| Subcribe via RSS
In this YouTube video, Martitia Tuttle explains paleoseismology and narrates a field visit to look at ancient liquefaction features.
Tags: carolina, current-events, earth sciences, learning, meteorites, mexico, news, south-carolina, united-states, usgs, virginiaAnalysts 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“ 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, virginiaBetween 2007 and 2010 the Sierra Club accepted over $25 million in donations from the gas industry but declined recent offers of $30 million.
Tags: ads-by-google, archaeology, coal, current-events, earth sciences, environment, Jobs, mexico, shaleThe 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, virginiaHigh latitude areas around the Earth are seeing spectacular aurora displays in response to an intense solar storm that occurred last week. These displays are expected to be very frequent over the next two years as the sun goes through a period of frequent activity
Tags: current-events, earth, earth sciences, energy, environment, geology, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, meteorites, mexico, news, north-carolina, shale“Since the establishment of the Acid Rain Program, of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, there have been substantial reductions in sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emissions from power plants that use fossil fuels, which are known to be the primary causes of acid rain. As of 2009, emissions of SO2 and NOx declined by about two-thirds relative to levels in the 1990s.” Quoted from the USGS press release.
Tags: contamination, current-events, earth sciences, emissions, environment, geology-news, Jobs, meteorites, mexico, news, usgs, virginia“The bottom of a glacier is not the most hospitable place on Earth, but at least two types of bacteria happily live there.” Quoted from the Penn State press release.
Tags: carolina, climate-change, current-events, earth sciences, environment, geology-news, pennsylvania, south-carolinaFaith Fitzpatrick outlines the importance of habitat to the health of streams and shows examples of connecting people to urban streams through rehabilitation efforts across the USA.
Tags: current-events, earth sciences, environment, Jobs, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, meteorites, philippines, shale, usgs, video, virginia, waterThe United States Department of Energy has published their 2011 Critical Mineral Strategy. It explains how supply concerns for a variety of minerals threaten energy security in the United States.
Tags: archaeology, earth sciences, energy, environment, interior, marcellus-shale, mexico, minerals, news, renewable energy, south-carolina