Geology News

Gem Corundum from Snezhnoe, Tajikistan
Gemological Institute of America

Properties and Uses of Corundum
Geology.com

Isn’t Pennsylvania Already Mapped?
Pennsylvania Geology (editorial, page 2)

Inspecting Oil Rigs With Drones Captures Huge Savings
Bloomberg

Oil Sands Producer to Begin Test Operation in Utah
Mining.com

What Are Oil Sands ?
Geology.com

Saudi Arabia Discovers That World Producers Are Not Very Responsive to Low Prices
Mining.com

Alaska Governor Plans to Call for TransCanada Buyout in Gas Project
Alaska Dispatch News

Arizona Mining Review (Gold King Mine Spill / Global Mining Law Center)
Arizona Geological Survey

0:00 Arizona Mining Update with Nyal Niemuth

7:44 Gold King Mine Spill – An elegant solution for remediating acid mine drainage, Gail Heath (Research Professor, Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources, University of Arizona)

19:30 University of Arizona Global Mining Law Center with Professor John Lacy

The Acid Test: Geologists use dilute hydrochloric acid to identify carbonate minerals and detect their presence in rocks.

Cassini’s Final Breathtaking Close Views of Dione
NASA

Australia Shifts Investment From Wind to Other Renewables
Energy Information Administration

Drilling Deeper Water Wells Contributes To California’s Subsidence Problem
National Public Radio

Oil’s Latest Casualty: Mexico
CNBC

Myths and Facts About Mining Reform
Arizona Daily Independent

Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier Calves a 12.4 Square Kilometer Slab of Ice
BBC

Google Maps Can Now Tell If It’s Worth Installing Solar Panels On Your Roof
TheVerge

The ability to identify rocks and minerals in the field is a very important skill. The Geology.com store has a selection of rock, mineral, fossil and gem mineral kits that can be used for learning and practice. Testing tools are also available.

NASA: California Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink
NASA

The Complexities of a Severance Tax on Natural Gas in Pennsylvania
Forbes

Portland’s 1800 Unreinforced Masonry Buildings and Earthquake Risk
KGW.com

Consequences of the Global Oil Bust
The Washington Post

Ecuador’s Cotopaxi Volcano Roars Back to Life
ABC News (Australia)

Teachers: Get the Earth Science Week Toolkit
EarthScienceWeek.org

First Offshore Wind Farm in the United States
Energy Information Administration

Mohs Hardness Scale is a set of reference minerals used to estimate the relative hardness of mineral specimens. It is widely used by students and geologists in field and laboratory studies.

New Topographic and Orthoimage Maps for Wyoming – Free Downloads from USGS
United States Geological Survey

How Life and Luck Changed Earth’s Minerals
Wired Science

Washington, D.C., Sinking Fast, Adding to Threat of Sea-Level Rise
The University of Vermont

Antarctic Detector Confirms Observation of Cosmic Neutrinos
National Science Foundation

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Finds No Impacts on Streams from Marcellus Shale Drilling
The Towanda Daily Review

Who Is Responsible for Paying the Severance Tax? Producers? Landowners? In Kentucky, Producers Will Pay 100%
The Kansas City Star

Severance Taxes
Energy Information Administration

Washington D.C. and the Surging Sea
ClimateCentral.org

Interactive Submergence Risk Map for Washington D.C.
ClimateCentral.org

Peridotite is a host rock of chromite, a source rock of diamonds, a potential sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide and the rock that makes up much of Earth’s mantle. Did you realize it was so important?

Related: Misconception: Diamonds Don’t Form From Coal

Russia is the Largest Exporter of Crude and Lease Condensate
Energy Information Administration

Linking the Cost of Flood Insurance to the Level of Risk
Arizona Geology

The Geology Of Star Trek
Forbes

Anatomy of the Gold King Mine Spill – Was It Caused by An Ice Plug ?
Arizona Daily Independent

Hurricane Danny Track Map
NOAA

How Are Hurricanes Named?
Geology.com

Maps of U.S. Power Plants by Fuel Source
The Washington Post

The Differences Between “Active”, “Dormant”, and “Extinct” Volcanoes – and Why those Labels are Difficult to Define
Wired Science

Removing Carbon From the Atmosphere for Use as a Manufacturing Feedstock
MIT Technology Review

Southern California Tsunami Simulation
Los Angeles Times

Google is Uncertain About “What Happened to the Dinosaurs?”
SearchEngineRoundTable

Q&A on Sea Surface Topography
NASA

What’s Up With the Quakes Before a Volcano Erupts?
Wired Science

Humans Responsible for Demise of Gigantic Ancient Mammals
University of Exeter

Restless Volcano Near a Japanese Nuclear Plant
Public Radio International

NASA: There is No Asteroid Threatening Earth
NASA

The Price of West Texas Intermediate Crude Fell to $40.80/Barrel Yesterday
Forbes

Gulf of Mexico Oil Lease Auction Attracted Lowest Interest Since 1986
The New York Times

Inaugural Newsletter on Military Geosciences
Arizona Geology

Geologic Map of Baranof Island, Southeastern Alaska
United States Geological Survey

Maars are the second most common volcanic feature on Earth.

