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“ 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”.
Some 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-carolinaIn 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-dakotaResearchers may have discovered the driving force that delivers kimberlite from deep within the Earth to a surface eruption at supersonic speeds. Diamonds do not form from coal
Tags: carolina, climate-change, current-events, energy, geology, geophysics, india, Jobs, massachusetts, north-carolina, pennsylvania, shale, virginia“A ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA ’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite – Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. The NPP satellite was renamed ‘Suomi NPP’ on January 24, 2012 to honor the late Verner E. Suomi of the University of Wisconsin .” Quoted from the NASA press release.
An article on the NOLA.com website reports on the economic benefits that natural gas from the Haynesville Shale as brought to Louisiana . The Shreveport Times website reports on two new reality shows that focus on lifestyle changes brought to the area by natural gas money.
Tags: ads-by-google, energy, Geology.com, geophysics, haynesville shale, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, meteorites, mexico, middle-east, news, shale“This project aims to map the location of a graveyards around the globe and then use marble gravestones in those graveyards to measure the weathering rate of marble at that location.” Quoted from the project website.
Tags: archaeology, carolina, current-events, earth, environment, geophysics, Jobs, meteorites, north-carolina, project, rocks, south-carolina, united-states, virginia“U.S. communities routinely use zoning laws to control where businesses may operate in a neighborhood. Now there’s a move to zone the ocean
Tags: archaeology, geophysics, hydropower, mexico, news, ocean, oil and gas, shale, south-carolina“The stars we see today weren’t always as serene as they appear, floating alone in the dark of night. Most stars, likely including our own sun, grew up in cosmic turmoil, as illustrated in this new image from NASA ’s Spitzer Space Telescope.”
The Smithsonian Blog has an article that reviews some of the important dinosaur discoveries of 2011. Check it out for new information on dinosaur growth, dinosaur senses, new species and more.
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