Geology News - April 2007

Geology articles, earth science news and blogs from around the world. Stories are archived monthly. All links are to external sites and linking does not mean the site or opinions are endorsed by AGS.

April 29, 2007

Scientists take second look at Mount Baker
Geologists at Western Washington University are leading the effort to find out what's been percolating beneath the volcano's surface since its headline-grabbing antics in 1975.

April 28, 2007

UK public to see plan for gas storage
Portland and Kingston Maurward College will stage an exhibition outlining the multi-million pound project to build specially constructed caverns and a pipeline.

April 26, 2007

Beijing's dust storm came from dry saline lake basins
The Institute of Geology proposed selecting local pioneer plants to cover the dust source area and to recover the damaged ecological environment.

April 25, 2007

Global warming, Antarctic ice is focus of multinational workshop
As the national repository for geological material from the Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility at Florida State University houses the premier collection of Antarctic sediment cores.

April 24, 2007

How to make a million in Alberta's oilsands
A company does not necessarily need to be a major integrated player to be a success in the heavy oil and oilsands industry.

April 23, 2007

Prehistoric mystery organism verified as giant fungus
Chemical analysis indicates the organism was a fungus, scientists report in the May issue of Geology.

World's first rainforest found in Illinois
The forest was preserved by an accident of geology when a giant earthquake some 300 million years ago caused the whole region to drop below sea level, burying the forest in mud, which later fossilized.

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April 18, 2007

'Medusa' undersea vent discovered
Scientists have uncovered a new 'black smoker' – an undersea mineral chimney – at about 8,500 feet underwater.

April 17, 2007

Meteorite traces deep in the ocean
Russian scientists have found traces of the dinosaur-killing meteorite at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

April 16, 2007

Storm slams New Hampshire
A landslide forced the closure of part of the state's major east-west route.

Threat of Solomon Islands earthquake recurring is low
Geologists revealed that when the earthquake struck it had also dislodged a great amount of stress, which technically indicated it is impractical for the recurrence of an earthquake of similar magnitude happening within weeks or even months along the same fault lines.

April 15, 2007

Landslide pummels neighbourhood, again
A landslide pummelled a Pittsburgh neighbourhood, sending mud, debris, and even a tree crashing down a hill.

April 12, 2007

Mankind can't influence climate
Mankind is naive to think it can influence climate change, according to a prize-winning Australian geologist.

April 11, 2007

Wildcat growth in oil patch begins to trouble Albertans
The oil sands boom that's brought billions of dollars to Alberta has also brought anxiety to a significant number of citizens, some of whom are questioning the rapid pace of development as the provincial government nears the end of a long oil sands review.

New engineering and geoscience professions regulatory model endorsed in Canada
ASET and APEGGA have endorsed amendments to The Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Act to create a new one act, two associations regulatory model for engineering and geoscience in Alberta.

April 6, 2007

China systematically developing new technologies
China released its Technology Development Plan, which covers five main areas — geology, mechanical engineering, metallurgical engineering and aeronautical engineering.

April 3, 2007

Technology may help tsunami warnings
U.S. scientists have developed technology that can better and more rapidly determine if an earthquake is intense enough to generate a tsunami.

April 2, 2007

Global warming expert fears 'refugee crisis'
Within two or three decades, there could be one and a half billion people without enough water, according to a new report on the impacts of global warming.

April 1, 2007

Many economic advantages for Bulgaria if uranium production is resumed
Uranium production resumption would relieve Bulgarian economy with about BGN 100 m annually.