Tag Archives: United States Geological Survey

“Dramatic” response by flora & fauna to climate change

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

Birds, plants, and animals adapt to changing weather patterns, who knew? News Release Dramatic Links Found Between Climate Change, Elk, Plants, and Birds Missoula, MT – Climate change in the form of reduced snowfall in mountains is causing powerful and cascading shifts … Continue reading →

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Dallas earthquake not caused by fracking… And neither was the Ohio quake.

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

Guest post by David Middleton Wow! I woke up Friday morning to news that a 2.0 Md earthquake struck about a mile and a half from my office. I was sleeping at home, about 7 miles from the epicenter, and … Continue reading →

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5.9 Earthquake in Virginia

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

Note: USGS upgraded to 5.9 from the 5.8 preliminary estimate Between Richmond and Charlottesville (h/t Corey S) More:

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WTF? US Geological Survey studying rice, fungus, & climate

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

From this USGS Press Release. What, you don’t have enough earthquakes to chase or maps to make? Read your mission statement when you applied to congress for funding: The USGS plays a crucial role in protecting the public from natural … Continue reading →

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Now it’s climate change to be killing the Joshua trees

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

Study based on fossil sloth dung found in desert caves and packrat middens From the US Geological Survey, because doing mapping and boundary lines are sooo yesterday: Uncertain Future for Joshua Trees Projected with Climate Change FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Temperature … Continue reading →

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JPL: Japan Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days, Moved Axis

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

From NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab: The March 11, magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan may have shortened the length of each Earth day and shifted its axis. But don’t worry-you won’t notice the difference. Using a United States Geological Survey estimate … Continue reading →

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6.3 quake in Christchurch, NZ, 65 deaths reported

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Note aftershocks ranging from  5.6 to 4.5 have also been felt in the last few hours. Here is a list of quakes. We wish our Kiwi friends well, and hope that the quake is not as bad as first reports … Continue reading →

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USGS enters the weather porn business with ARkStorm

Posted on January 16, 2011 by

It used to be enough to push worry about El Niño in the news, now the USGS takes it to whole new level. I don’t dispute the historical evidence of the 1861/62 flooding, but scaring the crap out of the … Continue reading →

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Dueling press releases – which is it: dead or weakened?

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

It’s AGU week in San Francisco, of course that means the annual barrage of science by press release. I was struck by this juxtaposition of two press releases at Eurekalert this morning. Note the headlines of the screencap below: Here … Continue reading →

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Arsenic and post-haste: another example of the broken peer review process turned “science by press release”

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

Did “go fever” push NASA to publicly announce science to the MSM that wasn’t well peer reviewed? WUWT readers may recall that I conjectured about the cryptic press release NASA made last week that set the blogosphere afire. See NASA’s … Continue reading →

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