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Presidential Nomination Sent To The Senate, 8-4-09
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 4, 2009 NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Marcia K. McNutt, of California, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, vice Mark Myers, resigned. ...
Mark Benthien
Mark Benthien is Director for Communication, Education and Outreach for the Southern California Earthquake Center, a research center funded by the National Science Foundation and U.S. Geological survey with over 60 participating institutions and headquarters at the University of Southern California (USC). Mark communicates earthquake knowledge to end-users and the general public in order to increase earthquake awareness, reduce economic losses, and save lives. Many of these efforts are in coordination with members of the Earthquake Country Alliance, a private-public partnership of organizations that provide earthquake information and services, for which Mark serves as Executive Director and lead organizer of the Great California Shake ...
Alaskan Permafrost Mapped from the Skies
Last week, the Interior Department’s US Geological Survey (USGS) released details about a landmark airborne survey of permafrost in the Yukon Flats of Alaska that yielded some of the most detailed, data-rich maps of permafrost ever generated. Permafrost—frozen ground that remains at or below water’s freezing point for at least two years—accounts for only 0.022% of all water on Earth, but it covers more than 20% of exposed land of Earth’s northern high latitudes (in addition to areas of Antarctica and the Patagonia region), where it plays a potentially important role in climate dynamics. There are many reasons scientists seek to understand where permafrost is and how it is changing. One reason is that changes in permafrost can impact ground stability ...
Friday at 11: Live Chat on East Coast Earthquake with USGS Expert
Registering at 5.8 on the Richter Scale, the earthquake that rattled the East Coast Tuesday afternoon was one of the largest in decades. Want to know more about what happened, and if it can happen again? We'll answer these questions and more during a live, online chat with one of our top scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey Friday at 11:00 am EDT. To join the chat, go to www.doi.gov/live . If you would like to submit questions prior to the chat, you can do so by emailing us at info@ios.doi.gov . Once you are logged in, just type your question in the chat window and we will get to as many questions as time allows. Events like these remind us that science plays a crucial role in our daily lives. We hope ...
Translating Science into Safety
and purpose in my home organization, the Southern California Earthquake Center. SCEC is a research center funded by the National Science Foundation and U.S. Geological survey with over 60 participating institutions and headquarters at the University ...
S 104 -- 04/07/97
geological repository has been assessed. The bill would also undermine the ongoing work on the permanent disposal site by siphoning away resources for an interim site. The Administration is committed to resolving the complex and important issue of nuclear waste storage in a timely and sensible manner. The Federal government's long-standing commitment to permanent, geological disposal should remain the basic goal of high-level radioactive waste management policy. This Administration has instituted planning and management initiatives to accelerate progress on assessing Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as a permanent geologic disposal site, and urges the Congress to provide sufficient resources to allow the Administration to complete the Yucca ...
Understanding Earthquakes and Their Impacts: Part I
abroad, but also here in the United States. To make those wise decisions requires some basic geology. Most people know that the crust of the Earth is broken into about a dozen major sections, or plates, (and a number of smaller ones) that slowly ... ? The short answer is yes. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 39 U.S. states have moderate-to-high earthquake hazard, as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Marianas Islands. These states include the ones people think of along ... Office of Science and Technology Policy David Applegate is Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake & Geologic Hazards at the US Geological Survey ...
HR 1270 -- 10/24/97
as a permanent geological repository has been assessed. The Administration is committed to resolving the complex and important issue of nuclear waste storage in a timely and sensible manner. The Federal government's long-standing commitment to permanent, geological disposal should remain the basic goal of high-level radioactive waste management policy. This Administration has instituted planning and management initiatives to accelerate progress on determining the suitability of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as a permanent geologic disposal site. H.R. 1270, however, would establish Nevada as the site of an interim nuclear waste storage facility before the viability assessment of Yucca Mountain as a permanent geologic repository is completed. Moreover, even ...
Quake in D.C. Serves As Reminder To Get Prepared
Includes VideoCross-posted from the FEMA blog . Get the latest on the FEMA blog and follow FEMA on Twitter , Facebook and YouTube . You can also follow Administrator Craig Fugate @CraigatFEMA on Twitter. According to United States Geologic Survey , the mid-Atlantic Region of the United States experienced a 5.9 magnitude earthquake this afternoon. Along with the entire federal family, we are closely monitoring the situation and are in close contact and coordination with our federal and state partners in Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland and the surrounding areas. There are no initial reports of significant damages, but we will continue to coordinate closely with our state and local partners ...
Disaster Preparedness Is a Partnership Effort
. Despite what some might say, with earthquake activity happening almost daily, the earthquake threat is real in the NMSZ. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), there is as much as a 40% chance that a damaging earthquake may occur in a 50-year time ...
