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Geotimes
April 2003
Gary E. Christenson |
Life Along the Fault: Reducing Risk in Utah Large earthquakes do not occur often enough in Utah to "remind" people that they are living and building in earthquake country. This scenario presents a unique challenge for the state geological survey.   |
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
October 2004
Ron Kind |
Geologic Mapping for the Future Recognizing the diverse roles mapping plays in society, Congress recently voted to reauthorize the National Geologic Mapping Act. |
Geotimes
August 2006
Wang & Burns |
Oregon's Recipe for Mitigating Earthquakes Oregon's recent development of new earthquake safety policies, which include a long-term state-funded grant program to help rehabilitate high-risk public schools and emergency facilities, serves as a good case study for addressing seismic hazards on a community level. |
Geotimes
March 2003
Robert M. Hamilton |
Milestones in Earthquake Research This year, the first national program for earthquake research turns 25. More importantly, Congress will consider its reauthorization in the upcoming session. As we look to its future incarnation, it is worth keeping in mind what led to the program in the first place. |
Geotimes
April 2005
Megan Sever |
Dream Homes Slip Away The nature of the hillside -- an unstable ancient landslide deposit deep beneath layers of recent fill material -- and the civil engineering of the home sites in Anaheim, California are sparking debate over why these structures cracked and were demolished. |
Geotimes
October 2003
Josh Chamot |
Earthquake warning tools The ability to forecast a seismic event has been an elusive goal, but researchers are accepting the challenge and are using recent advances in seismic and computational technology to attempt to decipher Earth's subtle clues. |
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
April 2003
Randall Orndorff |
Mapping Colorado Currently, only 24 percent of Colorado's spectacular geology has been mapped at the fine scale of 1:24,000. At the same time, the state hosts many geologic hazards. |
Geotimes
June 2003 |
Geomedia Ten years of mapping Utah... |
Geotimes
December 2004
Lehr Wallace & Millar |
Beating Natural Hazards to the Punch The federal government, along with state and local governments, must better prepare for and help mitigate the costs of natural disasters. |
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
April 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Geophenomena Predicting landslides... Hot spring pops up in Paso Robles... Dry craters in Bhuj... |
Geotimes
November 2003 |
Geomedia Book Review: The Fossils of Florissant... Areal mapping applications... |
Geotimes
November 2007 |
Down to Earth With.... David Applegate An interview with David Applegate: historian, geologist, Congressional Science Fellow, former editor of Geotimes, and presently the head of the U.S. Geological Survey's Earthquake Hazards Program. |
Geotimes
February 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Triggering Tsunamis A controversy over whether an earthquake or an underwater landslide generated the 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami rekindled interest in such events; it also drew geologists into a field that had been dominated by modelers and seismologists. |
Geotimes
March 2003
Bieber et al. |
Naturally Occurring Asbestos: An Introduction Naturally occurring asbestos minerals are contained in Earth materials, but can be disturbed by construction or mining. Once airborne, these fibers could cause harm. Geologists have a key role to play in determining where NOAMs might occur so that projects can be planned around them. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Naomi Lubick |
New New Madrid Findings New research has moved a historical earthquake off the New Madrid faults, possibly changing the hazard conditions for the region and across the eastern United States. |
Geotimes
April 2003
Christina Reed |
Vicki Cowart: From rocks to reproductive rights After serving as Colorado's state geologist and director of the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS) for the past 10 years, Vicki Cowart is now heading Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (PPRM) as CEO and president. |
Geotimes
May 2004 |
Geomedia Chasing Lava: A Geologist’s Adventures at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory... Frozen Wonders... Maps: Digital Mapping for Washington State... |
Geotimes
April 2006
Frank T. Manheim |
A New Look at Mining and the Environment: Finding Common Ground The current impasse between environmentalists and industry is unique among advanced nations. The U.S. conflict contrasts sharply with policy in Sweden, where a dynamic mining and mineral industry coexists with a strong national environmental commitment in a high-wage, strong economy. |
Geotimes
March 2003 |
Geomedia Relatively few people know that groundwater pumping affects streams, lakes, wetlands and springs. Robert Glennon's book, Water Follies, sets to turn this situation around... Magnetic anomaly map of North America by the North American Magnetic Anomaly Group |
Geotimes
March 2005
Susan E. Hough |
Earthquakes: Predicting the Unpredictable? Seismologists are quite good at identifying where large earthquakes are likely to occur on time scales of several decades to centuries, but still unable to identify regions where earthquakes will happen tomorrow, next week, or even within the next few years. |
Geotimes
May 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Geology Department to Close at SUNY-Albany Long on the brink of extinction, geology at the State University of New York at Albany has taken one step closer to the edge. |
Geotimes
April 2003
Paul W. Bauer |
Field Camp for Policy-Makers Expert speakers, a lasting guidebook, comfy chairs and detailed planning are key ingredients for helping New Mexico's decision-makers appreciate why science is important in the state. |
Geotimes
October 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Heidi Tringe and Gene Whitney: View from the White House Geologists Heidi Tringe and Gene Whitney have a rare view of the political process at work. They also have become integral to that process through their work in the 50-person Office of Science and Technology Policy, in the White House. |
