Medical geology can impact human health & romance
Edenville Dam failure in Michigan due to “static liquefaction”
Another 8 miles of caves discovered at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky – total length now 420 miles
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Mix of strong & weak rocks may cause slow earthquakes in subduction zones
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Seismic records of internal oceanic gravity waves may delineate constraints on ocean dynamics
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How long do black carbon particles that evolve from hydrophobic to cloud nucleation sites remain in the atmosphere?
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Visualizing the history of the Abitibi Gold Belt in the greenstone belt of Canada
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Lightning kills 14 & injures 3 in northwest Pakistan
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USGS hazards science – be informed & prepared
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New species of mid-Pleistocene fossil kiwi found in New Zealand
Carnotaurus sastrei – Late Cretaceous theropod had scales skin but no feathers
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Impact bombardment played significant role in evolution of Earth-Moon system even while lunar magma ocean was solidifying
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Palaeoscolecida – extinct ecdysozoan worms found in Late Cambrian Marjum Formation in Utah
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Some ice caps grew during past periods of warming
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Prognosticating sea level rise this century
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Ice core research is important – video
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Drop in atmospheric CO2 during “Weissert” Event associated with dramatic cooling 133 myo
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Concerted efforts to collect ice cores before Grand Combin glacier melts
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Ethiopia plans 17 geothermal projects among 17 clean energy projects
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Monitoring gas and magma pressure beneath Mount Etna – possible precursor to eruption
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Three rock spurs in northern Arabia are decorated with life-sized carvings of camels & equids – dated to Neolithic period using variety of dating methods
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Rethinking “hot spot” volcanoes – not quite ‘pristine’ magma from melting Mantle
Call for moratorium on ocean mining to stop impacts on Pacific tuna fishery
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Geology inspired Dante’s “Inferno”
Geological Map of Texas was issued in 1919
Geological mapping data released for Southeast Australia
Some countries are high-risk environments for mining even as demand for minerals increases
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Can seafloor mining solve the battery metals supply crisis?
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Mining industry in Nevada struggling to find new workers
Geological mapping data released for Southeast Australia
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US mining companies blasting proposals in Congress to put royalties on minerals extracted from federal lands – 8% gross royalty on existing mines & 4% on new mines
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Exposure of plastics to sunlight can produce tens of thousands of water-soluble compounds
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Volcano alerts in Japan and the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma
How landscapes evolve and respond to climate changes during warm periods under natural conditions
Prior to 1300 years ago, portion of Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska was forested – receding glaciers now exposing interstadial wood remnants of the grand forest
Marking the anniversary of the M8.0 19 September 1985 earthquake that devastated Mexico City
Perspective on the dichotomy:?global warming or global cooling
Iconic film of M7.9 Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 in Tokyo now available online
Higher waves in Arctic Sea may cause more ice clouds
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Auroral noise has long been debated – may be related to electromagnetic resonance of the Earth
