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#8220;New research by a team of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the U.S. Geological Survey offers new insight into the The San Andreas Fault as it extends beneath Southern California#8217;s Salton Sea.#8221; Quoted from the news release.
Tags: california, earth sciences, earthquakes, geology-news, Geology.com, geophysics, moved-temporarily, natural hazards, plate-tectonics, temporarilyHurricane Felicia is a Category 3 hurricane moving northwestward in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico.
Tags: australia and pacific, Geology.com, geophysics, hurricanes and cyclones, mexico, moved-temporarily, temporarilySo far this season there has been a low level of tropical storm activity in the Atlantic Ocean. The forecasters at Colorado State University have reduced their expected number of Atlantic hurricanes to just four.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/sryZiVySHK0″ height=”1″ width=”1″/
Tags: atlantic, earth sciences, geology-news, Geology.com, gulf of mexico, hurricanes and cyclones, moved-temporarily, temporarilyThe Arizona Geological Survey has lots of geologic hazards information for homeowners and home buyers that can be downloaded and viewed immediately for free from their website. Their webpage for real estate hazards includes information on floods, earthquakes, problem soils, mass movements, subsidence and earth fissures, radon, karst, abandon mines, volcanic hazards, radon
Tags: arizona, caves and karst, earthquakes, engineering geology, environment, floods, geology, Geology.com, geophysics, landslides, moved-temporarily, natural hazards, soil, subsidence, temporarilyThe number of oil and gas rigs operating in the United States was up to 948 at the end of last week. This is the second week of increase after a long series of declines from the high of 1606 in September of 2008. The Baker Hughes website has lots of data, img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/b1zFWz2ItKA” height=”1″ width=”1″/
Tags: canada, geologist career, geology-news, Geology.com, geophysics, moved-temporarily, oil and gas, temporarilyJessica Ball has written an interesting article on volcanic hazards. It contains photos and descriptions for lava flows, pyroclastic density currents, pyroclastic falls, lahars and volcanic gases.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/cs8Rst4F-fM” height=”1″ width=”1″/
Tags: earth sciences, Geology.com, geophysics, interesting, moved-temporarily, natural hazards, temporarily, volcanoesWarmer, drier climate is causing water supplies in the Colorado River basin to deplete at a very rapid rate.
Tags: colorado, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, geophysics, global-warming, moved-temporarily, temporarily, waterWe have a new article on Aernal Volcano (Costa Rica) by Jessica Ball. Her article reviews the eruption history, geology, hazards and plate tectonic setting.
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Arenal Volcano – New Article
A nine-foot-diameter tunnel will be constructed beneath San Francisco Bay to create a water line that will transport water for millions of people.
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San Francisco Bay Water Tunnel
#8220;Heat is the number one weather-related killer. On average, more than 1,500 people in the U.S. die each year from excessive heat. This number is greater than the 30-year mean annual number of deaths due to tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and lightning combined.#8221; Quoted from the NOAA article.
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