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Phys.org
Volcanoes are an explosive and mysterious process by which molten rock from Earth's interior escapes back into the atmosphere. Why the volcano erupts — and where it draws its lava from — could help trace the lifecycle of materials that make up our planet. New University of Washington research shows that a common type of volcano is not just spewing molten rock from the mantle, but contains elements that suggest something more complicated is drawing material out of the descending plate of Earth's crust.
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scientists reviewing 85 million years of fish fossil records say that the basic structure of the ocean ecosystem — the ratio of bony fish compared to elasmobranchs such as sharks, skates and rays — has remained stable for periods of tens of millions of years, despite extreme environmental changes caused by past climate shifts of the past.
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The Times of India
Ancient geologic events may have left deep "scars" that can play a crucial role in earthquakes, mountain formation and other ongoing geomorphological processes on our planet, says a new study. An international team of geologists has created super-computer models that suggest former plate boundaries could stay hidden deep beneath the Earth's surface.
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AIPG
Compiled by Mark B. Carpenter and Christopher M. Keane
For more than 40 years, AGI's Data Sheets have been a critical tool for the geoscientist in field, the lab, and the classroom. For decades its bright orange cover and three-ring binding was distinctive in the geoscience community. The book evolved into its current, full-color and spiral bound format with the 2005 debut of the 4th edition.
Now AGI has tapped some of the best minds in the geosciences to produce this 5th edition. Featuring the contributions of over 240 experts worldwide in their respective fields, this new, expanded edition is over 470 full-color pages. Three years of work went into the Handbook to broaden its scope across the disciplines. With more than 170 complete new data sheets, and full revisions of prior data sheets, over 85% of the content is either new or revised for the fifth edition. The Geoscience Handbook is the quick reference tool for key metrics and concepts, a guide to cornerstone papers and recent developments, as well as short tutorials on topics that may not be familiar to all geoscientists.
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European Federation of Geologists
The European Geologist title (EurGeol) is a professional title created by the European Federation of Geologists, which recognises the ability to deliver a high quality of services within the practice of geology. Title holders have achieved suitable academic training and a level of professional experience, skill and competence to perform tasks within their professional practice. It also means that the geologist undertakes continuing education and training, demonstrating a personal commitment to stay up to date and informed within the sphere of his professional work.
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Resources for Future Generations
The IUGS Resources for Future Generations (RFG2018) international geoscience conference will be hosted in Canada, in Vancouver British Columbia, in June of 2018; and our Board recently decided that Geoscientists Canada will formally join the organizational structure of this event as a Technical Partner.
With a global reach and themes covering all of the key geoscience sectors across all of professional practice — Minerals, Energy, Water, the Earth, and Resources and Society — we feel this conference will be of direct technical interest to geoscientists worldwide, including CGPs and all other members of the AIPG community. The event website is www.rfg2018.org. Call for Sessions flyer and conference brochure.
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AIPG
The AIPG quarterly journal, The Professional Geologist, April/May/June 2016 issue is available online in pdf and digital version (active links and pages flip like paper copy). This issue includes: AIPG National Conference information; Tales from the Field — Light at the End of the Tunnel; AIPG National Officer Ballot; The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceaus Strata in Western Staten Island, New York; Our Saves Count Also; Geothermal Energy-Current Status and Future Possibilities; The Reading Geologist — Book Reviews; and much more — now available online. All back issues of TPG are available online.
AIPG
The purpose of the AIPG Student Chapter of the Year Award is to recognize the most outstanding student chapter for their participation in, and contribution to, the American Institute of Professional Geologists. The award will consist of a plaque to be presented to the student chapter, a certificate to each of the officers of the chapter at the time of their submittal, a $500 award for the chapter, and a trip for one member of the winning student chapter to the annual AIPG conference and executive meetings. The student that attends the annual meeting will observe the organization and functions of AIPG and participate in the executive board meeting.
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AIPG
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Smithsonian.com
A pilot project that sought to demonstrate that carbon dioxide emissions could be locked up by turning them into rock appears to be a success. Tests at the CarbFix project in Iceland indicate that most of the CO2 injected into basalt turned into carbonate minerals in less than two years, far shorter a time than the hundreds or thousands of years that scientists had once thought such a process would take.
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University of Queensland via Science Daily
The mining, navigation, minerals exploration and environmental hydrology sectors are set to benefit from new University of Queensland research into quantum technology. UQ School of Mathematics and Physics theoretical physicist Dr. Simon Haine has demonstrated a technique that can be universally applied to theoretical calculations of matter-wave dynamics and used to improve the sensitivity of measurement devices.
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Australian Mining
Geologists have known for centuries that coal is an accumulation of plant material that, once buried in the Earth's sedimentary layers, gets compressed by gravity into a denser, compact form. Yet, in recent years, scientists have hotly debated the early phases of coal formation. The discussion hinges on whether coal formed due to the absence of certain organisms that actively break down the woody tissues of dead trees, or whether other nonbiological factors were the reason.
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Engadget
A team at Stanford has pioneered a new use of satellite imagery that could help its home state avoid future water supply issues. Previous Stanford research had already proved satellite images (specifically Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) of minute changes in ground elevation could provide reliable clues to underground water flow. The problem was, only tiny sections of the images provide useful data, and analyzing them is a laborious, manual process. Hopefully not for long.
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The Associated Press via The News Tribune
Western Colorado has 40 times more natural gas than previously thought, but an immediate boom is unlikely because of low gas prices, government and industry experts said June 8. The U.S. Geological Survey said the Mancos Shale formation in Colorado's Piceance Basin holds about 66.3 trillion cubic feet of gas, up from 1.6 trillion estimated in 2003.
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Creamer Media's Engineering News
The discovery and proposed exploitation of a natural gas dome containing methane and some of the highest concentrations of helium in the world — South Africa's first onshore gas find — in the Free State has created much excitement and visions of a local gas hub. But what are the origins of this helium-rich resource?
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New Zealand Herald
It has been nicknamed Gateway of the Underworld. And not only is the Batagaika crater in Siberia widening each year, but it's producing dangerous levels of gas, which should ring alarm bells for the world. That is the view of experts who warn while sinkholes such as these are naturally occurring, the world is beginning to see more of them, particularly in colder areas of the planet.
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