Today is the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Scientific American has an interesting article titled “The Geology of D-Day“.

The September 2011 issue of The Sedimentary Record has an article titled: “Shrapnel in Omaha Beach Sand“.

Anadarko Petroleum has drilled over 1000 wells in the Eagle Ford Shale and is completing an average of one well per day.

Related: What is the Eagle Ford Shale?

“There were no witnesses to a stellar blast that lit up our skies a millennium ago, but NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is finding clues in the charred remains.” Quote from the NASA press release.

“The Kansas Geological Survey estimates the cumulative value of the state’s oil production at $4.1 billion in 2013, up from $3.7 billion in 2012.” Quote from the Wichita Business Journal.

“Consol Energy has a 9,000-acre sweet spot containing an estimated 1 Tcf of Marcellus Shale natural gas just outside its Pittsburgh headquarters.” Quoted from the Platts.com article.

“Alaska is one of the best examples of how energy policy can change not just the trajectory of energy production, but how it can greatly improve the enhance the lives and livelihoods of its citizens.” Comment by Jack Gerard, President of the American Petroleum Institute.

“Higher-than-average snowpack, climbing temperatures, and an increase in the wet and wild rainstorms called microbursts are saturating slopes and taking the brakes off masses of unstable soils.” Quoted from The Denver Post.

Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano has been erupting for the past week. The Alaska Volcano Observatory has a number of photos that show lava fountaining, ash plumes and other features of the eruption, which so far has been low level.

Related: Pavlof Volcano article

“A landslide shut down the Historic Columbia River Highway east of the Stark St. Bridge, June 5, 2014.” The highway is expected to reopen in a few days.

“Magnum Hunter is focusing on the Marcellus and Utica shale plays more than North Dakota because its Eureka Hunter subsidiary has pipeline there to easily move its product.” Quote from the Biz Journal article.

The USA.gov blog has an article titled: “How to Prepare for Hurricane Season”.

The National Science Foundation has an article that answers twelve basic questions about El Niño? If you want to learn a lot about El Niño in just five minutes, this is a good thing to read.

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