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- February 28, 2016
- 08:35 AM
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Week 8 In Review: Open-Access Science | 22 to 28 Feb
by TakFurTheKaffe in Tak Fur The Kaffe
Sea level rose faster in the 20th century than in any other century of the last 3,000 years, new methods for estimating future sea level rise and heat waves, consumers to blame for their carbon footprint, and new virtual forests predict future impacts of climate change. Here are five of the latest scientific studies published open-access this week.... Read more »
Kopp, R., Kemp, A., Bittermann, K., Horton, B., Donnelly, J., Gehrels, W., Hay, C., Mitrovica, J., Morrow, E., & Rahmstorf, S. (2016) Temperature-driven global sea-level variability in the Common Era. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201517056. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1517056113
Mengel, M., Levermann, A., Frieler, K., Robinson, A., Marzeion, B., & Winkelmann, R. (2016) Future sea level rise constrained by observations and long-term commitment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201500515. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500515113
Leary, E., Young, L., DuClos, C., & Jordan, M. (2015) Identifying Heat Waves in Florida: Considerations of Missing Weather Data. PLOS ONE, 10(11). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143471
Ivanova, D., Stadler, K., Steen-Olsen, K., Wood, R., Vita, G., Tukker, A., & Hertwich, E. (2015) Environmental Impact Assessment of Household Consumption. Journal of Industrial Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12371
Liénard, J., & Strigul, N. (2016) An individual-based forest model links canopy dynamics and shade tolerances along a soil moisture gradient. Royal Society Open Science, 3(2), 150589. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150589
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- February 26, 2016
- 10:00 AM
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Ο οίκος των Αχαιμενιδών
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Το ερέθισμα των Περσικών πολέμων (502-449 π.Χ) και η ανέλπιστη νίκη των Ελλήνων, έβγαλαν την κυρίως Ελλάδα από τ&e........; Read more »
Chilon. (2016) Ο οίκος των Αχαιμενιδών. Chilon . info:/
- February 18, 2016
- 10:00 AM
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Η Ιερά Εξέταση
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Η Ιερά Εξέταση ήταν Εκκλησιαστικός θεσμός δικαστικού χαρακτήρα της Ρωμαιοκαθολικής Εκκλησί&al........; Read more »
Chilon-Pitheys. (2016) Η Ιερά Εξέταση. Chilon . info:/
- February 17, 2016
- 01:25 AM
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What Spanish stalagmites can tell us about European climate
by TakFurTheKaffe in Tak Fur The Kaffe
Scientists have been decoding the climate information locked away in 12,000-year-old stalagmites from Spanish caves.... Read more »
Smith, A., Wynn, P., Barker, P., Leng, M., Noble, S., & Stott, A. (2016) Cave monitoring and the potential for palaeoclimate reconstruction from Cueva de Asiul, Cantabria (N. Spain). International Journal of Speleology, 45(1), 1-9. DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.45.1.1928
- February 11, 2016
- 12:00 PM
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It's True: The Southwest Is Getting Drier
by Jenny Ludmer in Rooster's Report
Home of tumbleweeds and roadrunners, it’s no surprise that the Southwest is the driest region of the United States. And yet, new research confirms that which many have predicted: it’s getting even dryer. Not only are droughts more common, but they are more intense and longer-lasting too.... Read more »
Prein, A., Holland, G., Rasmussen, R., Clark, M., & Tye, M. (2016) Running dry: The U.S. Southwest's drift into a drier climate state. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066727
- February 5, 2016
- 10:00 AM
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Ανδρέας Βεσάλιος………..ο ιδρυτής της σύγχρονης α&
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Ο Ανδρέας Βεσάλιος (Andreas Vesalius, γνωστός και ως Βεζάλιος ή Βεζάλ) γεννήθηκε την 31 Δεκεμβρίου 1514, ή νωρίς το πρ&ome........; Read more »
Πυθεύς. (2016) Ανδρέας Βεσάλιος……….ο ιδρυτής της σύγχρονης ανατομίας. Chilon . info:/
- January 24, 2016
- 11:17 AM
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Will climate change lead to more blizzards?
by dominicwhite in Two Degrees or Under
Snowstorms like the one that hit the east coast of North America this weekend are sometimes used by climate sceptics to argue that global warming is a hoax. “Surely we wouldn’t have seen 2 feet of snow if the temperature...... Read more »
O’Gorman, P. (2014) Contrasting responses of mean and extreme snowfall to climate change. Nature, 512(7515), 416-418. DOI: 10.1038/nature13625
Seager, R., Kushnir, Y., Nakamura, J., Ting, M., & Naik, N. (2010) Northern Hemisphere winter snow anomalies: ENSO, NAO and the winter of 2009/10. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(14). DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043830
- December 21, 2015
- 12:53 PM
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Is 2°C warming a sensible target?
