(Almost) Once in a Lifetime
Today begins a nearly once in a lifetime event: the last transit of Venus across the sun until the year 2117.
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M 7.2 Earthquake in Eastern Turkey
Yesterday’s earthquake in Eastern Turkey (near the City of Van) has resulted in extensive damage due to it’s shallow depth, it’s large magnitude (M 7.2), and it’s proximity to the surface. Combine that with not-so-strict building codes and the region’s geology, and you’ve got problems.
In The Pits
The answer to the geology puzzle is revealed! Learn more about how geology affects you.
Everything’s Shrinking in Texas!
A month of high high temperatures in Texas has resulted in damaged homes, cracking roads, broken water mains…and shrinking soils.
“The Volcano Next Door” – A National Geographic Exclusive
In “The Volcano Next Door,” from the April issue of National Geographic magazine, writer Michael Finkel takes readers on a journey of 1800°F temperatures, killer gases, and fiery eruptions. The article follows scientists as they descend to the scorching lava lake of Nyiragongo, a two-mile-high volcano that has the potential to destroy the nearly one million people that live at its base near the eastern edge of the Democratic Republic on the Congo.
Adventures in Geology 