{"id":8119,"date":"2012-12-16T14:11:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T19:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=8119"},"modified":"2012-12-16T14:11:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T19:11:19","slug":"stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/12\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-55\/","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><\/p>\n<h4>Volcanoes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s that time of year again &#8211; cast your ballot for the 2012 Pliny for Volcanic Event of the Year:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/12\/nomination-time-for-the-2012-pliny-for-volcanic-event-of-the-year\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/12\/nomination-time-for-the-2012-pliny-for-volcanic-event-of-the-year\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/eruptionsblog\">@eruptionsblog<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Earthquakes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>How combining GPS sensors with seismometers can speed up identification of large\/dangerous earthquakes, and emergency response.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidescience.org\/content\/hybrid-gps-seismic-system-can-accelerate-earthquake-response\/869\">http:\/\/www.insidescience.org\/content\/hybrid-gps-seismic-system-can-accelerate-earthquake-response\/869<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Very cool video of seismic waves from nearby earthquakes rippling across dense seismic array in CA.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NODAL Compilation Final Export.mov\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-so8rjPWcD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/paleoseismicity\">@paleoseismicity<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Rates of microseismicity on creeping part of Sand Andreas Fault waxes and wanes in synchrony with a neighbouring fault.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/geospace\/2012\/12\/12\/californias-faults-have-synchronized-bursts-of-movement\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/geospace\/2012\/12\/12\/californias-faults-have-synchronized-bursts-of-movement\/<\/a><br \/>\nThis story is part of the excellent AGU Fall Meeting coverage on their <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/geospace\/\">GeoSpace<\/a> blog, featuring write-ups by a herd of science communication grad student. Good stuff.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Planets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Want to know what GRAIL has discovered about Moon&#8217;s structure &amp; geological history? Read Emily Lakdawalla&#8217;s brilliant post.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2012\/12110923-grail-results.html\">http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2012\/12110923-grail-results.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>GRAIL will apparently end with an eeeeeek-BOOM! Looking forward to seeing the final surface-skimming gravity data.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2012\/12131338-grail-end-of-mission.html\">http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2012\/12131338-grail-end-of-mission.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A river of hydrocarbons flowing on Titan.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/clasticdetritus.com\/2012\/12\/12\/a-river-of-hydrocarbons-flowing-on-titan\/\">http:\/\/clasticdetritus.com\/2012\/12\/12\/a-river-of-hydrocarbons-flowing-on-titan\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fossils<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Evidence for a key step in the evolution of photosynthetic organisms found in 2.4 billion year-old South African rocks.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg21628944.500-captured-the-moment-photosynthesis-changed-the-world.html\">http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg21628944.500-captured-the-moment-photosynthesis-changed-the-world.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>New Nature Geoscience paper suggests Permian extinction may have been a one-two (flood basalt-impact?) punch. Paleomagnetic data suggest that flood basalt eruptions are quite pulsed, but two extinction waves affecting different species=different causes?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ngeo\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/full\/ngeo1649.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ngeo\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/full\/ngeo1649.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kwinkunks\">@kwinkunks<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>New Nature paper suggesting Ediacara are terrestrial lichens rather than enigmatic marine beasties. But hold on: Brian Switek explains that neither theory nor author are new.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/doifinder\/10.1038\/nature11777\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/doifinder\/10.1038\/nature11777<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/controversial-claim-puts-life-on-land-65-million-years-early-1.12017\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/controversial-claim-puts-life-on-land-65-million-years-early-1.12017<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>(Paleo)climate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>UK Environment Advisor&#8217;s talk on climate change, over at the Volcan01010 blog:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/12\/environment-advisor-climate-talk\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2012\/12\/environment-advisor-climate-talk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hard to really grasp scale of calving ice in this clip from Breaking Ice, up at the Guardian.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/p\/3ccgd\/tw\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/p\/3ccgd\/tw<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rivrchik\">@rivrchik<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidGrann\">@DavidGrann<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Forecasting Denial: Why Are TV Weathercasters Ignoring Climate Change?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/m.rollingstone.com\/?redirurl=\/politics\/news\/forecasting-denial-why-are-tv-weathercasters-ignoring-climate-change-20121205&#038;seenSplash=1\">http:\/\/m.rollingstone.com\/?redirurl=\/politics\/news\/forecasting-denial-why-are-tv-weathercasters-ignoring-climate-change-20121205&#038;seenSplash=1<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good morning! Is Earth F**ked? Slate&#8217;s take on scientists climate concerns at #AGU12<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/health_and_science\/science\/2012\/12\/is_earth_f_ked_at_2012_agu_meeting_scientists_consider_advocacy_activism.2.html\">http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/health_and_science\/science\/2012\/12\/is_earth_f_ked_at_2012_agu_meeting_scientists_consider_advocacy_activism.2.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Water<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Good article: River in retreat &#8211; Mississippi faces shipping freeze as water levels drop.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2012\/dec\/14\/mississippi-river-shipping-levels\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2012\/dec\/14\/mississippi-river-shipping-levels<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chicago River has become invasive species super highway &#8211; can it be blocked? and soon?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/wisconsin\/183670741.html\">http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/wisconsin\/183670741.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Environmental<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>BBC report suggests some faltering progress at Doha climate talks, but emphasis is on &#8216;faltering&#8217;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-20653018\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-20653018<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good analysis at Earth Magazine by Michael Webber: near-term future of US natural gas production, consumption and prices.