Wouldn't you know it, there is fuel trapped underneath the ground in the Land of the Automobile. In its quest to find oil and gas everywhere, the energy industry is taking another look at the great ...

Appreciating scale and time are among the fundamental challenges involved with understanding the diverse set of processes that have taken place throughout Earth history in any geographic region on our ...

"Fossils from the Michigan Basin," which opens on March 15, highlights fossils discovered in the state. The exhibit will be on display through Sept. 15. The remains are from the Devonian Period, which ...

A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners has begun injecting 50,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide into a Michigan geologic formation believed to be capable of storing hundreds of ...

KALAMAZOO, MI – Michigan may play a key role in developing new technologies to capture carbon emissions and store the planet-warming gases deep underground. The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $5 ...

The Great Lakes Basin has warmed more over the last 30 years than the rest of the contiguous United States — and could warm dramatically more by the end of the 21st Century, a new, first-of-its-kind ...

A play for natural gas in Upper Ordovician Utica shale may be nearly ready to sprout wings in the northern Michigan basin. HOUSTON, Mar. 22 --A play for natural gas in Upper Ordovician Utica shale may ...

RENO, Nev., June 21, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LJM Energy Corp. (OTCBB:LJMR), is pleased to announce the acquisition of acreage and high resolution 3-D seismic data targeting the Niagaran oil reefs in ...

Climate change could lengthen the growing season, make soil drier and decrease winter snowpack in the Lake Michigan Basin by the turn of the century, among other hydrological effects. Climate change ...

Research in sedimentary systems and basin analysis in the Department of Geosciences at Western Michigan University encompasses a wide variety of fundamental and applied scientific topics. Faculty ...