/tags/geology Geology en-US żŞÔĆĚĺÓý Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:13:16 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2024-10-29/the-history-and-future-of-greenlands-melting-ice-sheet Geologist and UVM professor Paul Bierman's new book about Greenland’s ice core, and what it reveals about earth’s perilous future. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:13:16 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2024-10-29/the-history-and-future-of-greenlands-melting-ice-sheet Mikaela Lefrak, Andrea Laurion /local-news/2023-07-21/one-house-is-destroyed-in-barre-landslides-as-flooding-loosens-up-the-ground After historic flooding, saturated hillsides pose additional threats for hard-hit Barre residents. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 20:37:19 GMT /local-news/2023-07-21/one-house-is-destroyed-in-barre-landslides-as-flooding-loosens-up-the-ground Lia Chien /local-news/2023-04-11/to-be-clear-mount-ascutney-is-not-a-volcano If you type in “Vermontâ€� and “volcanoâ€� into an online search engine, the internet will tell you that Mount Ascutney is the state’s “most famous volcano.”But geologists say â€� that’s not quite right. Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-04-11/to-be-clear-mount-ascutney-is-not-a-volcano Elodie Reed /local-news/2022-10-25/a-500-million-year-old-fossil-was-recently-found-by-a-vermont-fly-fishing-guide A fly fishing guide in Bennington County found a rare fossil while teaching a client. Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-10-25/a-500-million-year-old-fossil-was-recently-found-by-a-vermont-fly-fishing-guide Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2021-03-22/lost-cold-war-ice-core-reveals-greenlands-ice-free-past-could-provide-key-data-as-planet-warms It’s not often that things that happened a million years ago are news today, but a new study published this week about Greenland’s ice sheet seems to beâ€� Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:35:17 GMT /vpr-news/2021-03-22/lost-cold-war-ice-core-reveals-greenlands-ice-free-past-could-provide-key-data-as-planet-warms Henry Epp, Brittany Patterson /programs/2019-08-23/after-cotton-brook-landslide-state-officials-start-building-statewide-hazard-map Earlier this year, Vermont recorded one of its biggest landslides on record in Waterbury's Cotton Brook area of the Mount Mansfield State Forest. No oneâ€� Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:32:38 GMT /programs/2019-08-23/after-cotton-brook-landslide-state-officials-start-building-statewide-hazard-map Bob Kinzel, Matthew F Smith /vpr-news/2019-08-19/landslide-lessons-scientists-study-impacts-assess-statewide-slide-hazards One of the biggest landslides ever recorded in Vermont is now giving scientists a living laboratory to learn what happened and to assess other slide-proneâ€� Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:36:01 GMT /vpr-news/2019-08-19/landslide-lessons-scientists-study-impacts-assess-statewide-slide-hazards John Dillon /programs/2018-01-08/a-big-hot-rock-bubbles-beneath-vermont Vermont is seismically and geologically a very stable place, but new data gleaned from a vast array of seismic sensors has uncovered a massive hot rockâ€� Mon, 08 Jan 2018 21:32:49 GMT /programs/2018-01-08/a-big-hot-rock-bubbles-beneath-vermont Jane Lindholm /vpr-news/2017-12-29/drop-cover-and-hold-on-state-encourages-vermonters-to-learn-earthquake-safety-protocol A week after a minor earthquake hit the Upper Valley, the Agency of Natural Resources is reminding Vermonters what to do the next time the earth shakes.Aâ€� Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:33:38 GMT /vpr-news/2017-12-29/drop-cover-and-hold-on-state-encourages-vermonters-to-learn-earthquake-safety-protocol Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2016-01-21/frost-quakes-the-winter-phenomena-that-go-bump-in-the-night Let's say it's a cold night, after a quick freeze in early January. You're woken up at 3 a.m. by a loud booming noise and the house shakes.In the morningâ€� Thu, 21 Jan 2016 13:17:09 GMT /vpr-news/2016-01-21/frost-quakes-the-winter-phenomena-that-go-bump-in-the-night Jane Lindholm, Emily Alfin Johnson