Story Archives of 'geology'

When the Merrimack Changed its Course

By Sam Evans Brown on Thursday, July 24, 2008.

River Minutes Number 4

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New Hampshire's Ancient Volcanoes

By Scott Fitzpatrick on Friday, April 13, 2007.

Volcanoes in New Hampshire? The evidence is there, if you know where to look.

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Postcard from the Rock Swap

By Donna Moxley on Tuesday, June 27, 2006.

Over the weekend, hundreds of people from around the world showed up in the town of Gilsum, in southwest New Hampshire.

They came to buy, sell and trade semi-precious stones, minerals and fossiles at the 42nd Annual Gilsum Rock Swap and Mineral Show.

The Keene Sentinel's Donna Moxley was there and sent us this audio postcard.

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New Hampshire Rocks! (REBROADCAST)

By Laura Knoy on Friday, April 8, 2005.

The Granite state is far more than just granite� there's slate, quartzite, even gold up "in them there hills"! We'll look into the stones, minerals and rock formations of New Hampshire's undersurface and what geology can teach us about everything from earthquake risks to finding new water supplies. Laura's guests are David Wunsch, New Hampshire's State Geologist and Leland Wilder, Public Outreach Coordinator for the New Hampshire Geological Survey, Past president of the New Hampshire Geological Society and a professor of Earth Sciences at Colby Sawyer College in New London.

*This show originally aired on 9/13/04*

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Thar She Blows!

By John Walters on Wednesday, November 3, 2004.

The recent activity of Mount St. Helens in Washington State has once again piqued the interest of geologists and volcanologists worldwide. One geophysicist who answered the call is Jeff Johnson from UNH. He spent part of this fall near the volcano helping other geologists gather and analyze sub-audible sounds emanating from the unstable site. His work is sometimes dangerous and frequently innovative. Johnson will discuss his techniques and the value of his work in eruption zones around the world.

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New Hampshire Rocks!

By Laura Knoy on Monday, September 13, 2004.

The Granite state is far more than just granite- there's slate, quartzite, even gold up "in them there hills"! We'll look into the stones, minerals and rock formations of New Hampshire's undersurface and what geology can teach us about everything from earthquake risks to finding new water supplies. Laura's guests are David Wunsch, New Hampshire's State Geologist and Leland Wilder, Public Outreach Coordinator for the New Hampshire Geological Survey, Past president of the New Hampshire Geological Society and a professor of Earth Sciences at Colby Sawyer College in New London.

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A Time Before New Hampshire

By John Walters on Friday, March 26, 2004.

The place we now call New Hampshire has been around a long time- billions of years of geology, millions of years of life, and thousands of years of human habitation. Michael Caduto is author of A Time Before New Hampshire, a new book that explores the geological, ecological, and archeological history of the state, long before white settlers. Michael is also a storyteller and singer who does programs about the environment in schools and is the author of serveral children's books about earth tales from around the world.

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The Pre-History of the Granite State

By John Walters on Thursday, August 7, 2003.

The place we now call New Hampshire has been around a long time? billions of years of geology? millions of years of life? and thousands of years of human habitation. Michael Caduto is author of A Time Before New Hampshire, a new book that explores the geological, ecological, and archeological history of the state, long before white settlers. Michael is also a storyteller and singer who does programs about the environment in schools and is the author of serveral children's books about earth tales form around the world.

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Mountain Week- The Granite Landscape

By John Walters on Friday, July 25, 2003.

Mountain Week concludes with Tom Wessels. He's a naturalist, and author of The Granite Landscape, a book about the unique ecology of bald granite mountaintops. From Acadia and the White Mountains in the East, to Yosemite in the West, he says they have a lot in common- from millennia of history, to the fragile plants on their surfaces.

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Old New Hampshire?

By Iain MacLeod on Friday, June 28, 2002.

Did you know that fossils can be found right here in New Hampshire? Iain MacLeod talks about how to understand our natural history through the fossils around us. Learn more at www.geobop.com/paleozoo/World/NA/US/NH/

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