Northern Mariana Islands: No Drilling?
August 24, 2008 | Associated Press
President Bush is seeking comments on a plan that would make three... Geothermal in the Northern Marianas Islands
November 20, 2007 | Marianas Variety
Studies are underway for a geothermal plant in the Northern Marianas Islands.... USGS Ground Water Report
August 18, 2008 | USGS
USGS has published "Ground-Water Availability in the United States" as USGS Circular... Anatahan Eruption
March 11, 2008 | NASA Earth Observatory
Anatahan Volcano, located in the central Mariana Islands, released plumes of ash... Changes: Chandeleur Barrier Islands
October 12, 2008 | ClasticDetritus.com
Brian Romans has an interesting post titled: "150 years of changes... Queen Charlotte Islands Earthquakes
January 5, 2008 | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
Multiple earthquakes up to 6.5 magnitude have occurred in the Queen Charlotte... Exploring the Celebes Sea
September 26, 2007 | Ocean Explorer - NOAA
Researchers from the New England Aquarium are working in the Celebes Sea,... Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake in the Windward Islands
November 29, 2007 | BBC News
A strong earthquake occured in the Windward Islands area of the eastern... Previously Unknown Islands Emerging in the Arctic
August 22, 2007 | News.com.au
The summer melt is advancing in the Arctic and the ice levels... Belcher Islands Archipelago, Canada
February 7, 2008 | Earth Observatory
Earth Observatory has a very interesting satellite view of the Belcher Islands... Frozen Ground and the Warming of Northern Russia
December 2, 2007 | Russia Profile
Many buildings in northern Russia are built on frozen ground. As that... Nitrate in US Ground Water
September 27, 2008 | Soil Science Society of America
Results of a 16-year study of nitrate in United States ground waters... Land-Use and Human Activity Impacts Aquifers
September 15, 2007 | USGS Newsroom
As population and business activity increase around public water supply wells the... Frozen Lakes and Rivers May Be a Thing of the Past
January 14, 2008 | National Science Foundation
A study examined records of ice cover on Northern Hemisphere lakes and... Maldives Needs a New Home
November 17, 2008 | BBC News
Maldives is a nation of 1190 coral islands grouped into 26... Chikurachki Volcano: Interesting Satellite Image
August 24, 2007 | Earth Observatory
Chikurachki Volcano, a stratovolcano in the northern Kuril Islands, has been producing... Dokdo Islands are South Korea’s
August 1, 2008 | USGS Board of Geographic Names
There has been a long running disagreement over the jurisdiction of Dokdo... Infrared Volcano Studies
November 27, 2008 | National Geographic
Thermal infrared technology and satellites are being used to study volcanic eruptions.... Origins of the Samoan Islands
May 8, 2008 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Graduate student Matthew Jackson traveled to Samoa to learn more about how... Plankton Bloom Around Chatham Islands
November 18, 2008 | Earth Observatory
"On November 15, 2008, a bloom of plant-like organisms known as phytoplankton... | 
