The U.S. Geological Survey has released a report describing the occurrence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ground water and drinking-water supply wells across the nation. The report concludes that VOCs were detected in aquifers across the nation and not limited to just a few specific aquifers or regions.
Two Australian gold miners, trapped 3,000 feet underground for two weeks, walked out of the mine early May 9, rescued by teams working around the clock.
Scientists aboard the research drilling ship JOIDES Resolution have, for the first time, drilled into a fossil magma chamber under intact ocean crust. There, nearly a mile beneath the sea floor, they have recovered samples of gabbro - a hard, black rock that forms when molten magma is trapped beneath Earth's surface and cools slowly.
Sri Lanka's coastal drinking water supply continues to suffer the effects of the December 2004 tsunami. Much of the island nation's coastal area relies on wells, usually hand dug and relatively shallow. Some 40,000 such wells, each typically serving several families, were destroyed or contaminated by the tsunami, and the continued sustainability of the aquifers that supply such wells is in doubt.
The nuclear industry has said that it will more closely monitor and keep local and state officials informed about releases of radioactive water into ground water from power plants, though it says such releases have not posed a health risk.
Members of the water well drilling unit of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 from Gulfport, Miss., are making a difference in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia by drilling wells that will produce clean drinking water for residents, as well as water for crops and livestock.
Sandvik Mining and Construction announces that an agreement has been reached with U.S.-based Smith International Inc., Houston, to acquire its 50 percent interest in Sandvik Smith AB.
Following three months of around-the-clock work, the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater Deep Drilling Project successfully completed its operations, extracting more than a mile-long segment of rocks and sediments from the Earth.
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