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10/10/2008
What Do We Need to Know About Earth Science? (About.com)
My colleague Andrew Alden, the About.com Geology Guide, shares information about the Earth Science Literacy Initiative, which "aims to gather and codify the underlying understandings of Earth sciences into a...
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10/07/2008
Stanford receives $1 million Chevron grant (Palo Alto Weekly)
Stanford's School of Earth Sciences received a contribution of $1 million from the Chevron Corporation, the university announced Friday, Oct. 3. The donation will help four new faculty members renovate and build new labs for their research, Stanford faculty members said.
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10/10/2008
Unique fossils capture 'Cambrian migration' (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique set of fossils indicates that 525 million years ago marine animals congregated in Earth`s ancient oceans, most likely for migration, according to an international team of scientists.
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10/10/2008
Volcanic eruption signals simulated in lab for first time (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, seismic signals that precede a volcanic eruption have been simulated and visualized in 3-D under controlled pressure conditions in a laboratory. The ability to conduct such simulations will better equip municipal authorities in volcanic hot spots around the world in knowing when to alert people who live near volcanoes of an impending eruption.
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10/10/2008
Jones explains Shake Out (La Cañada Valley Sun)
Anyone who has lived in California for any period of time is aware that the state is earthquake prone. Students participates in earthquake drills throughout their school career and all California residents should have water and food set aside for the emergency.
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10/10/2008
Polymetallic Gem Hidden In One Of Europe’s Formerly Most Backward Nations? (Resource Investor)
Albania, long allied with the Soviet Union and then China, suffered over 40 years under the Stalinist-type rule of Communist dictator Enver Hoxha. A direct consequence was an ongoing geologic ‘dark ages’ in the nation. Since the 1990s the nation has liberalized. Now, Canadian junior Tirex Resources Ltd. is poised to capitalise on decades without application of modern geologic theories or ...
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10/07/2008
Ohio State professor named "Hero of the Environment" (The Lantern)
photo courtesy of the international glaciological society Ohio State University glaciologist Lonnie Thompson has been singled out by Time magazine as one of the publication's 30 "Heroes of the Environment" for 2008. Thompson, a distinguished university professor of earth sciences, was highlighted in the magazine's October 6 issue as one of six scientists and innovators who are key ...
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10/07/2008
Ohio State professor named "Hero the Environment" (The Lantern)
Ohio State University glaciologist Lonnie Thompson has been singled out by Time magazine as one of the publication's 30 "Heroes of the Environment" for 2008. Thompson, a distinguished university professor of earth sciences, was highlighted in the magazine's October 6 issue as one of six scientists and innovators who are key to addressing global climate change.
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10/09/2008
"Daisy Chains" of Fossil Creatures Found in China (National Geographic)
Shrimplike organisms that linked together in single-file rows 525 million years ago represent a bizarre and previously unknown type of animal grouping, scientists say.
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10/10/2008
Our World GIS Education Book Series From ESRI Press Wins The Geography Excellence In Media Award (WirelessWorkforceOnline)
The 2008 Geography Excellence in Media (GEM) award will be presented Saturday, October 11, 2008, to the authors of Our World GIS Education, a book series that teaches students how to think spatially and use geographic information system (GIS) technology to study the world around them.
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| Earth Science Australia - Earth science resources, images, freeware for students and teachers as well as general information about earth science in Australia.E-Theater - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Visualization Analysis Lab, E-Theater offers presentations of the latest Earth Science Discoveries on a portable large format, or IMAX screen.Geo-Glossary Online - Contains equivalent geological and geographical terms in four languages (German, English, Norwegian and Dutch).GeoRef Information System - Bibliographic database of geoscience literature.The Global Change Master Directory, Goddard Space Flight Center - A comprehensive directory of information about Earth science data, including broad coverage of the oceans, atmosphere, hydrosphere, solid earth, biosphere and human dimensions of global change.International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme - Programme is focused on acquiring basic scientific knowledge about the interactive processes of biology and chemistry of the earth as they relate to Global Change.NASA - Earth Science Division - Research center focusing on ecosystem science technology, atmospheric physics and chemistry, and airborne sensors. Includes list of research projects, discoveries, education outreach efforts, news, seminars, and publications.National Research Council (U.S.) Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources - Scope includes atmospheric sciences, climate, oceanography, solid-earth sciences, radioactive waste management, polar research, environmental science and toxicology, natural disasters, and water science. Commission reports cover scientific/technical aspects of public policy issues in these areas.USGS Publications and Data - Products from the U.S. Geological Survey.
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