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3 hrs ago | Hawaii Tribune-Herald

HVO honors poster winners

Fourth-grade student Jyron Young was awarded the Grand Prize in HVOAfA*s centennial poster contest for his stunning artwork depicting 100 years of volcano watching, top center.

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Related Topix: Hawaii, Science, Education Etc.

7 hrs ago | Los Angeles Times

Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Coso Junction

A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon 15 miles from Coso Junction in Inyo County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Inyo County, CA, US Geological Survey, Technical Services, Science, Inyokern, CA

10 hrs ago | Sun-Star

Some residents in Ronda barangay refuse to leave danger area

CAPITOL's Engineering Office has yet to check the reported cracks in the mountains of Ronda, saying the issue is not their concern yet.

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14 hrs ago | Medford Mail Tribune

A mesmerizing trip across the geology of the American West

Think of the West and what comes to mind are vertiginous peaks, sculpted tablelands and the infinite vistas of basin and range country.

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Related Topix: Science, San Diego County, CA

18 hrs ago | Houston Home-Journal

Laser tool maps quake-related devastation in 3D

A new laser guided tool is helping geologists map in 3D exactly how earthquakes wreck landscapes, down to a few square inches of the devasted zone.

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Related Topix: Science, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, World News, Mexico, UC Davis

21 hrs ago | Sheffield Telegraph

Sheffield's rock of ages

PETER Kennett has many years experience of trying to make people enthusiastic about geology in the face of the more cuddly areas of natural history.

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Related Topix: Science, South Yorkshire County, England, Derbyshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom

Sat Feb 11, 2012

The Daily Star

Moderate quake shakes Chile

The epicenter of the tremor, which occurred at 11:58 pm local time , was located 52 kilometers south southwest of the city of Concepcion, according to the US Geological Survey.

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Related Topix: US Geological Survey, Technical Services, Science

Patch.com

Sierra Club to Focus on Earthquakes

Earthquakes will be the focus of an upcoming meeting of the Sierra Club in Temecula.

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Related Topix: Temecula, CA, Science, Lake Elsinore, CA

Los Angeles Times

Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Salton Sea

A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday morning three miles from Niland east of the Salton Sea, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Niland, CA, US Geological Survey, Technical Services, Science, Calipatria, CA, El Centro, CA

Sun-Star

Negros fault line discovered since 2008

A Manila-based environment studies professor said the fault line that caused the strong earthquake in Central Visayas last Monday has been known since 2008.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Earthquake, Science, Philippines, World News

The Winnipeg Free Press

Farmers embroiled in fracking nightmare

Gillie Waddington of Enfield, N.Y., raises a fist during rally against hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. Smelling gas one morning, a southern Pennsylvania farmer almost passed out when he went outside to check on his bellowing cows.

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Related Topix: Science, Cornell University, Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Agriculture

Eco-Chick

Gretchen Jones at NYFW: Geologically Inspired

Gretchen Jones never fails to impress - her design aesthetic moves beyond her clothes and into her always thought-provoking presentations .

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

InMenlo.com

New volcano watch center opens in Menlo Park

The U.S. Geological Survey has opened the California Volcano Observatory at its headquarters in Menlo Park with the purpose of increasing awareness of and resiliency to volcano threats in California.

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Related Topix: California, Menlo Park, CA, Science

KMVT Twin Falls

MV Rumbles Not Earthquakes

Twin Falls Mysterious rumbles strike southern Magic Valley. KMVT received a few messages of people feeling and hearing a rumble Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: Twin Falls, ID, Science

Ocean Resources

There may be oil in those basins

Two years ago, Wilson, one of the highest-profile investors in the Calgary oil patch, forked over $3.4 million for a 20 per cent stake in Calgary-based Forent Energy Ltd., which is looking for oil in the Alton Block, near Stewiacke.

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Sun-Star

Families in Cebu town ordered to leave danger zone

After massive cracks were found in a mountain in Ronda town, authorities said the residents should be evacuated to safer ground.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Earthquake, Science

Richmond Hill Liberal

Rotary Club hosts talk on melting glaciers

ROTARY HOSTS TALK ON MELTING GLACIERS. Geologist Denis St-Onge spoke about melting glaciers at a recent Rotary Club of West Ottawa meeting on Jan.

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Earthweek

Philippine Quake Deaths

A powerful earthquake centered beneath the southwestern Philippines left at least 43 people dead as it rocked seven of the country's provinces.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Philippines, World News, Science

Thu Feb 09, 2012

CBS News

How Earth's next supercontinent will form

Orthoversion prediction of future supercontinent, Amasia, named for its fusing the Americas and Asia by closure of the Arctic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

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Space Ref

Jacob Bleacher Gives Free Talk at Library of Congress: 'NASA's Desert RATS,' Feb. 14

The Black Point Lava Flow in northern Arizona offers a research haven for NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies team of scientists and engineers, because this rough, dusty terrain, with its extreme temperatures that swing from hot to cold, resembles other places in the solar system.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Space, Science, Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters

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