Geotimes
July 2004 |
Digital Geologic Map of Virginia The Geologic Map of Virginia (1:500,000 scale) and its expanded explanation is now available in digital format from the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Division of Mineral Resources. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Lucy Jones: The Calm After the Quake Now a leading earthquake scientist, Lucy Jones is the voice of seismology for Southern California, and her new position as chair of the California Seismic Safety Commission has the potential to pump up the volume of her message. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Rossbacher & Rhodes |
Building Geology for the Future: Cui bono? Academic geology departments are under attack and have been for more than a decade. Now, Geology departments are facing increasing challenges to survive. |
Geotimes
December 2003 |
Geomedia On the Shelf for the Holidays... Books for the western traveler... |
Geotimes
December 2004
Wallace Ulrich |
Seismic Success Story in Wyoming After years of hard work, the people of Wyoming have a new seismic network in a seismic "gap" of the West. This data will prove essential to planning and preparation in the community. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Outsourcing Geology Offshoring may have a few unexpected consequences for geoscientists, and the current debate is fueling community-wide discussion. |
Scientific American
January 2006
David Appell |
Easing Jitters When Buildings Rumble After natural disasters, an anxious public wants to see that someone understands the catastrophe. For California quakes, seismologist Lucy Jones does the job. |
Geotimes
August 2003
Lisa A. Rossbacher |
Is there a doctor in the house? Geoscientists can help benefit public health. A lot. But if we wait to be asked, we could wait a very long time. |
Geotimes
December 2005
David Applegate |
A Year of Living Dangerously Recent destructive events are reminders of our society's growing vulnerability to natural disasters as more people move into harm's way. Scientists seeking to understand the underlying geologic systems have an obligation to learn more. |
Geotimes
March 2004
E-an Zen |
The Marriage of Geology and Philosophy This slim volume deals with the public role of earth science in contemporary society. What it has to say should concern not only public-minded earth scientists and those engaged in policy-making, but those who care about the relations between science and the humanities |
Popular Mechanics
May 13, 2008
Erik Sofge |
3 Frontiers in Earthquake Tech to Aid China--and Help the U.S. Can a network of GPS sensors store enough data online to scout the Bay Area's looming quake? And could the rig work in the Chinese countryside? |
Geotimes
June 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Super-Size Quake California fell into the sea during a television miniseries aired by NBC. In addition to the other faulty geologic premises of the melodrama, one elemental error is the size of the earthquake that spawned the miniseries' disasters. |
Geotimes
January 2005 |
Geomedia Forensic Geology on the Small Screen... "Evidence From the Earth," by Raymond C. Murray... "Earth Colors," by Sarah Andrews... South Dakota Mapping... |
Geotimes
March 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Magnitude-8.7 Earthquake Hits Sumatra, Small Tsunami Wave Detected An earthquake that was quite close the site of December's catastrophic quake has prompted warning bulletins from NOAA's Pacific Tsunami Warning system suggesting the evacuation of coastlines within 1,000 kilometers of the epicenter. |
Geotimes
September 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
NY State: Still No License for Geologists After 11 years of trying, geologists in the state of New York are still waiting for their professional license. Despite a long series of unsuccessful bills stretching back to 1996 to introduce such a license to the state, some proponents see signs that the mood in Albany may be changing at last. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Dan Byers |
Budget Procrastination The author shares his own positive experience working on reauthorization of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program with Congressman Nick Smith. |
Geotimes
April 2004
Kamilli & Barton |
New Collaboration in Minerals Research Responsible and sustainable utilization of mineral resources is critical to societal well-being in the 21st century. Recognizing the opportunities that can come from cooperative interactions, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has increased its involvement with universities and other organizations. |
Geotimes
June 2004
Fred Schwab |
Geologic Assessment: Alan Greenspan or Pete Rose? In preparing for geological hazards and natural disasters, is it better to take the cautious approach or throw caution to the wind? |
Geotimes
July 2007
Susan Hough |
Sizing up Earthquake Damage: Differing Points of View Journalists and scientists may share interest in catastrophic events, but they have very different missions. |
Geotimes
October 2005 |
Geomedia Book Reviews: Never Piss Into the Wind by Jules R. DuBar... A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester... |
Geotimes
December 2006 |
Top Natural Hazards News Stories of 2006 Looking Into Landslides... Getting Ready for the Rumble... Levee Concerns Abound... Spreading Wildfire... etc. |
Geotimes
September 2007 |
Down to Earth With...Seismologist Brian Tucker An interview with the seismologist about his nonprofit organization GeoHazards, which seeks to help reduce or prevent destruction from natural hazards in developing countries. |
Geotimes
July 2003
Greg Peterson |
Quake protection in the heartland A new building code based on a USGS map of earthquake risk suggests that buildings within the New Madrid zone -- which stretches from just west of Memphis, Tenn., to southern Illinois -- should meet the same seismic standards as those in California. |
Salon.com
June 21, 2001
Jake Tapper |
Gray Davis goes electric The California governor brings his Bush-bashing act to Washington... |
