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A summary and a link to an AGI report can be found at Lee Allison&#8217;s Arizona Geology blog.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/406030553" height="1" width="1"/>";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:73:"http://geology.com/news/2008/geoscience-for-the-next-president.shtml/feed";}s:10:"feedburner";a:2:{s:9:"awareness";s:155:"http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Geologycom&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgeology.com%2Fnews%2F2008%2Fgeoscience-for-the-next-president.shtml";s:8:"origlink";s:68:"http://geology.com/news/2008/geoscience-for-the-next-president.shtml";}s:7:"summary";s:324:"Members of the geoscience community are working to create a list of issues and recommendations for the next President of the United States.  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He also compares images of the Mars deposits with satellite images of Earth.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/405991325" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222669174;}i:7;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:24:"Mineral Polymorph Photos";s:4:"link";s:85:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~3/405979670/mineral-polymorph-photos.shtml";s:8:"comments";s:68:"http://geology.com/news/2008/mineral-polymorph-photos.shtml#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:00:14 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Geology.com";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Minerals";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://geology.com/news/2008/mineral-polymorph-photos.shtml";s:11:"description";s:486:"The-Vug.com has photographs of a mineral polymorphs exhibit from the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium.  Polymorph pairs in the exhibit include pyrite:marcasite, cavansite:pentagonite, calcite:aragonite, graphite:diamond, gaidonayite:catapleiite, atacamite:botallackite, and more.  More photos from the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium can be found as items 81-89 on The-Vug&#8217;s articles page.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/405979670" height="1" width="1"/>";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:64:"http://geology.com/news/2008/mineral-polymorph-photos.shtml/feed";}s:10:"feedburner";a:2:{s:9:"awareness";s:146:"http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Geologycom&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgeology.com%2Fnews%2F2008%2Fmineral-polymorph-photos.shtml";s:8:"origlink";s:59:"http://geology.com/news/2008/mineral-polymorph-photos.shtml";}s:7:"summary";s:486:"The-Vug.com has photographs of a mineral polymorphs exhibit from the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium.  Polymorph pairs in the exhibit include pyrite:marcasite, cavansite:pentagonite, calcite:aragonite, graphite:diamond, gaidonayite:catapleiite, atacamite:botallackite, and more.  More photos from the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium can be found as items 81-89 on The-Vug&#8217;s articles page.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/405979670" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222668014;}i:8;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:37:"Lava Flow Clues to Magnetic Reversals";s:4:"link";s:98:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~3/405956541/lava-flow-clues-to-magnetic-reversals.shtml";s:8:"comments";s:81:"http://geology.com/news/2008/lava-flow-clues-to-magnetic-reversals.shtml#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:13:56 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Geology.com";}s:8:"category";s:27:"Historical GeologyVolcanoes";s:4:"guid";s:72:"http://geology.com/news/2008/lava-flow-clues-to-magnetic-reversals.shtml";s:11:"description";s:293:"Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been dating lava flows and studying their magnetic properties.  They are using this information to document reversals in earth&#8217;s magnetic field.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/405956541" height="1" width="1"/>";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:77:"http://geology.com/news/2008/lava-flow-clues-to-magnetic-reversals.shtml/feed";}s:10:"feedburner";a:2:{s:9:"awareness";s:159:"http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Geologycom&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgeology.com%2Fnews%2F2008%2Flava-flow-clues-to-magnetic-reversals.shtml";s:8:"origlink";s:72:"http://geology.com/news/2008/lava-flow-clues-to-magnetic-reversals.shtml";}s:7:"summary";s:293:"Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been dating lava flows and studying their magnetic properties.  They are using this information to document reversals in earth&#8217;s magnetic field.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/405956541" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222665236;}i:9;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:28:"Myanmar After Cyclone Nargis";s:4:"link";s:89:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~3/405908627/myanmar-after-cyclone-nargis.shtml";s:8:"comments";s:72:"http://geology.com/news/2008/myanmar-after-cyclone-nargis.shtml#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:23 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Geology.com";}s:8:"category";s:33:"PlantsHurricanes and CyclonesAsia";s:4:"guid";s:63:"http://geology.com/news/2008/myanmar-after-cyclone-nargis.shtml";s:11:"description";s:300:"Science Daily has an article about how Myanmar&#8217;s Ayeyarwaddy Delta area is recovering after being devastated by Cyclone Nargis.  