Published: April 26, 2012
Tags: Clintonville, Lisa Kuss, seismometer, U.S. Geological Survey
The four seismometers installed around Clintonville to help investigate the booms and rumblings have been removed because it’s been quiet there.
Published: April 12, 2012
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey
The reports of booming in Clintonville have quieted down.
Published: March 29, 2012
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey
The U.S. Geological Survey is asking Clintonville residents to report any booming and rumblings to their website.
Published: March 28, 2012
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey
Geological officials said Wednesday they are considering putting a seismometer in a Wisconsin city where a small earthquake was recorded last week after strong booms and rumblings shook residents once again.
Published: March 22, 2012
Tags: earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey
Federal geologists confirmed Thursday that a minor earthquake occurred this week near the eastern Wisconsin city where researchers have been investigating a series of unexplained booming sounds.
Published: January 31, 2012
Tags: earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey
A minor earthquake rumbled through southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
Published: January 5, 2012
Tags: frac sand, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, mining, U.S. Geological Survey
The rolling hills and scenic bluffs of western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota hide a valuable resource that has sparked what’s been called a modern-day gold rush.
Published: March 18, 2011
Tags: building code, College of Engineering, design, earthquake, geoscience, Harold Tobin, Kieffer, research, structure, U.S. Geological Survey, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW, UW-Madison
By Jack Zemlicka and Brian Johnson Though the state is thousands of miles from the epicenter of the 9.0-magnitude offshore quake that shook Japan on March 11, Wisconsin could see changes to its building code result from the overseas disaster. Every time there is an earthquake, particularly a significant one, international building codes are reviewed [...]
Published: June 3, 2010
Tags: Center for Environmental Science, chancellor, Donald Boesch, former Alaska Lieutenant Governor, former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William Reilly, former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, Fran Ulmer, Gulf oil spill, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, U.S. Geological Survey, University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Maryland
Seth Borenstein AP Science Writer Washington — The new presidential commission investigating the Gulf oil spill will include two experts who have been active on the subject of global warming, The Associated Press has learned. The two will join former Florida Sen. Bob Graham and former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William Reilly, whose roles as [...]
Published: February 25, 2010
Tags: Asian carp, Great Lakes, Stabenow, U.S. Geological Survey
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer Scientists are stepping up their search for methods to prevent Asian carp from becoming established in the Great Lakes, where they could threaten the fishing and boating industries. Leon Carl of the U.S. Geological Survey told a U.S. Senate panel Thursday that researchers are looking at short- and long-term [...]
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