{"id":7867,"date":"2012-09-23T15:49:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T20:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=7867"},"modified":"2012-09-23T15:50:04","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T20:50:04","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/09\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-51\/","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>Sit down with your choice of caffeinated beverage, relax, and enjoy some of the more interesting things that Chris and Anne have been reading this week. <\/p>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Must-read post by Erik Klemetti on volcanic future of the Yellowstone Caldera: small eruptions more likely than big.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/09\/the-future-at-yellowstone-caldera\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/09\/the-future-at-yellowstone-caldera\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Some see tropical paradise. Anne sees a volcano: : View of Bora Bora (1 of 1st images by SPOT 6).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrium-geo.com\/na\/4423-first-images-from-spot-6\">http:\/\/www.astrium-geo.com\/na\/4423-first-images-from-spot-6<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA_EO\">@NASA_EO<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Earthquakes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Earthquake prediction: difficult, almost impossible, or simply impossible? Ed Yong investigates:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/story\/20120920-will-we-ever-predict-earthquakes\">http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/story\/20120920-will-we-ever-predict-earthquakes<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great pics from Dave Petley: Alpine Fault thrusting metamorphic rocks over river gravels, landslides and sedimentation.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/09\/22\/landslides-and-the-alpine-fault-in-new-zealand\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/09\/22\/landslides-and-the-alpine-fault-in-new-zealand\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Japanese town ponders a pre-emptive relocation due to tsunami risk &#8211; if they agree, will be the first.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/world\/fearing-new-tsunami-japanese-town-to-vote-on-relocation\/story-e6frg6so-1226476051523\">http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/world\/fearing-new-tsunami-japanese-town-to-vote-on-relocation\/story-e6frg6so-1226476051523<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Curiosity is a real geologist: when driving its cameras are easily turned by pretty outcrops. This one q coarse grained<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2012\/09171235-curiosity-sol39-mosaic-truthan.html\">http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2012\/09171235-curiosity-sol39-mosaic-truthan.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pretty cool: Dawn observes evidence of hydrogen and water on Vesta. Not just dead since dawn of solar system, it seems&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2012\/09\/evidence-for-hydrogen-and-water-on-vesta-hints-at-planetoids-past\/\">http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2012\/09\/evidence-for-hydrogen-and-water-on-vesta-hints-at-planetoids-past\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Music of the Spheres &#8211; The Sounds of Earth&#8217;s Magnetosphere, at frequencies directly audible to humans!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2012\/09\/18\/music-of-the-spheres-the-sounds-of-earths-magnetosphere\/\">http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2012\/09\/18\/music-of-the-spheres-the-sounds-of-earths-magnetosphere\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/planet3org\">@planet3org<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Strange but true: creationists are particularly annoyed by feathered dinosaurs. Brian Switek explains.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/health_and_science\/science\/2012\/09\/creationists_and_dinosaurs_answers_in_genesis_teams_with_dissident_scientists_to_deny_feathered_dino_fossil_record.single.html\">http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/health_and_science\/science\/2012\/09\/creationists_and_dinosaurs_answers_in_genesis_teams_with_dissident_scientists_to_deny_feathered_dino_fossil_record.single.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian climate reconstructed from fossil wood that fell to bottom of volcanic kimberlite vents. Wow.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0045537\">http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0045537<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OrbitalPete\">@OrbitalPete<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Can you &#8216;prove&#8217; an extreme flood or forest fire wouldn&#8217;t have happened without climate change? It&#8217;s tricky.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/extreme-weather-1.11428\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/extreme-weather-1.11428<\/a><br \/>\nIn response, RealClimate discusses the ins and outs of extreme climate event attribution<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2012\/09\/why-bother-trying-to-attribute-extreme-events\/\">http:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2012\/09\/why-bother-trying-to-attribute-extreme-events\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>New York Times: New York Is Lagging as Seas and Risks Rise, Critics Warn<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/11\/nyregion\/new-york-faces-rising-seas-and-slow-city-action.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/11\/nyregion\/new-york-faces-rising-seas-and-slow-city-action.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Revkin\">@Revkin<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>The struggles of Galveston&#8230;great story highlighting tension in local communities caused by sea level rise\/coastal erosion.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/texasclimatenews.org\/wp\/?p=5540\">http:\/\/texasclimatenews.org\/wp\/?p=5540<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/HeidiCullen\">@HeidiCullen<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Final score for this year&#8217;s Arctic sea-ice minimum: 3.41 million square km, 18% below previous record low in 2007.