{"id":7792,"date":"2012-08-19T20:05:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T01:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=7792"},"modified":"2012-08-19T20:05:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T01:05:23","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/08\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-48\/","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>Actually, two weeks&#8217; worth here &#8211; and mainly from Anne, since Chris has been on Twitter vacation (despite Anne probably being the more busy out of us&#8230;). Enjoy!<\/p>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ten swimming pools of travel chaos.  Only a tiny volume of #Eyjafjallajokull magma reached Europe.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/08\/ten-swimming-pools\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/08\/ten-swimming-pools\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/volcan01010\">@volcan01010<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>If you haven&#8217;t been reading Dana Hunter&#8217;s fantastic &#8220;Preludes to a Catastrophe&#8221; series at <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/rosetta-stones\/\">her Scientific American blog<\/a>, you&#8217;ve been missing the best geological writing on the web this summer. If you have been reading, here&#8217;s the moment she&#8217;s been leading up to: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/rosetta-stones\/2012\/08\/09\/the-cataclysm-vancouver-vancouver-this-is-it\/\">http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/rosetta-stones\/2012\/08\/09\/the-cataclysm-vancouver-vancouver-this-is-it\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Will Mt. St. Helens Become a National Park?: Scientific American<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=will-mt-st-helens-become-national-park\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=will-mt-st-helens-become-national-park<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BoraZ\">@BoraZ<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Spectacular lava stalagtites in the Grotta Serracozzo (lava cave) on Etna, 4 August 2012<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/etnaboris\/7736326394\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/etnaboris\/7736326394<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/etnaboris\">@etnaboris<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Not one, but THREE eruptions in New Zealand this past fortnight, and as always, Erik Klemetti of Eruptions is on the case. Here&#8217;s the latest post:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/08\/submarine-eruption-makes-it-three-for-new-zealand\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/08\/submarine-eruption-makes-it-three-for-new-zealand\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Spectactular volcanic ocean island scenery from The Traveling Geologist in  Tenerife.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelinggeologist.com\/2012\/08\/tenerife-part-2.html\">http:\/\/www.travelinggeologist.com\/2012\/08\/tenerife-part-2.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelinggeologist.com\/2012\/08\/tenerife-part-3.html\">http:\/\/www.travelinggeologist.com\/2012\/08\/tenerife-part-3.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>My pliosaur finding dreams are dashed: Monmouth beach in Dorset is closed for the summer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geolsoc.org.uk\/gsl\/geoscientist\/geonews\/monmouthbeach\">http:\/\/www.geolsoc.org.uk\/gsl\/geoscientist\/geonews\/monmouthbeach<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NatureGeosci\">@NatureGeosci<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/geolsoc\">@geolsoc<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Temperature records reveal inexorable warming and increasing episodes of extreme heat<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/342823\/title\/Extreme_hot_spells_rising\">http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/342823\/title\/Extreme_hot_spells_rising<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/EuroGeosciences\">@EuroGeosciences<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ScienceNews\">@ScienceNews<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>New study in Nature: Global warming=more big droughts for U.S.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/climate-models-that-predict-more-droughts-win-further-scientific-support\/2012\/08\/13\/cb4e3108-e16f-11e1-ae7f-d2a13e249eb2_story.html\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/climate-models-that-predict-more-droughts-win-further-scientific-support\/2012\/08\/13\/cb4e3108-e16f-11e1-ae7f-d2a13e249eb2_story.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/billmckibben\">@billmckibben<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Cities Are Where the [ClimateChange &#038; Sustainability] Action Is, Post-Rio<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ei.columbia.edu\/2012\/08\/16\/cities-are-where-the-action-is-post-rio\/\">http:\/\/blogs.ei.columbia.edu\/2012\/08\/16\/cities-are-where-the-action-is-post-rio\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Geoblogfeed\">@Geoblogfeed<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s time to reinvent the toilet so that we can meet the needs of the 2.5 billion who don&#8217;t have access to one.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatesnotes.com\/Topics\/Development\/Why-We-Need-a-Toilet-Revolution\">http:\/\/www.thegatesnotes.com\/Topics\/Development\/Why-We-Need-a-Toilet-Revolution<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BillGates\">@BillGates<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Congrats to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/safeeqkhan\">@safeeqkhan<\/a> on his new paper Hydrologic response of a Hawaiian watershed to future climate change scenarios<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/hyp.8328\/abstract\">http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/hyp.8328\/abstract<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>50% of metro Manila flooded. &#8216;It&#8217;s Like A Water World&#8217; As Rains Paralyze Manila<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/08\/07\/158342321\/its-like-a-water-world-as-rains-paralyze-manila?sc=tw\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/08\/07\/158342321\/its-like-a-water-world-as-rains-paralyze-manila<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-19159509\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-19159509<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rare video of floods in North Korea<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/?hpt=hp_t3#\/video\/world\/2012\/08\/06\/pkg-delgado-north-korea-flooding.cnn\">http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/?hpt=hp_t3#\/video\/world\/2012\/08\/06\/pkg-delgado-north-korea-flooding.cnn<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DustyWRobinson\">@DustyWRobinson<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>The Agriculture Department has designated over half the nation&#8217;s counties as disaster areas. Some Drought Problems, aptly summarize by The Onion:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/drought-ravages-us,29093\/\">http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/drought-ravages-us,29093\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOnion\">@TheOnion<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>40k gals of H2O needed to meet average American&#8217;s household energy. Need to move to lower water footprint methods<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=electricity-generation-buring-rivers-drought-southeast\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=electricity-generation-buring-rivers-drought-southeast<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/americanrivers\">@americanrivers<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Monbiot on the perils of monetizing ecosystem services  &#8220;Putting a price on the rivers and rain diminishes us all&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2012\/aug\/06\/price-rivers-rain-greatest-privatisation\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2012\/aug\/06\/price-rivers-rain-greatest-privatisation<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Profits on &#8220;incredibly perverse subsidy&#8221; for Carbon Credits Drive Output of a Harmful Gas<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/glogin?URI=http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/09\/world\/asia\/incentive-to-slow-climate-change-drives-output-of-harmful-gases.