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- An Opportunity to Learn About LiDAR
- Challenges Faced by Afghanistan Mineral Development
- Gulf Relief Wells Progressing Faster than Expected
- Earth Science Week Contests
- Americans Still Support Offshore Drilling
- Snake Bite Victim Found With Night Vision Goggles
- Galaxy With A Tail – IC 3418
- Rig Count in the Gulf of Mexico is Falling
| An Opportunity to Learn About LiDAR Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:44 PM PDT LiDAR, Light Detection And Ranging technology, is finding more and more uses in geology. A symposium on October 31 at the 2010 GSA annual meeting will “explore the application of airborne and terrestrial LiDAR to paleoseismology, neotectonics, salt marsh ecology, lava flow morphology, post-fire slope processes, engineering geology, rockfalls and debris flows, geologic mapping, [...] |
| Challenges Faced by Afghanistan Mineral Development Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:34 PM PDT The recent announcement of $1 trillion in mineral resources waiting to be developed in Afghanistan is discussed by Jack Medlin (Senior Geologist, USGS) and Joe Klein, (Columnist, Time Magazine). Before the resource can be developed a lot of work must be done to develop transportation infrastructure to get the minerals out and an energy [...] |
| Gulf Relief Wells Progressing Faster than Expected Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:20 PM PDT The two relief wells being drilled towards the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico might reach the well by mid-July instead of in August as originally announced. |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:01 PM PDT The theme for Earth Science Week 2010 (October 10-16) will be “Exploring Energy”. Students in grades K-5 can enter a visual arts contest, students in grades 6-9 can enter an essay contest, and a photography contest is open to anyone! |
| Americans Still Support Offshore Drilling Posted: 17 Jun 2010 05:34 PM PDT An article on the Reuters.com website reports the results of a national survey on offshore drilling. Most people surveyed still support offshore drilling after seeing the current spill in the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Snake Bite Victim Found With Night Vision Goggles Posted: 17 Jun 2010 05:25 PM PDT A man bitten by a snake after dark in a remote area was found by a MedEvac flight crew using night vision goggles. |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2010 05:22 PM PDT “NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer has discovered a galaxy tail studded with bright knots of new stars. The tail, which was created as the galaxy plunged into the neighboring Virgo cluster of galaxies, offers new insight into how stars form.” Quoted from the NASA press release. |
| Rig Count in the Gulf of Mexico is Falling Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:59 PM PDT “Possibly reflecting the influence of a recent Federal 6-month moratorium on deepwater drilling, the natural gas rig count in the Gulf of Mexico fell by 2 this week. Currently, only 12 natural gas rigs are active in the Gulf of Mexico, compared with 42 rigs 1 year ago, and 22 at the beginning of 2010. [...] |
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