<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - geology</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/geology</link><description>Newsvine - geology</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:36:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 13:22:10 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Geology helped trapped miners survive in Chile</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly a half-mile below ground where 33 miners have been trapped for almost three weeks, there's no build-up of toxic or explosive gases and the air has been breathable, if hot and stuffy in their reinforced shelter. There is plenty of open tunnel for them to move around, and even water to drink, dug with a bulldozer from an underground deposit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Prengaman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Prengaman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4965843-geology-helped-trapped-miners-survive-in-chile</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4965843-geology-helped-trapped-miners-survive-in-chile</guid><category>collapse</category><category>mine</category><category>chile</category><category>world-news</category><category>geology</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:35:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5249910d-69b7-452c-af0c-540883edf3b6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5249910d-69b7-452c-af0c-540883edf3b6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Drills are seen outside the San Jose collapsed mine in Copiapo, Chile, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. Engineers reinforced a lifeline Monday to 33 miners entombed deep inside the Chilean gold and copper mine, preparing to keep them supplied with food, water, medicine and communications during the four months it may take to carve a tunnel wide enough to pull them out.  (AP Photo/ Roberto Candia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f1831a69-4003-41e9-98a8-b3a4b2c093df.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f1831a69-4003-41e9-98a8-b3a4b2c093df.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A drill is seen outside the San Jose collapsed mine in Copiapo, Chile, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. Engineers reinforced a lifeline Monday to 33 miners entombed deep inside the Chilean gold and copper mine, preparing to keep them supplied with food, water, medicine and communications during the four months it may take to carve a tunnel wide enough to pull them out.  (AP Photo/ Roberto Candia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ff7bbf3c-0686-4766-aa8d-ab1bd0873a95.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ff7bbf3c-0686-4766-aa8d-ab1bd0873a95.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Carlos Araya stands next to Chilean flags representing the 33 miners trapped at the San Jose collapsed mine in Copiapo, Chile, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. Engineers reinforced a lifeline Monday to 33 miners entombed deep inside the Chilean gold and copper mine, preparing to keep them supplied with food, water, medicine and communications during the four months it may take to carve a tunnel wide enough to pull them out.  (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>College Teaches One Class at a Time</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's a silly old expression, but Professor Eric Leonard says it's true: The best geologist is the one who's seen the most rocks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/28/1055912-college-teaches-one-class-at-a-time</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/28/1055912-college-teaches-one-class-at-a-time</guid><category>learning</category><category>education</category><category>colleges</category><category>colorado</category><category>us-news</category><category>block</category><category>geology</category><category>professor-eric-leonard</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:43:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tall creationist tales from the Grand Canyon</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Grand Canyon was formed a few thousand years ago by Noah's flood, and not a few million years ago by geological forces, right? So says a glossy book still on sale in Grand Canyon National Park, despite scientists' protests.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[newscientist.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[newscientist.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/14/521708-tall-creationist-tales-from-the-grand-canyon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/14/521708-tall-creationist-tales-from-the-grand-canyon</guid><category>canyon</category><category>religion</category><category>park</category><category>science</category><category>national-park-service</category><category>grand-canyon</category><category>opinion</category><category>geology</category><category>peer</category><category>barna</category><category>nps</category><category>environmental-responsibility</category><category>david-barna</category><category>jeff-ruch</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Soil minerals point to planet-wide ocean on Mars</title>
<description><![CDATA[Much of Mars&amp;#146;s water may still be present in the form of buried ice - this region near the equator that may consist of jumbled blocks of ice beneath a shroud of dust (Image: ESA/DLR/F U Berlin/G Neukum)]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Shiga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Shiga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/27/421793-soil-minerals-point-to-planet-wide-ocean-on-mars</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/27/421793-soil-minerals-point-to-planet-wide-ocean-on-mars</guid><category>space</category><category>life</category><category>mars</category><category>water</category><category>environment</category><category>science</category><category>ocean</category><category>img</category><category>solar-system</category><category>geology</category><category>minerals</category><category>phosphate</category><category>phosphorus</category><category>hrefhttpwwwnewscientistcomarticledn</category><category>acidic</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/ns-dn10389-1_600.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/ns-dn10389-1_600.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Much of Mars&amp;#146;s water may still be present in the form of buried ice - this region near the equator that may consist of jumbled blocks of ice beneath a shroud of dust (Image: ESA/DLR/F U Berlin/G Neukum)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/ns-dn10389-2_320.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="599" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/ns-dn10389-2_320.jpg" width="120" height="225" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A winding canyon called Nanedi Vallis seen here in an image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft is one of many features on the planet&amp;#146;s surface that suggest past water flow (Image: Malin Space Science Systems/NASA)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>