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“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.
Tags: archaeology, arctic, australia, barents, earth, geology, marcellus-shale, NASAA magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred about 20 miles northwest of Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday, September 4 at 4:35 AM local time.
Tags: archaeology, california, canada, dictionary, europe, florida, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, hawaii, pacific, pennsylvania, washington“The sun’s energy output declined to unusually low levels from 2007 to 2009, a particularly prolonged solar minimum during which there were virtually no sunspots or solar storms. During that same period of low solar activity, Earth’s thermosphere shrank more than at any time in the 43-year era of space exploration.”
Tags: archaeology, article, australia, california, canada, florida, geology, Geology.com, Jobs, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, michigan, united-states, virginiaHere is a website that allows you to track satellites in real time. Just select a satellite and see a map of the world with the location of the satellite and the path it is tracking. Be patient… the site will display a map quickly but the path and satellite can take a moment or
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, archaeology, california, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, pennsylvania, philippines, satellite images, teaching science, washingtonQuebec is a fossil fuel consumer with very little local production. However, some of the first wells are being drilled into the Utica Shale and hundreds more have already been permitted.
Tags: archaeology, australia, europe, geophysics, Jobs, mexico, michigan, natural gas, quebec, shale, utica, washingtonLots of people want to know how much oil is still in the Gulf of Mexico. The Pisces, a ship operated by NOAA is now on a three-week cruise through the Gulf to collect water samples and search for hydrocarbons
Tags: archaeology, energy, geology, geology-news, massachusetts, oil and gas, united-statesLee Allison reported on monsoon flooding in Arizona that occurred early this month. He links to several news reports
Tags: africa, archaeology, arizona, arizona-geology, canada, europe, geology-news, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, michigan, united-states, virginiaA video reporting on active sinkholes near Sedona. People who visit the area should understand that these features are unstable and be very careful around them.
Tags: ads-by-google, archaeology, arizona, california, canada, energy, geology, illinois, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, pennsylvania, subsidence, survey, virginiaA team of interns and mentors from NASA spent part of their summer at Racetrack Playa to study the famous sliding rocks.
Tags: africa, archaeology, california, canada, climate-change, florida, geology, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, mexico, united-states, virginiaDave Petley has posted four detailed images with commentary of the Meager Creek Landslide that occurred on Friday in British Columbia, Canada.
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