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Another source of global nitrogen: Earth’s bedrock
Important connections verified among the atmosphere, the biosphere, and the rocks at Earth’s surface
Briefly noted
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The World Natural Stone Association (Wonasa) has revamped its webpage. It now mentions points of argument for using natural stone
Development over the past 120,000 years: gigantic cold-water coral reef in the deep see along the coast of Mauretania
Scientists had a close look at the giant structures of 400 km length and 100 m height
Testing Frictional Properties of Natural Stone Walking Surfaces
New Technical Bulletin for download in the Natural Stone Institute’s Resource Library
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Lorenzo Concas is an architect, photographer and light designer based in Florence. He also sketches old cathedrals and other famous buildings
5th European Artistic Crafts Days at a weekend in early spring in 18 countries
During 3 days, workshops open their doors, demonstrations are held, and training schools are open
A 67-million-pixel floating Matterhorn at the Gasometer in Oberhausen, Germany
The exhibition „The Call of the Mountains“ shows the scope of Earth observation
News about Lichens that survive on stone surfaces and start the process of soil formation from rocks
Scientists published a catalog of the more than 3000 lichens in Europe’s Alps/ New understanding of their „sharing economy of genes“
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The Getty Trust will be conducting research on the erosion of sandstone in an ongoing project until at least 2020
Bubbles in sediments (stromatolites) from India give testimony how oxygen came into Earth’s atmosphere
Billions of years ago, cyanobacteria started photosynthesis which paved the way for life as we know it today
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The Alvar-Aalto-Medal 2017-award winner was Chinese architect Zhang Ke of ZAO/standardarchitecture for implementing local material
Awards by the Natural Stone Institute: Women in Stone, Person of the Year and Pinnacle
The most important stone association in the US honors people from the sector and works realized in the states and outside
Exhibition „Nineveh – Heart of an Ancient Empire“ until March 25, 2018 in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden
Stone artworks and documents from the Assyrian Empire to the Biblical city to desctruction in recent wars in Iraq
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
„Scacco Bagno” (Chess Bath) is the title of Cersaie fair’s poster image in this year. It was created by students from the Art Academy in Brera
Discovered in the Eastern Mongolian steppe: monument with 14 stone pillars and a sarcophagus in the middle
Deciphering of the runic inscriptions show that it must have been the tomb of a Yabgu (Viceroy) in the Second Turkic Qaghanate