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Geotimes August 2005 John A. Turner |
The Sustainable Hydrogen Economy The major issue facing United States and most other countries in the world is how to supply transportation fuel. Hydrogen, as part of a sustainable energy supply, can meet the challenge of a domestically produced energy carrier that can replace gasoline, and can additionally address carbon dioxide and other emissions. |
Geotimes August 2005 Katie Donnelly |
The State of Nuclear Nonproliferation Several nuclear-related topics not only are important to the nation's security, but also are scientifically interesting. |
Geotimes August 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Brian Atwater: Earthquake Hunter in the Field Brian Atwater has spent nearly two decades investigating the great tsunami of 1700 that swamped the coastline of the Pacific Northwest and traveled all the way to Japan with devastating effects. |
Outside August 2005 Peter Stark |
The Tree Slayer What does a naive environmentalist discover when he buys his own forest? He's got to log it to save it. |
Smithsonian August 2005 Laura Helmuth |
Phenomena and Curiosities: Baked Alaska A unique study documents the disappearance of Alaska's glaciers, blamed on global warming. |
Geotimes July 2005 Kathryn Hansen |
Highway to Portage Despite the disappearing glaciers and quicksand-like mud, a trip down Alaska's Seward Highway is refreshing; you can still visit pristine landscapes and potentially dangerous natural phenomena without being fenced out. |
Geotimes July 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Monitoring the Most Dangerous U.S. Volcanoes An assessment of the risks and hazards associated with volcanoes has led U.S. researchers to suggest a plan of action for avoiding future disasters, including threats to airplanes and populations living around these features. |
Geotimes July 2005 Sara Pratt |
Fossil Forests Sunk by Salt Geologists, long puzzled about what drove the Joggins, Nova Scotia basin to sink steadily and repeatedly, burying 63 layers of fossilized trees in the process, now say that they have found the answers to some of the mysteries of the formation in a simple substance: salt. |
Geotimes July 2005 |
Swiss Wrap Glacier for Summer Workers at the Andermatt ski resort in Switzerland wrapped about 3,000 square meters of Gurschen glacier with a layer of plastic foil that is designed to reflect heat and radiation from the sun, preventing the glacier from absorbing as much heat and thus slowing the melt. |
Geotimes July 2005 Megan Sever |
Carbon Leaching Out of Siberian Peat New research is showing that as temperatures rise across the Arctic, carbon once locked up in permafrost soils may begin escaping into the area's waterways. |
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