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June 8, 2016
Oil and Gas Could Be Responsible for Nearly 90% of Texas Earthquakes
Oil and gas activities may have caused nearly nine in 10 of the earthquakes Texas has experienced in the past 40 years, and the quakes…
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June 8, 2016
‘Fundamentally unstable’: Scientists confirm their fears about East Antarctica’s biggest glacier
Scientists ringing alarm bells about the melting of Antarctica have focused most of their attention, so far, on the smaller West Antarctic ice sheet, which is…
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June 8, 2016
Scott W. Tinker: On the politics of earthquakes and fracking, we need a radical middle
When did it become wrong to challenge science? There is a recent move to publicly bully, disparage and shame those who challenge a purported scientific…
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May 17, 2016
Energy Bankers Get a Hot Meal
In merging, Range Resources and Memorial Resource Development have thrown each other a lifeline and starving energy bankers a bone. I wrote here about how…
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April 22, 2016
Volcanoes Tied to Shifts in Earth’s Climate Over Millions of Years
A new study in the April 22 Edition of Science reveals that volcanic activity associated with plate-tectonic movement of continents may be responsible for climactic…
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April 13, 2016
Study: Oil Activity May Be Cause of East Texas Quakes
Oil and gas activity may have triggered a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that shook East Texas in 2012, new research says. In a peer-reviewed study made…
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April 12, 2016
Texas-Cuba ties are expected to strengthen
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texans and Cubans have more in common than you might believe. President Barack Obama’s visit to the island nation is sparking discussion…
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April 12, 2016
Geologists to drill into heart of dinosaur-killing impact
Geophysicists are returning to Earth’s most famous cosmic bullseye. Around 7 April, from a drill-ship off the coast of Yucatán, Mexico, they will start to…
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April 12, 2016
Martian Mile-High Mounds Mystery: The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
Rising from the floor of Gale Crater on Mars, a stack of sedimentary rock called Mount Sharp towers 5.5 kilometers above the ground. The mountain…
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March 30, 2016
Sean Gulick, University of Texas at Austin – Effect of Climate on Mountain Building
What can erosion tell us about climate change? Sean Gulick, a geophysicist at the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin,…
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June 8, 2016
Oil and Gas Could Be Responsible for Nearly 90% of Texas Earthquakes
Oil and gas activities may have caused nearly nine in 10 of the earthquakes Texas has experienced in the past 40 years, and the quakes…
Read MoreJune 8, 2016
‘Fundamentally unstable’: Scientists confirm their fears about East Antarctica’s biggest glacier
Scientists ringing alarm bells about the melting of Antarctica have focused most of their attention, so far, on the smaller West Antarctic ice sheet, which is…
Read MoreJune 8, 2016
Scott W. Tinker: On the politics of earthquakes and fracking, we need a radical middle
When did it become wrong to challenge science? There is a recent move to publicly bully, disparage and shame those who challenge a purported scientific…
Read MoreMay 17, 2016
Energy Bankers Get a Hot Meal
In merging, Range Resources and Memorial Resource Development have thrown each other a lifeline and starving energy bankers a bone. I wrote here about how…
Read MoreApril 22, 2016
Volcanoes Tied to Shifts in Earth’s Climate Over Millions of Years
A new study in the April 22 Edition of Science reveals that volcanic activity associated with plate-tectonic movement of continents may be responsible for climactic…
Read MoreApril 13, 2016
Study: Oil Activity May Be Cause of East Texas Quakes
Oil and gas activity may have triggered a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that shook East Texas in 2012, new research says. In a peer-reviewed study made…
Read MoreApril 12, 2016
Texas-Cuba ties are expected to strengthen
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texans and Cubans have more in common than you might believe. President Barack Obama’s visit to the island nation is sparking discussion…
Read MoreApril 12, 2016
Geologists to drill into heart of dinosaur-killing impact
Geophysicists are returning to Earth’s most famous cosmic bullseye. Around 7 April, from a drill-ship off the coast of Yucatán, Mexico, they will start to…
Read MoreApril 12, 2016
Martian Mile-High Mounds Mystery: The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
Rising from the floor of Gale Crater on Mars, a stack of sedimentary rock called Mount Sharp towers 5.5 kilometers above the ground. The mountain…
Read MoreMarch 30, 2016
Sean Gulick, University of Texas at Austin – Effect of Climate on Mountain Building
What can erosion tell us about climate change? Sean Gulick, a geophysicist at the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin,…
Read More