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Earth Science Week Event Oct. 14 at UW
UW Navigation   06 October 2017   USA   Wyoming  
UW Geological Museum Photo
<p>The Wyoming State Geological Survey and University of Wyoming Geological Museum will host a fun-filled event Saturday, Oct. 14, in celebration of earth sciences. &ldquo;Wyoming ROCKS! To the Moon and Back&rdquo; is scheduled 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Geological ...
Mexico City Doomed By Its Geology To More Earthquakes
npr   20 September 2017   Mexico   Mexico  
Rescue workers search for earthquake survivors in Mexico City on Wednesday. Miguel Tovar/AP
<p>In Mexico City and surrounding areas, rescuers are still searching for casualties and survivors of Tuesday's earthquake. More than 200 people are believed to have died.<br />Geologically speaking, Mexico City is not built in a very good place.<br />This ...
What biological clocks and geological rocks tell us about life in space
The Conversation   12 July 2017   World  
The break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea over the past 180 million years (Ma). Figure from McIntyre et al 2017, Author provided
<p>One of the first geological lessons we learn is that continents are constantly moving. The evidence of these plate tectonic movements is written in the rocks. But the rocks only tell us half of the story. The other half is contained in the evolutionary ...
Free geology series launches Saturday in Wise River
Montana Standard   20 June 2017   USA   Wise River, Montana  
<p>EarthBook Montana &mdash; a four-week series of Saturday classes on area geology &mdash; starts in the Wise River Community Building in Wise River at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 24.</p>
Drilling to start in CBD to get samples of New Plymouth's geology
Stuff.co.nz   30 November 2015   New Zealand   New Plymouth  
The proposed sites for New Plymouth's geotechnical bores
<p>Three holes will be drilled into New Plymouth's crust in an effort to better understand the landscape of earthquakes.<br />The New Plymouth District Council has announced it will be drilling "three geotechnical bores" to provide an analysis of the underlying ...
13 Geologic Wonders Of The Natural World
FORBES   16 November 2015   World  
Crystal Cave, Mexico (Credit: Naica Project)
<p>From subtle changes in geochemistry to massive volcanoes, the geologic wonders of the world never cease to amaze. Here we span the earth to find the best natural wonders of the world, both in their importance to geology and in their awesome beauty. If you ...
An Alaskan tunnel yields clues to Earth's fragile permafrost
pri   22 October 2015   USA   Alaska  
Permafrost Tunnel Alaska
<p>Time travel in science fiction novels is tricky if not completely unpredictable. But it is possible to at least peer into the past as some climate scientists in Alaska are doing.<br>Scientists are actively trying to understand what's happening to the Earth's ...
350-Million-Year-Old Fossil Stone Dug Up in Mich
News Discovery   24 September 2015   USA   Michigan  
A polished specimen of the Petoskey stone found in Michigan. Michelle Pemberton / Children's Museum of Indianapolis, via Wikimedia Commons
<p>If you&rsquo;re a fan of classic acts such as Bob Seger or Mitch Ryder, you know that in Michigan, they love to rock.<br />Also, they love to collect rocks &mdash; in particular, the Petoskey stone, the official state rock. The latter is found on the state&rsquo;s ...
London’s Festival of Geology 2015
TRAVELINGEOLOGIST   05 September 2015   UK   London  
An iconic view across the River Thames
<p>Some may think that the geology of London might not be as complex or captivating as destinations with beautiful rocky formations, mainly because it is a metropolitan area. But underneath the concrete, buried in the soil, you&rsquo;ll discover that London ...
Giant Sinkhole in Russian Urals Keeps Growing
Sputnik News   03 September 2015   Russia   Ural Mountains  
Sinkhole in Solikamsk
<p>A sinkhole near one of the mines in Russia&rsquo;s Ural Mountains has grown in size at least fivefold since it was first reported last November; the huge abyss keeps swallowing up nearby summer cottages and shows no signs that it will stop getting bigger. ...
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