{"id":7721,"date":"2012-07-08T22:04:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T03:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=7721"},"modified":"2012-07-08T22:04:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T03:04:04","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/07\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-46\/","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>There was a certain amount of cowering away from >100 F temperatures by team Allochthonous this week, which means that (a) the link-fest is a bit lighter than usual, and (b) there may be a <em>slight<\/em> focus on things related to excessive heat. Just saying&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The past is the key to present landscapes: &#8220;in Britain you do not walk on volcanoes, you walk within them.&#8221;  Grandiose, but enjoyable, writing on how volcanoes shaped Britain&#8217;s landscape<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-18674655\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-18674655<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/volcan01010\">@volcan01010<\/a>&#8216;s new paper Eyjafjallaju00f6kull tephra deposited &gt;3000 km from Iceland, extending known deposition range<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2011JB008904.shtml\">http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2011JB008904.shtml<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/volcanofile\">@volcanofile<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Earthquakes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>New parliamentary report on Fukushima slams TEPCO&#8217; s head-in-the-sand attitude about tsunami risks.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2012-07-05\/japan-declares-fukushima-crisis-man-made\/4112734\">http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2012-07-05\/japan-declares-fukushima-crisis-man-made\/4112734<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kejames\">@kejames<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Wildfires in the Western US<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Sobering video of aftermath of Colorado wildfires: a family view their ruined home, a fire chief denies reality.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2012\/07\/waldo-canyon-colorado-aftermath-climate\">http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2012\/07\/waldo-canyon-colorado-aftermath-climate<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Unrestricted development fuels wildfire hazard: Today, one of every four Colorado homes is in a high-risk fire zone.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kunc.org\/post\/red-zone-policies-put-more-coloradans-risk\">http:\/\/www.kunc.org\/post\/red-zone-policies-put-more-coloradans-risk<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>% of stories about US wildfires that discuss climate change as a contributing factor is vanishingly small<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/research\/2012\/07\/03\/study-media-avoid-climate-context-in-wildfire-c\/186921\">http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/research\/2012\/07\/03\/study-media-avoid-climate-context-in-wildfire-c\/186921<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/gravelbar\">@gravelbar<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>What does the Waldo Canyon fire burn scar look like from space? Huge!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gsfc\/7516281352\/in\/photostream\/lightbox\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gsfc\/7516281352\/in\/photostream\/lightbox\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA_GoddardPix\">@NASA_GoddardPix<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The root of all our problems: &#8220;climate change is almost always too distal a cause to make a visceral impression on us.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-change\/did-climate-change-cause-the-colorado-wildfires\/\">http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-change\/did-climate-change-cause-the-colorado-wildfires\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>This horrible US summer is exactly what we expect from global warming, say climate scientists<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/science\/articles\/2012\/07\/03\/this_us_summer_is_what_global_warming_looks_like\/?page=full\">http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/science\/articles\/2012\/07\/03\/this_us_summer_is_what_global_warming_looks_like\/?page=full<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kate_sheppard\">@kate_sheppard<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Not just US, but around the world: &#8220;As the climate changes, extreme weather isn&#8217;t that extreme any more.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2012\/jul\/04\/climate-changes-extreme-weather-us-heatwave\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2012\/jul\/04\/climate-changes-extreme-weather-us-heatwave<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lockwooddewitt\">@lockwooddewitt<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>An eloquent graphical comment on the last few days in the US: Whew!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tamino.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/07\/whew\/\">http:\/\/tamino.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/07\/whew\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pre-industrial CO2 emissions from land use changes still affecting today&#8217;s climate<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2012-07-pre-industrial-emissions-temperatures.html\">http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2012-07-pre-industrial-emissions-temperatures.