geology

Geology News
Earth Science Current Events


Melting Land Ice and Sea Level Rise
February 8, 2012 | NASA

“In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data to calculate how much Earth’s melting land ice is adding to global sea level rise.” Quoted from the NASA press release.


  Related Stories

More Sea Level Rise from Antarctica and Less from Greenland
August 5, 2011 | University of Wisconsin-Madison
"During the last prolonged warm spell on Earth, the oceans were at least four meters...

Sea Level Rise: Ice Melting or Water Expansion?
August 1, 2011 | University of Arizona news
"Melting ice sheets contributed much more to rising sea levels than thermal expansion of warming...

Pacific Sea Level Changes Caused by El Niño and La Niña
August 28, 2011 | NASA
"While the rise of the global ocean has been remarkably steady for most of this...

Sea Level Rise and the US Coastline
March 14, 2012 | New York Times
An article on the New York Times website explores the impact of sea level rise...


Every day you can find links to several earth science news topics right here. Bookmark this page and visit often. You can also receive our news for free by RSS feed or in a daily email message.

Earn a Master of Education in Earth Science



marcellus shale gasMarcellus Shale: The most overlooked resource in the eastern United States!
Diamond formationDiamonds from Coal? Diamonds form under a variety of conditions that rarely involve coal as a source of carbon.
Mineral RightsMineral Rights / Oil & Gas: Who owns the minerals under your land? Have they been sold? Can someone mine without permission?
uses of gold The Many Uses of Gold: Learn how the unique properties of gold make it extremely suited for a large number of industrial uses.
download google earth Download Google Earth Free! High resolution 3D satellite views of Earth. Download it Free.
meteorites Meteorites: Learn about meteorites from meteorite hunter, Geoffrey Notkin. What are meteorites? irons, stones, stony-irons.
© 2005-2011 Geology.com. All Rights Reserved.
Images, code and content of this website are property of Geology.com. Use without permission is prohibited. Pages on this site are protected by Copyscape.