http:\/\/tompagano.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/flood-causes-seals-in-streets-of-duluth.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fantastic photos of Gooseberry River in flood on Minnesota&#8217;s north shore.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2012\/06\/21\/disaster\/photos-gooseberry-river-in-full-roar-after-record-storm\/\">http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2012\/06\/21\/disaster\/photos-gooseberry-river-in-full-roar-after-record-storm\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RiverladyBB\">@RiverladyBB<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\nThis week&#8217;s saw the Rio+20 Earth summit. As usual, hopes of the world&#8217;s governments actually agreeing to anything beyond boilerplate platitudes quickly faded.<\/p>\n<li>Rio+20 might mark a paradigm shift  in the way we measure growth and wealth #climate<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/news\/rio20-a-momentum-for-resource-economics\/\">http:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/news\/rio20-a-momentum-for-resource-economics\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/HeidiCullen\">@HeidiCullen<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Governments achieve early [but toothless] agreement at Rio summit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/negotiators-achieve-early-agreement-at-rio-summit-1.10861\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/negotiators-achieve-early-agreement-at-rio-summit-1.10861<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thingsbreak\">@thingsbreak<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NatureNews\">@NatureNews<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;final [#Rio+20] communique is so diluted that any remedy it offers to the world can only be homeopathic&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebureauinvestigates.com\/2012\/06\/22\/analysis-rio-20-epic-fail\/\">http:\/\/www.thebureauinvestigates.com\/2012\/06\/22\/analysis-rio-20-epic-fail\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alicebell\">@alicebell<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Stern gets to the root of the problem: &#8220;Our economies consistently fail to take into account enormous value of biodiversity &amp; the environment&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.afp.com\/geopolitics\/?post\/2012\/06\/17\/The-economics-of-protecting-the-planet\">http:\/\/blogs.afp.com\/geopolitics\/?post\/2012\/06\/17\/The-economics-of-protecting-the-planet<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, the stark future that awaits us if we continue to twiddle our collective thumbs is laid out by David Roberts. Although arguably, it probably should be &#8220;do something, so we might only be slightly screwed.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-change\/climate-change-is-simple-we-do-something-or-were-screwed\/\">http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-change\/climate-change-is-simple-we-do-something-or-were-screwed\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Adding to the gloom North Carolina is continuing to be stupid about projecting sea-level rise: Science gets counterpointed with &#8216;la-la-la!&#8217; and loses.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/feature\/north_carolina_costly_mistake_on_climate_change\/2543\/\">http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/feature\/north_carolina_costly_mistake_on_climate_change\/2543<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/geosociety\">@geosociety<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Southern Fried Scientist explains why, contrary to the proposed NC law, linear extrapolations of sea-level rise are the stupid option.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernfriedscience.com\/?p=13278\">http:\/\/www.southernfriedscience.com\/?p=13278<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>But here&#8217;s a slightly cheery counterpoint to Rio+20 gloom-cloud: How cities are responding to climate change.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ihrrblog.org\/2012\/06\/22\/how-cities-are-responding-to-climate-change\/\">http:\/\/ihrrblog.org\/2012\/06\/22\/how-cities-are-responding-to-climate-change\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Geoblogfeed\">@Geoblogfeed<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Amazing reporting on the global rise in air conditioning, and how it will make things hotter:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/glogin?URI=http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/06\/21\/world\/asia\/global-demand-for-air-conditioning-forces-tough-environmental-choices.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/glogin?URI=http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/06\/21\/world\/asia\/global-demand-for-air-conditioning-forces-tough-environmental-choices.htmla><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hillaryrosner\">@hillaryrosner<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Peak planet: are we starting to consume less?   [Not likely, I say]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn21886-peak-planet-are-we-starting-to-consume-less.html\">http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn21886-peak-planet-are-we-starting-to-consume-less.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/newscientist\">@newscientist<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/coolfireconserv\">@coolfireconserv<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Should uninhabited, active volcanic Pagan island be used as dumping ground for tsunami debris? No!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/2012\/06\/13\/japan-tsunami-debris-on-pagan-island-financial-problems-may-lead-to-a-second-environmental-mess\/\">http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/2012\/06\/13\/japan-tsunami-debris-on-pagan-island-financial-problems-may-lead-to-a-second-environmental-mess\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Callan Bentley has now moved out of the city &#8211; his commute now covers 1.1 billion years!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/mountainbeltway\/2012\/06\/18\/my-new-commute\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/mountainbeltway\/2012\/06\/18\/my-new-commute\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/callanbentley\">@callanbentley<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Sandatlas has been touring Ireland: check out cool (if rainy) pics of the Giant&#8217;s Causeway, and angular Variscan folds under a nascent unconformity.