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A Washington Post article presents how people in Japan have new ideas about nuclear power since the March 2011 earthquake /tsunami.
Tags: current-events, Geology.com, japan, Jobs, middle-east, natural hazards, nuclear power, shale, tsunami, washington“Using data from NASA ’s Kepler Mission, astronomers announced the discovery of two new transiting “circumbinary” planet systems–planets that orbit two stars.” Quoted from the San Diego State University press release.
Tags: astronomy, environment, geology, geology-news, Jobs, news, north-carolina, pennsylvania, planets, washington“ NASA ’s Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star to be in the so-called habitable zone where liquid water could exist on a planet ’s surface, but they are the smallest exoplanets ever confirmed around a star like our sun.” Quoted from the NASA press release.
NASA researchers “investigated how Earth’s plant life is likely to react over the next three centuries as Earth’s climate changes in response to rising levels of human-produced greenhouse gases.” Quote from the NASA press release.
Tags: carolina, geology, Geology.com, Jobs, mexico, NASA, north-carolina, ocean, pennsylvania, plants, united-states, washingtonRussia ’s Kolskaya drilling platform capsized while being towed during a storm through icy waters near Sakhalin Island off of Russia’s east coast.
Tags: carolina, geology, middle-east, pacific ocean, pennsylvania, shale, south-carolina, washingtonThis video shows how Raffi Stepanian finds gold and diamonds in the cracks of Manhattan sidewalks. I don’t know if he really making 300 bucks per day but his techniques are interesting!
Tags: california, carolina, current-events, diamonds, marcellus-shale, meteorites, mexico, middle-east, north-carolina, pennsylvania, washingtonResearchers have used Krypton 81 to study the flow of water through the Nubian Aquifer of North Africa . Krypton isotopes can be used to determine how long water has been underground and how fast it has moved
Tags: afghanistan, africa, earth, earthquakes, Jobs, marcellus-shale, middle-east, satellite images, washingtonGeologists have determined that the landslide cutting off the Paseo del Mar near San Pedro, California is so severe that it can not be repaired.
Tags: afghanistan, Geology.com, minerals, natural hazards, pennsylvania, plate-tectonics, united-states, washingtonThis web seminar for teachers of grades 5–8 students includes an inquiry-based lesson introducing you to life forms living in extreme environments.
Tags: california, earthquakes, hawaii, massachusetts, mexico, middle-east, minerals, NASA, oceanography, satellite images, washingtonDave Petley has interesting photos and commentary about the recent landslide near San Pedro, California that has shut down the Paseo del Mar.
Tags: california, climate-change, hawaii, Jobs, landslides, massachusetts, pennsylvania, united-states, washington