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Reversals of Earth’s magnetic field occur about once every 200,000 years and require a few thousand years to slowly change. A Reuters article describes one reversal that occurred very fast.
Tags: africa, earth sciences, geology, Geology.com, geophysics, historical geology, magnetic, magnetic-field, mexico, michigan, north, plate-tectonics, united-states, university, virginiaChief Oil & Gas announced that they will voluntarily disclose the additives that are used in their hydraulic fracturing fluid at every Marcellus Shale well site in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Tags: canada, energy, geology-news, Geology.com, hydraulic, hydraulic-fracturing, Jobs, mexico, oil and gas, pennsylvania, philippines, virginia, washington, water, west virginiaThe 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, washingtonThis video features a “zero-energy” home.
Tags: africa, cnn, geology, Geology.com, interesting, massachusetts, pennsylvania, philippines, united-states, videoEarth Observatory has a satellite image pair that shows before and after images of flooding near the cities of Thatta and Sujawal, Pakistan. Sujawal and surrounding lands suffered severe flooding.
Tags: australia, earth-observatory, flooding, geology-news, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, mexico, pakistan, pennsylvania, philippinesA 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, washingtonThis video provides an overview of yesterday’s Mariner Energy oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico. This was a production platform servicing existing wells, not a drilling rig like the one associated with the BP spill.
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, australia, california, dictionary, energy, geology-news, Geology.com, gulf, Jobs, marcellus-shale, oil and gas, philippines, united-states, washingtonThe 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
Tags: africa, atlantic, canada, europe, geology, Geology.com, hurricane-earl, Jobs, marcellus-shale, natural hazards, north, united-states, virginia, 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
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