{"id":7928,"date":"2012-10-21T12:31:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T17:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=7928"},"modified":"2012-10-21T12:31:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T17:31:20","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/10\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-53\/","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>We interrupt our regularly scheduled link-fest for a brief celebration of how much the geoblogosphere &#8211; and our readers &#8211; rock.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of Earth Science week, we can only look in awe at the generosity and commitment of our colleagues and readers to funding earth science education through DonorsChoose. As a glance to our sidebar shows, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=260691\">donations to our own giving page have exceeded $800<\/a>, and have already helped to fund 6 projects, giving students in cash-strapped schools the chance to build quake-proof models, measure water quality, and much more. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to our own challenge, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/leadershipboard.html?category=376\">the Ocean &#038; Geobloggers collective<\/a> also includes: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/contemplativemammoth.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/16\/honor-ada-lovelace-day-with-a-contribution-to-a-science-classroom-in-need\/\">Jacquelyn Gill at the The Contemplative Mammoth<\/a> (DonorsChoose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=261715\">Giving Page<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/adventuresingeology.com\/2012\/10\/16\/donorschoose\/\">Nate at Adventures in Geology<\/a> (DonorsChoose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=261729\">Giving Page<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernfriedscience.com\/?p=13824\">Southern Fried Science<\/a> (DonorsChoose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=260292\">Giving Page<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/deepseanews.com\/2012\/10\/dive-into-education-with-deep-sea-news\/\">Deep Sea News<\/a>.(DonorsChoose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=262420\">Giving Page<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>In addition, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/10\/donors-choose-challenge-2012-volcanoes-volcanoes-volcanoes\/\">Erik Klemetti<\/a> has been racking up donations to help kids learn about volcanoes in their classrooms on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/viewChallenge.html?id=260369\">Wired Giving Page<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Collectively we&#8217;ve raised almost $3000 since Monday. We basically rule the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/donors\/motherboard.html?motherboardId=26\">Science Bloggers for Students leaderboard<\/a> right now, demonstrating &#8211; as if it needed proving &#8211; how much more awesome we are than any other science. To those who have already donated &#8211; thank you so much. <\/p>\n<p>We now return to our regularly scheduled highlighting of things worth reading on the internet this week.<\/p>\n<h4>Other posts on All-geo<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Metageologist explains how zircon ages can solve the &#8220;three-pipe&#8221; problem of the tectonic setting of ancient sedimentary basins.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/10\/sherlock-holmes-and-the-case-of-the-detrital-zircon\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/10\/sherlock-holmes-and-the-case-of-the-detrital-zircon\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A quick reminder that you can keep track of all of the latest posts from the wider geoblogosphere from the <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/\">All-geo front page<\/a> (which has recently got <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/feed.php\">an official RSS feed<\/a>), on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Geoblogfeed\">Twitter<\/a>, and now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/All-Geo\/152893618062319\">on Facebook<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Earthquakes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Radio interview with Maine State Geologist on Tuesday&#8217;s M4 earthquake<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpbn.net\/Home\/tabid\/36\/ctl\/ViewItem\/mid\/3478\/ItemId\/24239\/Default.aspx\">http:\/\/www.mpbn.net\/Home\/tabid\/36\/ctl\/ViewItem\/mid\/3478\/ItemId\/24239\/Default.aspx<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Change in earthquake frequency-magnitude distribution near hypocentres in decade prior to M9+ Tohoku &amp; Sumatra quakes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2012GL052997.shtml\">http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2012GL052997.shtml<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazing video of Lava flowing thru a Lava Tube.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pacificislandparks.com\/2012\/10\/18\/the-dynamic-eart\/\">http:\/\/pacificislandparks.com\/2012\/10\/18\/the-dynamic-eart\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/PacificNPS\">@PacificNPS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/USGS\">@USGS<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Very low seismic velocities in the mantle below the Seychelles may be a &#8216;plume scar&#8217;: remnant melt left behind after Deccan flood basalts formation.