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U.S. Geological Survey end water monitoring in Puerto Rico due to debt
2016-06-11 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox News Latino: A man sleeps on the sidewalk with a dog on July 1, 2015 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The island's residents are dealing with increasing economic hardships and a financial crisis that has resulted in the government's $72 billion debt. Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla said in a speech recently that the people will have to sacrifice and share in the responsibilities for pulling the island out of debt. The U.S. Geological Survey said Friday it can no longer monitor water resources in Puerto Rico because...
United States Geological Survey confirms it: Fracking causes earthquakes
2016-03-31 07:00:30| Extremetech
Entities all around the world, from cities to whole countries, have issued moratoria on fracking pending conclusive evidence of its risks. Well, some of that evidence is in: fracking causes earthquakes.
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Unique Indian geological feature may mitigate climate change
2016-01-01 02:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Web India: India is blessed with an extraordinary geological feature that may provide a natural solution to the problem of climate change, according to some geologists. Scientists have known for years that carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels has been warming the planet. The just-concluded meeting in Paris urged nations to cut their CO2 emissions to ensure that the global temperature does not rise more than 2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level, while aiming for a 1.5 degree limit....
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GeolSoc celebrates 200th anniversary of first geological map
2015-05-15 19:06:34| Oil IT Journal - www.oilit.com
Lynx brings 'map that changed the world' into electronic age.
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US geological agency calls for data sharing on fracking-induced tremors
2015-02-20 11:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RT: The US Geological Survey has called for more transparency and cooperation among interested stakeholders in order to monitor and mitigate the effects of fracking, a process widely blamed for the recent explosion of earthquakes in states like Oklahoma. A new USGS report, published in the journal Science, connected the increase of unnatural seismic activity in states targeted for oil and gas drilling -- including Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania -- with the injection of wastewater vital...
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