by dominicwhite in Two Degrees or Under
[The] 2 °C warming target is perceived by the public as a universally accepted goal, identified by scientists as a safe limit that avoids dangerous climate change. This perception is incorrect: no scientific assessment has clearly justified or defended the...... Read more »
Knutti, R., Rogelj, J., Sedláček, J., & Fischer, E. (2015) A scientific critique of the two-degree climate change target. Nature Geoscience. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2595
Randalls, S. (2010) History of the 2°C climate target . Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 1(4), 598-605. DOI: 10.1002/wcc.62
Ricke, K., Moreno-Cruz, J., Schewe, J., Levermann, A., & Caldeira, K. (2015) Policy thresholds in mitigation. Nature Geoscience. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2607
- November 21, 2015
- 04:49 AM
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Melting Scandinavian glaciers made Europe cool and dry
by TakFurTheKaffe in Tak Fur The Kaffe
Scientists have found an explanation for one of the big mysteries in climate science with the help of 12,000-year old Swedish midges... Read more »
Muschitiello, F., Pausata, F., Watson, J., Smittenberg, R., Salih, A., Brooks, S., Whitehouse, N., Karlatou-Charalampopoulou, A., & Wohlfarth, B. (2015) Fennoscandian freshwater control on Greenland hydroclimate shifts at the onset of the Younger Dryas. Nature Communications, 8939. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9939
- November 5, 2015
- 07:47 PM
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Baby Giant Squids
by Dr. M in Deep Sea News
We know almost nothing about Giant Squids with mantles lengths less than 1000 mm (~40 inches). Very young squids are even more enigmatic than adults. A recent study reports the collection of three very young Giant Squids off the Japanese coast. The three young measured 140.8, 332, and 332 mm (5.5 and 13 inches). The heaviest of […]... Read more »
Wada, T., Kubodera, T., Yamada, M., & Terakado, H. (2015) First records of small-sized young giant squid Architeuthis dux from the coasts of Kyushu Island and the south-western Sea of Japan. Marine Biodiversity Records. DOI: 10.1017/S175526721500127X
- November 3, 2015
- 04:20 PM
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I Pity the Species That Doesn’t Decorate
by Dr. M in Deep Sea News
Mr. T made mohawks and fool pitying a life goal for many. Another life goal for many, thanks to first name Mr, middle name period, last name T, was decorating themselves with enough gold chains to crash a third-world economy. Although humans are the only species where decoration functions strongly in social interactions (see Beyonce), […]... Read more »
Ruxton, G., & Stevens, M. (2015) The evolutionary ecology of decorating behaviour. Biology Letters, 11(6), 20150325. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0325
- November 2, 2015
- 12:25 AM
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Week In Review: Open-Access Science | 26 Oct to 1 Nov
by TakFurTheKaffe in Tak Fur The Kaffe
From a new date for earliest life on earth to the potentially controversial findings that Antarctica is gaining more ice than it’s loosing, here are 5 of the latest scientific studies published open-access this week.... Read more »
Bell, E., Boehnke, P., Harrison, T., & Mao, W. (2015) Potentially biogenic carbon preserved in a 4.1 billion-year-old zircon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201517557. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1517557112
Zwally, H. Jay, Li, Jun, Robbins, John W, Saba, Jack L, Yi, Donghui, & Brenner, Anita C. (2015) Mass gains of the Antarctic ice sheet exceed losses. Journal of Glaciology. DOI: 10.3189/2015JoG15J071
Kim TW, Ping Y, Galli GA, & Choi KS. (2015) Simultaneous enhancements in photon absorption and charge transport of bismuth vanadate photoanodes for solar water splitting. Nature communications, 8769. PMID: 26498984
Tyagi, N., Farnell, E., Fitzsimmons, C., Ryan, S., Tukahebwa, E., Maizels, R., Dunne, D., Thornton, J., & Furnham, N. (2015) Comparisons of Allergenic and Metazoan Parasite Proteins: Allergy the Price of Immunity. PLOS Computational Biology, 11(10). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004546
Barrett, S., Speth, R., Eastham, S., Dedoussi, I., Ashok, A., Malina, R., & Keith, D. (2015) Impact of the Volkswagen emissions control defeat device on US public health. Environmental Research Letters, 10(11), 114005. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/114005
- October 26, 2015
- 01:25 AM
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A week in review: Top open-access science stories
by Cath Jex in Tak Fur The Kaffe
There's simply not enough time in the week to write about everything that I'd like! So here are 6 extra short summaries of scientific studies published during the past week, available free via open-access journals for anyone and everyone to read and enjoy!... Read more »
Bergmann, M., Sandhop, N., Schewe, I., & D’Hert, D. (2015) Observations of floating anthropogenic litter in the Barents Sea and Fram Strait, Arctic. Polar Biology. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1795-8
Padowski, J., Gorelick, S., Thompson, B., Rozelle, S., & Fendorf, S. (2015) Assessment of human–natural system characteristics influencing global freshwater supply vulnerability. Environmental Research Letters, 10(10), 104014. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/10/104014
