Environment & Geology

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Chemistry World July 31, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Bury Radioactive Waste, UK Government Told Radioactive waste should be stored deep underground at sites where local communities have had the opportunity to participate in, and even withdraw from, the planning process.
Scientific American August 2006 Mark Alpert	Weather Gets Personal New devices can make forecasts for your own backyard.
Chemistry World July 21, 2006 Maria Burke	Sourcing Bangladesh's Arsenic Arsenic contaminates millions of people's drinking water in West Bengal and Bangladesh, but scientists now think they might have figured out how the toxic element gets into the water in the first place.
Smithsonian August 2006 Michael Tennesen	Uphill Battle As the climate warms in the cloud forests of the Andes, plants and animals must climb to higher, cooler elevations or die.
Geotimes July 2006 Jennifer Yauck	Quake Triggers Deadly Tsunami Off Java A major undersea earthquake occurred south of Indonesia, triggering a local tsunami that hit the island of Java. At least 80 people are dead after a 6-foot-high wave crashed ashore on the island's southern coast.
Geotimes July 2006 Callan Bentley	Summer Roadtrip: Driving to "West Dakota" From Badlands National Park through the Black Hills to Devils Tower, four hours of driving in western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming generates a roadtrip through a region that has much to entertain geo-philic travelers.
Chemistry World July 13, 2006	Microbial Alchemists Under the Microscope A particular type of bacteria can precipitate gold from an aqueous solution to form those elusive nuggets, researchers have found. The discovery is the latest episode in a geological debate about the possible bacterial role in the formation of gold deposits.
Smithsonian July 2006 Amy Crawford	Al Gore Discusses "An Inconvenient Truth" The former vice president and environmentalist talks about his new documentary film in which he travels the world presenting a slide show about global climate change.
Science News July 8, 2006	Science Safari: Visiting RadTown The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an interactive Web site that uses an animated town to provide basic information on radiation in the environment.
Geotimes July 2006 Megan Sever	Stormy Debate on Hurricanes and Global Warming Last year, several studies linked rising sea-surface temperatures -- possibly caused by increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases -- to increased hurricane intensities. But new research is suggesting that warming may not be to blame.
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