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earthstory: The Subway (or ought to it’s sewer?) Garnet Although…
earthstory: The Subway (or ought to it’s sewer?) Garnet Although this whopping crystal has been given a plethora of names (together with the Manhattan and Kunz garnets), it’s most evocative title is a misnomer, modified by Victorian sensibilities, because it … Continue reading
The Anthropocene: ought to we designate a brand new epoch? A geologist’s perspective
No matter your views, it is a topic that won’t go away, and the idea of the Anthropocene is gaining extra impetus and consideration as time goes by. In a nutshell, the Anthropocene has been proposed as a brand new … Continue reading
We should use central pressure deficit, not wind speed, to predict hurricane damage
New research provides a physical understanding for why central pressure deficit is a better indicator of economic damage from hurricanes than peak wind speed. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Dear College Students: You Should Take Geology
Mount Head, Canada Photo credit: ZME Science This is Why Everyone Should Study GeologyGEOLOGY (OR, MORE properly these days, geosciences) is a field that most incoming first-year students have little experience with. Maybe they had a rock collection, maybe they … Continue reading
14 Facts You Should Know About Minerals
Photos from the left to proper.Tourmaline Majesty credit scorephotograph Rubellite Tourmaline, Quartz, MIca, Cleavelandite and Orthoclase.© DI (FH) Rudolf Watzl Aweb page M- A mineral is a naturally occurring substance, representable by a chemical formulation, that’s often strong and inorganic, … Continue reading
Sharks of Whale Valley (or should that be whales of Shark Valley?)
Leaving behind the noise and pollution of Cairo, the drive across the monotonous buff desert comes almost as a relief. After passing through the lush farmlands of the Fayum Oasis and back out onto the desert plains, the first sign … Continue reading
Funny weird agate specimens you should see
A Thunder Egg “Thunderegg” is a nodule-like rock, similar to a filled geode, that is formed within rhyolitic volcanic ash layers. Thundereggs are rough spheres, most about the size of a baseball—though they can range from less than an inch … Continue reading
10 Amazing Geological Folds you should see
Folds are some of the most common geological phenomena you see in the world ? a geological fold occurs when planar (usually sedimentary) layers are curved and/or bent, permanently deformed due to outside pressure. Folds? sizes can vary from microscopic … Continue reading
Princeton-UCLA study finds gray wolves should remain protected
Researchers from Princeton University and the University of California-Los Angeles who investigated the genetic ancestry of North America’s wild canines have concluded that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s scientific arguments for removing gray wolves from endangered species protection are … Continue reading
12 Facts you should know about plate tectonics
The distribution of fossils across the continents is oneline of evidence pointing to the existence of Pangaea. The outer layers of the Earth are divided into the lithosphere and asthenosphere. This is based on differences in mechanical properties and in … Continue reading