upr.org
Here’s another read on Yellowstone National Park’s ancient helium from Utah Public Radio.
A huge amount of ancient helium is rising up from the rocks beneath Yellowstone National Park — about enough to fill up a Goodyear blimp every week.
smithsonianmag.com
Yellowstone National Park’s geysers, hot springs, fumaroles and other hydrothermal features spew out a collection of gases from deep within the Earth—steam, carbon dioxide, methane, neon, argon and helium. There’s not enough of that last one, helium, for the park to start selling balloons or for visitors to sound like chipmunks, but there’s plenty for scientists to study.
Lecture from the U.S. Geological Survey
by Jake Lowenstern, Scientist-in-Charge, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
- What’s all the buzz about — is the Yellowstone area really dangerous?
- Learn about Yellowstone’s amazing geological history
- What’s happening now with earthquakes, hot springs, and steam explosions?
- Hear how scientists monitor Yellowstone and other volcanoes to forecast future eruptions
WATCH IT HERE
The presentation starts at about 5:30, so jump ahead if you please!
stgeorgeutah.com
Lowering oneself down into a dark cavern, crawling and climbing over rocks, and slinking through narrow openings and over damp, cold slippery rocks is all part of the Bloomington Cave experience. The cave sits on the eastern slope of the Beaver Dam Mountains, approximately 15 miles west of St. George, it is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is open to the public to explore on a permit basis.
sunews.net
Come join Dr. Alan Titus as he gives a personal introduction of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s newest dinosaur on Friday, February 7, at the GSENM Kanab Visitor Center starting at 7 p.m. The presentation is free and open to the public.
stgeorgeutah.com
A swarm, or cluster, of 24 earthquakes have been recorded Tuesday, the first about 37 miles west-northwest of St. George in Nevada, and the others within about a 10-mile radius of the first, see map inset. The earthquakes have ranged from local magnitude 4.1 at both 8:20 a.m. PST and 6:30 p.m. PST, and various lesser amounts throughout the day with the most recent registering local magnitude 3.2 at 6:38 p.m. PST.
And another great article on Utah quakes and other worldly shakes—
decodedscience.com
Nevada and Utah Earthquakes; Greece, Mid-Atlantic Tremors: January 2014
The world seemed to wake up this week, seismically speaking.
Hey geo friends! Check out this dramatic youtube short of a rockfall in Termeno, Italy. It really shows the expanse of destruction a rockfall can cause.
MORE INFORMATION on rock-falls and other hazards in Utah
upr.org
One of the biggest earthquakes in U.S. history didn’t occur in California. Or Alaska. It happened in the country’s midsection some 200 years ago in an area where today seven states straddle the Mississippi River Valley.
npr.org
In recent years geologists have hotly debated the age of the Grand Canyon. Some think it’s young (just 6 million years old), while others argue that it dates back 70 million years — to the days of dinosaurs.
news.nationalgeographic.com
We all have our faults, and that includes planet Earth. Earthquakes rattle the globe every day, big and small, most recently making news this week with temblors in Puerto Rico and southern California.
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