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Saudi Arabia Continues to Hold Its Asian Market Share
Energy Information Administration

NASA Still Can’t Identify the Bright Spots on Ceres
NASA

M8.3 Earthquake Off the Coast of Chile
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

USGS Releases New Topo Maps for Florida
United States Geological Survey

Hard Rock Emerald Mines in Afghanistan
Gemological Institute of America

Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Cherokee Platform Province (KS, OK, MO)
United States Geological Survey

Chimpanzees Plan and Execute an Attack on a Drone
The Sydney Morning Herald

Gemfields to Acquire Two Emerald Mines in Colombia
Mining.com

Blue Flaming Sulfur Flows and the Largest Highly Acidic Lake in the World at Kawah Ijen Volcano
Geology.com

NEW: Geology Underfoot in Western Washington
Geology.com Store

Utah: Eight Dead, Five Missing in Flash Floods
The Washington Post

Colorado: A Dry Landslide with 3 Miles of Runout
9News.com

Japan: Mount Aso Erupts
The Guardian

California: Sierra Nevada Snowpack at 500-Year Low
Voice of America

Famous Diamonds Examined by the Gemological Institute of America
Gemological Institute of America

The World’s Largest Diamond Producer Slashes Output
Mining.com

Shell Bringing World’s Deepest Floating Oil Production Vessel to Gulf of Mexico
NOLA.com

American Energy to Acquire 55 Million Shale Acres in Australia
MySanAntonio.com

An Idea for Next Summer: Geoscientists-in-the-Parks
National Park Service

Diamond Mines Lower Production Targets on Weak Demand
Mining.com

Nevada Gold Production Slumps to 1988 Lows
Mining.com

Ohio Issues Permit No. 2000 for Utica shale
Columbus BizJournals

Cobalt Diffusion Treatment of Natural Spinel
Gemological Institute of America

Just Three Producers Drive 2Q Shale Oil/Gas Production in Ohio
NaturalGasIntel.com

Scientists See Deeper Yellowstone Magma
The University of Utah

Global Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Slows
Energy Information Administration

Using Drones for Earth Science Studies
EOS Earth & Space Science News

City of Anchorage: Taking a Bigger Stake in the Beluga River Gas Field ?
Alaska Dispatch News

Goldman Sachs: A Scenario for $20 Oil
CNBC

A Tree That Is Close to Fireproof
The Washington Post

Dash-Cam Footage of a Fireball Blazing Over Bangkok
Time

The United States is Swamped with Excess Ethane
BreakingEnergy.com

Half of South Africa’s Gold Mines Are Operating at a Loss
Mining.com

The World’s Youngest Glacier – at Mount St. Helens
Seattle Times

Attention News Subscribers

On September 18, 2015, Geology.com will begin publishing news items on the right side of its homepage instead of on its news page. We will publish more news items, more frequently, as we become aware of them – instead of just once per day. Visiting our homepage will give you access to many news stories, often before they appear on your television news or in your daily newspaper. Please bookmark our homepage and visit often.

Also, beginning on September 18, 2015, we will no longer send news emails a few times per week as we have done for the past ten years. To continue seeing daily news, simply type geology.com into your browser or use a bookmark to access our site. Thank you.

The Geology of Pluto
NASA images on Geology.com

Rock Creek Sapphire Deposit (Montana)
Gemological Institute of America

The Unstable Landslide Dams of Eastern Oregon
United States Geological Survey

USGS Groundwater Technical Procedures
United States Geological Survey

USGS Landslide Factsheet
United States Geological Survey on Geology.com

Have These Divers Found the World’s Deepest Underwater Cave?
National Geographic

New Heap Leaching Technologies
Mining.com

Archaeologists Determine How Crew Survived 1813 Shipwreck in Alaska
National Science Foundation

Cobalt Diffusion Treatment of Natural Spinel
Gemological Institute of America

Don’t Write on Rocks While Doing Fieldwork
KSL.com

Types of Rock Art: Petroglyphs, Pictographs, and Vandalism
Geology.com

Output Per Miner-Hour Rises as Smaller Coal Mines Close
Energy Information Administration

Fossils Found in African Cave Are New Relative of the Human Species
The Washington Post

Watch Paleoartists Sculpt the Face of Our Newest Human Relative
The Washington Post