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandatlas.org\/2012\/06\/ireland-trip\/\">http:\/\/www.sandatlas.org\/2012\/06\/ireland-trip\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandatlas.org\/2012\/06\/giants-causeway\/\">http:\/\/www.sandatlas.org\/2012\/06\/giants-causeway\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sandatlas\">@sandatlas<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Dolomite: a carbonate that&#8217;s abundant in the geological record, yet quite rare in modern depositional settings. Why?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/history-of-geology\/2012\/06\/21\/the-mysterious-microbial-origin-of-the-dolomite-mountains\/\">http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/history-of-geology\/2012\/06\/21\/the-mysterious-microbial-origin-of-the-dolomite-mountains\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nice <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nasa_eo\">@nasa_eo<\/a> images of huge landslide dam in Tibet, before slide, after slide, &amp; after dam breach.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=78293&#038;src=eoa-iotd\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=78293&#038;src=eoa-iotd<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>More background on recent firing of Ohio State geologist over revised shale gas map. Still seems a bit dodgy to me.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.athensnews.com\/ohio\/article-37136-questions-remain-about-geologistrss-removal.html\">http:\/\/www.athensnews.com\/ohio\/article-37136-questions-remain-about-geologistrss-removal.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>I love xckd visualisations: always quirky, yet informative. The latest: all known exoplanets, to scale<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1071\/\">http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1071\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/davidmpyle\">@davidmpyle<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Just add magnets: scientists demonstrate oil in sea water can be made into magnetic emulsion &amp; extracted<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-18521711\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-18521711<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kwinkunks\">@kwinkunks<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Nice article from  on the lingering mysteries of H5N1 bird flu:  #H5N1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/influenza-five-questions-on-h5n1-1.10874\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/influenza-five-questions-on-h5n1-1.10874<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edyong209\">@edyong209<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Greenland sharks swim less than 1 mile per hour, but still eat seals. Find out how they do it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nature\/18531924\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nature\/18531924<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fascinating account of Galapagos tortoise-donkey interactions &amp; the scientist who documented them by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/virginiahughes\">@virginiahughes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastwordonnothing.com\/2012\/06\/18\/galapagos-monday-lynns-tortoises\/\">http:\/\/www.lastwordonnothing.com\/2012\/06\/18\/galapagos-monday-lynns-tortoises\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Meet Dr. Wendy Harrison the new NSF EAR division director<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/geology.mines.edu\/faculty\/wharrison.html\">http:\/\/geology.mines.edu\/faculty\/wharrison.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>NSF goes to 1 submission per year for Geography &amp; Spatial Sciences, citing low funding rates<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aag.org\/cs\/news_detail?pressrelease.id=1258\">http:\/\/www.aag.org\/cs\/news_detail?pressrelease.id=1258<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/deepseadawn\">@deepseadawn<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>This doesn&#8217;t surprise me.   US students can conduct experiments but not explain results<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/get-schooled-blog\/2012\/06\/19\/naep-science-students-can-do-experiments-and-get-answers-but-cant-explain-or-justify-their-results\/\">http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/get-schooled-blog\/2012\/06\/19\/naep-science-students-can-do-experiments-and-get-answers-but-cant-explain-or-justify-their-results\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/leonidkruglyak\">@leonidkruglyak<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pourmecoffee\">@pourmecoffee<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Top 10 reasons why professors leave: elephant in the lab series<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipscell.com\/2012\/06\/top-10-reasons-why-professors-leave-elephant-in-the-lab-series\/\">http:\/\/www.ipscell.com\/2012\/06\/top-10-reasons-why-professors-leave-elephant-in-the-lab-series\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/drugmonkeyblog\">@drugmonkeyblog<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Diversity in Science, PRIDE EDITION! On the blog<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/gertyz\/2012\/06\/13\/announcing-diversity-in-science-carnival-pride-edition\/\">http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/gertyz\/2012\/06\/13\/announcing-diversity-in-science-carnival-pride-edition\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GertyZ\">@GertyZ<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Incredibly brave and powerful post from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/maggiekb1\">@maggiekb1<\/a> on miscarriage and &#8220;elective&#8221; abortion:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2012\/06\/20\/the-only-good-abortion-is-my-a.html\">http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2012\/06\/20\/the-only-good-abortion-is-my-a.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long hiatus, our weekly link-sharing extravaganza returns! Comprising the most interesting and notable things we have found around the internet in the last few days. 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