June 20, 2018
Energy Notes: August 2009-2010
U.S. Oil & Petroleum Imports (millions of barrels per day) Oil and petroleum imports data are preliminary numbers taken from the American …
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June 14, 2018
Mineral Resource of the Month: Clay Minerals
Robert Virta, mineral commodity specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey, prepared the following information on clays, one of the more …
June 12, 2018
Travels in Geology: Kilauea: Experiencing Pele's wrath through the eyes of a young geologist
This past summer, I lived a geologist’s dream: residing in a national park and getting up close and personal with Hawaii’s infamous Kilauea …
June 12, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around Hawaii
Many trips to Hawaii’s Big Island involve island-hopping. From the U.S. mainland, you’ll most likely fly through Honolulu on Oahu or Kahului on …
June 12, 2018
The Sleeping Giants
After you’ve gotten a taste of what Kilauea has to offer, consider taking the time to travel to the rest of the Big Island’s volcanoes. Mauna …
June 20, 2016
The first dinner in a beast
Surprisingly, there is precedence for eating dinner in the body of a massive beast. In February 1802, Rembrandt Peale, an early American painter …
June 20, 2016
Benchmarks: December 31, 1853: Dinner in a dinosaur
The weather in London on Saturday, Dec. 31, 1853, could not have pleased Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins. After a relatively warm Friday, the …
January 20, 2012
Voices: Geologists on the wrong side of the law
We live in a litigious society. Engineering and environmental geologists are no strangers to the legal system. They frequently deal with issues …
January 20, 2012
Highlights of 2010: Definitive statements: a new trend?
“This is the way it was.” Or: “This is what is happening.” Hmmm. Scientists don’t usually make such definitive statements, given that in science, …
January 5, 2012
Highlights of 2010: What does it mean to be human?
The sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2010 helps scientists answer the age-old question Calling someone a “Neanderthal” in the heat of an …
January 5, 2012
Highlights of 2010: Offshore wind in Texas and the curious case of Massachusetts
Humans have harnessed wind energy throughout history for milling, pumping and transportation — in a way you could say it’s the “original” form of …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: Yellow submarine robot debuts at AGU meeting
It doesn’t look like a typical robot. About half a meter across and 9 meters long, a new, super-high-tech submarine ROV, unveiled Tuesday in San …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on Earth: Driveway sealants add PAHs to environment
Winter is hard on asphalt: Water that seeps into tiny cracks freezes and expands, breaking the asphalt apart. That’s why homeowners and business …