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In this YouTube video, Martitia Tuttle explains paleoseismology and narrates a field visit to look at ancient liquefaction features.
Tags: carolina, current-events, earth sciences, learning, meteorites, mexico, news, south-carolina, united-states, usgs, virginia“For decades, however, scientists have wondered if the less volatile subsurface in areas such as Texas could provide economically viable locations for geothermal power.” Quoted from the University of Texas at Austin press release.
Tags: Jobs, maps, marcellus-shale, meteorites, middle-east, north-carolina, pennsylvania, shale, south-carolina, texas, university“In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data to calculate how much Earth’s melting land ice is adding to global sea level rise .” Quoted from the NASA press release.
Tags: ads-by-google, arctic, carolina, climate-change, energy, geology-news, glaciers, level-rise, middle-east, NASA, north-carolina, pennsylvania, virginia, water“Today, for the most part, higher education for students interested in energy lacks the cross-disciplinary curriculum that they critically need, and so we propose the adoption of energy departments on college campuses, departments that would tie seemingly disconnected fields of the sector together.” Quoted from the article.
Tags: current-events, earthquakes, Geology.com, massachusetts, meteorites, pennsylvania, shale, solar-powerThis video and article feature some of the positive impacts that natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale has brought to the economy of Washington County, Pennsylvania and neighboring areas.
Tags: current-events, geology, Geology.com, Jobs, middle-east, ohio, shale, south-carolina, utica shale“A thick lava flow has been creeping down the eastern slopes of Kizimen Volcano in eastern Russia since its eruption began in December 2010. The flow has advanced about 600 meters (2,000 feet) since September 2011.” Quoted from the Earth Observatory image release.
Tags: climate-change, geology, Geology.com, interesting, marcellus-shale, news, north-carolina, shale, south-carolinaAnalysts are expecting natural gas prices to continue falling during 2012 as overproduction and slow adoption of the fuel in the transportation and electricity generation industries continues.
Tags: ads-by-google, canada, climate-change, earth sciences, earthquakes, energy, Geology.com, Jobs, marcellus-shale, mexico, pennsylvania, south-carolina, united, united-states, virginia“Turkmenistan has some of the largest natural gas reserves in the world, yet the country faces a myriad of challenges in bringing those reserves to world markets.” Quoted from the Energy Information Administration report.
Tags: ads-by-google, asia, carolina, climate-change, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, middle-east, worldNASA has a short article that summarizes how the “Blue Marble” images of earth were created from satellite data. “The new image is a composite of six separate orbits taken on January 23, 2012 by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite.” Quoted from the NASA article.
Tags: ads-by-google, current-events, energy, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, meteorites, mexico, satellite images“ Meteorites hold a record of the chemicals that existed in the early Solar System and that may have been a crucial source of the organic compounds that gave rise to life on Earth.” Quoted from the Carnegie Institution for Science press release.
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