Geology News - April 2008
Geology articles, earth science new 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. If links are broken, it is because the news source has removed it from its website.
April 29, 2008
History expected to repeat itself at site of Alberta's worst natural disaster
Exactly 105 years after the top of Turtle Mountain came thundering down upon the valley below in Alberta's worst natural disaster, provincial officials fully expect history will repeat itself.
In the shadow of the peak that crumbled
The Alberta government announced it would step up monitoring efforts on Turtle Mountain to warn residents weeks in advance of another rockslide so they can put evacuation plans in motion.
The Frank Landslide, 29th April 1903
Blog on Turtle Mountain information.
Alberta mountain chunk expected to slide again
Alberta officials say it's inevitable that a piece of Turtle Mountain will once again come crashing down - they just don't know exactly when.
Global National's Turtle Mountain newscast
Agreement strengthens protection of groundwater
The Energy Resources Conservation Board and Alberta Environment
will continue to support the ongoing work of the Alberta Geological Survey to map Alberta’s groundwater.
According to an overview of work conducted by Royal American Petroleums Ltd. in 1966 filed with the Alberta Geological Survey in Mineral Assessment Report (19660009): "The geological strata and basinal effects in the Vermilion area are closely related to the potash-rich areas of Esterhazy, Saskatoon and Unity."
April 28, 2008
More monitoring equipment being installed on Turtle Mountain
A spokesman for the Alberta Geological Survey says it is being done to monitor slight shifts and to give people below ample warning in case another slide occurs.
Small increase in chance of big quake in Reno
Chances of a temblor with a magnitude of 6 or greater striking somewhere around Reno within the next 50 years is 34 to 98 per cent.
April 24, 2008
Glaciers reveal Martian climate has been recently active
Researchers have documented for the first time that ice packs existed along Mars' mid-latitude belt as recently as 100 million years ago.
Meghalaya, India is rich in uranium and other minerals
A survey has revealed that the uranium deposit in the state was estimated at 9.22 million tonnes.
Higher gas prices stimulate drilling
Surging natural gas prices could spark a modest recovery of Canada's drilling industry, the Petroleum Services Alliance of Canada reported.
Nova Scotia is moving ahead with research that could reduce greenhouse gases
Thanks to $5 million in funding from the Government of Canada, Nova Scotia will examine carbon capture and storage - how to contain the gas and hold it underground instead of releasing it into the atmosphere.
April 23, 2008
Making a case for the CO2 business
Alberta with its booming economy, surging emissions profile and appropriate geology, is the perfect place to do it.
Uncommon Illinois earthquake felt in Madison, across Midwest over weekend
Many Madison residents who awoke to shaking early Friday were surprised to learn that they had experienced a rare Midwestern earthquake.
Global warming not under debate, but its effect is
Climatologists still debate how quickly warming will occur and how major a role humans are playing.
April 17, 2008
Worst offenders for carbon dioxide emissions: top 20 US counties identified
The top three counties include the cities of Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago.
April 16, 2008
Thousands flee erupting Colombian volcano
The highest active volcano in Colombia erupted, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of up to 15,000 people.
April 15, 2008
Western energy land rush heads east
While land sales have soared in British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Alberta has lagged despite record oil prices that have topped $100.
Heartland CO2 project strikes at the heart of oil sands greenhouse gas emissions in Alberta
A forward-thinking project from the Alberta Research Council Inc. and ARC Energy Trust of Calgary is getting closer to putting a lid on the gas stacks rising from the industries in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland region, just outside of Fort Saskatchewan.
April 14, 2008
Did Dinosaurs Gawk at the Grand Canyon?
New research indicates that the Grand Canyon is perhaps 65 million years old, far older than previously thought--and old enough that the last surviving dinosaurs may have stomped along its rim.
Saudi Arabia draws the eyes of copper, gold miners
Best known for its gigantic oil reserves, Saudi Arabia is now drawing the attention of miners who say it has massive, unexploited copper and gold deposits.
April 11, 2008
Record land sales eclipsing Alberta's
Saskatchewan's red-hot oil patch has smashed records for a single sale and annual sales revenues in the April sale of Crown petroleum and natural gas drilling rights.
We've been changing the climate for eons, and that's reason for hope
We humans may have been screwing up the climate for far longer than anyone thought. But that's good — because if we could change things then, we should certainly be able to change them now.
Journey to the centre of the Earth: discovery sheds light on mantle formation
Uncovering a rare, two-billion-year-old window into the Earth's mantle, a University of Houston professor and his team have found our planet's geological history is more complex than previously thought.
April 10, 2008
Minnesota geology not suited to store carbon underground
Legislators heard the highlights of two reports on the potential to capture greenhouse gases in Minnesota's plants, soils and rocks.
April 9, 2008
Another slide at Turtle Mountain is inevitable
"It will happen, it’s just a matter of when,” said Corey Froese, who heads the geological hazards program with the Alberta Geological Survey.
Alberta supports continued oil sands reclamation research
A $3-million Energy Innovation Fund grant to the University of Alberta’s School of Energy and the Environment (SEE) will result in improved tailings pond reclamation in Alberta’s oil sands region.
April 8, 2008
Budget Includes $400K For Carbon Capture Testing
A budget bill passed late Friday includes $400,000 for an in-depth geological study in Western New York — the first step that must be taken for carbon capture and storage technology to be pursued in Jamestown as part of the new power plant.
April 7, 2008
Site of historic landslide shifting
Monitoring of Turtle Mountain being stepped up
by Alberta Geological Survey.
New waste system aims to cut greenhouse gas
A new waste disposal system will cut greenhouse gas emissions from a Wabumun coal-fired power station by one million tonnes a year, TransAlta Corp. predicted today.
From the late 1960s to mid-'80s, Alberta-based business teams part-owned by Ottawa spent an estimated $900 million employing thousands of professionals on ice and airborne drilling projects.
Unstable geology triggered Yangtze River bank collapse
Collapses of part of the Yangtze River bank and a neighbouring road have been blamed on unstable geology and past road works.
Earthquake hits off Oregon coast
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the earthquake was recorded 6.2 miles deep. A smaller earthquake also was reported south of Portland.
What Nebraskans need to know about groundwater
Nebraskans are drafting and adopting management plans and rules. The bottom line for irrigators in both basins will be limits on, and in some cases reductions to, the amount they may pump.
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