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Earth Observatory has an interesting satellite image of dust blown from the Sahara Desert out over the Canary Islands on April 28, 2010.
Tags: africa, canada, canary, dust storm, earth sciences, earth-observatory, europe, geology-news, Geology.com, geophysics, Jobs, massachusetts, mexico, satellite imagesA 600 mile wide oil slick has developed since the explosion of an oil platform near the Louisiana coastline.
Tags: africa, archaeology, canada, contamination, earth sciences, europe, florida, geology, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, mexico, pennsylvania, washingtonDon Juan Pond, Antarctica is the saltiest body of water on Earth. It has a salinity that is 18 times that of the ocean – and it never freezes in Antarctica’s brutal cold winters. Researchers believe that it is a potential model for liquid water on other planets.
Tags: africa, earth sciences, geology, geology-news, lakes, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, pennsylvania, united-states, water“White-nose syndrome” is a disease first noted in the bats of some New York caves in February 2007. It has since spread to bat populations in many parts of the United States. USGS has a website that reports how the disease is spreading.
Tags: ads-by-google, california, caves and karst, climate-change, earth, geology-news, Geology.com, Jobs, marcellus-shale, mexico, usgs, wildlifeThe Spring 2010 issue of Arizona Geology has an interesting article about glyptodonts in Arizona. Quoted from the article: “Glyptodonts were 4-legged tanks, pseudo-tortoises with fur, protected by a rigid shell composed of tightly interlocking plates an inch thick and more. The largest glyptodonts weighed a ton, ate plants, and probably spent a
Tags: australia, Geology.com, great-lakes, Jobs, mexico, pennsylvania, washingtonA new estimate of leakage volume from the sunken oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is 5000 barrels per day. It is threatening the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
Tags: ads-by-google, alabama, cnn, earth sciences, florida, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, geophysics, massachusetts, video, virginia, washingtonSince efforts to plug the oil spill caused by the explosion of an oil platform in the Gulf or Mexico have failed, the Coast Guard is now considering a controlled burn. About 42,000 gallons of oil are spilling into the water daily threatening coast lines and fishing industries.
Tags: ads-by-google, australia, earth, earth sciences, europe, gulf, gulf of mexico, Jobs, michigan, oil and gas, united-statesEyjafjallajökull Volcano is one of many volcanoes in areas of extensive glaciation. There are several other volcanoes under glaciers in Iceland and more in Canada and the United States.
Tags: africa, earth sciences, geology-news, Geology.com, glaciers, iceland-volcano, Jobs, massachusetts, michigan, pennsylvania, united, united-statesThe Acasta River Gneiss is thought to be the oldest rock on the planet and it has a limited outcropping in Northwest Territories, Canada. Mark Brown holds a mining claim on the outcrop and wants to produce the rock and sell it as specimens.
Tags: canada, colorado, europe, florida, geology-news, Geology.com, north, united-states, virginiaOcean researchers found a large number of asphalt “volcanoes” on the floor of the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of California. They are thought to have formed from oil seeps between 30,000 and 40,000 years ago.
Tags: africa, archaeology, australia, california, geology-news, Geology.com, Jobs, massachusetts, michigan, oil and gas, pennsylvania, philippines, south america, virginia, washington