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1 hr ago | AlertNet

COLUMN-U.S. aquifers fall as farmers take too much: Kemp

U.S. farmers are withdrawing unsustainable volumes of groundwater to irrigate their crops, resulting in an accelerating decline in aquifers across the central and western United States, according to a new report by the U.S. Geological Survey .

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Geological Survey, Technical Services, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

5 hrs ago | The Republic

Most flood gauges spared

Columbus' stream gauges on Haw and Clifty creeks, Flatrock and East Fork White rivers will be spared from cuts due to the federal budget sequestration, but a neighboring community will not be as fortunate.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, Science, Indianapolis, IN

9 hrs ago | Real Clear Politics

Fueling America's Future

Energy. The term itself has its roots in a word used by Aristotle, one a modern English speaker might recognize: "enA©rgeia." Roughly translated from ancient Greek it means "at work." And although our modern understanding of energy wasn't realized until a century ago, courtesy of Albert Einstein, "at work" is an appropriate way to think about ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine, Aristotle, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Global Warming, Science

Mon May 20, 2013

Science Daily

The mammoth's lament: How cosmic impact sparked devastating climate change

Exactly what it was is unclear, but this event jump-started what Kenneth Tankersley, an assistant professor of anthropology and geology at the University of Cincinnati, calls the last gasp of the last ice age.

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Related Topix: Science, University of Cincinnati, Wyandot County, OH

Manila Bulletin

6.0 quake off Russia's far-east Kamchatka coastline: USGS

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula early Tuesday, followed by a series of strong after-shocks, the US Geological Survey reported.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Earthquake, US Geological Survey, Technical Services, Science

News24

Volcano ash reaches small Alaska city

Anchorage - Alaska's Pavlof Volcano sent ash and steam skyward on Sunday but not enough to raise the aviation threat for international air carriers.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Alaska, Anchorage, AK, Science

EurekAlert!

New in GEOLOGY: Gems, Darwin, Mars, Hemp, Snowball Earth, a Siberian Impact Crater, and More

Boulder, Colo., USA A- New Geology articles posted online ahead of print 9 and 16 May 2013 cover a wide swath of geoscience subdisciplines, including minerals exploration, archaeology, planetary geology, tectonics, oceanography, geophysics, and paleobotany.

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Related Topix: Science, Boulder, CO, Oceanography

Times of Oman

'Quake risk higher than estimated'

Muscat: Recent research has revealed that the Makran Subduction Zone is more prone to earthquakes and tsunami hazards than previously thought.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Earthquake, Oman, World News, Middle East, Oceanography, Science, Asian Tsunami Disaster

News9 Oklahoma City

Small Earthquake Shakes Near Stroud

The 2.8 magnitude quake shook about eight miles south southwest of the town of Stroud, Okla., about 45 miles east of the Oklahoma City metro, at a depth of about five miles.

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Related Topix: Stroud, OK, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Oklahoma City, OK, Science

News Journal

Large earthquake strikes off coast of Chile

The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck off the coast of Chile.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Earthquake, Science

Jerusalem Post

Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes off Chile; no tsunami seen

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but Chilean emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would generate a tsunami.

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Related Topix: South America, Chile, World News, Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Earthquake, US Geological Survey, Technical Services, Science, Israel, Middle East

New Yorker

Elizabeth Kolbert: What's at stake in Obama's Keystone decision.

A lot of what's known about carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can be traced back to a chemist named Charles David Keeling, who, in 1958, persuaded the U.S. Weather Bureau to install a set of monitoring devices at its Mauna Loa observatory, on the island of Hawaii.

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Related Topix: Oceanography, Science, North America, Canada, World News, Texas

Illawarra Mercury

Digging the scene: UOW curator's treasure hunting finds

In northern England in a boggy pit known as Penny's Pocket lies some of the world's finest pieces of blue-green fluorite.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Advocate-News

Pair of quakes hits off North Coast on Saturday

The United States Geological Survey reported the epicenter was 18 miles southwest of Rio Dell, 22 miles south-southwest of Fortuna, 35 miles south-southwest of Eureka and 39 miles south-southwest of Bayside at a depth of about 12.1 miles.

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Related Topix: Science, Rio Dell, CA, Fortuna, CA, Eureka, CA, Bayside, CA, Humboldt County, CA

Knoxville News Sentinel

People and honors: May 19

Chris Benditzky has been promoted to foreman at Hickory Construction. Vince Marshall has joined the company as a field manager.

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Related Topix: Science, East Tennessee Children's Hospital, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Long Term Care, Health, Knoxville, TN, Newport, TN

Ogdensburg Courier-Observer/Journal

SUNY Potsdam gets a donation that rocks their geology department

A donation in size never seen before, SUNY Potsdam's Geology Department was gifted a pile of 14 aging wooden crates filled with unique rocks and minerals.

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Related Topix: SUNY College at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY, Science, Norwood, NY

Gainesville Daily Register

The Big One: Preparing for mid-America earthquake

A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Missouri, George Washington University, Science

KOMO News

Mount St. Helens' deadly eruption 33 years ago changed landscape

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash.--Thirty-three years ago on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted and changed the landscape of the Pacific Northwest.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Washington, Science

Wireless Design & Development

The Drones of Oil

Geologists have long used seismology on the bottom of the ocean or have been throwing dynamite from snowmobiles when they look for oil.

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Related Topix: Science

Sat May 18, 2013

Petaluma360

No damage reported after 2 small quakes hit near Eureka

Two earthquakes rattled the far Northern California coast Saturday morning, but authorities say there are no reports of damage or injuries.

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