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“Today, for the most part, higher education for students interested in energy lacks the cross-disciplinary curriculum that they critically need, and so we propose the adoption of energy departments on college campuses, departments that would tie seemingly disconnected fields of the sector together.” Quoted from the article.
Tags: current-events, earthquakes, Geology.com, massachusetts, meteorites, pennsylvania, shale, solar-power“ 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, shaleFollowing one of the longest and weakest periods of activity in many cycles, the Sun is brimming with activity again. In late January 2012, our nearest star offered a preview of what may be to come in the solar maximum of 2012–13.
Tags: astronomy, carolina, current-events, energy, Jobs, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, middle-east, pennsylvania, solar, solar-flares, united-statesNASA ’s GRAIL mission has beamed back its first video of the far side of the moon . The imagery was taken on Jan. 19 by the MoonKAM aboard the mission’s “Ebb” spacecraft.
Tags: ads-by-google, energy, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, moon, NASA, news, north-carolina, shale, south-carolina, united-statesSome summer field camps are already filled for the 2012 season. If you have not registered for field camp yet check out our list of over 100 camps.
Tags: afghanistan, climate-change, energy, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, north-carolina, pennsylvania, shale, teaching science“More than 500 volcanic vents have been identified in the State of California . At least 76 of these vents have erupted, some repeatedly, during the last 10,000 yr. Past volcanic activity has ranged in scale and type from small rhyolitic and basaltic eruptions through large catastrophic rhyolitic eruptions.” Quoted from the USGS report.
“The value of mineral production in the United States increased by 12 percent in 2011 from that of 2010, suggesting that the nonfuel minerals industries, particularly metals , continued to recover from the economic recession that began in December 2007 and lasted well into 2009. The value of raw, nonfuel minerals mined in the United States was $74 billion in 2011, up from $66 billion in 2010.” Quoted from the USGS press release.
Tags: climate-change, earthquakes, energy, massachusetts, meteorites, mexico, shale, south-carolina, united, usgs, virginia“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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