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Geotimes May 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Volcanic Rocks Linked to Cancer Beyond lava, ash and toxic gases, scientists can now add cancer to the list of hazards posed by some volcanoes. Some medical geologists think that fibrous material inside ancient volcanic rock in Turkey has led to almost half of the deaths of residents in two of the region's villages. |
Geotimes May 2006 Megan Sever |
Fleeing Vesuvius A picture is worth more than a thousand words in the case of what some newly uncovered footprints in Vesuvian ash are telling researchers about the hazards that Italy's most notorious volcano might pose in the future. |
Geotimes May 2006 Carolyn Gramling |
Natural Bumps in the Atmosphere Temperatures at Earth's surface have been rising for decades, but in the upper atmosphere, the temperature is slowly dropping. In explaining this change, scientists have focused on human-related causes -- but a new study shows that nature should not be ignored. |
Geotimes May 2006 Naomi Lubick |
Yucca Mountain e-Mails Reviewed The content of e-mails sent by U.S. Geological Survey employees that raised concern over work at Yucca Mountain -- site of the controversial future nuclear waste repository in Nevada -- should not affect the final scientific assessments of the site, according to an analysis. |
Geotimes April 2006 Megan Sever |
Pakistan's Wetter Weather Linked to Global Warming New data from millennium-long tree-ring analyses are indicating that mountains in northern Pakistan have grown significantly wetter over the past century than they have been over the last millennium -- quite possibly due to human-induced global warming, the researchers say. |
Geotimes April 2006 Edward R. Landa |
Oink If You Love Coal Coal feeding at outcrops will rarely be seen today with domesticated swine. However, feral pigs may still be crunching at outcrops of coal. And naturally occurring humic materials are presently marketed as sources of iron and other trace elements for pigs and other farm animals. |
Chemistry World April 20, 2006 Barry DiGregorio |
Calcite Differences on Mars Differential thermal analysis of calcite samples is aiding the hunt for life on Mars. |
Geotimes April 2006 Megan Sever |
100 Years After San Francisco Quake Whether you're tracing historical locations of the 1906 earthquake or just traveling through San Francisco and the Bay Area, be aware of your surroundings -- researchers say it's not a question of "if" the San Andreas will shake San Francisco again, it's a matter of "when." |
Geotimes April 2006 |
This Month in History... April 18, 1906: The Great Earthquake Destroys San Francisco Those few individuals who were involved in the relatively new science of seismology quickly journeyed to San Francisco that long ago April to see for themselves the effects of the disaster, to record their observations in scientific terms, and to hypothesize on its causes. |
D-Lib April 2006 Foster & Ruzek |
D-Lib Featured Collection April 2006: Earth Science Picture of the Day The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) web site is designed to serve as a repository of imagery, captions and web links highlighting the diverse processes and phenomena that shape our planet and our lives. |
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