More Accurate FEMA Flood Maps July 7, 2009 | National Academy of Sciences Quoted from the National Academy of Sciences: "Significant loss of life,... Plate Tectonics on “Super Earths” November 29, 2007 | Physorg.com Large Earth-like planets found outside of our solar system are likely to... Is Plate Tectonics Needed for Life on a Planet? January 11, 2008 | National Geographic This National Geographic article suggests that Earth is barely large enough to... Plate Tectonics: Earth’s Lucky Geology January 12, 2008 | Discovery News Discovery News has an article titled: "Plate Tectonics: Earth's Lucky Geology". ... Mountaintop Removal Mining – A Report to Congress January 26, 2010 | United States Government Accountability Office "Surface coal mining in the mountainous areas of Appalachia—often called “mountaintop mining”—generates... China’s Top Ten Science and Technology Achievements for 2007 January 23, 2008 | English People's Daily Online Members of the Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering... Plate Tectonics Map February 2, 2009 | USGS The very popular and educational This Dynamic Planet: World Map of Volcanoes,... Understanding Earth Science Literacy June 8, 2009 | National Science Foundation NSF and other organizations have released a report on earth science literacy... What Would A Super-Size Earth Be Like? October 22, 2007 | Cosmos Magazine What would Earth be like if it was eight times as big?... Teaching Plate Tectonics With Drawings September 8, 2007 | Geology.com From the article: "The next time you teach plate tectonics, consider a... Plate Tectonics Photos May 9, 2008 | National Geographic Learn about plate tectonics with this slideshow of photos from around the... Hutton’s Theory of the Earth October 15, 2008 | The Encyclopedia of Earth James Hutton's most famous work, Theory of the Earth, is republished at... Ten Questions Shaping 21st-Century Earth Sciences March 16, 2008 | Terra Daily The National Research Council has identified ten questions that they believe will... Assessor Cuts Value of Fissure Property July 8, 2008 | East Valley Tribune The Pinal County, Arizona Assessor cut the value of a property with... Report From El Zacat May 20, 2007 | University of Texas Austin / Geology.com Marc Airhart sends his third field report from Mexico. He explains how... How the Earth Was Made (New Video from The History Channel) May 29, 2008 | The History Channel The History Channel recently published a new DVD titled How the Earth... Penn State Launches Online Master of Education in Earth Sciences March 4, 2008 | Penn State Outreach A global leader in Geography, Meteorology, and the Earth Sciences, Penn State... Google Earth in the Classroom August 25, 2009 | Google Google Earth can be a great program to use in the classroom... Plate Tectonics Stops Sometimes June 23, 2008 | Carnegie Institution for Science Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science say that plate tectonics may... Detecting Buried Faults March 6, 2009 | NASA "Using satellite radar data, NASA-funded scientists have observed, for the first time,... |