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- Utica Shale: Another Appalachian Basin Gas Shale
- Thailand: 200 Villages on “Landslide Alert”
- Red Tide Warning System for Texas Coast
- Shallow Magma Under Hawaii
- Two Million Dead Fish in Chesapeake Bay
- Sulfur Mining and Processing in Indonesia
- NASA: Make Your Own Planet
- Queensland Flooding and Sedimentation
| Utica Shale: Another Appalachian Basin Gas Shale Posted: 06 Jan 2011 09:02 PM PST The Utica Shale, located a few thousand feet below the Marcellus, is starting to attract more attention from drillers and landmen. Recent action has been in Ohio and Ontario, Canada where the Utica is only a few thousand feet below the surface and the Marcellus Shale is not present. |
| Thailand: 200 Villages on “Landslide Alert” Posted: 06 Jan 2011 09:01 PM PST Over 200 villages in the Songkhla province of Thailand have been warned about possible landslides and rock falls after heavy rains started triggering slope failures. |
| Red Tide Warning System for Texas Coast Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:05 PM PST “The most common harmful algal bloom that occurs in the Gulf of Mexico is known as "red tide" and is caused by the algal species Karenia brevis. Texas officials and coastal managers will now receive early notice of outbreaks of toxic algae that threaten public health and affect beach and fishing activities along the coast.” |
| Posted: 06 Jan 2011 07:42 PM PST “Ohio State University researchers have found a new way to gauge the depth of the magma chamber that forms the Hawaiian Island volcanic chain, and determined that the magma lies much closer to the surface than previously thought.” Quoted from the Ohio State press release. |
| Two Million Dead Fish in Chesapeake Bay Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:02 PM PST An estimated 2,000,000 juvenile spot fish have been found dead along the Maryland shoreline of Chesapeake Bay. “Cold water stress” is thought to be the reason for the kill. |
| Sulfur Mining and Processing in Indonesia Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:45 PM PST A collection of night photographs of sulfur mining and processing at Kawah Ijen volcano at East Java, Indonesia by Oliver Grunewald. |
| Posted: 06 Jan 2011 11:34 AM PST “The new Extreme Planet Makeover on the NASA/JPL PlanetQuest site lets you roll up your sleeves and create your very own planet. Balance five factors to create an Earth-like habitable world, or get wild and make your own extreme exoplanet. “ |
| Queensland Flooding and Sedimentation Posted: 06 Jan 2011 11:29 AM PST “In December 2010 and January 2011, swollen rivers in Queensland, Australia, did more than flood homes and force residents to evacuate. The rivers also carried heavy sediment loads to the coast. Fed by the Burdekin River, the waters around Cape Bowling Green turned muddy brown in early January, and a thick plume of sediment neared the Great Barrier Reef.” Quoted from the Earth Observatory image release. |
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