The Board of Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals and Geologists discuss reductions to a geologists certification. (Charlie Paullin/Virginia Mercury) As part of a request from Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Virginia’s agency for professional certifications has cut back regulations for geologists that workers in that field want to maintain. Tuesday, the Board of Professional Soil Scientists, […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Scientists have voted against a proposal to declare a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene to reflect how profoundly human activity has altered the planet. The proposal was rejected by members of the Subcommission on […]
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit overnight near San Bernardino County in Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The approximately 8-mile-deep quake hit about 2 miles southeast of Ontario, about 40 miles east of Los Angeles, at 11:38 p.m on Thursday, Feb. 15, according to USGS. More than 2,700 people from as far away as Hesperia […]
Multiple tremors, including a 4.2-magnitude quake, hit Northern California on Friday, Jan. 26, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. The largest earthquake, which was about 1.4 miles deep, struck at 1:28 p.m. about 1.2 miles north of The Geysers, according to the USGS. About 250 people from as far away as Nice and San Francisco reported […]
Human influence on the moon has become so great that a team of scientists have declared a new geological epoch for our satellite, naming it the “Lunar Anthropocene.” In a comment piece published in the journal Nature Geoscience, a group of anthropologists and geologists argue that for the past six decades or so, humans have […]