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0012821X12004487?via=sd&#038;cc=y\">http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0012821X12004487?via=sd&#038;cc=y<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Dana Hunter continues her explosive series on the eruption of Mt. St. Helens with &#8220;The Cataclysm: &#8220;One of the Most Dramatic Mass-Movement Events of Historic Time&#8221;&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/rosetta-stones\/2012\/10\/18\/the-cataclysm-one-of-the-most-dramatic-mass-movement-events-of-historic-time\/\">http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/rosetta-stones\/2012\/10\/18\/the-cataclysm-one-of-the-most-dramatic-mass-movement-events-of-historic-time\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Dhunterauthor\">@Dhunterauthor<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Cool stuff &#8211; using satellite imagery &amp; neural networks to identify potential fossil sites remotely.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/Features\/WyomingFossils\/?src=eoa-features\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/Features\/WyomingFossils\/?src=eoa-features<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ooh. Earth-sized rocky exoplanet discovered around one of the nearest star systems to our own, Alpha Centauri<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/345756\/description\/The_alien_next_door\">http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/345756\/description\/The_alien_next_door<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Magnetic anomalies associated with 3.6 billion yr-old Martian volcanoes suggest reversing dynamo field &amp; polar wander.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2012JE004099.shtml\">http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2012JE004099.shtml<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Vesta not just differentiated, but had a magnetic field? Sounds like a planet to me&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v490\/n7420\/full\/490312b.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20121018\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v490\/n7420\/full\/490312b.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20121018<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Most planetary systems are &#8216;flatter than pancakes&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacedaily.com\/reports\/Most_Planetary_Systems_are_Flatter_than_Pancakes_999.html\">http:\/\/www.spacedaily.com\/reports\/Most_Planetary_Systems_are_Flatter_than_Pancakes_999.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/EuroGeosciences\">@EuroGeosciences<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/space_daily\">@space_daily<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Cool satellite image of aurora extent over North America at beginning of month.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=79373&#038;src=eoa-iotd\">http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=79373&#038;src=eoa-iotd<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Think tank&#8221; Cato Institute produces report that looks just like Global Change Research Program report, except for the science &#038; policy recommendations.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2012\/10\/15\/how-stupid-does-cato-institute-think-congress-is-oh-right\/\">http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2012\/10\/15\/how-stupid-does-cato-institute-think-congress-is-oh-right\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Lovely post by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Dhunterauthor\">Dana Hunter<\/a> on learning the language &amp; diversity of rivers. \u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/entequilaesverdad\/2012\/10\/16\/learning-the-language-of-rivers-i-a-history-of-confusion\/\">http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/entequilaesverdad\/2012\/10\/16\/learning-the-language-of-rivers-i-a-history-of-confusion\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Want to find the nearest drinking #water fountain? Want to participate in crowd mapping them? Get WeTap app for Android. (I hope they develop a web-based way to participate as well.) \u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"wetap.org\">wetap.org<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterGleick\">@PeterGleick<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environment<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A huge story this week was illegal ocean fertilisation experiment apparently undertaken by &#8216;rogue geoengineer&#8217; Russ George of the coast of British Columbia:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/m.io9.com\/5952101\/a-massive-and-illegal-geoengineering-project-has-been-detected-off-canadas-west-coast\">http:\/\/m.io9.com\/5952101\/a-massive-and-illegal-geoengineering-project-has-been-detected-off-canadas-west-coast<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mikamckinnon\">@mikamckinnon<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/deepseanews.com\/2012\/10\/here-we-go-again-with-dumping-iron-into-the-ocean\/\">http:\/\/deepseanews.com\/2012\/10\/here-we-go-again-with-dumping-iron-into-the-ocean\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mikamckinnon\">@mikamckinnon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MiriamGoldste\">@MiriamGoldste<\/a>)<\/li>\n<p>Satellite imagery does appear to show that an algal bloom did form in response, but any effects in terms of CO2 drawdown are far more debatable.