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*watches new Spiderman* Hmmm, is that architecture from red Permian sandstone of Dumfriesshire? That's not New York, that's Glasgow! Fossiliferous masonry prevents suspension of disbelief.

In 2023, California remained one of the largest producers of non-fuel minerals in the US. Specifically, California ranked 5th behind Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, and Texas with a non-fuel mineral production value of 5.6 billion dollars, accounting for approximately 4.85% of the nation’s total.

A devastating but lesser known part of federal science attacks is on the federal science advisory system. In a new post, I discuss the state of play on federal advisory committees and how the scientific community is pushing back through independent science efforts. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

Between July 13 (12:00 AM PST) and July 19 (11:59 PM) there were 54 earthquakes in California of magnitude (M) 2.0 or larger. 🔸51 earthquakes between M2.0 - 2.9 🔸2 earthquakes between M3.0 - 3.9 🔸1 earthquake between M4.0 - 4.9 The largest earthquake was a magnitude 4.3 near N of Johannesburg, CA.

There is currently an outage of real-time seismic data feeds spanning the majority of US-based networks that are contributed to EarthScope through the NEIC. We have been informed that a fiber-optic cable critical to data flow was damaged. The NEIC is currently working on a fix.

Explore our Postfire Debris Flow database, an interactive map of debris flow events since 2000, built on data from government agencies, media, scientific literature, and the public. www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/landslid...

New Postfire Debris Flow Potential Map! The brand-new California Geological Survey (CGS) Postfire Debris Flow Potential Map depicts the combined annual probability of wildfire and subsequent debris flow that is triggered by rainfall. www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/bwg/pref...

Between July 6 (12:00 AM PST) and July 12 (11:59 PM) there were 61 earthquakes in California of magnitude (M) 2.0 or larger. 🔸55 quakes between M2.0 - 2.9 🔸4 quakes between M3.0 - 3.9 🔸2 quakes between M4.0 - 4.9 The largest earthquake was a magnitude 4.4 north of Covelo, CA.