Geological Visuals: The Green Flash and Others

My last post, and the commenters to it, mentioned various sounds distinctive to geology. After a while the subject turned to sights, beginning with the legendary green flash, a rare ...
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L'Aquila Seismologists Were "Consulted" for Show

In Italy, seismologists who allegedly misled citizens into staying put and dying in the 6 April 2009 L'Aquila earthquake are being put on trial for manslaughter (see past posts here, ...
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The Research Works Act: Bad Idea

The lifeblood of science is publication of papers in journals. Many journals are nonprofits supported by scientific societies, while others are commercial ventures. One recent change in this field is ...
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Ice Yowling and Other Geological Sounds

The mountains of California have been bare of snow until just yesterday, allowing people to drive all over Yosemite seeing places that are inaccessible in the winter. My sister, an ...
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Much Ado over a Second

In some respects, science is so far advanced that something the experts consider trivial is astonishing to the public. For a long time, many decades, we've routinely monitored the Earth's ...
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