China to limit rare earth exports, official says

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The United States supplied nearly all its rare earths needs from its own mines as recently as 1990, the USGS said. But it said American output plunged as ...

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September 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

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Freshwater jellyfish found in Anderson pond

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Three encounters with freshwater jellyfish have been reported in the north state in the past decade, according to the US Geological Survey . ...

can anyone including United States Geological Survey, predicts earthquakes?
Q. can anyone including United States Geological Survey, predicts earthquakes?
Asked by maria s - Wed May 14 04:57:10 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. An earthquake prediction is a prediction that an earthquake in a specific magnitude range will occur in a specific region and time window. Seismologists bring forth seismic hazard assessment programs by estimating the probabilities that a given earthquake or suite of earthquakes will occur. That is not a true earthquake predication. Earthquake predications are not accepted by seismologists. Earthquake prediction is controversial because data are sparse and there is little evidence or verified physical theory to link observable phenomena to subsequent seismicity. It is virtually inevitable that some will succeed by chance. Assessing whether a successful prediction is a fluke is challenging. Earthquake pre detection is more reliable than… [cont.]
Answered by bobe - Wed May 14 05:05:55 2008

Isn't it time we had a roll call vote on ANWR?
Q. After Clinton vetoed a bill allowing us to drill in ANWR in 1995, the debate has continued. Republicans constantly being stopped by the Democrats, who are beholden to the liberals and Green lobby. Only 2,000 acres of the 10-02 Area are to be used for the permanent infrastructure -- the pipelines, oil wells, etc. The10-02 Area is neither a refuge nor wilderness and definitely not scenic despite constant claims to the contrary by the Green Lobby. The United States Geological Survey has estimated ANWR holds a mean estimate of 10.4 billion barrels of recoverable oil. This would be the equivalent of a "Prudhoe Bay II." Within a few years, an additional million barrels a day could be flowing to West Coast refineries. And if President Clinton… [cont.]
Asked by booman17 - Thu May 22 09:12:22 2008 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Of course we need a roll-call vote on ANWR. Any senator who votes against ANWR may claim to care what you're paying for gasoline, but doesn't actually care and has his or her head in the sand. The superpowers of the 21st century will be the ones who provide for their own needs at or near energy independence. America needs a plan so that we can stop being beholden to the likes of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela for our fuel needs. We need to open drilling in ANWR; in currently banned offshore areas on both the Atlantic and the Pacific Coasts; AND the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. We need to explore drilling in other onshore areas of the U.S., most notably in the highly promising Bakken Formation in North Dakota and Montana. AND we need to… [cont.]
Answered by avalanche - Fri May 23 07:20:50 2008

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Q. Chicago a landmark Energy Department project to bury carbon dioxide produced by humans has begun as workers sunk a huge drill bit into Illinois ground this week, signaling continued support for a climate change mitigation strategy that has fallen out of favor in many circles. The start of drilling marks the launch a geological sequestration project that will deposit a million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the ground by 2012. While that's nothing compared to the several billion tons of CO2 that humans emit yearly, it's the geology of the site that makes the development exciting. The CO2 will be piped into a geological formation that underlies parts of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky that could eventually hold more than 100 billion… [cont.]
Asked by Anonymous - Thu Feb 19 21:01:02 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Did you really think anyone would actually read all of this?
Answered by Billy R - Fri Feb 20 17:55:57 2009