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“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“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, world“ 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.
Tags: climate-change, current-events, earth sciences, earthquakes, meteorites, news, north-carolina, shale, south-carolina, space, virginia“Eight months of ceaseless activity have covered the landscape around Chile ’s Puyehue Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex in ash. The light-colored ash appears most clearly on the rocky, alpine slopes surrounding the active vent and Puyehue’s 2,236 meter (7,336 foot)-tall caldera.” Quote from the Earth Observatory image release.
The Landslide Blog has a post with graphics about the Tumbi Quarry landslide that killed dozens of people in Papua New Guinea.
Tags: afghanistan, climate-change, earth sciences, landslide, mexico, news, pennsylvania, philippines, shale, virginiaSome people don’t like the word “fracking” and want the term hydraulic fracturing to always be used in its place.
Tags: ads-by-google, carolina, climate-change, current-events, earthquakes, energy, environment, geology-news, geophysics, hydraulic-fracturing, mexico, news, oil and gas, south-carolinaSome summer field camps are already filled for the 2012 season. If you have not registered for field camp yet check out our list of over 100 camps.
Tags: afghanistan, climate-change, energy, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, north-carolina, pennsylvania, shale, teaching science“The value of mineral production in the United States increased by 12 percent in 2011 from that of 2010, suggesting that the nonfuel minerals industries, particularly metals , continued to recover from the economic recession that began in December 2007 and lasted well into 2009. The value of raw, nonfuel minerals mined in the United States was $74 billion in 2011, up from $66 billion in 2010.” Quoted from the USGS press release.
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