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Inc. August 2003 Rod Kurtz |
Severe Storm Watch A surge in hurricanes could put the gust in August this year -- and profoundly affect companies in harm's way. |
Geotimes August 2003 Louise Palmer |
On Exhibit: Gems at the Bruce Museum With only a month more of summertime, consider taking a trip to the Bruce Museum of Art and Science in Greenwich, Conn. Its newest exhibit, dedicated to all things gem, is sure to delight the senses and stimulate the mind. |
Geotimes August 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker |
In Search of the Mercury Solution Mercury contamination is a leading threat to U.S. lakes and estuaries. Some large-scale ecosystem studies are trying to get at the recent source of the problem: air pollution. |
Geotimes August 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker |
Open house informs public, cheers scientists Amid downsizing and a threatened budget cut, the mood has been dim at the U.S. Geological Survey. Since the early 1990s, its staff has dwindled from as many as 2,500 to 600. But, from May 30 to June 1, the office flung open its doors to the public and let some light in, lifting the spirits of its scientists. |
Geotimes August 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker |
Homestake washout One week after the National Science Foundation chose the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, S.D., as its top proposed site for the National Underground Science Lab (NUSL), mine owner Barrick Corporation turned off the pumps in the deepest parts of the mine. |
Geotimes August 2003 Sara Pratt |
Tertiary acid rain survivors Now geochemists Teruyuki Maruoka, of Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., and Christian Koeberl, of the University of Vienna in Austria, have revisited the longstanding question of how some freshwater species could have survived rain with a pH potentially as low as battery acid. |
Geotimes August 2003 Neeta Bijoor |
China fills Three Gorges Dam Although the Three Gorges Dam is expected to boost China's economy and improve the standard of living, many wonder whether the benefits are worth the costs. |
Geotimes August 2003 Christina Reed |
Making mountains from a molehill Jason Saleeby of Caltech says the Laramide Slab owes its uniqueness to having carried a plateau from the distant seafloor, which helps explain why the shallow oceanic slab sheared off a segment of western North America's continental lithosphere. |
Geotimes August 2003 Greg Peterson |
An ozone-depleting volcano According to a report in the May 15 Nature, the largest source of ozone-depleting bromine may in fact be natural: Volcanoes may spew as much as 140,000 tons of bromine oxide into the atmosphere each year. |
Geotimes August 2003 Margaret Leinen |
Geosciences and the Future of Environmental Research at NSF In the past, the geosciences community has mobilized to address questions associated with global change. This call for environmental-synthesis research shares many of the same characteristics and is certainly as long-term and as visionary. |
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