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Stunning image of 56 years of tornado tracks across the USA<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/visually.visually.netdna-cdn.com\/TornadoTracks_4fbd458d255c5.jpg\">http:\/\/visually.visually.netdna-cdn.com\/TornadoTracks_4fbd458d255c5.jpg<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/geogirldi\">@geogirldi<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>144 killed in flash floods in Southern Russia<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-18751198\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-18751198<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Tricky Business of Counting Rain&#8221; on why the world-wide decline of rain gages is a real issue for scientists (like Anne)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/02\/do-not-publish-the-tricky-business-of-counting-rain\/?smid=tw-share\">http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/02\/do-not-publish-the-tricky-business-of-counting-rain\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/gravelbar\">@gravelbar<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A new &#8216;oil boom&#8217; has falsified peak oil &#8211; at least in the sense that peak will come soon.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2012\/jul\/02\/peak-oil-we-we-wrong\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2012\/jul\/02\/peak-oil-we-we-wrong<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lockwooddewitt\">@lockwooddewitt<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Rise of &#8216;tight&#8217; oil has certainly helped maintain overall production, but has also ushered in an age of higher prices.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/energybulletin.net\/stories\/2012-07-02\/peak-denial\">http:\/\/energybulletin.net\/stories\/2012-07-02\/peak-denial<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Galapagos Monday: World Within Itself (on native vs. endemic vs. introduced species)   by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/virginiahughes\">@virginiahughes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastwordonnothing.com\/2012\/07\/02\/galapagos-monday-world-within-itself\/\">http:\/\/www.lastwordonnothing.com\/2012\/07\/02\/galapagos-monday-world-within-itself\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Lots of cool photos of folded and boudinaged granitic dykes from Callan Bentley:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/mountainbeltway\/2012\/07\/03\/granite-dikes-that-have-been-folded-and-boudinaged\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/mountainbeltway\/2012\/07\/03\/granite-dikes-that-have-been-folded-and-boudinaged\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>There was a small amount of excitement in the particle physics field this week: Alex Witze has the details:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/341993\/title\/Higgs_found\">http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/341993\/title\/Higgs_found<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Higgs discovery &#8220;an enormous triumph for mathematical methods to make predictions for things in the real worldu201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/341991\/title\/Essay_Natures_secrets_foretold\">http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/341991\/title\/Essay_Natures_secrets_foretold<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wow: East coast power outages, as seen from outer space:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=78445&#038;src=eoa-iotd\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=78445&#038;src=eoa-iotd<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jfleck\">@jfleck<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Jess Ball is co-convening a session on social media at AGU 2012:  Might have to consider submitting something&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/magmacumlaude\/?p=2411\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/magmacumlaude\/?p=2411<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great interview with the newly-minted Dr. Jacquelyn Gill on the benefits of social media for scientists: research, networking &amp; outreach<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.wisc.edu\/20841\">http:\/\/www.news.wisc.edu\/20841<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>You should definitely check out this month&#8217;s Diversity in Science carnival, in honor of PRIDE! Some great posts.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/gertyz\/2012\/07\/05\/its-here-the-dis-pride-carnival\/\">http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/gertyz\/2012\/07\/05\/its-here-the-dis-pride-carnival\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scicurious\">@scicurious<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Important post by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/glacialtill\">@glacialtill<\/a>: On Being a Gay Scientist and Finding a Sense of Community |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/glacialtill.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/01\/on-being-a-gay-scientist-and-finding-a-sense-of-community\/\">http:\/\/glacialtill.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/01\/on-being-a-gay-scientist-and-finding-a-sense-of-community\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Interesting piece on a &#8220;maker&#8217;s schedule&#8221; versus &#8220;manager&#8217;s schedule.&#8221;  Academics in summer live by the maker&#8217;s schedule and get stuff done, but too often, during the school year we work on the manager&#8217;s schedule.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulgraham.com\/makersschedule.html\">http:\/\/www.paulgraham.com\/makersschedule.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a certain amount of cowering away from >100 F temperatures by team Allochthonous this week, which means that (a) the link-fest is a bit lighter than usual, and (b) there may be a slight focus on things related &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/07\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-46\/\">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-7721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7721","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=7721"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7727,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7721\/revisions\/7727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}