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In 1985 the town of Potosi, Venezuela was flooded to make way for the Uribante Reservoir hydroelectric project. Now the area is suffering from a severe drought and the town has reappeared as reservoir levels drop.
Tags: ads-by-google, archaeology, australia, canada, energy, engineering geology, europe, floods, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, michigan, oregon, pennsylvania, washingtonTwo companies have submitted applications to the Minerals Management Service to construct wind farms about 12 miles offshore of Virginia Beach.
Tags: archaeology, energy, europe, geology-news, Geology.com, geophysics, Jobs, marcellus-shale, mexico, michigan, pennsylvania, united-states, washington, wind energyTwo companies have submitted applications to the Minerals Management Service to construct wind farms about 12 miles offshore of Virginia Beach.
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, archaeology, canada, florida, geology, geophysics, global-warming, Jobs, massachusetts, mexico, michigan, pennsylvania, united-states, virginiaEarly results in the Utica Shale Gas Play in Quebec, Canada has wells producing over 10 million cubic feet of gas per day. Some believe that the play could contain over 20 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
Tags: canada, energy, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, Jobs, massachusetts, michigan, natural gas, utica shale, washingtonThe White River tephra is an ashfall produced by an eruption of Mount Churchill Volcano that blanketed much of east-central Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada about 1000 years ago. DNA evidence from frozen caribou remains links a large migration to the eruption.
Tags: ads-by-google, alaska, eruption, europe, Geology.com, mexico, university, virginia, volcanic-eruption, washingtonThe White River tephra is an ashfall produced by an eruption of Mount Churchill Volcano that blanketed much of east-central Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada about 1000 years ago. DNA evidence from frozen caribou remains links a large migration to the eruption.
Tags: africa, alaska, europe, florida, geology-news, Jobs, massachusetts, universityEarly results from the USGS “Did you feel it?” map shows that this morning’s earthquake in Chile was felt across the southern part of the South American continent.
Tags: ads-by-google, australia, canada, earth sciences, earthquakes, europe, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, natural hazards, nevada, south, virginia, washington“The chemical composition of our oceans is not constant but has varied significantly over geological time. In a study published in the February 26, 2010 edition of Science, researchers describe a novel method for reconstructing past ocean chemistry using calcium carbonate veins that precipitate from seawater-derived fluids in rocks beneath the seafloor.”
Tags: africa, california, Geology.com, historical geology, marcellus-shale, mexico, michigan, mississippi, science, virginiaThe “Natural Gas Act” is legislation that would expand the use of natural gas as a transportation fuel by providing tax incentives for natural gas vehicles and refueling stations. Versions of the bill are in the House and Senate.
Tags: canada, Geology.com, house, Jobs, marcellus-shale, mexico, natural gas, oil and gas, united-statesSauropod skulls are extremely rare and only a few complete ones have been found. BYU researchers have found the first complete sauropod skulls known from the Cretaceous of the Western Hemisphere in Dinosaur National Monument in eastern Utah. Listen to how excited these paleontologists are about having these Abydosaurus skulls!
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