One of the main concerns is a drop in rice production of over 1 million tons.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/405908627" height="1" width="1"/>";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:68:"http://geology.com/news/2008/myanmar-after-cyclone-nargis.shtml/feed";}s:10:"feedburner";a:2:{s:9:"awareness";s:150:"http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Geologycom&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgeology.com%2Fnews%2F2008%2Fmyanmar-after-cyclone-nargis.shtml";s:8:"origlink";s:63:"http://geology.com/news/2008/myanmar-after-cyclone-nargis.shtml";}s:7:"summary";s:300:"Science Daily has an article about how Myanmar&#8217;s Ayeyarwaddy Delta area is recovering after being devastated by Cyclone Nargis.  One of the main concerns is a drop in rice production of over 1 million tons.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/405908627" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222660823;}i:10;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:36:"Hurricane Kyle Targets Maine, Canada";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~3/405488452/hurricane-kyle-targets-maine-canada.shtml";s:8:"comments";s:79:"http://geology.com/news/2008/hurricane-kyle-targets-maine-canada.shtml#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:24:30 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Geology.com";}s:8:"category";s:34:"MaineHurricanes and CyclonesCanada";s:4:"guid";s:70:"http://geology.com/news/2008/hurricane-kyle-targets-maine-canada.shtml";s:11:"description";s:410:"Hurricane Kyle is moving north and NOAA&#8217;s expected path shows it making landfall near the eastern coast of Maine or adjacent areas of Canada late tonight or early Monday morning.  A hurricane watch is in effect for the eastern portion of the Maine coastline and nearby Canada.  Kyle is currently a Category One [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/405488452" height="1" width="1"/>";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:75:"http://geology.com/news/2008/hurricane-kyle-targets-maine-canada.shtml/feed";}s:10:"feedburner";a:2:{s:9:"awareness";s:157:"http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Geologycom&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgeology.com%2Fnews%2F2008%2Fhurricane-kyle-targets-maine-canada.shtml";s:8:"origlink";s:70:"http://geology.com/news/2008/hurricane-kyle-targets-maine-canada.shtml";}s:7:"summary";s:410:"Hurricane Kyle is moving north and NOAA&#8217;s expected path shows it making landfall near the eastern coast of Maine or adjacent areas of Canada late tonight or early Monday morning.  A hurricane watch is in effect for the eastern portion of the Maine coastline and nearby Canada.  Kyle is currently a Category One [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/405488452" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222615470;}i:11;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:26:"Typhoon Jangmi Hits Taiwan";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~3/405478545/typhoon-jangmi-hits-taiwan.shtml";s:8:"comments";s:70:"http://geology.com/news/2008/typhoon-jangmi-hits-taiwan.shtml#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:07:40 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Geology.com";}s:8:"category";s:27:"Hurricanes and CyclonesAsia";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://geology.com/news/2008/typhoon-jangmi-hits-taiwan.shtml";s:11:"description";s:395:"Typhoon Jangmi is expected to hit Taiwan today with high winds and heavy rain.  The heavy rain is expected to produce local flooding and mudslides.  The image at right is a windspeed map of Typhoon Jangmi from Earth Observatory produced from data collected by NASA on September 25 while it was off the [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/405478545" height="1" width="1"/>";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:66:"http://geology.com/news/2008/typhoon-jangmi-hits-taiwan.shtml/feed";}s:10:"feedburner";a:2:{s:9:"awareness";s:148:"http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Geologycom&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgeology.com%2Fnews%2F2008%2Ftyphoon-jangmi-hits-taiwan.shtml";s:8:"origlink";s:61:"http://geology.com/news/2008/typhoon-jangmi-hits-taiwan.shtml";}s:7:"summary";s:395:"Typhoon Jangmi is expected to hit Taiwan today with high winds and heavy rain.  The heavy rain is expected to produce local flooding and mudslides.  The image at right is a windspeed map of Typhoon Jangmi from Earth Observatory produced from data collected by NASA on September 25 while it was off the [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/405478545" height="1" width="1"/>";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222614460;}i:12;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:24:"Pegmatite Mineral Photos";s:4:"link";s:85:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~3/405247143/pegmatite-mineral-photos.shtml";s:8:"comments";s:68:"http://geology.com/news/2008/pegmatite-mineral-photos.shtml#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:51:05 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Geology.com";}s:8:"category";s:17:"GemstonesMinerals";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://geology.com/news/2008/pegmatite-mineral-photos.shtml";s:11:"description";s:452:"The-Vug.com has a collection of pegmatite mineral photos.  These were photographed during their recent trip to the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.  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