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Geotimes January 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Horses' Mouths Date Sierra Nevada Uplift Estimates on when the Sierra Nevada began its major uplift vary widely. In an effort to pinpoint the escalation, some geoscientists are going straight to the horse's mouth, literally, using horse teeth to date the mountains' uplift. |
Geotimes January 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Getting to the Source of the Puget Sound Oil Spill Workers mobilized by the Washington Department of Ecology cleaned up beaches in the Dalco Passage of Puget Sound, after an oil spill on Oct. 14. The source of the spill remains unknown. |
Geotimes January 2005 Sarah Andrews |
Science in Mainstream Media The public is hard to reach. They're busy, they come in all ages, and they have varying intellects, educational backgrounds and systems of belief. This writer can educate perhaps a quarter-million of them at the stroke of a pen. |
Geotimes January 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Norman Newell: Legendary and Versatile Norman Newell received the title Legendary Geoscientist from the American Geological Institute in November. |
Geotimes December 2004 Callan Bentley |
Dangerous Field Encounters The fieldwork aspect of geology offers the potential for countless disasters. Only by relentlessly applying clear thinking and common sense can geologists avoid the pitfalls inherent to their profession. |
Smithsonian January 2005 Owen Edwards |
The Object at Hand - Freeze Frame Beginning in the 1880s, amateur photographer Wilson A. Bentley revealed the hidden structure of falling flakes. |
Geotimes December 2004 Megan Sever |
Devastation in the Indian Ocean A magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday morning, followed by dozens of powerful aftershocks and large tsunamis that reached as far as the east coast of Africa, some 4,800 kilometers away. |
Geotimes December 2004 Lisa M. Pinsker |
A Passive Approach to Healthy Oil Production A technology first used to help with mine safety has evolved into a tool for the oil and gas industry, with potential in application for sequestering carbon. |
Inc. January 2005 Patrick J. Sauer |
Entrepreneur of the Year: Bob Baron His storm-tracking technology helped us cope with a hyperactive hurricane season. |
Geotimes December 2004 Kimberly Krieger |
Lebanon's Limestone: Where the Mountains Meet the Sea Sandwiched between Israel and Syria, Lebanon is a green and white jewel on the Mediterranean Sea. The green comes from Lebanon's humid and semi-tropical climate and the white is from the limestone covering most of the country. |
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