Earth Science
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Earth Science
Science used in the real world by real people
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Volcanoes: Razing and Renewing the Earth
The eruption of a volcano can bring devastation, death, and widespread destruction, sometimes obliterating mountaintops, islands, and towns. But that’s not the whole story.…
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Earthquakes & Man-Made Shocks
Throughout history people have studied earthquakes, trying and predict when and where they will occur…
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The Earth: A Living Planet
Explore some of the theories about how continents form and change…
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Achieving Two North Pole Records
…first Cameroonian at the North Pole, and first successful wireline logging of a borehole…
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Saving Mother Earth
Should water be treated as an economic good or a human right? Jane Goodall grounded the discussion with an international perspective…
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Tsunami
The December 26, 2004 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra generated a devastating tsunami that raced across the Indian Ocean…
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Global Climate Change and Energy
Is the world getting warmer? The global temperature changes over the past 150 years, would indicate that the the answer is "YES!" But what if we look at the past 1,000 years, 100,000 years or more? And why should YOU care if indeed our world is getting warmer?
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Taking the Earthquake Trail
Point Reyes is one of the best places to actually see the San Andreas Fault — and the impact of the 1906 earthquake…
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The Making of Oil: From Plankton to Production
Follow the process from the Birth of an Oil Reservoir to Tapping the Oil Reservoir…
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Fire & Ice: The Story of Gas Hydrates…
…the energy solution of the future? Find out about gas hydrates, this elusive source of natural gas…
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Stratification & Segregation
Here's a story about natural phenomena that explains why some sandstone has stripes…
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Six Miles Deep
What can identify molecules, make images of the inside of the human body and measure how fast fluids flow through rocks?
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Swords into Plowshares: At Home in a Missile Silo
What would it be like to live below ground?
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Drilling Fluid: Lifeblood of the Well
Modern drilling fluids are carefully designed and fine-tuned to meet the wide variety of conditions found in modern wells…
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JOIDES Resolution
How does this ship collect data and samples from up to 27,000 feet below the ocean surface?
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Diamonds
Find out how real-world science can lead to creation of out-of-this-world technologies for feature films…
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CyberGeologist
How are geologists using computers to see thousands of feet into the earth? Or millions of years into the past?