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NASA's Dawn Mission at Vesta Presented from the 2011 Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the Geological Society of America Wed., 12 Oct. 2011, 12-1 p.m. (CDT) An archive of the live news conference is available for viewing at www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2.

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• Irish Whodunit: The Mystery of the Moving Boulders
  Our Amazing Planet, 8 Nov. (re: R. Cox et al., Storm Waves Move Large Boulder Ridges on the Aran Islands, Ireland)
• Zombie Volcano or New Supervolcano?
  Discovery News, 3 Nov. (re: Perkins and Finnegan, "Supervolcano Growth Constrained From Geomorphology on The Bolivian Altiplano")
• Did Columbus contribute to a Little Ice Age?
  ScienceNews for Kids, 2 Nov. (re: Nevle et al., "Ecological-Hydrological Effects of Reduced Biomass Burning in the Neotropics after A.D. 1500")
• Sticking it to the Mann: Climate Science Sparks Protest
  LiveScience, 31 Oct. (and picked by by MSNBC)
• Anatomy of a Disaster: Mapping Catastrophe in 3-D
  Our Amazing Planet, 27 Oct. (re: M.J. Olsen, "Applications of 3D Laser Scanning to Earthquake Reconnaissance" [digital poster]) (and picked up by MSNBC)
• Unleash the Kraken! Creationism, Kookiness, and Alleged Censorship
  Huff Post Education, 26 Oct.
• Smooth Desert Boulders May Be Quakes’ Work
  New York Times, 24 Oct. (re: Quade et al., "Seismicity and the Strange Rubbing Boulders of the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile")
• Call of questions for the next Q&A with Dr. Shanaka de Silva
  Wired Science – Eruptions Blog, 24 Oct.
• Science from Vesta at The Geological Society of America Meeting
  The Planetary Society, 24 Oct.
• Theory: Ichthyosaurs killed by squid-like creature
  Las Vegas Sun, 19 Oct. (via AP)
• Rapidly Inflating Volcano Creates Growing Mystery
  Our Amazing Planet, 19 Oct. (re: Perkins and Finnegan, "Supervolcano Growth Constrained From Geomorphology on The Bolivian Altiplano")
• Time Lapse LRRD at GSA fun!
  Riparian Rap, 19 Oct.
• Dawn Discovers Surprise 2nd Giant South Pole Impact Basin at Strikingly Dichotomous Vesta
  Universe Today, 18 Oct.
• Laser analysis betrays diamonds' origins
  Science News, 14 Oct.
  (re: McManus et al., "Assessment of Provenance of Conflict Minerals Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)")
• The Great Kraken Fracas
  About.com Geology, 14 Oct.
• Seeing a Cephalopod in Ancient Bones
  Science Friday, 14 Oct.
• Columbus blamed for Little Ice Age
  Science News, 13 Oct.
  (for the 5 Nov. issue, with title "Columbus' arrival linked to carbon dioxide drop";
  (re: Nevle et al., "Ecological-Hydrological Effects of Reduced Biomass Burning in the Neotropics after A.D. 1500")
• Tech reflections from #GSAMinn
  Dr. G's Teaching with Technology Portfolio, 13 Oct.
• Disaster's Aftermath: Assessing Hurricane Irene's Damage
  Our Amazing Planet, 13 Oct. (and picked up by Scientific American on 14 Oct.;
  re: Late-Breaking Session: Geologic Consequences of Hurricane Irene—A Preliminary Assessment)
• The Mystery of Mars' Bizarre Plumbing
  Discovery News, 13 Oct. (re: Gregg et al., "Sinuous Rilles in Hesperia Planum, Mars: Water, Lava, or Something Else?")
• Did giant octopus kill ichthyosaurs found in Nevada?
  Nevada Appeal, 13 Oct.
• Oxygen blew up ancient amoebas
  Science News, 13 Oct. (re: Payne et al., "Late Paleozoic Fusulinoidean Gigantism Driven by Atmospheric Hyperoxia")
• Short Sharp Science: Prehistoric giant squid may have hunted ichthyosaurs
  New Scientist, 12 Oct.
• Dawn@Vesta Science Report
  The Daily Kos, 12 Oct.
