AGU Blogosphere | Site Wide Activity http://blogs.agu.org/activity/feed Site Wide Activity Feed Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:05:04 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.2.8 en http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/23/ice-loss-snowfall-and-blowing-dust-the-view-from-space/ <![CDATA[Dan Satterfield wrote a new blog post: Ice Loss, Snowfall and Blowing Dust- The view from Space.]]> http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/23/ice-loss-snowfall-and-blowing-dust-the-view-from-space/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:05:04 +0000 Dan Satterfield wrote a new blog post: Ice Loss, Snowfall and Blowing Dust- The view from Space. Thumbnail From JPL: PASADENA, Calif. – In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data to calculate how much Earth's melting land ice is adding to global sea level rise. Using satellite measurements from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), the researchers [...]

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2012/02/23/ice-loss-snowfall-and-blowing-dust-the-view-from-space/ <![CDATA[Dan Satterfield wrote a new blog post: Ice Loss, Snowfall and Blowing Dust- The view from Space.]]> http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2012/02/23/ice-loss-snowfall-and-blowing-dust-the-view-from-space/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:05:04 +0000 Dan Satterfield wrote a new blog post: Ice Loss, Snowfall and Blowing Dust- The view from Space. Thumbnail From JPL: PASADENA, Calif. – In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data to calculate how much Earth's melting land ice is adding to global sea level rise. Using satellite measurements from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), the researchers [...]

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/22/magnificent-column-of-smoke-accretionary-wedge-43-entry/ <![CDATA[Jessica Ball wrote a new blog post: "Magnificent column of smoke" (Accretionary Wedge #43 Entry)]]> http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/22/magnificent-column-of-smoke-accretionary-wedge-43-entry/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:45:49 +0000 Jessica Ball wrote a new blog post: "Magnificent column of smoke" (Accretionary Wedge #43 Entry) ThumbnailMy choice of favorite geologic illustration, for Accretionary Wedge # 43 , comes from a book that geobloggers (and others) have written about in the past: Sir William Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei, Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies . I won't repeat all the background about Hamilton, who was a British natural historian who observed  eruptions of Mount Vesuvius in the 1760s [...]

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/magmacumlaude/2012/02/22/magnificent-column-of-smoke-accretionary-wedge-43-entry/ <![CDATA[Jessica Ball wrote a new blog post: "Magnificent column of smoke" (Accretionary Wedge #43 Entry)]]> http://blogs.agu.org/magmacumlaude/2012/02/22/magnificent-column-of-smoke-accretionary-wedge-43-entry/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:45:49 +0000 Jessica Ball wrote a new blog post: "Magnificent column of smoke" (Accretionary Wedge #43 Entry) ThumbnailMy choice of favorite geologic illustration, for Accretionary Wedge # 43 , comes from a book that geobloggers (and others) have written about in the past: Sir William Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei, Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies . I won't repeat all the background about Hamilton, who was a British natural historian who observed  eruptions of Mount Vesuvius in the 1760s [...]

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/#comment-6178 <![CDATA[Callan commented on the blog post New GigaPans: source and sediment]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/#comment-6178 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:06:27 +0000 Callan commented on the blog post New GigaPans: source and sediment Here's some examples of a similar notion, the "comparative viewer":
http://gigamacro.com/gigamacro-gigapixel-comparative-viewer/

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/#comment-6177 <![CDATA[Callan commented on the blog post New GigaPans: source and sediment]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/#comment-6177 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:03:58 +0000 Callan commented on the blog post New GigaPans: source and sediment Howard and Robin - We have the potential to develop some new viewers for GigaPans, with possibilities like: a) adding annotation (with the capacity to make it transparent if need be) b) adding a coordinate/reference system c) adding measurement capabilities I like the X/Y idea - but for now, snapshots get us most of the [...]

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/22/mudcracks-worth-writing-home-about/#comment-6170 <![CDATA[Callan commented on the blog post Mudcracks worth writing home about]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/22/mudcracks-worth-writing-home-about/#comment-6170 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:16:35 +0000 Callan commented on the blog post Mudcracks worth writing home about Thanks Matt - Not sure how deep they went. My sense of aesthetics won out over my sense of scientific inquiry, and I left them dessicated by undissected.

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/magmacumlaude/2011/08/05/purple-everywhere-samples-from-the-harding-pegmatite/#comment-2236 <![CDATA[Jessica Ball commented on the blog post Purple everywhere! Samples from the Harding Pegmatite]]> http://blogs.agu.org/magmacumlaude/2011/08/05/purple-everywhere-samples-from-the-harding-pegmatite/#comment-2236 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:51:40 +0000 Jessica Ball commented on the blog post Purple everywhere! Samples from the Harding Pegmatite Great! And I'm glad I could give you a place to start. (I'll bet you saw some Herkimer "diamonds"...)

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/22/mudcracks-worth-writing-home-about/ <![CDATA[Callan wrote a new blog post: Mudcracks worth writing home about]]> http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/22/mudcracks-worth-writing-home-about/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:37:36 +0000 Callan wrote a new blog post: Mudcracks worth writing home about ThumbnailSome sweet "columnar jointing" style mudcracks from an abandoned quarry in about the farthest west corner of Texas that you can get to, or maybe the southeasternmost corner of New Mexico. One of them, anyhow...

Did you spot the imposter?

