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Mining has brought me to Santiago, Chile and will take me north to the great copper mining district. This past week, I have met with civil and mining engineers working on a new mine. Their challenges are water and energy to make the mine [...]
Recently I happened upon an interesting article (or rant) on Wired.com's Eruptions blog, where the author, Erik Clemetti had challenged readers to describe or otherwise link the technology that would be required to successfully predict an imminent [...]
BEFORE: A Pinnate batfish swimming among other fish in Tatawa Besar in the waters of Komodo islands, Indonesia. AFTER: damaged coral reefs in the water of Tatawa Besar, Komodo islands, Indonesia. [Robert Delfs/Michael W. Ishak] I admire corals – [...]
Regular readers of Earthly Musings know of the fantastic changes happening at Grand Canyon National Park. In October, 2010, the Trail of Time was dedicated. And in January of this year, the 100th anniversary celebration of the Kolb Brothers historic [...]
A New Mexico mountain resort recently unveiled their new fitness complex which featured a large indoor swimming pool and 32 person spa. Built on the side of a mountain, on side of the spa structure sits on top of approximately 12.0’ of fill [...]
This fossil is a rare find called Cantabricanites? greenei pyritized gastropod. It was found in the Coral Ridge Member of the New Providence Shale of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Dated to the Middle Mississippian Period
El grupo de peces antiguos, llamados celacantos han cambiado muy poco a lo largo del tiempo y por eso se les conoce como "fósiles vivientes".Ahora, los restos de un cráneo encontrado en la provincia de Yunnan (China) confirma que estos [...]
The heightened seismicity at Alaska's mt. Iliamna continues, and today the seismicity is stronger than it has been. At around 6am UTC seismicity increased and is ongoing at this time. This probably indicates further intrusion as the seismicity does [...]
Once again, we roll around to another Earth Day. I find myself in a more-contemplative-than-normal mood this year, and I’d like to take this opportunity to share a bit about what I’ve been thinking. This is a post about the personal side [...]
Previous earthquakes that rivalled the March 2011 Tohoku tremor in size may be recorded in sediment samples just recovered from the seafloor off Japan. A German-led scientific cruise obtained the cores from 16 different locations, some of them at a [...]