{"id":7859,"date":"2012-09-17T05:41:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T10:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=7859"},"modified":"2012-09-17T05:41:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T10:41:15","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/09\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-50\/","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>Lots of interesting stuff for you to peruse this week. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<h4>Earthquakes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Poor hit hard by China earthquakes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2012\/09\/09\/poor-hit-hard-by-china-earthquakes\/\">http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2012\/09\/09\/poor-hit-hard-by-china-earthquakes\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>If we could develop a much cheaper version of this &#8216;Quake Bed Shelter&#8217; it could save many lives.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/earth\/earthquake-proof-bed-protect-safety-120913.html\">http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/earth\/earthquake-proof-bed-protect-safety-120913.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Discovery_Earth\">@Discovery_Earth<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>A seismic monitoring network on the Marmara Sea near Istanbul is being deployed: drilling has just started.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geologytimes.com\/research\/Istanbul_--_The_earthquake_risk_of_a_megacity.asp\">http:\/\/www.geologytimes.com\/research\/Istanbul_&#8211;_The_earthquake_risk_of_a_megacity.asp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>At Eruptions, Erik takes on the exaggeration of recent research from Fuji and Santorini by media doom-mongerers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/09\/doom-volcano-research-media\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/09\/doom-volcano-research-media\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>On a related note, another geotweep has been sucked into blogging: some nice background from David Pyle on the recently published Santorini study (on which he was a co-author)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/volcanicdegassing.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/13\/santorini\/\">http:\/\/volcanicdegassing.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/13\/santorini\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ancient Mars not so hospitable after all? Hydrated clays may have formed from lava, not in water. Clays similar to those on Mars found on a terrestrial volcanic island.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmosmagazine.com\/news\/5970\/early-mars-may-not-have-been-hospitable-life-after-all\">http:\/\/www.cosmosmagazine.com\/news\/5970\/early-mars-may-not-have-been-hospitable-life-after-all<\/a><br \/>\nPaper:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ngeo\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/abs\/ngeo1572.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ngeo\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/abs\/ngeo1572.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfAbelMendez\">@ProfAbelMendez<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Asteroids in mirror may be just as awesome as they appear. Giant asteroid Vesta in Dawn&#8217;s rear-view<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?release=2012-284\">http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?release=2012-284<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAJPL\">@NASAJPL<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA_Dawn\">@NASA_Dawn<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A fascinating detective story: how Libya was stripped of its 90 year-old world temperature record.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/blog\/weatherhistorian\/comment.html?entrynum=89\">http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/blog\/weatherhistorian\/comment.html?entrynum=89<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Climate disaster unfolding at the top of the world: Arctic ice loss exceeds worst predictions. Summer ice gone by 2030<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/ice-loss-shifts-arctic-cycles-1.11387\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/ice-loss-shifts-arctic-cycles-1.11387<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NatureNews\">@NatureNews<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Shell Halts Arctic Drilling Right After It Began: because of sea ice. Give it a few years, then.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/10\/shell-halts-arctic-drilling-right-after-it-began\/\">http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/10\/shell-halts-arctic-drilling-right-after-it-began\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/EuroGeosciences\">@EuroGeosciences<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Good discussion of some of the geopolitical issues arising from an increasingly ice-free Arctic<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2012\/09\/the-rush-to-exploit-an-increasingly-ice-free-arctic\/\">http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2012\/09\/the-rush-to-exploit-an-increasingly-ice-free-arctic\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A good resource\/summary: Interactive Timeline Of 2012 Extreme Weather<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2012\/09\/09\/810221\/interactive-timeline-of-2012-extreme-weather\/\">http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2012\/09\/09\/810221\/interactive-timeline-of-2012-extreme-weather\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/climateprogress\">@climateprogress<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Important post by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/msanclem\">@msanclem<\/a>: 50 Little Things That Won&#8217;t Save the Earth&#8230;contemplating doom, gloom, hope and climate<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earlycareerecologists.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/11\/fifty-little-things-that-wont-save-the-earth\/\">http:\/\/earlycareerecologists.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/11\/fifty-little-things-that-wont-save-the-earth\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Climate Change: How Water-Ready is Your State or City? Interactive NRDC graphic.n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/water\/readiness\/\">http:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/water\/readiness\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>The story (or at least part of it) behind the red Yangtze river photos.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/rama-hoetzlein\/yangtze-river-red_b_1877483.html\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/rama-hoetzlein\/yangtze-river-red_b_1877483.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Flooding in Nigeria-hadn&#8217;t heard about this yet. Thanks NASA Earth Observatory for keeping an eye on it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=79149&#038;src=fb\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=79149&#038;src=fb<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA_EO\">@NASA_EO<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Anne will be there &#8211;> Upper Midwest Stream Restoration Symposium; La Crosse, WI; Feb 24-27, 2013 (oral abstract deadline 9\/28)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prrsum.org\/content\/2013-umsrs\">http:\/\/www.prrsum.org\/content\/2013-umsrs<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cool. E-tracers for measuring subglacial flowpaths (link to abstract)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/hyp.9451\/abstract\">http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/hyp.9451\/abstract<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Glad to see people looking at agricultural tile drainage as a groundwater problem. (link to abstract)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/hyp.8337\/abstract\">http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/hyp.8337\/abstract<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Graduate fellowship opportunities for water science from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CUAHSI\">@CUAHSI<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuahsi.org\/pathfinder.html\">http:\/\/www.cuahsi.org\/pathfinder.