New York hydrofracking supporters hail Obama's speech, hope for end to Marcellus Shale moratorium Lower Hudson Online | WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s decision to support natural-gas drilling on federal lands is being hailed by supporters of hydraulic fracturing in New York. | Obama’s comments in Tuesday’s State of the Union speech “should send a message to all the folks back home that even the preside...
Deadly landslide hits Philippines Gulf News | Pantukan: At least 25 people were killed in the southern Philippines on Thursday when a landslide buried gold prospectors who had refused to leave an area declared too dangerous for habitation. | Up to 150 people were missing after the landslip hit a remote mountain community on Mindanao island th...
Curtin geologists make a 'shocking' discovery PhysOrg | Headed by microstructural geology experts Dr. Nick Timms and Professor Steven Reddy of the Western Australian School of Mines (WASM), the study documents the discovery of impact-related shock features in lunar zircon, giving scientists a new concep...
Geologists uncover how meteorites struck moon Zeenews Sydney: A wealth of evidence, provided by lunar rock samples, shows how meteorites struck the moon. | The study, headed by microstructural geology experts Nick Timms and Steven Reddy, professor, Western Australian School of Mines (WASM), documents th...
Geologists apply to map Hall Peninsula CBC | Geologists say Hall Peninsula, which is right next door to Iqaluit, is still a mystery. | A team of researchers at the Canada-Nunavut Geosciences Office is proposing to do a major project to fill in some gaps on the geological map. | David Mate, ch...
So-Cal geology hikes, part 2 The Examiner | Los Angeles is responsible for some of the world's greatest rock groups. No, not the Doors and the Eagles: its groups of rocks. Whether it's the volcanic rock of the Channel Islands, the sedimentary palisades along the coastline, the win...
Jaitapur in quake-prone zone, make data public: US geologist DNA India | The geological study of the Jaitapur region, where the Central government intends to put up a nuclear power plant, is not publicly available. | Prof Roger Bilham, a geologist from Colorado University in the US, said he and his friends in India had ...
Jaitapur site vulnerable to earthquakes: US-based geologist DNA India | A US-based geologist has dismissed Maharashtra government's claim over the safety of the proposed nuclear plant site at Jaitapur, stating that the site is vulnerable to quakes. | "Since Jaitapur lies in the same compressional stress regime that has...
Google unearths a Doodle for the 'Father of Geology' The Examiner | The latest Doodle from the crew at Google pays tribute to the birthday of a 17th century scientist by the name of Nicolas Steno. | The Google Doodle features a colorful representation of the geologic layers of the Earth, ornately drawn in the ...
Geology secrets shown up in scans Canberra Times Shockwaves from some of the largest earthquakes in the world have been used like a CAT scan to reveal clues about how the Australian land mass was formed. | Scientists from the Australian National University believe they have uncovered the geological...
Nicolas Steno Google Logo Honors Geologist's 374th Birthday Huffington Post | Google's homepage logo on January 11 was transformed to celebrate the 374th birthday of Nicolas Steno (1638 - 1686), a pioneer in the fields of geology and botany. | This Google doodle features a stylized animation of the earth's layers, with green...
Google logo - Nicolas Steno, "Father of geology" The Examiner | The Google logo for January 11th is for a not-too-well-known Niels Stenson, latinized to Nicolas Steno, born on January 11th, 1638. | Steno was known for his work in both anatomy and geology. The Google logo shows both of these in laye...
US stock index futures signal mixed Wall Street open The Times Of India US stock index futures pointed to a mixed open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.2 percent, the Dow Jones futures down 0.1 percent and the Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.6 percent. | The US Federal Reserve looks set to keep monetary policy on hold on Wednesday, even as it releases forecasts expected to show inte...
Oceana's gold production down but within guidance Otago Daily Times | East-Otago based Oceana Gold's production for calendar year 2011 was down almost 6%, but was in line with guidance and also the crucial cash cost of production per ounce. | In a report yesterday outlining its fourth-quarter result, Oceana included some unaudited figures for the full year 2011, which will be released in full detail in mid-February...
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