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2012\/sep\/19\/arctic-ice-shrinks\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2012\/sep\/19\/arctic-ice-shrinks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nsidc.org\/arcticseaicenews\/2012\/09\/arctic-sea-ice-extent-near-minimum\/\">http:\/\/nsidc.org\/arcticseaicenews\/2012\/09\/arctic-sea-ice-extent-near-minimum\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, a good discussion of how even latest models find it hard to reproduce recent rapid Arctic sea ice decline.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/neven1.typepad.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/models-are-improving-but-can-they-catch-up.html\">http:\/\/neven1.typepad.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/models-are-improving-but-can-they-catch-up.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Post-Fukushima edging away from nuclear power could have a very negative impact on attempts to reduce CO2 emissions.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2012\/sep\/14\/nuclear-global-warming\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2012\/sep\/14\/nuclear-global-warming<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s also worth noting the upcoming uranium production shortfall, due to loss of major source (25% of annual demand for uranium met by decommissioned nuclear weapons, but next year that supply is being cut off.) and bad mining economics.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theenergyreport.com\/pub\/na\/14344\">http:\/\/www.theenergyreport.com\/pub\/na\/14344<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The concept and design behind this interactive daily water budget model is awesome<br \/>\n<a href=\"Content-http:\/\/wikiwatershed.org\/mmw\/mini\/index.htm\">Content-http:\/\/wikiwatershed.org\/mmw\/mini\/index.htm<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Check out this cool USGS primer video on urban streams that Anne found.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/usgs-primer-on-urban-streams\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/usgs-primer-on-urban-streams\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Things Anne is reading this weekend &#8211; All about Rain Gardens<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowimpactdevelopment.org\/raingarden_design\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.lowimpactdevelopment.org\/raingarden_design\/index.htm<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bae.ncsu.edu\/topic\/raingarden\/\">https:\/\/www.bae.ncsu.edu\/topic\/raingarden\/<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.princegeorgescountymd.gov\/Government\/AgencyIndex\/DER\/ESG\/Bioretention\/pdf\/Bioretention Manual_2009 Version.pdf\">http:\/\/www.princegeorgescountymd.gov\/Government\/AgencyIndex\/DER\/ESG\/Bioretention\/pdf\/Bioretention Manual_2009 Version.pdf<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Maybe even more immediately relevant: homeowner&#8217;s guide to drainage problems and solutions<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.princegeorgescountymd.gov\/Government\/AgencyIndex\/DER\/ESG\/pdf\/RDMANUAL.pdf\">http:\/\/www.princegeorgescountymd.gov\/Government\/AgencyIndex\/DER\/ESG\/pdf\/RDMANUAL.pdf<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Georgia officials give drought the silent treatment &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/\">http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-georgia-drought-20120916,0,2925119.story\">http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-georgia-drought-20120916,0,2925119.story<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Shipping exec: &#8216;the mighty Mississippi has been a weakling lately.&#8217; [because of drought]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/09\/15\/us\/drought-impact\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/09\/15\/us\/drought-impact\/index.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/billmckibben\">@billmckibben<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>A new paper shows significant increases in flood levels in stream reaches with levees and upstream (up to 2.3 m!) (link to abstract)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/hyp.8261\/abstract\">http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/hyp.8261\/abstract<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Groundwater recharge from overbank floods [link to abstract]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2011WR011441.shtml\">http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2011WR011441.shtml<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A slightly sarcastic account of Shell&#8217;s Arctic drilling attempt, now effectively suspended until next year.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/news\/shell-gives-up-on-arctic-drilling-until-next-year\/\">http:\/\/grist.org\/news\/shell-gives-up-on-arctic-drilling-until-next-year\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, on the UK, a parliamentary committee recommends a ban oil drilling in the Arctic until decent spill responses in place.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/environmental-audit-committee\/news\/announcement-of-report-publication1\/\">http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/environmental-audit-committee\/news\/announcement-of-report-publication1\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/EuroGeosciences\">@EuroGeosciences<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/adamvaughan_uk\">@adamvaughan_uk<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Interview with University of Texas geologist Susan Hovorka on her research into carbon capture and storage<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthsky.org\/earth\/susan-hovorka-on-carbon-capture-and-storage\">http:\/\/earthsky.org\/earth\/susan-hovorka-on-carbon-capture-and-storage<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Important question addressed in this paper: Landform change due to soil redistribution by intense tillage based on high-resolution DEMs (link to abstract)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0169555X12003339?via=sd&#038;cc=y\">http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0169555X12003339?via=sd&#038;cc=y<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> Sustainable Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities