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| 3 hours ago. |
1300 rescuers reach China quake epicenter, death toll rises to 11921
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
A 1933 quake near where Monday’s struck killed at least 9000, according to geologists. Monday’s quake occurred on a fault where South Asia pushes against ... [more]
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| 3 hours ago. |
STATE PALEONTOLOGIST NETS TOP CANADIAN GEOLOGY PRIZE
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The honor is bestowed annually by the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists to recognize scholars who make outstanding contributions to the understanding ... [more]
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| 11 hours ago. |
Massive China tremor made waves around the world
Canada.com - Canada
The powerful earthquake that hit China was picked up by seismographs around the world, say scientists at the Geological Survey of Canada in Victoria, .... [more]
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| 11 hours ago. |
Death toll, damages climb in Chinese earthquake
Lake Expo - Sunrise Beach,MO,USA
The temblor, measured at magnitude 7.9 by the latest US Geological Survey estimates, had claimed 8533 lives as of 10:20 pm local time, official news agency ... [more]
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| 11 hours ago. |
Uganda: MPs Root for More Geologists
AllAfrica.com - Africa
UGANDA needs to train more geoscientists to fully exploit its mineral potential, MPs have advised the Government. The 35 legislators on the committees on ... [more]
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| 11 hours ago. |
MPs root for more geologists
New Vision - Kampala,Uganda
By Kiganda Ssonko UGANDA needs to train more geoscientists to fully exploit its mineral potential, MPs have advised the Government. ... [more]
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| Monday, May 12 |
Rio Tinto and BP ditch US$2bn Australia CCS plant
IJ Online - London,UK
CCS technology captures harmful emissions and stores them underground, requiring geology that can hold CO2 long-term without it returning to the surface. [more]
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| Monday, May 12 |
Parys Mountain Historic Mineral Resource
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Parys Mountain Geology Overview and Historic Resources. Anglesey lies within the Caledonian Orogenic Belt which extends northeast into Scotland and ... [more]
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| Monday, May 12 |
Daisetta sinkhole at risk of further cracking
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
On Monday, geologists with the US Geological Survey installed equipment in the hole that will monitor its size and rate of collapse. ... [more]
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| Monday, May 12 |
China earthquake a chilling reminder of Tangshan tragedy
Inquirer.net - Philippines
The US Geological Survey says on its website that 655000 people may have died in the Tangshan earthquake. Controversy lingers over whether the Chinese ... [more]
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| Monday, May 12 |
Geoscience rocks the summer
Boise State University The Arbiter Online - Boise,Idaho,USA
Right after finals end, a group of junior and senior geology students plan to travel to Sardinia, Italy for a month to learn how to apply what they have ... [more]
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| Monday, May 12 |
Antarctica has warmed before
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
Victoria University geologist Peter Barrett said the late American glaciologist John Mercer predicted warming could cause the collapse of ice shelves on the ... [more]
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| Monday, May 12 |
Measuring the China Earthquake’s Magnitude
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA
(Courtesy US Geological Survey) “Whether it’sa magnitude of 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 is not nearly as important as the fact that it’s near a population,” David Wald, ... [more]
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| Monday, May 12 |
China Earthquake: British Geological Survey data
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Latest reports suggest that over 8500 people have been killed by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the south-western Chinese province in Sichuan. ... [more]
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| Monday, May 12 |
6.7 quake jolts US territory of Guam in the Pacific
The Malaysia Star - Malaysia
HAGATNA, Guam (AP): An undersea earthquake off Guam with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 shook the US territory Saturday morning, the US Geological Survey ... [more]
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| Monday, May 12 |
Twitter breaks Chinese earthquake news
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
According to Search Engine Land, Twitter even beat the US Geological Survey, which tracks quake readings. During such times, Twitter seems like a ... [more]
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