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/deepseanews.com\/2012\/10\/satellite-imagery-of-the-illegal-canadian-iron-dumping-experiment\/\">http:\/\/deepseanews.com\/2012\/10\/satellite-imagery-of-the-illegal-canadian-iron-dumping-experiment\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/scientists-respond-to-rogue-ocean-fertilisation-experiment\">http:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/scientists-respond-to-rogue-ocean-fertilisation-experiment<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chr1stianh\">@chr1stianh<\/a>)<br \/>\nA sobering thought: could this be the first of many unilateral geoengineering actions?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/newsdesk\/2012\/10\/the-first-geo-vigilante.html?mobify=0&#038;currentPage=all\">http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/newsdesk\/2012\/10\/the-first-geo-vigilante.html?mobify=0&#038;currentPage=all<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Despite all the rhetoric, carbon capture and storage is still limited to a few small experiments.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=carbon-capture-and-storage-not-happening-fast-enough-to-combat-climate-change\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=carbon-capture-and-storage-not-happening-fast-enough-to-combat-climate-change<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Tsunami-riding Japanese sea creatures are attacking American coastal waters<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/tsunami-riding-japanese-sea-creatures-are-attacking-american-coastal-waters-2012-10\">http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/tsunami-riding-japanese-sea-creatures-are-attacking-american-coastal-waters-2012-10<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/deepseadawn\">@deepseadawn<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>It seems landslide watching is a crowd activity in India: A very cool riverbank collapse video<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/10\/20\/a-very-cool-riverbank-collapse-video\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/10\/20\/a-very-cool-riverbank-collapse-video\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Geoblogfeed\">@Geoblogfeed<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Low seismic velocity zone observed at core-mantle boundary beneath Hawaii; could be source of deep plume.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0012821X12005006?via=sd&#038;cc=y\">http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0012821X12005006?via=sd&#038;cc=y<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>First (preliminary) analysis of water retrieved from Lake Vostok shows no native microbes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/news\/2012\/10\/vostoks-microbes-elusive-in-first-measurements-of-surface-water.html\">http:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/news\/2012\/10\/vostoks-microbes-elusive-in-first-measurements-of-surface-water.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>If #5 (adding context) was implemented more regularly I would suffer the rest: 5 Changes Consumers Want To See In Science News<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/emilywillingham\/2012\/10\/19\/5-things-some-consumers-would-like-to-change-about-science-news\/\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/emilywillingham\/2012\/10\/19\/5-things-some-consumers-would-like-to-change-about-science-news\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Onion takes on TED talks. HIlarious.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DkGMY63FF3Q&#038;feature=youtu.be\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DkGMY63FF3Q&#038;feature=youtu.be<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>America&#8217;s big cities are larger than Europe&#8217;s. That has important economic consequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/21564536?fsrc=scn\/tw\/te\/pe\/concretegains\">http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/21564536?fsrc=scn\/tw\/te\/pe\/concretegains<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TheEconomist\">@TheEconomist<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Zero emissions&#8221; too : Belgium&#8217;s research station in Antarctica looks like coolest Bond villain lair EVER<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.antarcticstation.org\/station\/\">http:\/\/www.antarcticstation.org\/station\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/leohickman\">@leohickman<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Can never remember how to convert in Hg to milibars? (I can&#8217;t.) Here&#8217;s a nifty meteorological unit conversion tool on an NWS site.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.srh.noaa.gov\/ama\/?n=conversions\">http:\/\/www.srh.noaa.gov\/ama\/?n=conversions<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We interrupt our regularly scheduled link-fest for a brief celebration of how much the geoblogosphere &#8211; and our readers &#8211; rock. At the end of Earth Science week, we can only look in awe at the generosity and commitment of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/10\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-53\/\">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":[154],"class_list":["post-7928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-donorschoose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928","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=7928"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7935,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928\/revisions\/7935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}