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Local geologist takes education on the road
CHESTERTON | Dunes Learning Center and the National Park Service will offer a one-day workshop titled "Geology Road Trip" with Ken Schoon, local educator, geologist and author on Feb. 16. The day will begin at 9 a.m. with a review of Calumet Area geology, including the formation of Lake Mich…
RUST BELT RESURGENCE: Miners, workers strike gold in thriving iron industry
DULUTH, Minn. | Minerals and metallurgical engineer Don Fosnacht said having an "ungodly vast" array of natural resources is a good situation.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Plan for operations throughout Little Cal watershed
We now face the dilemma of having spent $200 million on flood prevention construction for the Little Calumet River, just a part of the Little Calumet River drainage basin which includes the trunk stream and its tributaries out to Lake Michigan at Burns Ditch in Portage.
GUEST COMMENTARY: U.S. must examine safety of nuclear plants here
The triple catastrophe in northern Japan involved an earthquake of 9 on the Richter scale (among the strongest in more than a century), many strong aftershocks, a very intense tsunami and serious damages to nuclear energy facilities with potentially devastating radiation releases. Obviously,…
IUN student researcher presents at conference
Nicole Grabos, 19, of Hobart, recently presented findings at the Geological Society of America's annual conference in Denver, Colo.
Hayward boosted BP's bottom line, but not safety
LONDON (AP) — Two decades ago, Tony Hayward was a "turtle" — one of a handful of young high fliers at BP earmarked for great things, named after the cartoon warriors, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Minor earthquake shakes US capital's movers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earthquakes are so rare in the Washington area that even a geology student wasn't quite sure what was going on when a minor one hit early Friday. Was it a truck passing by? A low-flying plane?
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