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9:38:49 PM Vast amounts of methane in Gulf spill pose threat
The Associated Press

That's based on estimates from the US Geological Survey's "flow team" that 2900 cubic feet of natural gas are escaping for every barrel of oil. ... [more]

9:25:18 PM UNCW professor passes away
WECT - Wilmington,NC,USA

Ainsely worked in the Department of Geography and Geology. He received awards including the NC Geography Educator of the Year and UNC Board of Governor's ... [more]

8:03:19 PM Afghan Soil Could Contain Lithium Worth Billions
Texas A&M University

“Soviet geologists first surveyed Afghanistan for economically important minerals,” Herbert says. “The US Geological Survey started surveying the country in ... [more]

7:54:33 PM BP's Quest for Time
Energy and Capital

Geologist, Chris Landau, for instance, has called for a showing of the mudlogs. A mudlog is a schematic cross sectional drawing of the lithology (rock type) ... [more]

6:03:55 PM Swarm of earthquakes strikes southern San Diego County
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

.... five miles southeast of Ocotillo in San Diego County and 16 miles east-northeast of Jacumba in eastern San Diego County, the US Geological Survey said. ... [more]

5:52:15 PM Concerns Mount as Quake Rocks San Diego Area
San Diego 6 - San Diego,CA,USA

"These are relatively small quakes and aren't really large enough to induce much stress," say Peter Davis, Ph.D. Geologist Pat Abbott says the nearby San ... [more]

3:44:48 PM Afghan mineral bonanza is bogus
Financial Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

One does not have to be a geologist or an engineer to understand why. When geologists find outcropping mineralization, or other signs that an economic .... [more]

3:07:10 PM BBC's How the Earth Changed History DVD Giveaway (3 Total)
TheHDRoom - USA

BBC's television series How the Earth Changed History that explores how geology, geography and climate have shaped mankind is coming to Blu-ray Disc and DVD ... [more]

1:15:41 PM Survey in Afghanistan Finds Major Water Challenges
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA

The US Geological Survey released a report Wednesday at the Embassy of Afghanistan revealing that water contamination is a major concern in the urban areas ... [more]

12:55:30 PM North Bay Resources Inc. (NBRI) Engages Consulting Geologist
MarketWatch - USA

Mr. Clifton holds degrees in Geology and Geochemistry from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, with post-graduate studies in Geochemistry at UC ... [more]

12:16:53 PM Major eruption of Mt. Baekdu 'possible'
ÄÚ¸®¾ÆÅ¸ÀÓÁî - South Korea

Geologist Yoon Sung-hyo at Pusan National University strongly believes that an eruption is possible. “Baekdu could erupt anytime soon,” said Yoon who has ... [more]

11:10:09 AM GEOFF SCHUMACHER: Digging Afghanistan
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

“You're looking at a development that is taking many decades typically,” said Jon Price, director of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. ... [more]

9:30:03 AM Geologists from University of Kansas begin $4M research project into ...
fox4kc.com - Kansas City,USA

(AP) — Geologists from the University of Kansas have begun a $4 million research project on geothermal energy. The university says the three-year project ... [more]

7:35:36 AM Healing waters
Sofia Echo - Sofia,Bulgaria

How very lucky for us that the geology which provides our own treasured nutritional, health-giving and recreational resource has proved to be safe, .... [more]

6:30:30 AM World's Mining Companies Covet Afghan Riches
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Jim Yeager, a Colorado-based geologist and former consultant to the Afghan mines ministry, said that poorly written mining regulations could also hamper ... [more]

5:14:55 AM Carbon dioxide is the missing link to past global climate changes
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

Beginning about 2.7 million years ago, the geologists found that tropical ocean surface temperatures dropped by 1 to 3 degrees Celsius (1.8 to 5.4 degrees ... [more]

4:51:12 AM 6.3 magnitude quake strikes off Japan
Hindustan Times - New Delhi,India

.... (36 miles) at 11:23 am (0223 GMT) off the South Kuril islands, which are controlled by Russia but also claimed by Japan, said the US Geological Survey. ... [more]

3:33:32 AM Afghan Mineral Wealth: No Easy Road for Westerners
BusinessWeek - USA

"The raw data they were using dates back to the '70s and '80s," says Stan Coats, former principal geologist for the British Geological Survey. ... [more]

2:10:13 AM UK Media Having A Hard Time Vilifying 'Affable Geologist' Tony Hayward
Mediaite.com

To them, as well as to Hayward, “being dubbed public enemy No 1 in America is a curious place for a bright, affable and experienced British geologist to ... [more]

12:09:19 AM OPINION: Shedding light on solstice in Alaska
Dutch Harbor Fisherman

I am not sure of its origin, but on top it read, "Geology 103." Really. June 21 approaches on the calendar, the longest day of the year, and a day that is ... [more]



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