Environment & Geology

Magazine articles on environmental science and geology.

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Geotimes June 2005 Naomi Lubick	Double-Crossing the Core A team of scientists has taken the properties of a mineral from the Earth's lower mantle, together with seismic observations of the core-mantle boundary, to propose a new model that could elucidate the heat engine that drives Earth.
Geotimes June 2005 Eloise Kendy	Water Woes: Predictable But Not Inevitable Maintaining current streamflow patterns in the wake of land-use change requires preemptive engineering. Regardless of which approach is chosen, basic hydrologic principles are guidance enough to begin the process of informed decision-making and water-management planning.
Geotimes June 2005 Naomi Lubick	Lonnie Thompson: Tracking Ice in the Tropics His work exploring some of the most remote alpine glaciers in the world has established their value as a repository of climate data -- and their rapid disappearance, which has accelerated alarmingly as global climate changes.
Geotimes June 2005	Geomedia Selling Extreme Life on the Extreme Screen... Books: Earth: An Intimate History... On the Shelf: Climate Change Picks from Kim Stanley Robinson... Maps: New View of North America... etc.
Smithsonian June 2005 Charles Petit	Hazy Days in Our Parks The air in many national wilderness wonderlands is getting worse. As officials debate controversial new rules to curb pollution, scientists find the sources are surprisingly far-flung.
Wired June 2005 Carl Hoffman	The Mad Genius from the Bottom of the Sea Unlimited energy. Fast-growing fruit. Free air-conditioning. John Pina Craven says we can have it all by tapping the icy waters of the deep.
Scientific American May 16, 2005 Barry E. DiGregorio	Doubts on Dinosaurs Yucatan impact crater may have occurred before the dinosaurs went extinct.
Geotimes May 2005 Megan Sever	Cheddar Gorge: Not Entirely Cheesy Cheddar Gorge and the town of Cheddar in Somerset, England are actually known for more than just cheese -- for more than 200 years, the area has been well-known because of its geology. Here's what you'll find if you go.
IDB America April 2005 Roger Hamilton	The Message of a Little Monkey In Rio de Janeiro and across the globe, natural ecosystems are being altered and simplified to serve burgeoning human demands. If the golden lion tamarin escapes extinction, the world will be a little more habitable for the rest of us.
Geotimes May 2005 Naomi Lubick	Heat Imbalance Portends Problems Results from a new assessment show that Earth is absorbing more energy than it releases into space, with implications for climate change that researchers say point to future warming with consequences for melting ice sheets and sea-level rise.
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