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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“ Earthquakes have been documented in the northeastern Caribbean since the arrival of Columbus to the Americas.” USGS has released: “Accounts of Damage from Historical Earthquakes in the Northeastern Caribbean, to Aid in the Determination of their Location and Intensity Magnitudes”.
Out of nearly 6000 homes damaged by the August 23 earthquake in Virginia , only a few percent will be covered by earthquake insurance. A bill in the Virginia legislature, if passed, will require insurance companies to notify all homeowners who have purchased a homeowners insurance policy that does not cover earthquakes.
Tags: archaeology, current-events, earthquake, energy, environment, geology-news, Geology.com, japan, Jobs, massachusetts, natural hazards, north-carolina, philippines, politics and geology, shaleRecent research on Ubehebe Crater of California ’s Death Valley reveals that it last erupted about 800 years ago instead of the previously-believed date of several thousand years ago. Erik Klementti comments on this new date.
Tags: california, current-events, geology-news, middle-east, news, pennsylvania, shale, virginia, volcanoesSome 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-carolina“A tiny mountainous region in southern Siberia may have been the genetic source of the earliest Native Americans, according to new research by a University of Pennsylvania -led team of anthropologists.” Quoted from the NSF press release.
Tags: ads-by-google, alaska, archaeology, asia, current-events, earthquakes, geology-news, Geology.com, north-carolina, shaleIn addition to the Bakken Formation , lots of new energy is being tapped in North Dakota’s subsurface. During 2011, geothermal energy installations were up by 26% over 2010
Tags: archaeology, current-events, geology-news, Geology.com, geophysics, geothermal, Jobs, meteorites, news, north, north-dakotaAn article in the Los Angeles Times reports that the California Department of Transportation would like to abandon State Highway 39 because landslide and other problems are costing $1.5 million per year to repair.
Tags: california, environment, geology-news, landslides, meteorites, oregon, pennsylvania, shale, south-carolina“Nearly five months after severe flooding struck the region, in September 2011, parts of Pakistan ’s Sindh Province remained flooded. In January 2012, patches of standing water occur east of the Indus River.
An asteroid measuring somewhere between 20 and 60 feet in diameter came within 37,000 miles of hitting the Earth – that’s about 1/6 of the distance between Earth and Moon .
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