ISGS in the News
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded two grants totaling $10 million to Illinois State Geological Survey.
Source: PoliticalNews.me
Stalagmites on the floors of caves in southern Indiana contain evidence of past earthquakes, according to an ISGS study.
Source: EarthSky
Decatur's Richland Community College has prepared for the proposed CarbonSAFE CO2 storage project by developing a Carbon Capture and Storage curriculum for students.
Source: Herald & Review
While exploring a pair of Illinois caves, Samuel Panno noticed a peculiar thing: some of the stalagmites had smaller, neighboring growths that were lighter in color...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine.com
The Decatur Park District Board of Commissioners expressed support for a ISGS grant application that could bring a second, larger carbon capture and storage project to the area.
Source: Herald and Review
ISGS Director Richard Berg discusses how 3-D geological mapping is helping Illinois counties make better development decisions.
How common are earthquakes in Illinois? Find out with ISGS Geologist, Tim Larson, and WILL.
Source: WILL - Champaign, IL
The original silver nitrate film negatives are gone, destroyed by the National Archives in the early 1980s because they had deteriorated. Illinois State Geological Survey took on an initiative to digitally scan them.
Source: CBS Chicago - Chicago, IL
Officials say west Danville sinkhole above mine shaft: An 8 feet by 10 feet sinkhole is "not a mine shaft but is pit subsidence resulting from an underlying mine", according to IDNR.
Source: Commercial-News - Danville, IL
Using a grant from the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, ISGS intends to develop brine extraction and treatment technologies that will facilitate the commercialization of geologic carbon dioxide storage.
Source: Herald & Review - Decatur, IL