• Found: Possible Trigger For Volcano Super-Eruptions
  Science 2.0 - Science Blogs, 12 Oct. (re: Gregg et al., "Development, Evolution and Triggering of Supereruptions")
• New images of protoplanet Vesta reveal mountain bigger than Everest
  Christian Science Montior, 12 Oct. (and picked up by the Alaska Dispatch)
• Microbe Census to Delve Deep for Earth's 'Invisibles'
  Our Amazing Planet, 12 Oct. (re: Colwell et al., "The Census of Deep Life: A New Project to Explore Life Underground")
• The GSA meeting experience, 2011
  Mountain Beltway blog, 12 Oct.
• Raining Meteorites May Have Led to Earth's Primordial Life
  LiveScience, 12 Oct. (re: Osinski, "The Role of Meteorite Impacts in The Origin and Evolution of Life")
• LRRD at GSA Minneapolis
  Riparian Rap, 11 Oct.
• Rocking Discovery: Boulders Rub Shoulders During Quakes
  Our Amazing Planet, 11 Oct. (and picked up by Yahoo!News)
• Asteroid Has Mountains 3 Times Bigger than Everest
  Discovery News, 11 Oct.
• Did an Ancient Kraken Create Its Own Friends? What About a Modern Jellyfish?
  Popular Science, 11 Oct.
• Earthquakes Cause Boulders to Rub Shoulders
  Mother Nature News, 11 Oct. (re: Quade et al., "Seismicity and the Strange Rubbing Boulders of the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile")
• Kraken lair? Paleontologist identifies giant sea monster's bone heap
  Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct.
• Kraken Sea Monster Account "Bizarre and Miraculous"
  National Geographic News, 11 Oct.
• Professor digs deep for geology study
  Dunn County News, 11 Oct.
• Kraken versus ichthyosaur: Let battle commence
  Nature News, 11 Oct. (also picked up by Scientific American)
• Fossil moth reveals colorful hue
  ScienceNews, 11 Oct.
• "Kraken" sea monster emerges from mythological mists
  CBS News, 11 Oct.
• New Study Reveals that Extinction of Planets Can Happen
  International Business Times, 11 Oct.
• A Giant Leap
  Ancient Shore blog, 11 Oct.
• GSA Meeting, Day 2
  Updates from the Paleontology Lab, 11 Oct.
• Posters Round Two at GSA – Minneapolis
  Wooster Geologists, 11 Oct.
• Rocks of Ages: An Amazing Journey into Earth & Back
  Our Amazing Planet, 10 Oct.
• The Giant, Prehistoric Squid That Ate Common Sense
  Wired Science - Laelaps, 10 Oct.
• Supply Questionn Asked as Rare Earths are Getting Rarer
  Earth Times, 10 Oct.
• Smokin' Kraken?
  Discovery News, 11 Oct.
• GSA Careers Networking Luncheon – A HUGE Success!
  YES Network, 10 Oct.
• GSA Meeting: The Anthropocene Panel
  About.com: Geology, 10 Oct.
• MSU Geology in the Field
  Michigan State University, 10 Oct.
• First Wooster student presentations: The Estonia team
  Wooster Geologists, 10 Oct.
• Giant 'Kraken' Lair Discovered: Sea Monster May Have Preyed on Ichthyosaurs (VIDEO)
  Huffington Post, 10 Oct. (re: McMenamin & Schulte McMenamin, "Triassic Kraken: The Berlin Ichthyosaur Death Assemblage Interpreted as a Giant Cephalopod Midden")
• Professor and Students Find High Levels of Mercury in Wethersfield Cove
  Hartford Courant, 8 Oct. (re: poster by Varekamp, "Wethersfield Cove, Hartford, CT — A 300 Year Urban Pollution Record")
• Field Trip Day
  About.com Geology, 8 Oct.
• Experimental Delta, St. Anthony Falls Lab, Minneapolis, MN
  Geologic Froth blog, 8 Oct.
• An Epoch Debate
  Science, 7 Oct.
• Can gamma-ray bursts destroy life on Earth?
  MSNBC (LiveScience; also picked up by Yahoo! News), 7 Oct.
• Lake Agassiz disgorges its secrets
  Earth Times, 6 Oct.
• "Anthropocene" Reaches the Buzz Stage
  About.com: Geology, 5 Oct.
• Dawn mission revealing secrets of the early Solar System – October 04, 2011
  Nature News Blog, 4 Oct.

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