This Volcano Erupts Electric-Blue Streams Of Molten Sulfur
SmithsonianMag.com

Campaign to Save Australia’s Coal Sector Heavily Mocked in Social Media
Mining.com

100,000 Flee Floods in Japan After ‘Once-in-50-Years’ Rain
Reuters

Contact Between Two Rock Units – On Mars !
NASA

Rocks on Mars Are Similar to Rocks on Earth
Geology.com

Gold King Mine Spill: Water & Sediment Sample Locations
Arizona Geological Survey

Gold King Mine Spill Response
Arizona Emergency Information Network

Bogenfels Rock Arch, Sperrgebiet, Namibia
Georneys @ AGU Blogosphere

Rethinking New Zealand’s Alpine Fault
Victoria University of Wellington

Blood Diamonds in Cameroon and Central Africa
Reuters

What Are Blood Diamonds
Geology.com

A New Elevation for Denali
United States Geological Survey

Other Mountains Native Americans Would Like to Rename
National Geographic

Putting Prehistory in the Hands of Students
DonorsChoose.org

Deltas Building on the Louisiana Coast
NASA Earth Observatory

Photo Sequence: Spectacular Rock Fall in Yosemite National Park
Geology.com

Rock Fall Hazards in Yosemite National Park
Geology.com

Carlsbad, CA: Pleistocene Fossil Trove Found at Construction Site
ABC News

Assessing The Eagle Ford’s Geology
Forbes

Trace the Journey of One of the World’s Rarest and Largest Diamonds
CNN Style

Walking Drill Rigs Complete Multiple Wells Per Pad Quickly
Bloomberg Business

Melting Ice Has Not Opened Arctic Waters – Yet
The New York Times

NASA’s Earth Minute: Earth Has a Fever
NASA on YouTube

Crowd-Funding Supports PhD Meteorite Research
ABC News (Australia)

Meteorite Identification
Geology.com

Tracking the Illegal Ivory Tusk Trade
National Geographic

What Happened to Early Mars’ Atmosphere?
NASA

The Lake and the Sherpa: A Story of Geology, Danger and Why People Live With It
Arizona State University

New Horizons Has Gone to Pluto, Now Comes the Great Beyond
The Washington Post

A Sustained Supply Glut in the Diamond Industry ?
Rapaport

Ice-Rafted Erratic Boulders
HugeFloods.com on YouTube

Seas Around the World Have Risen an Average of Nearly 3 Inches Since 1992
NASA

NASA’s Worried That Greenland’s Melting Could Speed Up
The Washington Post

This Is Denali, Up Close and Spectacular
National Geographic

Appalachian Basin Gas Pipeline Expansion Projects
National Geographic

The World’s First Clean Oil Sands Project
Mining.com

What Are Oil Sands?
Geology.com

The Lowest Gasoline Prices in 11 Years
Energy Information Administration

The World’s Top 5 Mining Companies Have Lost $540 Billion in Market Value
Mining.com

NASA’s Earth Minute: Sea Level Rise
NASA on YouTube

Research on Sea Level Rise in Greenland
NASA

A Large Rockfall on the Tour Ronde, Mont Blanc
The Landslide Blog

North is Not Up, Nor is South Down
Terra Central

Reidite: A Rare Mineral Used to Identify Extremely Old Impact Structures
Mining.com

Marcellus Shale: Set to Become a Net Exporter of Gas This Year
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Esperenza: A Diamond of Exceptional Color and Clarity from Crater of Diamonds (Arkansas)
The Star Phoenix

Crater of Diamonds: The Only Diamond Mine in the World Where You Can Be the Miner
Geology.com

Video: Entrenched Meander
Geologist describes: meandering streams, entrenched meanders, oxbow lakes.
HugeFloods.com on YouTube

NASA’s Next Horizon in Space
The New York Times

Why Many Native Alaskans Support Arctic Drilling
Bloomberg Business

Wind Power in Alaska is Taking Off
Energy Information Administration

Hawaii Governor Dumps Oil & Gas For 100%
Renewables
The Nation

Cape Verde Hit by First Hurricane in a Century
NASA Earth Observatory

The Fingerprints of Sea Level Rise
NASA

Watching Rising Seas From Space
NASA on YouTube

Sea-Level Rise Modeling Handbook: Resource Guide for Coastal Land Managers, Engineers, and Scientists
United States Geological Survey