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthmagazine.org\/article\/highlights-2012-outlook-natural-gas\">http:\/\/www.earthmagazine.org\/article\/highlights-2012-outlook-natural-gas<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Is UK shale gas viable? Some good points here, but calling proponents &#8216;frack-heads&#8217; hardly a cue for rational debate.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/m.guardiannews.com\/commentisfree\/2012\/dec\/09\/shale-gas-frackheads-dubious-dream\">http:\/\/m.guardiannews.com\/commentisfree\/2012\/dec\/09\/shale-gas-frackheads-dubious-dream<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Invasive cheatgrass fans US wildfires<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-20612161\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-20612161<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>General Geology<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Mountains are geological sculptures: tectonics provides the blank stone block, but rivers &amp; landslides do the carving. Good stuff from Metageologist.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/12\/erosion-mountains-beautiful\/\">http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/12\/erosion-mountains-beautiful\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>A very nice video demo of how smooth plate motions turn into jerky earthquake ruptures from GNS Science:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Earthquake and Faultline Model\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WmU2cYWB1rQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/davidmpyle\">@davidmpyle<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not just Mars: robotic rovers are helping explore the icy wastes of our own planet.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/12\/yeti-cool-robot-polar-rovers\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/12\/yeti-cool-robot-polar-rovers\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/earthmagazine\">@earthmagazine<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Ionian Sea may be 220 Ma oceanic crust, oldest known. Note: based on magnetic anomaly modelling, not direct dating.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2012JB009475.shtml\">http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2012JB009475.shtml<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clasticdetritus\">@clasticdetritus<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Understanding the geological structure of the UK has just become easier: new 3D geology map resources from the British Geological Survey.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/research\/ukgeology\/nationalgeologicalmodel\/gb3d.html\">http:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/research\/ukgeology\/nationalgeologicalmodel\/gb3d.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BritGeoSurvey\">@BritGeoSurvey<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Dave Petley has some spectacular images of a railway in W Canada completely buried under a rockslide:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/12\/14\/images-of-a-railway-landslide-in-the-canadian-rockies\/\">http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/12\/14\/images-of-a-railway-landslide-in-the-canadian-rockies\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/davepetley\">@davepetley<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>She wanted to study geology &amp; was told, &#8220;You should be learning to cook.&#8221; That didn&#8217;t stop Dr. Ursula Marvin<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/siarchives.si.edu\/blog\/documenting-geologists-adventures\">http:\/\/siarchives.si.edu\/blog\/documenting-geologists-adventures<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/smithsonian\">@smithsonian<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interesting Miscellaney<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Why We Let the School Shootings Continue: &#8216;Children will continue to pay for a freedom their elders enjoy.&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/14\/opinion\/why-we-let-the-school-shootings-continue.html?_r=0\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/14\/opinion\/why-we-let-the-school-shootings-continue.html<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BoraZ\">@BoraZ<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Some illustrative statements of fact about guns and gun control laws.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/m.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2012\/12\/14\/nine-facts-about-guns-and-mass-shootings-in-the-united-states\/\">http:\/\/m.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2012\/12\/14\/nine-facts-about-guns-and-mass-shootings-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GenAnthropocene\">@GenAnthropocene<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>Nice summary by Liz Neely on some of the ways Twitter was used to enhance the AGU 2012 Fall Meeting experience:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/compassblogs.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/10\/wading-into-a-conference-tweet-stream\/\">http:\/\/compassblogs.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/10\/wading-into-a-conference-tweet-stream\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/LizNeeley\">@LizNeeley<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>And as Top 10s go, this is a good one: Top 10 reasons to love the AGU conference (and yes, the free beer is mentioned).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/rebecca-anderson\/top-10-reasons-i-love-agu_b_2248942.html\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/rebecca-anderson\/top-10-reasons-i-love-agu_b_2248942.html<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Oman is certainly different, although I found it a little more friendly than this writer did.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aeonmagazine.com\/world-views\/daniel-tammet-playing-sudoku\/\">http:\/\/www.aeonmagazine.com\/world-views\/daniel-tammet-playing-sudoku\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Blogquake!  Ed Yong, Brian Switek, Carl Zimmer and Virginia Hughes joining new National Geographic science blog network.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2012\/12\/11\/im-moving-my-blog-to-national-geographic-next-week-and-look-whos-coming-too\/\">http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2012\/12\/11\/im-moving-my-blog-to-national-geographic-next-week-and-look-whos-coming-too\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Life as an NSF program officer: the process of funding  (Part 3, follow the links backward for the rest of this must-read series)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/proflikesubstance\/2012\/12\/14\/life-of-an-nsf-program-officer-part-3-the-process-of-funding\/\">http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/proflikesubstance\/2012\/12\/14\/life-of-an-nsf-program-officer-part-3-the-process-of-funding\/<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scicurious\">@scicurious<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Community engagement before publish or perish:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/higher-education-network\/blog\/2012\/dec\/11\/flipped-academic-research-community-engagement\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/higher-education-network\/blog\/2012\/dec\/11\/flipped-academic-research-community-engagement<\/a><br \/>\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KateClancy\">@KateClancy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ReaderMeter\">@ReaderMeter<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volcanoes It&#8217;s that time of year again &#8211; cast your ballot for the 2012 Pliny for Volcanic Event of the Year: http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/12\/nomination-time-for-the-2012-pliny-for-volcanic-event-of-the-year\/ (via @eruptionsblog) Earthquakes How combining GPS sensors with seismometers can speed up identification of large\/dangerous earthquakes, and emergency &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2012\/12\/stuff-we-linked-to-on-twitter-last-week-55\/\">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-8119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8119","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=8119"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8128,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8119\/revisions\/8128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}