Environment & Geology

Magazine articles on environmental science and geology.

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Geotimes October 2004 Jay Chapman	Melting Glaciers Promote Earthquakes In southern Alaska, melting glaciers heat up the possibility of earthquakes.
Geotimes October 2004 Naomi Lubick	Sound Data for Seismic Array In the fall of 2002, the R/V Maurice Ewing halted a seismic survey in the Gulf of California after two whales beached on the Baja side of the sound. The sound from the ship's array of air guns disturbed the marine mammals.
Geotimes October 2004	California's Moho The southern Sierra Nevada mountain range in California has an anomalously thin crust and using seismic imaging, geologists have observed that something is missing.
Geotimes October 2004 Naomi Lubick	Botched Prediction Scientists have been developing models for the past 30 years that they hope will eventually predict earthquakes with some assurance.
Geotimes October 2004 Ron Kind	Geologic Mapping for the Future Recognizing the diverse roles mapping plays in society, Congress recently voted to reauthorize the National Geologic Mapping Act.
Geotimes October 2004 Katie Donnelly	Petrology and Politics This scientist is preparing for her upcoming work in Washington, D.C., as the 2004-2005 Congressional Science Fellow for the American Geological Institute.
Geotimes October 2004 Naomi Lubick	Extinction Realities Baffling Flash-Frozen Science A highly exaggerated storm surge floods New York City in "The Day After Tomorrow," a movie that while entertaining, bends several laws of physics in its dramatization of sudden climate change.
Geotimes September 2004 Warren Huff	Hit the Ground Running: Freshman Seminars The University of Cincinnati has instituted its Freshman Year Experience program to increase retention rates for first-year students. A keystone of the program is a geology seminar for new students with no geology background.
Geotimes September 2004 Megan Sever	Quake strikes Central California The U.S. Geological Survey received more than 9,000 reports from people who felt the quake, from Sacramento to Los Angeles.
Geotimes September 2004 Naomi Lubick	Breaking Down Dams There is definitely a trend toward removing smaller dams, and environmental organizations also have their eyes on the removal of much larger dams.
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