kcsg.com
The hot topics of fracking and drilling-induced seismicity will be the focus of a keynote speech by Distinguished Lecturer Donald Clarke. Gas field fracking is the fracturing of deeply buried rocks under extremely high pressures to enhance oil and gas flow toward wells. Drilling-induced seismicity is the triggering of earthquakes through oil and gas production activities.
standard.net
Afghanistan suffered one of its worst natural disasters in more than a decade last week, when a massive landslide buried a third of the village of Abi Barak in the northeastern province of Badakhshan. A rescue effort is ongoing, but hope is dwindling for the more than 2,000 people buried by the mountain slope, which collapsed after days of heavy rainfall.
latimes.com
There is just one paved road in Capitol Reef National Park in southern Utah. It is an eight-mile scenic drive on which the only traffic jams are caused by an occasional herd of mule deer. Instead of honking horns, Capitol Reef is about serenity and spectacular scenery. “We are remote,” says park ranger Lori Rome, “which is part of the appeal of this place.” Here’s how to get the most out of this park.
Some of Utah’s finest features—our slot canyons.
ksl.com
Wire Pass and Buckskin Gulch are both beautiful slot canyons in southern Utah and hikers can access both of them from a single trailhead.
deseretnews.com
Geothermal power that came online in Utah and two other Western states helped keep the industry on the map in 2013 in what would have otherwise been a flat year domestically for new geothermal power production.
thespectrum.com
The third annual Iron County Emergency Preparedness Expo will focus its efforts on teaching children how to handle disasters as it provides information regarding various emergencies to the entire community at Cedar High School on Saturday.
blogs.agu.org
The two dramatic landslides of the last few weeks in the USA has undoubtedly raised the profile of this natural hazard. The Oso landslide in Washington State remains high on the news agenda, and was even visited by the President earlier this week. Meanwhile, the fascinating East Gros Ventre Butte landslide in Jackson Hole continues to creep, with devastating impacts on the family who owned the house at the crest of the slide.
washingtonpost.com
In all of Earth’s history, which species of mammal survived for the longest time?
The most well-traveled tooth? One dinosaur tooth’s journey to modern day—a fun read.
phenomena.nationalgeographic.com
Last summer, while spending a day with paleontologist Joe Peterson and his crew at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, I was lucky enough to find a dinosaur tooth. The shiny fossil had once fit into the mouth of a beaky herbivore called Camptosaurus, and, 150 million years later, was nothing more than an isolated crown. The tooth either broke off as the dinosaur fed, or snapped off the root sometime after the animal’s death.
The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Several specialized programs comprise the UGS: Data Management, Energy & Minerals, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Information & Outreach, Geologic Mapping, Groundwater & Wetlands, and Paleontology.
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