The largest maars are found on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. Do you know what they are and how they form?

Ternary Diagraph Paper: Free Printable Graph Paper
WaterproofPaper.com

The Way We Measure Earthquakes is Stupid !
Wired Science

Sakurajima in Japan Might Be Headed Towards a Large Eruption
Wired Science

Arizona Cleaning Up After the House Rock Flood
Arizona Daily Independent

State of Emergency in Ecuador as Cotopaxi Volcano Spews Ash
Aljazeera Latin America

Ancient Flood Basalt Eruptions Could Have Altered Climate
NASA

Former Marine, 66, Survives Hand-to-Claw Combat With Bear
Washington Post

One Decade after Launch, Mars Orbiter Still Going Strong
NASA

July Was Likely Earth’s Hottest Month in Earth’s Hottest Year
The Washington Post

Raven Maps are beautiful examples of shaded-relief wall maps that display the elevation of a US state in vibrant colors.

These large maps look great in a classroom, den or office. They can be perfect for marking your corporate locations.

Devonian Shales in the Broadtop Synclinorium, Appalachian Basin
United States Geological Survey

Scientists Share Their Funniest Blunders
The Washington Post

EPA’s Report on the Gold King Mine Spill
The United States Environmental Protection Agency

Shell Gets Final Approval to Drill for Arctic Oil
Time

Arctic Ocean Seafloor Features
Geology.com

Enormous Boulders Moved by Arizona Flooding
Arizona Geology

Washington DC is Sinking
Discovery News

Obama Administration Allows Oil Trading with Mexico
The U.S. can sell locally abundant light crude to Mexico and Mexico can sell heavy crude to the U.S.
The New York Times

Seaweed Smothers Caribbean Beaches
The Washington Post

Using Parents’ Highest Education Level as a Proxy for the Socioeconomic Status of Science and Engineering Students
American Geosciences Institute

Gulf of Aden Earthquake
This earthquake occurred yesterday on the transform fault that separates the West Sheba Ridge from the East Sheba Ridge – a spreading center between Africa and Asia
United States Geological Survey

Olivine is the name of a group of rock-forming minerals. These minerals are usually found in mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks. They are also found in Earth’s mantle and in some meteorites. Although olivine is not often used in industry, high clarity specimens with good color are cut into a gemstone known as peridot.

Most Chinese Rare Earth Miners Running at a Loss
Mining.com

Rare Earth Elements and their Uses
Geology.com

Watch the Arctic get smaller via National Geographic maps
The Boston Globe

Video: Ash and Steam Eruption at Colima Volcano (Mexico)
The Guardian

37 Photos of the Perseid Meteor Shower
The Independent

Cassini to Make Last Close Flyby of Saturn’s Moon Dione
NASA

Geologist Comments on EPA’s Gold King Mine Spill
Breitbart.com

Smoke over the Bohai Sea
NASA Earth Observatory

Rite in the Rain bound books are manufactured with true outdoor-durable components. This bound book with factory-numbered pages and project identification form (project/client location, date) on every page is suitable for taking important notes that might be required for regulatory review or legal testimony. Included are 20 reference pages and removable photographic scale. Book has 63 leaves (136 pages) and measures 7 1/2″ x 4 3/4″.

Photograph: The World’s Best Opal
ArtDaily.com

Many Types of Opal
Geology.com

The New El Niño Might Be a Record Strong Event
The Washington Post

El Niño Could Be Among Strongest on Record, Raising Risk of Floods
NBC News

Farming On the Edge of a Volcano
The Guardian

Shale-Gas Webinar to Analyze the Volumes of Natural Gas in Shale Formations
Penn State Extension

NASA’s Spitzer Confirms Closest Rocky Exoplanet
NASA

One of the world’s strangest volcanic landscapes is located 269 feet below sea level in the Danakil Depression of Ethiopia. It is the Dallol crater, where phreatic eruptions through salt created a maar with colorful and caustic salt deposits.

Related: What is a Maar?

Mars Trek: NASA Tool Allows You to Explore Mars
NASA

Rocks on Mars that Look Like Rocks on Earth
Geology.com

Solar Farms from Space
Atlas Obscura

Satellite Image: Flooding on the Irrawaddy River
NASA Earth Observatory

Keystone XL Review Drags on Five Times Longer Than Average
Associated Press

Better Estimates of Worldwide Mercury Pollution
MIT News

Expedition to the Aleutian Islands: Geoscientists Head to Remote Alaska Volcanoes
National Science Foundation