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mabwkerusu\">@mabakerusu<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Geomorphology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The role of mega dams in reducing sediment fluxes: A case study of large Asian rivers (link to abstract)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0022169412006397\">http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0022169412006397<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Influence of debris flow processes on 10Be-derived catchment-wide denudation rates &#8212; it&#8217;s complicated  &#8230;(link to abstract)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/geology.gsapubs.org\/content\/40\/10\/935.abstract\">http:\/\/geology.gsapubs.org\/content\/40\/10\/935.abstract<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>George Monbiot on the extraordinary wealth of life that once populated the North Sea. Increasingly vigorous pursuit of diminishing returns has hidden real decline in fisheries. In N Sea not 40% but >90%<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/georgemonbiot\/2012\/sep\/07\/riches-seas-depleted-forgotten\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/georgemonbiot\/2012\/sep\/07\/riches-seas-depleted-forgotten<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeMonbiot\">@GeorgeMonbiot<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>In Ohio, the battle for local vs state control of fracking<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/content\/stories\/local\/2012\/09\/08\/activists-push-local-control-of-fracking.html\">http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/content\/stories\/local\/2012\/09\/08\/activists-push-local-control-of-fracking.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Increasing demand for fracking water places increasing strain on already constrained water supply in W US.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/06\/us\/struggle-for-water-in-colorado-with-rise-in-fracking.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/06\/us\/struggle-for-water-in-colorado-with-rise-in-fracking.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyTruth\">@SkyTruth<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;if we wanted to build a sustainable future, we wouldn&#8217;t start from here&#8221; WWF blogpost on geoengineering:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wwf.org.uk\/blog\/climate-energy\/geo-engineering-not-our-first-choice-but-could-it-now-be-essential-for-tackling-climate-change\/\">http:\/\/blogs.wwf.org.uk\/blog\/climate-energy\/geo-engineering-not-our-first-choice-but-could-it-now-be-essential-for-tackling-climate-change\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alicebell\">@alicebell<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>More than enough wind to power global energy demand: New research examines limits, climate consequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/09\/120909150446.htm\">http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/09\/120909150446.htm<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tpenews\">@tpenews<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Philip Allen vividly describes the stratigraphic concepts and issues grappled with at this year&#8217;s William Smith Meeting.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earth-literally.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/strata-time.html\">http:\/\/earth-literally.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/strata-time.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fascinating: A tour through Nottingham&#8217;s extensive system of man-made caves, complete with cool laser mapping. &#8220;In a sense, Nottingham is the Cappadocia of the British Isles&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bldgblog.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/09\/caves-of-nottingham_11.html\">http:\/\/bldgblog.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/09\/caves-of-nottingham_11.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/drskyskull\">@drskyskull<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Nice post from Metageologist on the life of oceanic crust: born from the mantle at ridges and returned by subduction.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/09\/oceanic-crust-that-sinking-feeling\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=oceanic-crust-that-sinking-feeling\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/09\/oceanic-crust-that-sinking-feeling\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Some fabulous photos collected by a pillar, arch and sea stack obsessive:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/matadornetwork.com\/trips\/60-mind-bending-rock-formations-from-around-the-world-pics\/\">http:\/\/matadornetwork.com\/trips\/60-mind-bending-rock-formations-from-around-the-world-pics\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffersonite\">@jeffersonite<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Post by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tuffcookie\">Jess Ball<\/a> on water! Historical Hydropower at Niagara Falls: The Schoellkopf Power Station<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/magmacumlaude\/2012\/09\/09\/hydropower-at-niagara-falls-the-schoellkopf-power-station\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/magmacumlaude\/2012\/09\/09\/hydropower-at-niagara-falls-the-schoellkopf-power-station\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cool underwater video of a turbidity current:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/view?i=c45_1342620679\">http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/view?i=c45_1342620679<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Incredible video of a herd (apparently &#8216;cast&#8217; is the correct collective noun) of hermit crabs migrating &#8211; the beach looks like it has come alive and decided to move!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/48466065\">http:\/\/vimeo.com\/48466065<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fascinating.  Why the first laptop had such a hard time catching on. Surprisingly: sexism.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/12\/09\/why-the-first-laptop-had-such-a-hard-time-catching-on-hint-sexism\/262220\/\">http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/12\/09\/why-the-first-laptop-had-such-a-hard-time-catching-on-hint-sexism\/262220\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edyong209\">@edyong209<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alexismadrigal\">@alexismadrigal<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>And we wonder why girls don&#8217;t see Engineering as a place where they belong.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.missrepresentation.org\/notbuyingit\/notbuyingit-solar-company-advertises-nice-rack-party\/\">http:\/\/www.missrepresentation.org\/notbuyingit\/notbuyingit-solar-company-advertises-nice-rack-party\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ocean_Dr\">@ocean_Dr<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SWEtalk\">@SWEtalk<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Retro Lab Safety Sign by JHU &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/releases.jhu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JHU-lab-safety-final-review.jpg\">http:\/\/releases.jhu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/JHU-lab-safety-final-review.jpg<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nathanraft\">@nathanraft<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>More good advice to undergrads in the lab, this time from <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scicurious\">Scicurious<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/scicurious\/2012\/09\/11\/undergrad-herding\/\">http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/scicurious\/2012\/09\/11\/undergrad-herding\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of interesting stuff for you to peruse this week. Enjoy! Earthquakes Poor hit hard by China earthquakes. http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2012\/09\/09\/poor-hit-hard-by-china-earthquakes\/ If we could develop a much cheaper version of this &#8216;Quake Bed Shelter&#8217; it could save many lives. http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/earth\/earthquake-proof-bed-protect-safety-120913.html (via @Discovery_Earth) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/09\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-50\/\">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-7859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859","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=7859"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7866,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859\/revisions\/7866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}