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Melting Land Ice and Sea Level Rise

February 8th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“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.

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Lower Natural Gas Prices Expected

February 7th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Analysts 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.

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Turkmenistan Oil and Natural Gas Report

February 7th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“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.

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Making Blue Marble Images of Earth

February 7th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

NASA 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.

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Caribbean Earthquake History

February 6th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“ Earthquakes have been documented in the northeastern Caribbean since the arrival of Columbus to the Americas.” USGS has released: “Accounts of Damage from Historical Earthquakes in the Northeastern Caribbean, to Aid in the Determination of their Location and Intensity Magnitudes”.

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Natural Gas Funding for the Sierra Club

February 6th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Between 2007 and 2010 the Sierra Club accepted over $25 million in donations from the gas industry but declined recent offers of $30 million.

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Security In Charge | Group Administration Job – Al Futtaim Group

February 4th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Jobs

About the business: Toyota, Honda, Marks & Spencers, Ikea, Toys R Us and Dubai Festival City are just some of the amazing world renowned brands managed by the Al Futtaim Group of Companies. Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim is one of the most progressive regional business houses in the Gulf region.   Today, Al-Futtaim operates through more than 65 companies in sectors as diverse as commerce, industry and services, and employs in excess of 20,000 people across the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Pakistan, Singapore and Europe. Group Administration Services Department (GASD) is an operation unit that belongs to the Holding company. The department consists of five sections: • Government Relation: Managing all government issues related to Ministry Of Labour and Immigration • Admin/and Procurement: Managing company housing, Vehicles, Furnishing, and Soft Purchasing • Corporate Registrations: Managing all government issues related to Economic Departments, Chamber of Commerce, and Ministry of Economic • Archiving: Managing employees master files and renewals • Pension: Managing Pension for all UAE National employees About the Job: We are currently looking to recruit a Group Security in Charge to be located in our Group Admin office in Dubai.

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First GRAIL Video of Moon’s Far Side

February 2nd, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

NASA ’s GRAIL mission has beamed back its first video of the far side of the moon . The imagery was taken on Jan. 19 by the MoonKAM aboard the mission’s “Ebb” spacecraft.

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Oil Shale: The Next Fossil Energy Boom?

February 2nd, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

The current fossil energy boom in the United States is natural gas from shale. The next one could be oil shales .

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Fracking = Profanity?

February 1st, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Some people don’t like the word “fracking” and want the term hydraulic fracturing to always be used in its place.

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