Environment & Geology

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Geotimes December 2003 Naomi Lubick	Climbing the Hill This year, five earth scientists have ascended Capitol Hill to take part in year-long congressional fellowships, sponsored by a variety of membership organizations and overseen by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Geotimes November 2003 Paul Belasky	The Romance of Geology in Russia: A Tribute to Alexander Ainemer Before Alexander Ainemer became a marine geologist, he led the author into the romance of geology with tales of field work in Central Asia.
Geotimes November 2003 Naomi Lubick	Mercury transitions in the Everglades Mercury levels in fish in the Everglades have dropped substantially over the past decade, which may be directly related to the control and eventual cessation of mercury discharges by local power plants and incinerators, according to a study released this month.
Geotimes November 2003 Naomi Lubick	Meeting updates: particles on Mars and Earth Ripples and dunes on Mars... The future of dust on Earth
Geotimes November 2003 Helz et al.	SAR: A Versatile New Tool for Earth Science Widespread availability of data from synthetic aperture radar has permitted the technology's application to a broad range of geoscience problems. The field has blossomed in the last decade.
Geotimes November 2003 Mahmood et al.	Snapshots from Space of the World's Continents Studying Earth as a system -- including the hydrological, biological, geochemical, cryospheric and solid earth components -- requires routine acquisition of high-resolution, synoptic-scale observations that can be composited into snapshots of Earth in a sequence of moments.
Geotimes November 2003 Megan Sever	Remote mapping in disaster zones Researchers recently published findings that they say prove that synthetic aperture radar (SAR) polarimetry can do a better job of assessing disaster damage than current optical remote sensing technologies, such as Landsat.
Searcher Nov/Dec 2003 David Mattison	Information on the Seven Seas: International Ocean Science Web Resources (Part 2) A look at three areas of international cooperation in ocean science research: the physical and chemical ocean, meteorology, and marine life.
Geotimes November 2003 James C. Gibeaut	LIDAR: Mapping a Shoreline by Laser Light The days of collecting beach profile data solely in the field are gone. Now coastal geologists are looking to the skies, using a new radar tool to study changes to the shoreline over large areas.
Geotimes November 2003 Sara Pratt	Tracing the Navajo sandstone The thick Navajo sandstone in Zion National Park is one of the largest wind-deposited formations in the geologic record. Geologists have devised a new way to determine the origin of such sedimentary rocks.
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