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You Don’t Have Earthquake Coverage

February 5th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

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.

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Tumbi Quarry Landslide – PNG

February 2nd, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

The Landslide Blog has a post with graphics about the Tumbi Quarry landslide that killed dozens of people in Papua New Guinea.

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Fountain Stream and a Retreating Glacier

January 25th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“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 .”

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Hawaiian Volcano Observatory – 100 Years

January 23rd, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

USGS has recently published: “ The Story of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory — A Remarkable First 100 Years of Tracking Eruptions and Earthquakes “

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Fracking Backlog in North Dakota

January 20th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Even though oil production from North Dakota ’s Bakken Formation has propelled the state to new production records there is still a backlog of wells to be fracked.

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Zoning Laws for the Ocean?

January 19th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“U.S. communities routinely use zoning laws to control where businesses may operate in a neighborhood

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Connecting People and Urban Streams

January 15th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Faith Fitzpatrick outlines the importance of habitat to the health of streams and shows examples of connecting people to urban streams through rehabilitation efforts across the USA.

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What Drives Crude Oil Prices?

January 13th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“EIA is assessing the various factors that may influence oil prices — physical market factors as well as those related to trading and financial markets. This website describes 7 key factors that could influence oil markets.” Quoted from the EIA article release.

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100 Billion Planets in the Milky Way

January 13th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

This CNN video explains why researchers believe that there are at least 100 billion planets in the Milky Way .

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World’s Smallest Vertebrate

January 11th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Paedophryne amanuensis, a tiny frog found in Papua New Guinea has been judged to be the smallest vertebrate animal in the world. It is just 7.7 millimeters lon

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