Interactive Sea-Level Rise Maps
Geology.com

Were Earth’s Largest Extinctions Caused by Toxic Metals ?
United States Geological Survey

Landslide Problems in Colorado Springs
KRDO.com

Sitka, Alaska Landslide: The Potential Power of Geomorphic Mapping
The Landslide Blog

Global Sea Level Rise of Three Inches – Is That a Lot?
Christian Science Monitor

Three Hurricanes Over the Pacific – NASA Image
NASA

Very Low Probability Hurricanes With an Enormous Impact
Three cities that are especially vulnerable: Tampa, Florida; Cairns, Australia; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Christian Science Monitor

Overview of Huge Floods of Lava and Water in the Pacific Northwest
HugeFloods.com on YouTube

Rocks of the Green River Formation contain a fantastic collection of superbly-preserved fossils. They tell the story of what the environment was like about 50 million years ago in what is now parts of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

Greenland Campaign Takes Flight to Measure Ice Sheet
NASA

3D Maps Illustrate Formation of the Hangai Dome, Central Mongolia
AGU Blogosphere

Coal Consumption in India Outpaces Domestic Production
Energy Information Administration

Mt Ruapehu Avalanches Spark Volcano Worries
Stuff.co.NZ

Mount McKinley’s Name to Revert to “Denali”
The Washington Post

Kazakhstan’s Dominance of World Uranium Production
Mining.com

Nearly Half of Americans Exposed to Potentially Damaging Earthquakes
United States Geological Survey

The World’s Most Dangerous Volcano (Vesuvius) May Kill Another City
Wired Science

The World’s Biggest Hydropower Project May be Causing Giant Landslides in China
Quartz

Tracking A Mysterious Group of Asteroid Outcasts
NASA

Florida’s African Connection
Florida Geological Survey

Map Shows Content and Origins of the Nation’s Geologic Basement
United States Geological Survey

NASA: California Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink
NASA

The Geology of Star Trek
Forbes.com

Pilanesberg Ring Dike Complex
NASA Earth Observatory

Photograph: The World’s Best Opal
ArtDaily.org

After Ten Years of Digging: A Breakthrough at Grand Canyon Caverns
CavingNews.com

Google Earth software allows you to browse seamless world satellite images. Google Earth is a free download from Google that installs on most desktop computers and some mobile devices.

Learn About Google Earth – A Free Download from Google
Geology.com

What’s Driving the Global Glut of Oil ?
PBS Newshour

Mercury-Laden Fog Over Coastal California
National Science Foundation

About 80% of Colombia’s Gold Output Comes From Illegal Miners
Mining.com

Drones and Data Could Dominate Future Oil Fields
Fuel Fix

Scientists Discover Mechanism Behind “Strange” Earthquakes
University of Southern California

Desert Storm Intensity May Affect Ocean Phytoplankton
MIT News

Production Record Set Last Week for Marcellus / Utica Plays
Energy Information Administration

Google Maps: Natural Gas Drilling Site – Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Google Maps

Tropical Storm Erika Kills 20 on Dominica
Philly.com

Geology of Seattle and the Puget Sound
HugeFloods.com on YouTube

Earthquake Insurance Might Not Cover “Man-Made” Earthquakes
KFOR.com

Homeowners Insurance Often Does Not Cover Earthquakes, Floods, Hurricanes, Landslides, Subsidence, Soil Problems and Many Other Problems That You Think It Should Cover
Geology.com

Crude-by-Barge Shipments Are Dropping
Platts

Marcellus Natural Gas Migrating into Water Supply Wells
State Impact – NPR

Aerial View of Russian Mud Volcano
The Weather Network

Budgets for Oil Drilling Likely to Decline Again in 2016
The Oklahoman

Field Sampling Plan: Characterization of Naturally Occurring
Radioactive Materials in the Oil and Gas Field
Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association / Marcellus Shale Coalition

Colorful Calendar Celebrates 12 Years of NASA’s Spitzer
NASA

Bottled water sales are exploding again! During 2014 Americans consumed about 10.9 billion gallons of bottled water.

Some types of bottled water are geological products. These include: mineral water, ground water, well water, artesian water, spring water and sparkling water. The source of the water is often marked on the label.