Environment & Geology

Magazine articles on environmental science and geology.

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Geotimes January 2004 Megan Sever	Rocky boulders in Washington Until recently, geologists did not understand the frequency or distribution of the boulders in the Pasco Basin. Now, researchers say they came from the Rocky Mountains on icebergs during multiple floods from glacially dammed Lake Missoula.
Geotimes January 2004 Naomi Lubick	Longer polar ice record Geoscientists have beefed up a dataset documenting ice cover at Earth's poles, revealing a longer and slightly different picture than painted in the past by satellite observations.
Geotimes January 2004 Megan Sever	Climate aids mountain building Two geoscientists now hypothesize that the link between climate and mountain building in the Andes is a two-way street.
Geotimes January 2004 Sara Pratt	Geophenomena The devastating fires that ravaged Southern California this fall present an unprecedented research opportunity for geoscientists... The role of steam in lava flows thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface...
Geotimes January 2004 Cynthia Martinez	Earth Science Week in the Limelight The sixth annual Earth Science Week, held Oct. 12-18, promoted understanding and appreciation of the value of earth science research and its applications and relevance to our daily lives.
Geotimes January 2004 Naomi Lubick	W. Jason Morgan: Geophysics guru honored The recipient of the National Medal of Science, an award for lifetime achievement, is considered by many to be the key architect of plate tectonic mechanics.
Geotimes January 2004	Geomedia Book review: Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth by Andrew H. Knoll... New Nevada elements maps...
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Cactus Rustling The legal and illegal harvesting of cacti are depleting the wild species in Southwestern deserts faster than they can naturally reproduce.
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Unhealthy Rural Trees? Common sense would say that urban trees are more stressed than their rural counterparts and grow more slowly. However, recent research in New York City is questioning this widespread belief.
Geotimes December 2003 Lisa Rossbacher	Coffee, Tea or Phi? As the coffee flows, so too do the geologic ideas. Learning more about the behavior of coffee can help us make sense of a wide range of behaviors of other earth materials.
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