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- Subsidence in the Houston Area
- EIA Energy Kids
- North Dakota Potash by Solution Mining?
- Bakken Helps North Dakota Set Drilling Records
- Exceptional Drought Conditions in Hawaii
- New United Nations Geopark Sites
- Earth Science Week Begins!
- Copper Prices are Rising – Copper Theft Rising With Them
| Subsidence in the Houston Area Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:59 PM PDT Ten years of GPS data reveals that an area northwest of Houston is subsiding by up to about 2 inches per year. The subsidence is being blamed on ground water withdrawal. |
| Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:45 PM PDT The U.S. Energy Information Administration has a website named “Energy Kids” that features educational and fun activities that help kids learn about energy. The site has games, activities, history, calculators, glossary and much more. “Exploring Energy” is the theme of Earth Science Week – October 10th-16th, 2010. |
| North Dakota Potash by Solution Mining? Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:35 PM PDT Potash is a name used for potassium compounds such as potassium chloride that can be mined and used to produce fertilizer. Some of these minerals as soluble and could be produced by solution mining. Subsurface deposits in the Williston Basin are being considered for solution mining. |
| Bakken Helps North Dakota Set Drilling Records Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:21 PM PDT Oil and natural gas drilling records are falling in North Dakota. There are 156 active rigs working in the state, breaking a record set in 1981. The state produced 9.9 million barrels of oil from 5,051 active wells in July – both numbers were records. Much of the recent activity gain is from the Bakken [...] |
| Exceptional Drought Conditions in Hawaii Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:20 PM PDT Drought conditions in some parts of Hawaii have reached the “Exceptional Level”. “EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT…OR D4 CATEGORY ON THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP…CONTINUED IN THE SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE KAU DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND. NO OTHER AREA IN THE U.S. HAD D4 CONDITIONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30. ” Quoted from [...] |
| New United Nations Geopark Sites Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:00 PM PDT Eleven sites have been named as United Nations Geoparks. Each of them is considered to be a world-class natural treasure. Basque Coast, Gipuzkoa, Euskadi/País Vasco, Spain Dong Van Karst Plateau, Ha Giang province, Vietnam Jeju Island, Republic of Korea Leye-Fengshan, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China Ningde, Fujian, People’s Republic of China Cilento and Vallo di [...] |
| Posted: 10 Oct 2010 01:16 PM PDT Earth Science Week begins today, October 10th and continues through October 16. The theme is “Exploring Energy” and the goal is to engage young people and the public in learning about Earth’s energy resources. See what’s happening at the Earth Science Week website. |
| Copper Prices are Rising – Copper Theft Rising With Them Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:54 PM PDT Copper prices are approaching all time highs and as that happens thieves are becoming more interested in the metal. Nationwide theft reports of copper pipe, copper sheet and copper wire from construction sites are in the news. |
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