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Weather Events Have Reduced Our Forecast of U.S. Hydropower Generation by 6% This Year - 28 September, 2023 07:57 AM

Carbon Capture and Storage Projects in Denmark at Risk From Bitumen Formation - 28 September, 2023 07:48 AM

Effect of Iron on the Preservation of Organic Carbon in Marine Sediments and Its Implications for Carbon Sequestration - 28 September, 2023 07:41 AM

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Explorer Policy Watch By Don Juckett

GEO-DC Events Have Int'l Impact

This month’s column is a summary of outcomes of events that AAPG members have participated in that relate to the efforts of the GEO-DC office. Most of the activities have an element of “global” or “international” import as well as a U.S. domestic slant.

Added on 01 September, 2007

Explorer Division Column DEG By Charles Groat

Energy and Water Need to Mix

It is not unusual today to hear a speaker dealing with resources. Water supply is lurking as the greatest resource challenge facing much of the world’s population.

Added on 01 September, 2007

Explorer President’s Column By Will Green

'Climate' Cools With Revised Statements

What are the reasons for the climate changes in the past century? AAPG members debated the probable causes and many were not in agreement with our existing climate change position paper. Therefore, committees were formed to answer the question and write a change statement.

Added on 01 September, 2007

Explorer President’s Column By Will Green

'Climate' Cools With Revised Statements

What’s the easiest way to enter a heated argument with your co-worker, neighbor or perhaps even your spouse? Just start talking about the range of possible reasons for the climate changes we have recorded in the past century.

Added on 01 September, 2007

Explorer Article By Larry Nation

World Seeking Waste Solutions

This article discusses how the United States and other countries will dispose high-level radioactive waste. The challenge is finding ways of storage that provides adequate protection for hundreds of thousands of years.

Added on 01 September, 2007

Explorer Article

Yucca Still A Pending Waste Tomb

The Yucca Mountain in Nevada is a proposed geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste. According to John Stuckless, 'the plan is sound from an earth science perspective'.

Added on 01 September, 2007

Explorer Article By Vern Stefanic

Diverse Topics Spice DL Season

This year’s Distinguished Lecture program, funded in part by the AAPG Foundation, will offer 14 lecturers largest slate of speakers in the program’s history– nine domestic and five international.

Added on 01 September, 2007

Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

USGS Head Faces the Challenges

Read an interview of U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers. He's an AAPG member, was nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate in 2006, and heads up an entity that has more than 10,000 scientists, technicians and support staff. It covers a range of issues, from research to funding to the tricky areas of politics and science.

Added on 01 September, 2007

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Tools Take Unconventional Turns

Don't feel bad if you haven't grasped the uses and benefits of geophysical tools in unconventional plays -- you're not alone. But here's something you need to know.

Added on 01 September, 2007

Explorer Policy Watch By Don Juckett

GEO-DC Summer Schedule Busy

This month marks the twentieth month of operation for the AAPG Geoscience and Energy Office in Washington, D.C., and we will debate on energy legislation and defense spending.

Added on 01 August, 2007

Workshop

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Monday, 27 May – Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

2nd Edition: Geological Process-Based Forward Modeling

In order to support the energy transition, optimizing exploration and production from complex stratigraphic-diagenetic conventional and unconventional plays remains highly important. At the same time, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) poses new technological challenges that will impact both the industry and academia for decades to come. This 2nd edition will present reviews and discuss technology developments in geological process-based forward modeling achieved during the last 2 years. New perspectives for future technology developments and implementation in industry workflows will be discussed and with the additional focus on CO₂ storage and other sustainability-related applications, the scope of the workshop will be considerably extended.

Added on 05 September, 2023

DL Abstract By Alex Simms

Interactions Between Ice Sheets and Relative Sea Levels: Lessons From Antarctica and NW Scotland

Local sea-level changes are not simply a function of global ocean volumes but also the interactions between the solid Earth, the Earth’s gravitational field and the loading and unloading of ice sheets. Contrasting behaviors between Antarctica and Scotland highlight how important the geologic structure beneath the former ice sheets is in determining the interactions between ice sheets and relative sea levels.

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Added on 21 July, 2022

DL Abstract By Jennifer Wilcox

The Role of Carbon Capture in Meeting Net-Zero Carbon Goals

President Biden has laid out a bold and ambitious goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions in the United States by 2050. The pathway to that target includes cutting total greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and eliminating them entirely from the nation’s electricity sector by 2035. The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management will play an important role in the transition to net-zero carbon emissions by reducing the environmental impacts of fossil energy production and use – and helping decarbonize other hard-to abate sectors.

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Added on 20 July, 2022

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