Dr. Kim Hannula

Durango is about the same. 2 inches of snow by yesterday morning, and another 3 inches by 7 am today.

Being a cocorahs observer is fun!

I want a version of this story with paleogeographic maps and a discussion of the propagation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge into the Arctic.

This vibe is why I stopped going to Phish shows before Y2K.

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This is the correct take on the whole Zillow fiasco

(and fire maps, and hurricane maps)

2023 PCAST report essentially called for this as well - it's been a recognized gap in capacity for years bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...

It's that, and also an obsession with being perceived as more challenging and rigorous, even when the obstacles put in place don't have anything to do with the quality of the learning.

Their interview for the job consisted of saying EX-TER-MIN-ATE over and over.

They were hired on the spot.

Important thread. I recall being horrified by this catastrophe when it happened, even more so than Chernobyl two years later.

Departments, faculty: we have to get our heads out of the sand. We have to understand the political landscape and take concerns seriously. Our students and NTT colleagues need our help and support. Retreating to a silo is giving up just when active support is necessary. 10/end

A Clear View of Scottish Highlands Astronauts had a rare chance to view a rocky landscape that is often shrouded in clouds.

The Great Glen Fault formed during a continental collision about 400 million years ago, but its not exactly hiding - it's trace can be seen from space as a straight gash through Scotland, filled with Loch Ness and other iconic lochs.

A textbook example of tectonic inheritance.

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Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.

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BGS geologists studying the core in the National Geological Repository. BGS © UKRI.

A sample of the LCW03 core with pale green fault gouge (a fault rock where the parent rock is ground to a very fine paste, then hardened) with remnant clasts of granite (red) and cross-cut by later veins of calcium-magnesium carbonate (white). BGS © UKRI.

BGS scientists have gained access to ‘once in a lifetime’ core from Great Glen Fault.

The core provides a cross-section through the UK’s largest fault zone, offering a rare insight into the formation of the Scottish Highlands.

More:
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/scienti...

Nonprofit regional news for the western US that doesn't use AI.

High Country News.

This inspired me to go find the ancient file folder of ticket stubs. (But I went to Red Rocks in 95, not 94.)

However, I do have the notes that were tucked in with tapes from various people...

Bwahahaha.

Of course, I graduated with my bachelors in the late 80s, and my perception was driven by the lack if geology jobs for my cohort (both undergrad and grad school).

In the early 2000s, I had a conversation with one of the AGI folks who presented those projections (at AGU?). They were based on assuming replacement of retiring geologists, especially in oil and gas.

I thought that was a bad assumption, give the boom/bust nature of any extractive industry.

I could always tell when students didn't have anything to say, because they would try to distract the audience with irrelevant clip art.

AI art is even more counter-productive.

I had to look back and see which ones were first and last, because I was wondering what pikas do
if you get too close.

What I love most about browsing their site: seeing things that Lauren designed after watching our students be confused (without learning useful stuff while struggling).

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I just saw that Brunton is having a 20% off sale from now until Dec 20. (It's a small business and the owner is a friend and former colleague of mine.) Orange and yellow and purple transits! All kinds of gear re-designed to make field geology easier!

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Wait! That was a river otter in the ocean that I'm thinking about.

Erase the sea otter and replace it with the Common Loon.

It was in the Alaska tundra.

It snarled at us.

Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.

Wolverine
Pika
Moose
Tarantula
Sea otter

I should find a way to fit in Chick Corea in Minneapolis on a student rush ticket in the 80s, too.

I guess these also count for me, but I might trade out Phish in Berkeley and replace it with 12/9/95 in Albany, New York.

And maybe an MMW show in Vermont for the Michael Ray one?

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More info on the M6.0 earthquake NW of Anchorage

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AEC is requesting anyone with video footage or photos from this earthquake to send them to:

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Every time I see LLM-generated garbage, I gotto Jibboo it and then avoid using the company that tried to force it on me.

I was just thinking about how Carleton-style geothermal (as opposed to the high heat-flow geothermal out here) could help New England reduce the winter stress on their grid. It's really brilliant.

Mountain Middle School to become first emergency resilience hub in Durango Mountain Middle School plans to build a microgrid on the school campus that will allow for uninterrupted power, shelter and resources for students and community members during outages or emergencies. ...

One of our middle schools is anchoring the beginnings of a local microgrid.

www.durangoherald.com/articles/mou...