A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites Posted: 14 Dec 2009 10:51 PM PST Here is a website, Irilobites.info, that contains an enormous amount of information and graphics related to trilobites. A few of the interesting site features: Trilobite FAQ, Trilobite Quiz, Trilobite Photos, Trilobite.Preparation, Drawing Trilobites, Trilobite Imposters, and much more. |
| Video: NEPTUNE Canada for Ocean Study Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:50 PM PST British Columbia has opened their new underwater observatory: NEPTUNE Canada. This video sums up the huge project, which has been ten years in the making. |
| US Topo: New Topographic Maps from USGS Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:42 PM PST “US Topo” is the next generation of topographic maps from the U.S. Geological Survey. Digital US Topo maps are designed to look, feel, and perform like the traditional paper topographic maps for which the USGS is so well known. However, in contrast to paper-based maps, US Topo maps provide technical advantages that support [...] |
| How Sensitive is Earth’s Temperature to Carbon Dioxide? Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:21 PM PST A press release at the University of Bristol website reports that “Earth’s temperature may be 30-50 per cent more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide than has previously been estimated”. |
| Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:05 PM PST A new study concludes that the Earth’s atmosphere was not formed from within the planet, such as through volcanic activity. Rather, the atmosphere and oceans may have formed from cosmic matter. |
| Posted: 14 Dec 2009 08:40 PM PST “Native Americans of the Miwok tribe in the northern Sierra Nevada, California carved basins into granite bedrock to produce salt for trade. They filled the basins with water from a salt spring and let the water evaporate, leaving a salt residue in the basin.” USGS reports that this is the oldest evidence of business [...] |
| Rapid Decline of Deforestation in Brazil Posted: 14 Dec 2009 08:28 PM PST A press release at Woods Hole Research Center explains how government actions and changes in agricultural markets in Brazil have reduced the rate of deforestation by 64 percent since 2005. |
| Earthquake Production and Fault Slip Rate Posted: 14 Dec 2009 08:18 PM PST An article summary at Eurekalert.org explains that there is sometimes a relationship between earthquake production and the speed of tectonic plates adjacent to a fault. |
| Posted: 14 Dec 2009 07:05 PM PST A very large iceberg from Antarctica, called B17B, has been heading toward Australia. This unusual event comes less than a month after over 100 icebergs floated near New Zealand. |
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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