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June 25, 2021
This data brief provides updated data from AGI's Geoscience COVID-19 Impacts survey about the adaptations that faculty and students have implemented in response to teaching and learning from home, productivity levels of faculty and students, and the benefits and challenges related to teaching and...
October 01, 2019
For scientists, geoscientists and paleontologists in particular, access to public lands is crucial. This table illustrates who is allowed to access federal public lands, the permits and expertise required to use them, and whether or not public lands are open to commercial development for any number...
September 05, 2018
By the numbers: Minnesota
6,639 geoscience employees (excludes self-employed)1
776 million gallons/day: total groundwater withdrawal3
$3.18 billion: value of nonfuel mineral production in 20174
60 total disaster declarations, including 25 flood, 24 severe storm, and 3 tornado disasters (...
June 01, 2018
Introduction
The oil and gas industry consumes and produces water. Water is used to drill and hydraulically fracture (“frack”) wells, refine and process oil and gas, and produce electricity in some natural gas power plants. Water is also naturally present in the rocks that contain oil and gas and...
June 01, 2018
Introduction
The Arctic hosts large oil and natural gas resources both onshore and offshore.1 However, the harsh climate, extreme weather, remote locations, and limited infrastructure make exploration and production expensive and sometimes hazardous. In recent decades, decreased summer sea ice has...
June 01, 2018
Manmade Earthquakes
Any activity that significantly changes the pressure on or fluid content of rocks has the potential to trigger earthquakes. This includes geothermal energy production, water storage in large reservoirs, groundwater extraction, underground injection of water for enhanced oil...
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