Environment & Geology

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Geotimes December 2004 Laura Stafford	Vying for the North Pole Eight countries are vying for rights to the North Pole. They all want a piece of the icy Arctic region's untold amounts of oil, natural gas and other offshore resources.
Geotimes December 2004 Naomi Lubick	Corroding Pipe Organs Extreme Storms as Climate Warms Hurricanes, typhoons and drought. Aspects of these extreme weather conditions may be related to global climate change, some scientists say.
Geotimes December 2004 Wallace Ulrich	Seismic Success Story in Wyoming After years of hard work, the people of Wyoming have a new seismic network in a seismic "gap" of the West. This data will prove essential to planning and preparation in the community.
Geotimes December 2004 Lehr Wallace & Millar	Beating Natural Hazards to the Punch The federal government, along with state and local governments, must better prepare for and help mitigate the costs of natural disasters.
Geotimes December 2004	GeoFellows in D.C. This year, the five earth science Congressional Science Fellows cover a broad cross-section of the sciences, including planetary geology and even plant biology.
Geotimes December 2004	Energy & Resources Mineral of the Month: Gypsum Alan Founie, the gypsum commodity specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey, has compiled the following information on gypsum, an abundant mineral that is one of the oldest building materials in the world.
Geotimes December 2004	Quakes, Shakes and Fakes New Maps from the U.S. Geological Survey MF-2327-D. NEVADA. Geologic insights and suggestions on mineral potential... MF-2413. ALASKA. Geologic and fossil locality maps ... I-2655. UTAH and ARIZONA. Geologic map of the Kanab 30' X 60' quadrangle, Utah and Arizona... etc.
Outside December 2004 Mark Jenkins	Freezer Burn How do you go native on an island made of ice? Scale glaciers, strip down, and steam it off.
Wired December 2004 Jeffrey M. O'Brien	To Hell and Back Bill Stone has invented diving gear and roving robots to explore the deepest - and deadliest - caves on earth. In the icy water 4,500 feet below Mexico he had to figure out how to bring his dead friend home.
Wired December 2004 Erika Check	Mysteries of the Deep The top 15 places to explore beneath the sea.
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