August 4, 2014
Benchmarks: September 1, 1957: Fossil Cycad National Monument is dissolved
On Sept. 1, 1957, with the stroke of a pen, the U.S. Congress declared Fossil Cycad National Monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota to be no …
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August 4, 2014
Energy Notes: March 2013-2014
U.S. Oil & Petroleum Imports (million of barrels per day) ' Oil and petroleum imports data are preliminary numbers taken from the American …
August 4, 2014
Mineral Resource of the Month: Arsenic
George Bedinger, mineral commodity specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey, prepared the following information on arsenic. Arsenic is a gray …
August 4, 2014
Geologic Column: How T. rex got its street cred back
You wake up hungry in the middle of the night and remember that chunk of Spam in the refrigerator. You sneak down, ease open the fridge door and …
August 4, 2014
Comment: Energy 360: Let science speak, not agendas
Ideally, science is objective and without bias. But realistically, some bias, in the form of predetermined inclination, is unavoidable. …
July 31, 2014
Comment: The search for clarity on climate change
Straightforward scientific conclusions about climate change often fail to reach policymakers and the broader society. Climate scientists need to …
July 29, 2014
Energy Notes: February 2013-2014
U.S. Oil & Petroleum Imports (million of barrels per day) ' Oil and petroleum imports data are preliminary numbers taken from the American …
July 29, 2014
Mineral Resource of the Month: Peat
Lori E. Apodaca, mineral commodity specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey, prepared the following information on peat, which is used primarily …
July 28, 2014
A real rift in the midcontinent
But now, Carol Stein of the University of Illinois at Chicago and her colleagues have offered a new possibility. Stein and colleagues suggest the …
July 28, 2014
Books: The once and future San Andreas Fault
One of the most famous pictures of the San Andreas Fault — taken by G.K. Gilbert, the pioneering geologist whose late-19th century insights into …
July 22, 2014
Moving cars could help gauge rainfall
Accurate and timely rainfall measurements are crucial for the design of drainage systems, dams and other modern infrastructure. But rain gauges …
July 18, 2014
Ocean waves explain which La Niña events will linger
Many La Niña events last just one season, but historical records reveal that nearly half linger for two years or more, a phenomenon scientists …
July 18, 2014
Ancient seawater found in Chesapeake Bay impact crater
When the bolide struck in the Late Eocene, it shattered the bedrock, truncated aquifers and left a crater roughly twice the size of Rhode Island …
July 11, 2014
On the Web: Ka-pow! Superhero short films get kids thinking about climate change
The Green Ninja may sound like a spin-off of the “Power Rangers,” the live-action children’s television series featuring color-coded superheroes. …
July 10, 2014
Striped pyrites link earthquakes to gold deposition
Pyrite, or “fool’s gold,” is an iron sulfide mineral commonly found in hydrothermal ore deposits. In such deposits, gold atoms can substitute for …
July 10, 2014
Desert dust influences monsoon rains
A team led by V. Vinoj of the Indian Institute of Technology in Bhubaneswar and Philip Rasch of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in …
July 10, 2014
A watery surprise from Earth's depths: Mineral provides first direct evidence for water in mantle's transition zone
Studies of seismic waves traveling through Earth have long suggested that the mantle is like a layer cake, with regions of differing composition. …
July 1, 2014
Getting there and getting around the Causeway Coast
To visit the Causeway Coast, fly into Dublin or Belfast and rent a car or take a bus to Ballycastle, Bushmills or Portstewart. During the summer …
July 1, 2014
The legend of Finn Maccool's Causeway
A long time ago, when giants ruled the Earth, a massive Irishman named Finn MacCool was challenged to a fight by the Scottish giant Benandonner. …
July 1, 2014
Between rocks and hard places
If you are interested in exploring Northern Ireland but are unsure about going it alone, the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland offers …
July 1, 2014
Travels in Geology: Basalt cliffs and columns along Nothern Ireland's Causeway Coast Way
Like its neighbor to the south, Northern Ireland is renowned for its green vegetation, but the rocks that underlie this part of the Emerald Isle …
June 30, 2014
Crowdfunding spotlight
NAME: Rebecca Fowler & Francesco Fiondella, science writers at Columbia University CROWDFUNDING PLATFORM: Kickstarter FUNDING GOAL/AMOUNT RAISED: …
June 30, 2014
Crowdfunding science: A new piece of the research grant puzzle
As a leading researcher in the field of atmospheric science, University of Washington scientist Dan Jaffe had never had trouble securing funding …
June 26, 2014
Energy Notes: January 2013-2014
U.S. Oil & Petroleum Imports (million of barrels per day) Oil and petroleum imports data are preliminary numbers taken from the American …