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/09\/world\/asia\/incentive-to-slow-climate-change-drives-output-of-harmful-gases.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/gkygirlengineer\">@gkygirlengineer<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Nice post about the complexities of cleaning up the heavily polluted Passaic River<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/14\/cleaning-a-river-that-was-given-up-for-dead\/\">http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/14\/cleaning-a-river-that-was-given-up-for-dead\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>U.S. drought may have a toxic side effect. Fascinating connection between drought, fertilizer, silage and N poisoning!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/08\/15\/toxic-crops-us-drought-side-effects_n_1783171.html\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/08\/15\/toxic-crops-us-drought-side-effects_n_1783171.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Interesting historical description by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WilliamHBrewer\">@WilliamHBrewer<\/a> of  effects of gold mining on Sacramento River in 1862<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/upanddowncalifornia.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/13\/august-13-1862-sacramento\/\">http:\/\/upanddowncalifornia.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/13\/august-13-1862-sacramento\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Nice post on the tension between protecting geoheritage and need to collect rock samples (in this case, stalactites).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/oncirculation.com\/2012\/08\/06\/ethics-and-rocks\/\">http:\/\/oncirculation.com\/2012\/08\/06\/ethics-and-rocks\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>New call for Accretionary Wedge posts: extraplanetary edition.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/entequilaesverdad\/2012\/08\/14\/call-for-posts-accretionary-wedge-49-out-of-this-world\/\">http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/entequilaesverdad\/2012\/08\/14\/call-for-posts-accretionary-wedge-49-out-of-this-world\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lockwooddewitt\">@lockwooddewitt<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Big Science on the High Seas: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>, reflects on his two months aboard <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJR\">@TheJR<\/a> for IODP Expedition 342.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/clasticdetritus.com\/2012\/08\/05\/big-science-on-the-high-seas-reflections-on-iodp-expedition-342\/\">http:\/\/clasticdetritus.com\/2012\/08\/05\/big-science-on-the-high-seas-reflections-on-iodp-expedition-342\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ohio debuts Geology specialty license plate just in time for Anne [Just wish it looked more geological]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bmv.ohio.gov\/sp_ohio_geology.stm\">http:\/\/bmv.ohio.gov\/sp_ohio_geology.stm<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AiGeology\">@AiGeology<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Tectonics<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Scientists as writers&#8230;is it time to break the conventional mold of journal article style?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/2012\/08\/15\/scientists-as-writers\/\">http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/2012\/08\/15\/scientists-as-writers\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;principle value of peer-review&#8230;opportunity for authors to demonstrate that they are prepared to undergo peer-review&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/svpow.com\/2012\/08\/05\/where-peer-review-went-wrong\/\">http:\/\/svpow.com\/2012\/08\/05\/where-peer-review-went-wrong\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>V. Useful: Cheat sheet of various journals&#8217; fair-use policies:  &#8211; additions welcome.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/geology.about.com\/od\/blogs\/qt\/Fair-Use-Of-Text-And-Images-From-Science-Journals.htm\">http:\/\/geology.about.com\/od\/blogs\/qt\/Fair-Use-Of-Text-And-Images-From-Science-Journals.htm<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/metageologist\">@metageologist<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/aboutgeology\">@aboutgeology<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Applications open for Minorities Striving &amp; Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science Program<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.msphds.org\/\">http:\/\/www.msphds.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CPPGeophysics\">@CPPGeophysics<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>The two-body problem in academia: it can happen to dual career couples even when one person has moved beyond the ivory tower<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/higher-education-network\/blog\/2012\/aug\/10\/academic-spouses-two-body-problem?CMP=twt_fd\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/higher-education-network\/blog\/2012\/aug\/10\/academic-spouses-two-body-problem?CMP=twt_fd<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kejames\">@kejames<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scicurious\">@scicurious<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/qui_oui\">@qui_oui<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Those &#8220;being blamed are those who are least able to change the system.&#8221; Stop the student-bashing! by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/morphosaurus\">@morphosaurus<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stagesofsuccession.com\/2012\/08\/let-student-bashing-begin.html\">http:\/\/www.stagesofsuccession.com\/2012\/08\/let-student-bashing-begin.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nice piece on shark-tooth weapons and their clues to lost biodiversity.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/shark-tooth-weapons-reveal-lost-biodiversity-1.11160\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/shark-tooth-weapons-reveal-lost-biodiversity-1.11160<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, two weeks&#8217; worth here &#8211; and mainly from Anne, since Chris has been on Twitter vacation (despite Anne probably being the more busy out of us&#8230;). Enjoy! Volcanoes Ten swimming pools of travel chaos. Only a tiny volume of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/08\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-48\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7792"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7809,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792\/revisions\/7809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}