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/22/mudcracks-worth-writing-home-about/ <![CDATA[Callan wrote a new blog post: Mudcracks worth writing home about]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/22/mudcracks-worth-writing-home-about/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:37:36 +0000 Callan wrote a new blog post: Mudcracks worth writing home about ThumbnailSome sweet "columnar jointing" style mudcracks from an abandoned quarry in about the farthest west corner of Texas that you can get to, or maybe the southeasternmost corner of New Mexico. One of them, anyhow...

Did you spot the imposter?

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/activity/p/24693/ <![CDATA[Ferran P. Vilar became a registered member]]> http://blogs.agu.org/activity/p/24693/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:24:53 +0000 Ferran P. Vilar became a registered member

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/22/the-tumbi-quarry-landslide-an-initial-forensic-examination-of-the-images/ <![CDATA[dr-dave wrote a new blog post: The Tumbi Quarry landslide - an initial forensic examination of the images]]> http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/22/the-tumbi-quarry-landslide-an-initial-forensic-examination-of-the-images/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:10:26 +0000 dr-dave wrote a new blog post: The Tumbi Quarry landslide - an initial forensic examination of the images ThumbnailThe LNG Watch blog has posted online some new images of the aftermath of the Tumbi Quarry landslide in Papua New Guinea.  This is a good time to look in a little more detail at the landslide itself.  The most interesting images are these two: The second of these, assisted with some information from the first, suggests [...]

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2012/02/22/the-tumbi-quarry-landslide-an-initial-forensic-examination-of-the-images/ <![CDATA[dr-dave wrote a new blog post: The Tumbi Quarry landslide - an initial forensic examination of the images]]> http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2012/02/22/the-tumbi-quarry-landslide-an-initial-forensic-examination-of-the-images/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:10:26 +0000 dr-dave wrote a new blog post: The Tumbi Quarry landslide - an initial forensic examination of the images ThumbnailThe LNG Watch blog has posted online some new images of the aftermath of the Tumbi Quarry landslide in Papua New Guinea.  This is a good time to look in a little more detail at the landslide itself.  The most interesting images are these two: The second of these, assisted with some information from the first, suggests [...]

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/#comment-6165 <![CDATA[Callan commented on the blog post New GigaPans: source and sediment]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/#comment-6165 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:19:40 +0000 Callan commented on the blog post New GigaPans: source and sediment Wow, that's great! Thanks for field testing it!

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/#comment-6160 <![CDATA[Callan commented on the blog post New GigaPans: source and sediment]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/#comment-6160 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:05:06 +0000 Callan commented on the blog post New GigaPans: source and sediment Thanks - that's useful. Exactly the sort of specific "goal" I can focus on achieving.

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/21/barren-marsh-reveals-plant-loss-peril/ <![CDATA[kramsayer wrote a new blog post: Barren marsh reveals plant-loss peril]]> http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/21/barren-marsh-reveals-plant-loss-peril/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:42:21 +0000 kramsayer wrote a new blog post: Barren marsh reveals plant-loss peril Thumbnail  When the plants go, the whole marsh falls apart. That’s what researchers have found in an innovative experiment in Belgium in which acres of reeds were literally mowed down, enabling the team to observe the consequences of extensive plant loss, which were more severe than expected. “Once you lose the vegetation, the conditions for plant [...]

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/geospace/2012/02/21/barren-marsh-reveals-plant-loss-peril/ <![CDATA[kramsayer wrote a new blog post: Barren marsh reveals plant-loss peril]]> http://blogs.agu.org/geospace/2012/02/21/barren-marsh-reveals-plant-loss-peril/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:42:21 +0000 kramsayer wrote a new blog post: Barren marsh reveals plant-loss peril Thumbnail  When the plants go, the whole marsh falls apart. That’s what researchers have found in an innovative experiment in Belgium in which acres of reeds were literally mowed down, enabling the team to observe the consequences of extensive plant loss, which were more severe than expected. “Once you lose the vegetation, the conditions for plant [...]

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/ <![CDATA[Callan wrote a new blog post: New GigaPans: source and sediment]]> http://blogs.agu.org/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:53:18 +0000 Callan wrote a new blog post: New GigaPans: source and sediment ThumbnailHere's two new GigaPan images that the M.A.G.I.C.* team has produced (my student Robin R. is responsible for both of these images) of samples I collected a few years ago in Hawai'i . Part of my vision for this collection is to have thematically-connected images that instructors could use to put together online geologic assignments for their students. [...]

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/ <![CDATA[Callan wrote a new blog post: New GigaPans: source and sediment]]> http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2012/02/21/new-gigapans-source-and-sediment/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:53:18 +0000 Callan wrote a new blog post: New GigaPans: source and sediment ThumbnailHere's two new GigaPan images that the M.A.G.I.C.* team has produced (my student Robin R. is responsible for both of these images) of samples I collected a few years ago in Hawai'i . Part of my vision for this collection is to have thematically-connected images that instructors could use to put together online geologic assignments for their students. [...]

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]]> http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2012/02/21/a-round-up-of-recent-uk-landslide-events-of-interest/ <![CDATA[dr-dave wrote a new blog post: A round-up of recent UK landslide events of interest]]> http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2012/02/21/a-round-up-of-recent-uk-landslide-events-of-interest/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:07:42 +0000 dr-dave wrote a new blog post: A round-up of recent UK landslide events of interest ThumbnailHere is one of my occasional round-up of landslide events that have caught my eye, this time with a UK focus: 1. On-going problems on the A980 in Scotland Back in December the A980  Lochcarron to Plockton road was closed at the Strome Ferry due to rockfalls from a steep section of cliff .  This has had major impacts [...]

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