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IDB America
September 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Scientists Roll up Their Sleeves on Brazil's Coral Coast Marine ecologists want to reverse the destruction of coral reefs. But they know that research alone cannot conserve a precious resource without the participation of the local people.   |
Geotimes
February 2004
Hetherington et al. |
Quest for the Lost Land The search for early Americans is taking researchers to the coast of British Columbia, where a now-submerged landscape may hold clues to the first settlers' coastal migration. |
Geotimes
September 2006
Lisa Rossbacher |
Big Lonesome Mountain What makes Gros Morne National Park so special is that its stories match the experience each visitor brings. The more geology you know, the more you will see and the richer the visit will be, but the geology meets all visitors at their own level. |
Geotimes
June 2003 |
European Geoconservation Now 12 parks strong, the European Geoparks Network spans Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Germany, with scenes ranging from petrified forest to coastal cliff. Local parks have garnered public support. |
Searcher
Nov/Dec 2003
David Mattison |
Information on the Seven Seas: International Ocean Science Web Resources (Part 2) A look at three areas of international cooperation in ocean science research: the physical and chemical ocean, meteorology, and marine life. |
Geotimes
December 2003
Naomi Lubick |
Unknown Future for Coral Reefs Coral reefs are in danger and their recovery, when compared to historic coral reefs, is not assured. Though action is necessary to preserve reefs today, researchers do not know enough about how reefs function to guarantee that conservation and remediation will work. |
Outside
November 2009
Elizabeth Hightower |
Creating Conservation Communities There's a bold new idea on the front edge of conservation: Let's treat people as well as we treat animals. |
Geotimes
April 2005
Peter A. Scholle |
Geologic Etiquette in a Mechanized Era Geologists should exercise more considerate choices regarding the rocks they destroy for science. |
TIME Asia
February 7, 2011
Krista Mahr |
Testing the Waters The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's natural wonders, covering an area larger than Italy and drawing nearly 2 million tourists every year to boat, swim, snorkel and dive amid its elaborate flora and fauna. It's also one of the planet's most fragile ecosystems |
Geotimes
June 2003
Chan et al. |
Geology for the Record Deltas, sandbars, shoreline deposits, and other geological relics contain valuable information about Utah's changing climate over the past thousands of years. But that information could be lost to urban growth and the need for resources unless people understand their geologic value. |
Real Travel Adventures
June 2007
Larry & Gail Taylor |
Ten Best Snorkeling Spots in the World A list of the ten best snorkeling spots include locations in Australia and Egypt. |
Reason
October 2001
Ronald Bailey |
Reef Madness How Alabama fishermen are repopulating the sea... |
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
January 2007
Dick Teresi |
Paleozoic Vermont Peculiar as it may sound, Isle La Motte, which is some 175 miles from the Atlantic Coast, is the best place to see one of the oldest reefs on earth. |
Geotimes
October 2007
Erin Wayman |
Great Floods Cut Off Britain The British can thank catastrophic flooding for isolating them from the rest of Europe, a new study confirms. Researchers say this new understanding of Britain's past geography can help clarify questions about early human migration in the region. |
Geotimes
October 2005
Jon L. Rau |
Teaching Urban Geology From the Bottom Up Middle- and High School-level textbooks do not contain sufficient geological data to illustrate interesting problems and natural hazards that are related to local geological urban settings, thus forcing teachers to do their own research. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Margaret Putney |
OneGeology: A Site for All In partnership with the United Nations' International Year of Planet Earth, geologists around the world are coming together to form a world geological map, accessible to all on the Internet. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Steinmetz & Dickinson |
Data Preservation: Old Samples Produce New Knowledge The ability to preserve and maintain geoscience data and collections has not kept pace with the growing need for information. |
Geotimes
March 2004 |
New language for geologic time The Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society of London (GSL) is calling for a drastic and controversial overhaul of the Stratigraphic Guide, the internationally agreed upon standards for the field of stratigraphy. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2006
Sarah Erdreich |
Cornering the Market on Conservation Through their integrative and sustainable educational practices, this U.S.-based nonprofit understands that involving the people who have constant contact with their local ecosystem are the ones best-equipped to act as its guardians. |
Geotimes
August 2004 |
Geomedia Geologic Wonders... Book Reviews: Geology and Health: Closing the Gap... Desert Heat -- Volcanic Fire... The Winelands of Britain: Past, Present, and Prospective... Terroir: The Role of Geology, Climate, and Culture in the Making of French Wines... etc. |
Wired
December 2004
Erika Check |
Mysteries of the Deep The top 15 places to explore beneath the sea. |
Geotimes
December 2003
Hatheway et al. |
Applied Geology in Service of the Public Welfare Engineering geologists play a crucial role in providing geological information to the public. |
Geotimes
January 2004
Cynthia Martinez |
Earth Science Week in the Limelight The sixth annual Earth Science Week, held Oct. 12-18, promoted understanding and appreciation of the value of earth science research and its applications and relevance to our daily lives. |
Geotimes
October 2003
Lisa Rossbacher |
Searching for The Map One geologist's quest to see "The Map that Changed the World," William Smith's original 1815 geologic map of Britain, which radically changed the way people understood Earth's subsurface and made Smith the "father of modern geology." |
Geotimes
January 2006
Alan Cutler |
Time Out of Mind The author's biography of 17th-century geologist Nicolaus Steno makes it clear that the age of Earth is not a cold, technical fact, but an idea woven through science and through modern culture -- and idea that people will always struggle to accept. |
