Geosciences

Spectacular Phytoplankton Bloom in the Barents Sea

Geology.com — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:01:24 +0000

“The ocean’s canvas swirls with turquoise, teal, navy, and green painted by a massive phytoplankton bloom made up of millions of tiny, light-reflecting organisms growing in the sunlit surface waters of the Barents Sea.” Quoted from the NASA image release.

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Spectacular Phytoplankton Bloom in the Barents Sea

Extending the Appalachian Trail to Europe and Africa

Geology.com — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:43:20 +0000

The Appalachian Trail is an extremely popular hiking route in the United States and the International Appalachian Trail has been popular in Canada. Now, there are hopes of extending the trail across sites in Europe and Africa that have a plate tectonics connection

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Extending the Appalachian Trail to Europe and Africa

Rapid Magnetic Reversal

Geology.com — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:16:13 +0000

Reversals of Earth’s magnetic field occur about once every 200,000 years and require a few thousand years to slowly change. A Reuters article describes one reversal that occurred very fast.

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Rapid Magnetic Reversal

Chief Oil and Gas to Disclose Hydraulic Fracturing Chemistry

Geology.com — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:18:05 +0000

Chief Oil & Gas announced that they will voluntarily disclose the additives that are used in their hydraulic fracturing fluid at every Marcellus Shale well site in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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Chief Oil and Gas to Disclose Hydraulic Fracturing Chemistry

Drilling for Gas Under Houston City Parks

Geology.com — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:37:40 +0000

The City of Houston, Texas is considering a plan to allow a horizontal well to drain natural gas from beneath several city parks in exchange for lease payments and potential royalties.

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Drilling for Gas Under Houston City Parks

Zero-Energy Home in New York City

Geology.com — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:31:43 +0000

This video features a “zero-energy” home.

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Zero-Energy Home in New York City

LNG Import Terminal Projects Abandoned

Geology.com — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:00:53 +0000

Several LNG, liquefied natural gas, import terminals in the United States have gone from being highly promoted to abandoned. The killer for these projects is the recent development of shale gas resources in several parts of the country.

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LNG Import Terminal Projects Abandoned

Extensive Flooding in Southern Pakistan

Geology.com — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:57:52 +0000

Earth Observatory has a satellite image pair that shows before and after images of flooding near the cities of Thatta and Sujawal, Pakistan. Sujawal and surrounding lands suffered severe flooding.

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Extensive Flooding in Southern Pakistan

M 7.2 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake

Geology.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:24:45 +0000

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred about 20 miles northwest of Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday, September 4 at 4:35 AM local time.

Video: Mariner Energy Oil Platform Fire

Geology.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:57:04 +0000

This video provides an overview of yesterday’s Mariner Energy oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico. This was a production platform servicing existing wells, not a drilling rig like the one associated with the BP spill.

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Video: Mariner Energy Oil Platform Fire