Environment & Geology

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AskMen.com Bernie Alexander	Tsunamis: Waves Of Destruction Understanding the tsunami: definition, origins, history, warning signs, etc.
Geotimes January 2005	Astronaut Geology Field Training The field trips in preparation for moon landings were designed as instruction about the specific landing site. We went to places that we thought would show geologic features and problems similar to those they would encounter on the moon, such as impact craters and volcanic areas.
Geotimes January 2005 Callan Bentley	Just what the DR ordered When winter-weary geologists look to trade their frostbites for suntans, few destinations are more appealing than the Dominican Republic. But the "DR" has much to entice most any traveler with an interest in the earth sciences.
Science News January 8, 2005	Tsunamis and Other Natural Hazards The "Natural Hazards" section of NASA's Earth Observatory Web site has many orbital images of tsunami damage resulting from the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that occurred near Indonesia.
Geotimes January 2005 Raymond C. Murray	Collecting Crime Evidence from Earth Geologic evidence will continue to be developed and presented in courtrooms around the world. The quality of evidence collection and examination will improve, and new methods will be developed. The results will be to the benefit of justice.
Geotimes January 2005 Megan Sever	Stalagmite Shows Connected Climate Clues from inside caves in Costa Rica and Panama are helping scientists develop temperature and rainfall records for the last 20,000 years
Geotimes January 2005 Naomi Lubick	Grand Canyon Floods On Nov. 21, the Department of the Interior approved a release of water from the Glen Canyon Dam in an attempt to rebuild the beaches and other sedimentary environments.
Geotimes January 2005 Megan Sever	Revealing a Rune Stone's Secrets Geologists are trying to determine whether a stone, found in 1898 and covered with ancient Swedish runes telling a tale of a massacre of a band of Scandinavian explorers in Minnesota in 1362, is authentic.
Geotimes January 2005 Sara Pratt	El Nino Drives Rainfall For the first time, scientists have been able to quantify the causes of year-to-year variability in global rainfall.
Geotimes January 2005 Sara Pratt	Acid Rain Curbs Global Warming In an odd twist that highlights the complex nature of interactions between Earth's systems, researchers have found that acid rain is significantly suppressing the global emission of methane from wetlands.
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