Archive for November, 2009
Identi.ca Updates for 2009-11-30
- Stuttgart wants to buy infrastructure back; was cross-border-leased. Losses in the order of millions euros expected http://twiturl.de/pomes #
Identi.ca Updates for 2009-11-29
- Unitizing groundwater (concept from oil industry): http://twiturl.de/labam #
A Virus Walks Into A Bar
This is a science blog, somehow. This is a great science video:
via 3quarksdaily
Identi.ca Updates for 2009-11-25
- black gold still justifies destruction of blue gold: http://www.taz.de/1/zukunft/umwelt/artikel/1/durst-es-gibt-zyanid-chrom-blei/ #
- Viva con Agua: Benefizwoche für Wasser für alle (erste "all-profit Organistation der Welt) http://www.vivaconagua.org/ #
- Cool pictures from microscopes: http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/2009/11/2691 #
- what is a drought: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1993/ofr93-642/ #
Garbage in the Oceans
I have written in the past about garbage in the world’s oceans (here and here).
About a week ago, the New York Times has a story that is extremely moving in my opinion on that topic. In short, two thoughts just blow my mind:
- “the Pacific garbage patch, an area of widely dispersed trash that doubles in size every decade and is now believed to be roughly twice the size of Texas“.
- The biggest problem of the garbage is plastic: “… when a predator — a larger fish or a person — eats the fish that eats the plastic, that predator may be transferring toxins to its own tissues, and in greater concentrations since toxins from multiple food sources can accumulate in the body”.
The Changing Dynamics of Scientific Collaborations
| February 7, 2010 |
more details here
Identi.ca Updates for 2009-11-15
- some really bad things did happen in the 19th century. But there were not yet that many people around – http://ur1.ca/fry7 #
- NASA claims to have found water on the moon: http://bit.ly/1oqYnU #
Identi.ca Updates for 2009-11-09
- alarming pictures of environmental pollution, including water, in China: http://ur1.ca/eayj via http://bit.ly/3FSgJx #
AWRA Water Resources Conference
| November 9, 2009 | to | November 12, 2009 |
AWRA Water Resources Conference Seattle, Washington
NGWA Groundwater EXPO
| December 10, 2009 | to | December 13, 2009 |