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“Fountain Stream is one of the largest rivers draining Malaspina Glacier . The changes in this river over the past 120 years provides an example of how glacial retreat can starve rivers of sediment and lead to erosion downstream, and an example of the complex changes that can result from climate change .”
Tags: climate-change, coastal geology, current-events, energy, geology-news, global-warming, Jobs, news, philippines, south-carolina, virginiaAn article at PhysOrg.com reviews two studies that estimated the average depth of Earth’s oceans, their total volume, and how much they have warmed over the past 20 years.
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, archaeology, europe, florida, geology-news, Geology.com, geophysics, global-warming, Jobs, massachusetts, pacific, pennsylvania, virginiaJessica Ball has an interesting blog post that will take you on a short field trip to sites that provide evidence of historic eruptions of Santa Maria Volcano (Guatemala) that includes outcrops of air-fall deposits, block-and-ash flows, lahars and more. Great photos that can be enlarged for lots of detail. Related Article: Volcanic Hazards
Tags: australia, canada, earth sciences, europe, global-warming, Jobs, massachusetts, michigan, united-states, virginia, volcanoes, washingtonThe Geological Society of America gave testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee in support of a significant budget increase for the United States Geological Survey. USGS is a lead federal agency for almost all of the major science issues facing our country today. This include: energy, mineral resources, natural hazards,
Tags: ads-by-google, australia, geology, Geology.com, global-warming, marcellus-shale, michigan, minerals, united-states, usgsEvanston, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago considers siting 40 wind turbines about eight miles offshore in Lake Michigan. They will produce enough power to supply 40,000 homes.
Tags: africa, dallas, geophysics, global-warming, Jobs, marcellus-shale, mexico, virginiaOf the once 150 glaciers in Glacier National Park, only 25 remain and those too may vanish within the next 10 years.
Tags: archaeology, australia, florida, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, global-warming, Jobs, national, pennsylvaniaA Chinese coal carrier rammed part of the Great Barrier Reef in an area where commercial ships are not permitted to preserve the environment. The ship was about 12 kilometers off course.
Tags: australia, energy, environment, Geology.com, global-warming, oceanography, pennsylvania, washingtonU.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the Aral Sea and called it a shocking disaster. He urges world leaders to solve the problem.
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, earth sciences, energy, europe, florida, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, global-warming, massachusetts, water“Ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet, which has been increasing during the past decade over its southern region, is now moving up its northwest coast, according to a new international study. ” Quoted from the University of Colorado Bolder press release.
Tags: africa, arctic, australia, earth, europe, florida, Geology.com, glaciers, global-warming, Jobs, marcellus-shale, mexico, satellite images, sheetTwo companies have submitted applications to the Minerals Management Service to construct wind farms about 12 miles offshore of Virginia Beach.
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