SciFri Radio: Geology

SciFri Radio: Cave Science
Ready to go spelunking? Live from the cave state--that's Missouri--we'll get an inside look at the biology, geology, and history of the underground...

SciFri Radio: About a Mountain
Ira talks with author John D'Agata about his book about the late Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility.

SciFri Radio: A Quake That Shook the World?
Last week's powerful earthquake in Chile may have shifted the Earth's axis and changed the length of a day.

SciFri Radio: Texting Aid Dollars
Much of the financial support for earthquake-stricken Haiti has a high-tech source -- the text message.

SciFri Radio: 'Fracking' for Natural Gas
We'll talk about 'fracking,' a method to extract natural gas from rock formations by fracturing the rock.

SciFri Radio: Carbon Sequestration
New research says that basalt formations in the Northeastern US could serve as massive sinks for carbon dioxide.

SciFri Radio: Inside the AGU Meeting
We'll get highlights from the scientific meeting of the American Geophysical Union, going on this week.

SciFri Radio: Deep Carbon Observatory
As people gather in Copenhagen for climate change talks, a new project is getting underway to better understand the carbon cycle deep below the...

SciFri Radio: The Disappearing Mississippi Delta
Rising sea levels and not enough sediment replenishment may make much of the Mississippi Delta 'drown' by the year 2100, according to a new study.

SciFri Radio: Mars Rovers, Mars Water
We'll check on the progress of the Mars rover mission. While new data collected by rover Opportunity during its exploration of Victoria Crater was...

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SciFri Videos: Geology

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Video: The Sahara: Seen Wetter Days
Did you know that the Sahara Desert used to be green? Farouk El-Baz, the director for the Center of Remote Sensing at Boston University, explains...

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Video: A Library Of Mud
Dig into the world's largest collection of ocean sediments. Peter deMenocal, a marine geologist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Rusty...

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Video: Stashing CO2 In Rocks
Basalt formations off the East Coast of the U.S. could hold a billion of tons of carbon dioxide, according to a

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Video: Gating Caves For Bat Safety
Cliff Cave near St. Louis was gated in October 2009 during the National Cave Gating Workshop.


SciFri Newsbriefs: Geology

Newsbrief: Watering Pole
Mars has enough frozen water to cover the planet in 36 feet of water.

Newsbrief: Next Great Quake?
Are scientists getting any better at earthquake prediction?

Newsbrief: Tiny Time Capsule
A tiny ancient crystal is packing the geologic history of the Earth

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