by colleagues Kent State University:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.edu\/cpapp\/research\/upload\/infastructure-in-shrinking-cities.pdf\">http:\/\/www.kent.edu\/cpapp\/research\/upload\/infastructure-in-shrinking-cities.pdf<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great overview video of what Cleveland &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/neorsd\">@neorsd<\/a> are doing about combined sewer overflows&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L1-aULDM0R0\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L1-aULDM0R0<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Best. Field. Trip. Ever. Exploring the connection between rocks, water and whisky<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.geolsoc.org.uk\/2012\/09\/17\/whisky-on-the-rocks\/\">http:\/\/blog.geolsoc.org.uk\/2012\/09\/17\/whisky-on-the-rocks\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Geoblogfeed\">@Geoblogfeed<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Woohoo!  <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquelynGill\">@JacquelynGill<\/a> gets a bigger megaphone on the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ScientopiaBlogs\">@ScientopiaBlogs<\/a> guest blog<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/guestblog\/2012\/09\/17\/mammoths-acacias-and-breadfruit-oh-my\/\">http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/guestblog\/2012\/09\/17\/mammoths-acacias-and-breadfruit-oh-my\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Interesting looking Nature Geoscience paper on link between river drainage and tectonic deformation in Southern Alps of NZ.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ngeo\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/full\/ngeo1582.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ngeo\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/full\/ngeo1582.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Anthropocene readings #1: &#8220;Humanity has become a global force whose exploits will be written in rock for millennia&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article.php?id=707&#038;fulltext=1\">http:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article.php?id=707&#038;fulltext=1<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Anthropocene readings #2: human vs deep time as scientists debate where\/how to draw the epochal line.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eenews.net\/public\/Greenwire\/2012\/09\/17\/1\">http:\/\/eenews.net\/public\/Greenwire\/2012\/09\/17\/1<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>In Australia, they don&#8217;t just have tornados. They have tornados made of fire!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/p\/3agap\/tw\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/p\/3agap\/tw<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AJCorner\">@AJCorner<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Scientists, Your Gender Bias Is Showing<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2012\/09\/19\/scientists-your-gender-bias-is-showing\/\">http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2012\/09\/19\/scientists-your-gender-bias-is-showing\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mabakerusu\">@mabakerusu<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Academia is a cult.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/membracid.wordpress.com\/2007\/07\/28\/academia-is-a-cult\/\">http:\/\/membracid.wordpress.com\/2007\/07\/28\/academia-is-a-cult\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/bug_girl\">@bug_girl<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Biogeochemistry tenure-track faculty position in Biology at Kent State University. Come join the cool people [in the cult].<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/biogeochemistry-faculty-position-in-biology-at-kent-state-university\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/biogeochemistry-faculty-position-in-biology-at-kent-state-university\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>!!! Warp Drive May Be More Feasible Than Thought, Scientists Say  via<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/17628-warp-drive-possible-interstellar-spaceflight.html\">http:\/\/www.space.com\/17628-warp-drive-possible-interstellar-spaceflight.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianShiro\">@BrianShiro<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SPACEdotcom\">@SPACEdotcom<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>This explains much: The Romney Campaign is being brought to you by the makers of Lost&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizenschwartz.com\/showrunner-jj-abrams-promises-inexplicable-inconsistencies-glaring-logic-problems-will-all-be-explained-in-satisfying-series-finale-to-romney\/\">http:\/\/www.citizenschwartz.com\/showrunner-jj-abrams-promises-inexplicable-inconsistencies-glaring-logic-problems-will-all-be-explained-in-satisfying-series-finale-to-romney\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>This astounding photo catching a drop in the act of formation wouldn&#8217;t be out of place in an art gallery.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/visualscience\/2012\/09\/17\/the-beautiful-breaking-point\/\">http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/visualscience\/2012\/09\/17\/the-beautiful-breaking-point\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edyong209\">@edyong209<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sit down with your choice of caffeinated beverage, relax, and enjoy some of the more interesting things that Chris and Anne have been reading this week. Volcanoes Must-read post by Erik Klemetti on volcanic future of the Yellowstone Caldera: small &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/09\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-51\/\">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-7867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867","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=7867"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7872,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867\/revisions\/7872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}