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.
The one place in water-short Israel where natural ground water is available and not being fully exploited is - of all places - in the mostly uninhabited Judean desert.
Mathematical models have developed to calculate the natural degradation capacity of polluted ground water, allowing predictions of whether a polluted area will become larger or smaller.
Despite recent rain, water levels in streams throughout the Mid-Atlantic and surrounding regions remain near record lows for this time of year, according to hydrologists at the U.S. Geological Survey. Although recent rains have improved conditions in parts of the Midwest, West Virginia and Ohio, rivers and streams from northwestern Pennsylvania to southeastern North Carolina still are flowing at below-normal levels.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to allow higher levels of contaminants such as arsenic in the drinking water used by small rural communities, in response to complaints that they cannot afford to comply with recently imposed limits.
The National Ground Water Association will host its Western Focus Ground Water Conference May 16-17 in San Francisco to explore MTBE and perchlorate remediation, legal issues and a range of ground water topics critical to the western United States.
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program scientists acquire a “treasure trove” of climate records off Tahiti coast and begin a yearlong analysis of 632 meters of fossil material retrieved from 37 boreholes drilled beneath the seafloor.
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