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Scientific American
2002 was a tough year for the people who live along the shores of Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It started off with a bang, when the Nyiragongo volcano erupted in January. And it tailed off with a shudder, when a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the region in October. Both events devastated local communities — and their close timing struck some scientists as suspicious.
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Univeristy of Toronto Engineering News
In cities from Toronto to Tokyo, before you undertake a massive infrastructure project such as building a new subway, engineers have to predict how the ground might react to digging a gigantic hole underneath a city of skyscrapers. Professor Giovanni Grasselli, of the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, is a world leader at modelling complex rock formations and predicting how they might respond to physical force. His work could be applied to predicting how drilling a new downtown relief subway line in Canada's largest city could affect the stability of the rock underneath Torontonians' feet.
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The Christian Science Monitor
Just how fast — or slow — were pyroclastic flows from ancient supervolcanoes?
A new study investigated the question, using the eruption of the Silver Creek caldera in the Western United States, 18.8 million years ago. Researchers from the United States Geological Survey, the University at Buffalo, and France's Blaise Pascal University published their findings online in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
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AIPG
The AIPG National Awards will be presented at the AIPG National Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Sept. 12 at the Drury Plaza Hotel. The awardees are:
- Ben H. Parker Memorial Medal — Vincent Amy, CPG-02035, Florida;
- Martin Van Couvering Memorial Award — Foster Sawyer, CPG-10000, South Dakota;
- John T. Galey, Sr. Memorial Public Service Award — Logan MacMillan, CPG-04560, Colorado;
- Award of Honorary Membership — Larry Cerrillo, CPG-02763, Colorado;
- Outstanding Achievement Award — Pat Leahy, CPG-10507, Virginia.
Congratulations!
AIPG Michigan Section
The AIPG Michigan Section is hosting the 6th Annual AIPG Workshop. Environmental Risk Management. The workshops focus on providing quality, technical information and case studies from a broad base of topic expertise from consulting, regulatory, academic and owner perspectives in the environmental field. This unique workshop forum promotes collaboration for solving tough environmental problems through real site case studies as valuable technical learning tools to develop strategies for managing risks associated with releases of hazardous substances to the environment. The why, when, where and how of the Environmental Risk Management workshop will provide the same thoughtful, high quality technical presentations and discussions as have come to be expected of the Michigan Section's annual workshop. Environmental Risk Management is a critical part of evaluating hazardous substances that have been released to the environment that often pose a threat to human health, safety, welfare and the environment. As professionals working in the environmental industry, we make decisions regarding potential and real exposures daily using tools developed from the latest advances in science and technology, statutory requirements and professional experience. Participation includes environmental practitioners, owners, educators, regulators and vendors. We look forward to seeing you there!
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MINATURA2020
The MINATURA2020 project recently finalized its working definition of "Mineral Deposits of Public Importance" (MDoPI) and further enhances its pan-European approach through an online survey, the organisation of several national stakeholder workshops and the publication of promotional material in various languages.
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American Geosciences Institute
The Search Committee invites applications for the position of Executive Director for the American Geosciences Institute.
The Executive Director conducts the affairs of the Institute, with direction from the Executive Committee, including administering all planning and policies, supervising AGI staff and coordinating the various activities, projects and programs of the Institute. The Executive Director maintains and fosters relationships with the officers and administrators of the 51 AGI member societies, international and regional associates, and with other geosciences and science-related organizations in addition to academia, government agencies and industry representatives.
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| March 21-22 |
GSA South-Central Section |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| March 21-23 |
GSA Northeastern Section |
Albany, New York |
| March 21-24 |
118th National Western Mining Conference & Expo |
Denver |
| March 31-April 1 |
GSA Southeastern Section |
Columbia, South Carolina |
| April 4-6 |
GSA Cordilleran Section |
Ontario, California |
| April 5-6 |
AIPG Water Resources Unplugged Conference |
Orlando, Florida |
| April 18-19 |
GSA North-Central Section |
Champaign, Illinois |
| May 18-19 |
GSA Rocky Mountain Section |
Moscow, Idaho |
| June 14-15 |
6th Annual AIPG Michigan Section Technical Workshop — Environmental Risk Management: Why, When, Where and How |
Roscommon County, Michigan |
| June 25 |
AIPG Executive Committee Meeting |
Thornton, Colorado |
| Aug. 8-11 |
NCSL Legislative Summit |
Chicago |
| Aug. 17-18 |
17th Annual Energy Exposition |
Loveland, Colorado |
| Aug. 27-Sept. 4 |
35th International Geological Congress |
Cape Town, South Africa |
| Sept. 10-13 |
AIPG 2016 National Conference |
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Sept. 25-28 |
GSA National Conference |
Denver |
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Forbes
Tornadoes remain one of the most elusive and fascinating phenomena in meteorology. They can literally change the lives of families and entire cities. Scientists understand the general conditions that are conducive to the formation of tornadoes, but the lead time for warning for a specific tornado is still under 15 minutes. However, potentially breakthrough research offers the promise of forecasting tornadoes two to three weeks in advance. Sort of.
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KNTV-TV
Geologists with the USGS said the potential for landslides in Pacifica has now reached a risky level, adding to the concerns homeowners along the coast have over erosion. Just this month, Pacifica has seen about five inches of rain. Scientists now said the ground in the area is maxed out.
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Phys.org
Cloud-based virtual globes developed by a team led by University of Sydney geologists mean anyone with a smartphone, laptop or computer can now visualize, with unprecedented speed and ease of use, how the Earth evolved geologically. Reported today in PLOS ONE, the globes have been gradually made available since September 2014. Some show Earth as it is today while others allow reconstructions through "geological time," harking back to the planet's origins.
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Smithsonian
Naples, Italy, sits on top of a bed of soft, volcanic rock that is easy to carve out, making it a popular site for digging cisterns and subterranean passageways. But for decades, no one realized that beneath Naples' Monte di Dio neighborhood sits a network of underground tunnels and caves. That is, until a 90-year-old survivor of World War II wrote a letter that alerted a pair of geologists to the tunnels' existence. Now, about a decade since geologists Gianluca Minin and Enzo De Luzio first discovered the massive tunnel system, excavation work has finished, and the tunnels are finally open to the public to explore.
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Is there life on the fourth rock from the sun? The tantalizing question may soon be answered by a joint European-Russian mission to find out whether the Red Planet's mysterious emissions of methane, the main constituent of natural gas, are of geological or biological origin. The ExoMars mission, which lifted off on March 14, consists of an orbiter and a lander, paired together in one spacecraft.
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Gizmodo
Two years ago, a crack appeared on an ice shelf along a stretch of Antarctic coast. The fissure has grown substantially since then, raising concerns that it will break free and form an iceberg over twice the size of Manhattan.
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Science Alert
Earth is full of bizarre landscapes. Some are land formations molded over thousands of years, while others are human-made creations that have altered the planet in strange ways.
From the bubbling lava lakes of Ethiopia, to a lake that has been nestled in the desert for 2,000 years, here are 29 landscapes that are so incredible, it's hard to believe they're real.
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