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Professor researches geothermal energy options

Diesel fuel from Tacoma travels nearly 2,000 miles by barge to reach the island of Akutan, an Alaskan island in the Aleutian chain, which extends into the Pacific Ocean. Residents there go through 4.2 million gallons of fuel each year, and pay 32 and a half cents per kilowatt hour to power their…

Volcanic Activity, Not Giant Bears, Created Enigmatic Devils Tower

Devils Tower in Wyoming is such an extraordinary sight that its creation myth almost seems possible. Giant bears are said to have scratched its surface attempting to climb to the top. But the vertical lines adorning the sides of the almost 390-meter-tall rock are not claw marks.

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²ÝÁñÉçÇø Geologist Pete Stelling Researching Geothermal Power Sources in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
Computer simulation shows where volcanic ash could go if Mount Baker erupts

A computer simulation delves 6,600 years into the past to show where volcanic ash would go if Mount Baker blew today.

The simulation is on the website of the Mount Baker Volcano Research Center at mbvrc.wordpress.com. Bellingham geologist Dave Tucker, who is an…

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