Environment & Geology

Magazine articles on environmental science and geology.

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BusinessWeek November 27, 2006 Adam Aston	Wild Fixes For A Warming Planet Scientists are envisioning giant but risky engineering projects to undo climate change.
National Defense December 2006 Grace Jean	Undersea Range Planned for Anti-Submarine Warfare The Navy has proposed constructing an undersea warfare training range off the East Coast to prepare sailors for anti-submarine missions in shallow waters. Opponents to the plan say the sonar activity will harm marine life in the area.
Science News November 18, 2006 Janet Raloff	Cow Power To improve the dire economics of dairying, some farmers are looking to generate commercial quantities of electric power.
Geotimes November 2006 Megan Sever	Earthquakes, Tsunamis Strike Japan A magnitude-8.3 earthquake struck off the Kuril Islands between Japan and Russia, followed by a series of strong aftershocks, at least four of which were above magnitude 6.0, according to the USGS.
Geotimes November 2006 Natalie Stemp	Vieques: Night Swimming Under a Moonless Sky Night swimming under a moonless sky may sound a bit like Neverland, but is indeed a reality at the bioluminescent Mosquito Bay on the southern shores of Vieques Island in Puerto Rico -- and November is the perfect time to go.
Geotimes November 2006 Margaret Putney	Ice Reveals Polar Temperature Seesaw A new ice core from Antarctica directly correlates abrupt changes in Greenland's climate over the last 150,000 years with counterpart changes in Antarctica -- offering further indication that the two icy regions are connected by ocean currents in a sort of bipolar seesaw.
Geotimes November 2006 Rod Combellick	Building a Natural Gas Pipeline Through Earthquake Country With proposals now being considered to build a natural gas pipeline, it is ever-important to understand the seismic hazards along potential routes, so that the pipeline and its spurs can be properly designed and managed for seismic safety.
Geotimes November 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Airing Out an Early Atmosphere Scientists have generally thought that oxygen was scarce in Earth's atmosphere until about 2.4 billion years ago. Now a study based on new evidence suggests that oxygen may actually have been around longer than previously thought.
Geotimes November 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Crystals Heat up Volcanic Eruptions Key pressure and temperature information preserved inside tiny bubbles in lava is causing scientists to rethink previous assumptions about how magma behaves, and what might trigger eruptions.
Geotimes November 2006 Megan Sever	Conveyor Belt Shutdown Not Imminent As the climate warms and ice on Greenland melts, freshwater pours into the North Atlantic, which new research suggests is unlikely to cause a shutdown in global ocean circulation.
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