Physical Geography

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Paleontology
State of Science: How Paleontologists Are Finding Fossils in Surprising Places
discovermagazine.com
When Mansourasaurus was formally described in January in Nature Ecology & Evolution, it represented more than just a cool new fossil. The animal, …
J Bernardadded this to Cellular News And Devices
Magnetism
The North Pole is moving, and our GPS may not be keeping up
startribune.com
Scientists have not been able to post emergency update due to shutdown. A storm is raging in the center of the Earth. Nearly 2,000 miles beneath our …
Geophysics
Alaska’s year without a summer
adn.com - Ned Rozell
Two-hundred and thirty-six years ago, when General George Washington marched back into New York City as British troops were walking out, a volcano …
Wayne Neumannadded this to MScience108
Geology
Did an asteroid hit south India millions of years ago?
thehindu.com - R. Krishna Kumar
Was southern peninsular India hit by an asteroid larger than the one that wiped out dinosaurs? Is the land between present day Nilgiris and …
Sailing
No sailing policy up in Camarines Sur as LPA looms
inquirer.net - By: Stephanie Florida - @inquirerdotnet Inquirer Southern Luzon / 01:22 AM January 20, 2019
Camarines Sur (shaded in red) (Image from Google Maps) PILI, Camarines Sur — Camarines Sur Gov. Miguel “Migz” Villafuerte declared on Saturday evening …
OpenStreetMap
GeoDjango with OpenStreetMap
stackoverflow.com - Wind_Eddies
I am developing a Django application. As a last step, I would like to add the ability to enter lat long and point of interest name to a database and …
The Guardianadded this to Environment
Glaciers
North American glaciers melting much faster than 10 years ago – study
The Guardian - Emily Holden in Washington
Glaciers in western North America, excluding Alaska, are melting four times faster than in the previous decade, with changes in the jet stream exacerbating the longer-term effects of climate change, according
Gizmodo
Environment
North America’s Glaciers Are Melting Four Times Faster Than They Were a Decade Ago
Gizmodo - Brian Kahn
Across the world’s icy landscapes, climate change is spurring a major meltdown. That includes the western U.S. and Canada where not only is ice …
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Augmented Reality
How AR and VR are changing EdTech
born2invest.com - Vaibhav Shah
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are no longer the concepts used only in sci-fi movies. In the last few years, both these technologies …
New Mexico
New Mexico Highlands offers class for furloughed workers
kansascity.com - www.kansascity.com
New Mexico Highlands University is offering a free online class on geographic information systems to furloughed federal employees. The eight-week …
The Hindu Groupadded this to The Hindu
Oil & Gas Industry
BP goes global with seismic imaging technology
thehindu.com - Reuters
Buoyed by the success of seismic imaging that found an extra billion barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is looking to take its latest …
Philippines
LPA enters PAR; will not hit Cebu
sunstar.com.ph - Elias Baquero
THE low pressure area (LPA) has entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 19, according to the Phillippine …
Philosophy of Science
Overcoming the underdetermination of specimens
pitt.edu - Caitlin Wylie
Philosophers of science are well aware that theories are underdetermined by data. But what about the data? Scientific data are selected and processed …
Geophysics
Stanford scientists discuss new tsunami warning system | Center for Ocean Solutions
stanford.edu - oceansolutions.stanford.edu
Image Credit: Getty Images Stanford News spoke with Eric Dunham, an associate professor of geophysics at Stanford Earth, and Ph.D. student Yuyun Yang …
Manila
Coldest morning: Metro Manila temperature drops to 19ºC
philstar.com - Helen Flores
The temperature in Metro Manila dropped to 19 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning, the coldest recorded so far this northeast monsoon season.
The Vancouver Sunadded this to Metro Vancouver
Glaciers
Significant decline in North American glaciers since 2000: UNBC study
vancouversun.com - Susan Lazaruk
B.C. glaciers have shrunk “dramatically” in the last decade, losing mass at four times the rate of the previous decade, according to a …
News (China)
Scientists win award for cooperation
china.org.cn - 马玉佳
Three foreign scientists have received the 2018 International Scientific Cooperation Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Thursday for their …
Mindanao
Usman-like storm brewing off Mindanao
philstar.com - www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines — The state weather bureau yesterday warned the public in Southern Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao against possible flooding and …
Geophysics
University board selects chairman
arkansasonline.com - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The Arkansas Tech University board elected Fritz Kronberger of Russellville as its chairman Thursday.
Tropical Cyclones
LPA outside PH may turn into 2019's first storm – PAGASA
cnnphilippines.com
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 19) — Weather officials are monitoring a low-pressure area (LPA) outside the country which may turn into the …
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Paranormal
Rain spotted on Saturn moon that may be home to alien life
New York Post - By Chris Ciaccia
Saturn’s moon Titan, which some scientists have theorized could be the home to extraterrestrial life due to the presence of surface liquid and dust …
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Technology
Five reasons why 2018 was a big year for paleontology
TNW - The Conversation
A lot happened in the world of paleontology in 2018. Some of the big events included some major fossil finds, a new understanding of our reptile ancestors and a major controversy whose outcome could rewrite
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Coal Mining
Hope for Trapped Meghalaya Miners Dims as Body Being Pulled Out by Navy 'Falls Apart'
news18.com - IANS
As per expert opinion, the body could be retrived only after it is disintegrated. The body has been pulled up to 100 feet from 210 feet. The district …
GQ Indiaadded this to Fashion Trends
SIHH
The best of SIHH 2019
gqindia.com - Parth Charan
The best of SIHH 2019 The SIHH 2019 has concluded, leaving us to ponder over the changes sweeping the watch industry. Both Richard Mille and Audemars …
Edmund Schubertadded this to Dino Daze
Beetles
Two tiny beetle fossils offer evolution and biogeography clues
phys.org - Chinese Academy of Sciences
It is well-known that living fossils exhibit stasis over geologically long time scales. Examples are the panda and ginkgo. Now, two tiny beetles …
Kevin Lavigneadded this to Genetics & evolution
University of Maryland
Lizard robot brings ancient creature to life
New York Post - By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — How did the earliest land animals move? Scientists have used a nearly 300-million-year old fossil skeleton and preserved ancient …
San Diego
Scripps new climate adaptation program forecast Imperial Beach flooding, helped city brace for impact
sandiegouniontribune.com - San Diego Union-Tribune
Climate scientists with UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography monitored the flooding in Imperial Beach Friday morning as waves violently …
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Technology (Australia)
CSIRO builds analytics platform to help Aussie farmers
ZDNet - Asha McLean
The Rural Intelligence Platform uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cloud-based geospatial technology to give farmers the heads up on …
China
Assessing the Future of Chinese Sea Power: Insights from the “Marine Science and Technology Award”
jamestown.org
In late December, the Chinese press announced the 2018 winners of the “Marine Science and Technology Award” (MSTA), an annual prize recognizing …
Seeking Alpha
Geophysics
ION Geophysical and Earthstone Energy among Energy/Materials gainers; SAExploration among losers
Seeking Alpha - Vandana Singh
Gainers: ION Geophysical (NYSE:IO) +11%. Earthstone Energy (NASDAQ:ESTE) +9%. Northern Oil and Gas (NYSEMKT:NOG) +8%. Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) +8%. …