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EARTH: Dinologue -- a dino blog

2015-07-06
(Press-News.org) Alexandria, VA - With the Internet, science and a little imagination, scientists are able to bring remote worlds to life. Dinologue.com brings the Mesozoic to life, and EARTH Magazine reviews it in the July 2015 issue.

The website was created through a partnership between Parallax Film Productions and popular science writer, and amateur paleontologist, Brian Switek. The Dinologue portal is filled with captivating articles and adventurous videos to help bring science and paleontology to the masses. Get the geoscientist's perspective of Dinologue in EARTH Magazine: http://bit.ly/1JJDy7r.

The July 2015 Issue of EARTH Magazine brings the geoscience community the science behind the headlines, including new evidence supporting Earth having an inner-inner core, amateur radio users helping scientists study space weather, and new research on how sediment load shapes rivers. Also included in the July 2015 issue are exclusive features stories on Science Illustration: Making the Invisible Visible, and Geoheritage: Preserving Earth's Legacy, all available at http://www.earthmagazine.org.

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Keep up to date with the latest happenings in Earth, energy and environment news with EARTH Magazine online at: http://www.earthmagazine.org/. Published by the American Geosciences Institute, EARTH is your source for the science behind the headlines.

The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 250,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, and interaction with the environment.



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