Two recent papers in Nature GeoScience demonstrate the real effects of ocean acidification. For those not in know, there is an ongoing decrease in the…
View More Ocean Acidification, Not Good For LivingCategory: Geology
100 Word Post: Hurdia victoria
Anomalocaris ruled the Cambrian seas but apparently so did a twenty centimenter cousin. Hurdia victoria, originally described in 1912, was known from just a jumble…
View More 100 Word Post: Hurdia victoriaVisualizing the Tonga Earthquake
A nice visualization of seismic activity occurring under the Tongan Ridge and subduction zone. This animation was done after the magnitude 8 earthquake on May…
View More Visualizing the Tonga EarthquakeTsunami Warning in the South Pacific
[googlemap lat=”-22.857194700969636″ lng=”-174.55078125″ width=”500px” height=”300px” zoom=”6″ type=”G_HYBRID_MAP”]Tonga[/googlemap] News on the wire from Rick is that a tsunami warning was issued for the South Pacific after…
View More Tsunami Warning in the South PacificSubmarine Volcano Erupts Off Tonga
[googlemap lat=”-20.730428476781324″ lng=”-175.27862548828125″ width=”500px” height=”300px” zoom=”8″ type=”G_SATELLITE_MAP”]Tonga[/googlemap] From the Times Online…. Scientists are on their way to the site of a large undersea volcano that…
View More Submarine Volcano Erupts Off TongaA Ring of Fire…
From Richard Alley, a geoscientist at Penn State. Hat tip to Nature‘s The Great Beyond.
View More A Ring of Fire…Accretionary Wedge #15
Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at Wood’s Hole
Journalists looking for a compelling story of greed, adventure, and science on the high seas might want to consider attending this Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at…
View More Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at Wood’s HoleThe new spirituality
Neil DeGrasse Tyson shares how an understanding of science can make us feel more connected.
View More The new spiritualityThis Is The Story of Carbon…
…and where it goes…how it got there..its trials and tribulations. This week in carbon sequestration theater we explore Little Petey Carbon and (sing out loud)…
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