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Understanding How Continents Grow

September 10th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Geology.com

“The North American continent is not one thick, rigid slab, but a layer cake of ancient, 3 billion-year-old rock on top of much newer material probably less than 1 billion years old, according to a new study by seismologists at the University of California, Berkeley.” This information is a valuable clue to understanding how continents

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Using Giant Rats to Clear Minefields in Mozambique

September 9th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Geology.com

Giant rats are being trained to located land mines. In 2008 and 2009 the rats cleared over a million square meters of minefield and found about 400 mines.

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Zoom In On An Asteroid Impact Crater

September 9th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Geology.com

A Google Map that allows you to zoom in on fifty of Earth’s most obvious impact sites with satellite images and maps. We have selected the ones that are easiest for the inexperienced viewer to recognize.

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Impressive Debris Flow – Hunza, Pakistan

September 8th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Geology.com

This is one of the most impressive debris flows that you will ever see. About one minute into the video you will see people on the opposite side of the stream start to run when they see what is coming at them!

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Hypoxia in US Coastal Waters

September 8th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Geology.com

“The occurrence of hypoxia, or low dissolved oxygen, is increasing in coastal waters worldwide and represents a significant threat to the health and economy of our Nation’s coasts and Great Lakes.” Quoted from the Scientific Assessment of Hypoxia in U.S. Coastal Waters report.

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Chief Oil and Gas to Disclose Hydraulic Fracturing Chemistry

September 6th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Geology.com

Chief 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.

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Zero-Energy Home in New York City

September 5th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Geology.com

This video features a “zero-energy” home.

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LNG Import Terminal Projects Abandoned

September 4th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Geology.com

Several LNG, liquefied natural gas, import terminals in the United States have gone from being highly promoted to abandoned. The killer for these projects is the recent development of shale gas resources in several parts of the country.

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Extensive Flooding in Southern Pakistan

September 4th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Geology.com

Earth 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.

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M 7.2 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake

September 3rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Geology.com

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred about 20 miles northwest of Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday, September 4 at 4:35 AM local time.

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