Geology News - February 2005

News stories about geology and earth sciences in the world. News articles will be archived monthly. All links are to external sites.

February 17, 2005

CSU Stanislaus professor leads team to dinosaur finds
Sankey will be in Alberta in July to help colleagues from the Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology do field work in Dinosaur Provincial Park.

February 16, 2005

Ranchers meet oil company in unified force
Tensions rose between southern Alberta ranchers and oil company representatives when an open house at the M.D. of Ranchland Feb. 11 didn’t turn out quite the way anyone expected.

How the world is changing
Picture gallery showing "then and now" photos.

February 8, 2005

IIT course to groom earthquake experts
To bridge the gap of knowledge on earthquakes in the wake of the tsunami disaster, the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has decided to introduce a two-year post-graduate degree course in computational seismology.

February 6, 2005

A different way to look at fossil fuels
A geology company called "ONTA" is trying a very different and more direct hands-on approach to fossil fuel energy education.