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Geotimes
October 2003 |
Geophenomena New addition to the Aleutian family... Yellowstone geysers heat up... First dead zone forecast... etc.   |
Geotimes
October 2003
John F. Shroder Jr. |
Reconstructing Afghanistan: Nation Building or Nation Failure? As the Coalition forces begin reconstructing Iraq, Afghanistan continues to undergo its own rebuilding process. Whether the country continues to fail or rises to succeed may depend on U.S. efforts to help develop Afghanistan's vast natural resources. |
Geotimes
October 2003
Wallace Bolen |
Mineral Resource of the Month: Perlite The U.S. Geological Survey Perlite Commodity Specialist prepared this information on perlite -- a recently discovered but commonly used mineral. |
Geotimes
October 2003 |
Geomedia Book Review: Krakatoa... DVD: Revisiting The Core... Maps: Annotated list of references for geologic mapping in Iraq... etc. |
Geotimes
October 2003
Sultan et al. |
Water, Agriculture and Land Cover: Lessons for the Postwar Era Countries of the Middle East have many reasons to envy their neighbor Iraq: not only does Iraq have the second-largest proven oil reserves (after Saudi Arabia), but it has more renewable water resources than any other Middle Eastern nation. |
Geotimes
October 2003
Naomi Lubick |
Iraq's Marshes Renewed Decades of damming and canal building under Saddam Hussein's regime and in other parts of the Middle East have diminished the Iraqi marshlands to 7 percent their original size. There are only good reasons to restore the marshes of Iraq. |
Geotimes
September 2003
Megan Sever |
Giant earthquake hits Japan A magnitude-8.1 earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan, before dawn on Friday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Japanese quake is the strongest to hit anywhere in the world this year. |
Geotimes
September 2003
Megan Sever |
An ending begets a beginning in oceanic drilling The Resolution's retirement from Ocean Drilling Program expeditions ushers in a new era for ocean drilling and research. |
Geotimes
September 2003
Jill Karsten |
A Unified Approach to Diversifying the Earth Sciences In the geosciences, a community-wide conversation is vital to recruiting and retaining a diverse population. |
Geotimes
September 2003
White et al. |
Reaching Out to Communities and Kids with Science San Francisco Bay Area teachers and students are connecting with their watersheds through SF-ROCKS, a program aimed at encouraging ethnic minority participation in the geosciences. |
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