Colorado Wildfires
Wildfires continue to be a problem for thousands of people in Colorado.
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Giant rats are being trained to located land mines. In 2008 and 2009 the rats cleared over a million square meters of minefield and found about 400 mines.
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This is one of the most impressive debris flows that you will ever see. About one minute into the video you will see people on the opposite side of the stream start to run when they see what is coming at them!
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“The occurrence of hypoxia, or low dissolved oxygen, is increasing in coastal waters worldwide and represents a significant threat to the health and economy of our Nation’s coasts and Great Lakes.” Quoted from the Scientific Assessment of Hypoxia in U.S. Coastal Waters report.
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, atlantic, coastal-waters, energy, europe, Geology.com, massachusetts, mexico, michigan, pennsylvaniaExtending the Appalachian Trail to Europe and Africa
The Appalachian Trail is an extremely popular hiking route in the United States and the International Appalachian Trail has been popular in Canada. Now, there are hopes of extending the trail across sites in Europe and Africa that have a plate tectonics connection
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The City of Houston, Texas is considering a plan to allow a horizontal well to drain natural gas from beneath several city parks in exchange for lease payments and potential royalties.
Tags: ads-by-google, energy, europe, geology, Geology.com, houston, marcellus-shale, shale, virginia, washingtonM 7.2 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake
A 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, washingtonHurricane Earl Information
The best place to get updated information about Hurricane Earl is the National Hurricane Center. There you can view updated maps that show the hurricane’s projected path, wind speed probabilities, public advisories, satellite images and much more. As of Thursday morning at 9:00 EST there were warnings and watches posted all along the east coast
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A tsunami in the Atlantic Ocean is a rare event. Although the incidence of Atlantic tsunamis is low, the threat should be taken seriously because millions of people live in low-elevation locations around the rim of the Atlantic basin.
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Mineral consumption in China has been growing rapidly and Chinese interest in the mineral resources of other countries is growing. This article reviews some of these investments, in particular, two in Afghanistan
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