ISGS in the News

Case study: 3D mapping for water planning

In an AGI Critical Issues webinar, Jason Thomason, head of Hydrogeology and Geophysics, discusses how 3D geologic mapping is assisting McHenry County, Illinois, with water planning. 

Minor tremor may have caused 'big boom'

Senior geophysicist Tim Larson says a "big boom" heard in Sandwich, Somonauk, Plano, Yorkville & other areas could have been a minor earth tremor.  

Source: WSPY


ISGS helps McHenry County grapple with water supply planning

Scientists from ISGS recently participated in a public McHenry County Water Forum in Crystal Lake, Illinois. The forum focused on water resource planning and protection.

Carbon dioxide storage project spotlighted

ISGS scientist Sallie Greenberg recently led a reporter on a tour of the ADM carbon dioxide storage project. 

Elrick travels to Pocahontas Exhibition Mine for Smithsonian project

Scott Elrick traveled to the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine in West Virginia to aid the Smithsonian Institute in production of video about coal and coal formation.

$208 million project stores ADM's carbon deep beneath Decatur

New $208 million technology designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is ... an enormous project more than a decade in the making by University of Illinois scientists and Archer Daniels Midland Co. engineers.

Two quakes shake southern Illinois within two weeks

Two earthquakes that struck the Wabash Valley in two weeks have emergency management teams concerned about an active fault line there. Robert Bauer, with ISGS, said the epicenter was more than 7 miles below ground...

ADM touts latest carbon capture well

Archer Daniels Midland Co. publicly unveiled its system to pump carbon dioxide emissions deep underground on Sept. 22, an initiative to lessen the carbon emissions of the company.

 

A map for Illinois homeowners worried about mine subsidence

St. Louis metro-east homeowners can use an interactive map by the Illinois State Geological Survey to see if there's a coal mine under their property.

Earthquake in Ottawa? Seismic activity says no

Facebook conversations circulated among Ottawa residents ... Thursday ... many speculating it felt like an earthquake. Tim Larson of the Illinois State Geological Survey said seismometers showed no activity.

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