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“EDMAP is an interactive and meaningful program for university students to gain experience and knowledge in geologic mapping while contributing to national efforts to map the geology of the United States.” Quoted from the USGS fact sheet.
Tags: ads-by-google, alabama, california, geologic, geological, geologist career, geology-news, Geology.com, north-dakota, satellite images, united, usgsAlthough Kenya has no current oil production, discoveries in neighboring Uganda has brought attention to Kenya’s onshore and offshore potential.
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, alabama, california, climate-change, marcellus-shale, mexico, virginiaThe U.S. Geological Survey has taken a number of actions to prepare for monitoring floods arising from hurricanes and other tropical storms. Activities include hardening of streamgages along the Gulf Coast; implementing rapidly deployable, mobile streamgages; installing an emergency satellite-communications and data-distribution system; and developing storm-surge monitoring capabilities. Quoted from the USGS Fact Sheet.
Tags: alabama, coastal geology, earth sciences, earthquakes, Geology.com, louisiana, mississippi, rivers, waterThis video tours areas near Vicksburg, Mississippi where even homes that were elevated 10 feet off the ground will be flooded before the river crests.
Tags: alabama, california, cnn, earth sciences, floods, geology-news, Geology.com, middle-east, pennsylvania, tennessee, waterLeaders at the U.S.
Tags: alabama, climate-change, earth, Geology.com, georgia, illinois, missouri, pennsylvania, satellite images, teaching science, virginiaDozens of people were killed this weekend as deadly tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas , Mississippi, Alabama , Georgia and North Carolina.
Tags: alabama, arkansas, deadly-tornadoes, geology, Geology.com, geophysics, georgia, marcellus-shale, meteorology, north-carolina, tornadoes, united-statesOyster beds are being restored in the Mobile Bay, Alabama area in response to the BP oil spill, overharvesting, coastal development and pollution.
Tags: ads-by-google, alabama, astronomy, earth, environment, Geology.com, geophysics, oceanography, satellite images, texas, united-states, virginia, waterPresident Barack Obama has announced the Long-Term Gulf Coast Restoration Support Plan…. “In addition to fighting the spill, conducting environmental cleanup, and ensuring such a crisis does not happen again, we must help the Gulf Coast and its people recover from this tragedy. A long-term plan to restore the unique beauty and bounty of
Tags: africa, alabama, archaeology, australia, geology-news, gulf, gulf of mexico, louisiana, mexico, michigan, mississippiOne of the key factors determining the speed and success of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill clean-up is the weather. How fast the winds push the oil and which direction are important.
Tags: africa, alabama, archaeology, canada, dictionary, energy, florida, geology, Geology.com, gulf of mexico, massachusetts, michiganA 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.
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