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- Tao-Rusyr Caldera
- Earthquake Risk May Limit Carbon Sequestration
- Indian Ocean Tsunami Early Warning System
- Less Fluoride in Drinking Water?
- Bakken and Three Forks Push North Dakota to #4 Oil Producer
- China: Fourth Largest Offshore Oil Producer
- Oldest Known Salt Mine
- Why Does Mount Etna Erupt?
| Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:04 PM PST Earth Observatory has an interesting satellite image of the Tao-Rusyr Caldera on Onekotan Island in the Kurils. It was formed from a catastrophic volcanic eruption about 9000 years ago. Related: What is a Caldera? |
| Earthquake Risk May Limit Carbon Sequestration Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:01 PM PST “Storing massive amounts of carbon dioxide underground in an effort to combat global warming may not be easy to do because of the potential for triggering small to moderate earthquakes, according to Stanford geophysicist Mark Zoback.” Quoted from the Stanford University press release. |
| Indian Ocean Tsunami Early Warning System Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:56 PM PST “Six years after the tsunami disaster of 26/12/2004, the set-up of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) has been completed. “ |
| Less Fluoride in Drinking Water? Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:47 PM PST The US Department of Health and Human Services proposes a lower limit on the amount of fluoride in drinking water to 0.7 milligrams per liter. The current limit is 4 milligrams per liter. |
| Bakken and Three Forks Push North Dakota to #4 Oil Producer Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:32 PM PST Strong crude oil prices, new drilling technology and high levels of activity in the Bakken Shale and Three Forks Shale have pushed North Dakota to #4 in the rankings of oil producing states. |
| China: Fourth Largest Offshore Oil Producer Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:25 PM PST An article on the ChinaDaily.com website reports that China’s growing offshore oil production now places it in the fourth position worldwide after the United States, United Kingdom and Norway. |
| Posted: 07 Jan 2011 06:10 PM PST Tools found in the Duzdagi salt mine in the Araxes Valley of Azerbaijan helped archaeologists determine that the mine was in production at about 4500 BC. It is the oldest-known salt mine in the world. |
| Posted: 07 Jan 2011 05:52 PM PST “His theory suggests that Mount Etna is not directly the result of tectonic plate boundary activity, but that it resulted from decompression melting of upper mantle material flowing around the nearby edge of an Ionian slab that is slowly sinking into the Earth’s mantle.” Quoted from the Monash University press release. |
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