A meditation on race and ecology on the occasion of the death of U.S. Representative John Lewis.Representative John R. Lewis (1940-2020) was a hero of the civil rights movement in the United States. He was one of the six leaders of the famous 1963 March On Washington, a leader of the Freedom Rides and other ... Continue reading What I Know Now: The Need for "Good Trouble" to Build an Anti-Racist Science of Ecology ??'

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When last I blogged about James Herrmann's art, it was about some cool sculptures of dinosaurs that he had done for the Cincinnati Museum Center. I am particularly taken with the sculptures that are skeleton on one side, and fully-fleshed on the ...

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 While playing with my daughter at a local park, I came across this hidden dinosaur, that brought up a couple of questions in mind. First off, what was this model based on? And why was the dinosaur positioned the way it was? I had my thoughts based on previous research I had done but I figured I would delve into it deeper. 

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A recent webinar highlighted how returning land to a more natural state can help the climate, the local environment, and nearby communities....

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When I last featured Indian Gulch on this blog, it was about the easy part, mostly a stroll up Trestle Glen Road. It ended with this glimpse of the living Indian Gulch Creek, bounding down the rock slopes of the Piedmont crustal block on its way to culverted oblivion beneath the elegant Trestle Glen neighborhood.

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By Rebecca Dzombak, GSA Science Communication Fellow

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AGU's new strategic plan calls for moving Earth and space sciences from usable to used, and finding ways to apply Earth and space sciences research and discoveries to solutions for society's challenges.

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The attack on America's democracy is real and in a matter of weeks, we may learn if it is successful, or if the attack has been repelled....

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This picture shows several trees and the sky reflecting in floodwater during an event that occured in February 2019 in front of the famous Postojna cave (Slovenia). In Slovenian karst areas, floods are considered as a very common natural phenomenon that can occur several times per year. While most of them are not harmful for local people, the most severe events cause considerable damages and might cut the lowest elevated roads for weeks.

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'Make your own rock; investigating how loose sediment may be stuck together to form a 'rock''

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The recent extreme rainfall in Vietnam has triggered a large number of damaging landslides, with high levels of loss of life.  Less well reported is the impact of these landsldies on the road network of the country.  VNExpress has a nice article today with a gallery of images of the damage caused by these landslides.  It reports that:

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   The next state up for the Geological State Symbols Across America is:

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I barely have anything to say, so I ride my bike.

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The question of whether you own your own face may not be as clear as you might think. Companies are already buying and selling information worldwide based on facial recognition technology. In January of this year I proposed that the United States adopt a constitutional amendment which would give each person ownership of his or her information including facial likenesses and any other biometric data. Now, some U.S. senators think that those gathering your likeness into their databases should have your permission first to do so.

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"With great power comes great responsibility"   In 2002, when this was t...

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Back in early January I set some Climate Change New Year's Resolutions. At the time, I had no idea that the COVID-19 pandemic would occur and that life, in many ways, would be radically changed. However, although COVID-19 has contributed to a global reduction in carbon emissions (relative to 2019), it is clear that there is still much work to do when it comes to making the sorts of emissions cuts required to prevent catastrophic climate change.

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This is my second October living full time at our current home. October is a month of change. Yes, the colors change. Maybe golden leaves on the the big leaf maples. The initial fall rains flipped the brown grass to green. 

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Do you have data-related questions? Are you looking to make your data and/or software open and FAIR? Are you interested in tools and resources for working with your data or for finding data to reuse? The Virtual Data Help Desk is here for you!

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By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow

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State utility commissioners play a vital role in shaping the transition to renewable energy and protecting vulnerable populations....

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By Per Wetterdal, Executive Vice President, Opera

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Get the full scoop on Bennu and Venus, and get yourself the most cosmic face mask out there....

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I'm proud to announce AGU has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) building on our work around open data sharing in the Earth, space and environmental sciences. Under this grant, AGU, working with several key partners, will further these data practices and help ensure that NSF Earth science data are publicly accessible, linked to publications and grants, and credited. This work will serve as a model for linking information across funders, data repositories and publishers, and improving public access to research outputs. All knowledge and practices will be openly shared.

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A new study traces the political and economic forces that led to the creation and development of Los Glaciares National Park in Patagonia....

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Posting some interesting readings:

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