Conrad, T., & Ayasse, M. (2015) The Role of Vibrations in Population Divergence in the Red Mason Bee, Osmia bicornis. Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.059
Luo J, Ault JS, Shay LK, Hoolihan JP, Prince ED, Brown CA, & Rooker JR. (2015) Ocean Heat Content Reveals Secrets of Fish Migrations. PloS one, 10(10). PMID: 26484541
Yoon JH, Wang SY, Gillies RR, Kravitz B, Hipps L, & Rasch PJ. (2015) Increasing water cycle extremes in California and in relation to ENSO cycle under global warming. Nature communications, 8657. PMID: 26487088
Lively, J. (2015) A new species of baenid turtle from the Kaiparowits Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of southern Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.1009084
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- October 17, 2015
- 06:25 AM
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Five maps to show how sea level rise affects you
by Cath Jex in Tak Fur The Kaffe
TFTK has found five of the best free maps that show the neighbourhoods most vulnerable to sea level rise.... Read more »
Winkelmann, R., Levermann, A., Ridgwell, A., & Caldeira, K. (2015) Combustion of available fossil fuel resources sufficient to eliminate the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Science Advances, 1(8). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500589
Strauss BH, Kulp S, & Levermann A. (2015) Carbon choices determine US cities committed to futures below sea level. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID: 26460051
- September 23, 2015
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Clear global warming signal since the second world war
by Cath Jex in Tak Fur The Kaffe
Climate scientists have calculated that global warming first became evident in temperature records in Africa in the 1940s.... Read more »
King, A., Donat, M., Fischer, E., Hawkins, E., Alexander, L., Karoly, D., Dittus, A., Lewis, S., & Perkins, S. (2015) The timing of anthropogenic emergence in simulated climate extremes. Environmental Research Letters, 10(9), 94015. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/094015
- September 21, 2015
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And even more on motivation
by Mirjam Sophia Glessmer in Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching
Last week we talked about motivation quite a bit: First about why do students engage in academic tasks?, then about how motivation is proportional to the expectation of achieving a goal. Today I want to bring it all together a … Continue reading →... Read more »
Ana T. Torres-Ayala, & Geoffrey L. Herman. (2012) Motivating Learners: A Primer for Engineering Teaching Assistants. American Society for Engineering Education. info:/
- September 16, 2015
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Motivation proportional to the expectation of achieving a goal?
by Mirjam Sophia Glessmer in Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching
In the last post I talked about a paper on “Motivating Learners: A Primer for Engineering Teaching Assistants” by Torres-Ayala and Herman (2012). Today, I want to present a different motivation theory, also described in that paper: Attribution theory Attribution … Continue reading →... Read more »
Ana T. Torres-Ayala, & Geoffrey L. Herman. (2012) Motivating Learners: A Primer for Engineering Teaching Assistants. American Society for Engineering Education. info:/
- September 14, 2015
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Motivation: dangle a carrot rather than threaten with a whip!
by Mirjam Sophia Glessmer in Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching
Why do students engage in academic tasks? Next week I am giving a workshop on teaching large classes at TU Dresden. I gave a similar workshop there in spring, but because of its success I’ve been given twice as much … Continue reading →... Read more »
Ana T. Torres-Ayala, & Geoffrey L. Herman. (2012) Motivating Learners: A Primer for Engineering Teaching Assistants. American Society for Engineering Education. info:/
- September 7, 2015
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Can there be “too much” instruction? Apparently yes!
by Mirjam Sophia Glessmer in Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching
I recently, via the blogpost “lessons from a toy” by Eyler (2015), came across the article “The Double-edged Sword of Pedagogy: Instruction limits spontaneous exploration and discovery” by Bonawitz, Shafto, Gweon, Goodman, Spelke and Schulz (2011). The article sets out to find out whether children primarily … Continue reading →... Read more »
Bonawitz, E., Shafto, P., Gweon, H., Goodman, N., Spelke, E., & Schulz, L. (2011) The double-edged sword of pedagogy: Instruction limits spontaneous exploration and discovery. Cognition, 120(3), 322-330. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.10.001
- August 31, 2015
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When math hurts
by Mirjam Sophia Glessmer in Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching
One of the larger projects I am currently working on deals with connecting the math courses, which are compulsory for all freshmen at my university and taught for most students together, with the other subjects they are taking at the same … Continue reading →... Read more »
Lyons, I., & Beilock, S. (2012) When Math Hurts: Math Anxiety Predicts Pain Network Activation in Anticipation of Doing Math. PLoS ONE, 7(10). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048076
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