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Smithsonian
December 2006
Laura Helmuth |
Antarctica Erupts! A trip to Mount Erebus yields a rare, close-up look at one of the world's weirdest geological marvels.   |
Geotimes
November 2003 |
Geomedia Book Review: The Fossils of Florissant... Areal mapping applications... |
Geotimes
June 2004
Megan Sever |
Hazards Roundup: Iran and Kilauea In the past week, Earth has shaken with more than 50 earthquakes and nearly 20 volcanic eruptions. Nature's forces are at work around us. |
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. |
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
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
September 2004 |
Geomedia Earthquakes, Climate Change and Reel Disasters... Geotimes on the Set... Glen Canyon Dammed: Inventing Lake Powell and the Canyon Country... Mapping Mining Impacts in Missouri... |
Chemistry World
August 2008 |
Cold chemistry Intrepid researchers will brave the harshest conditions in the name of science. Ned Stafford talks to some of Antarctica's chemists |
Geotimes
March 2006
Powell et al. |
Drilling Back to the Future Antarctica plays a fundamental role in sea-level change and ocean chemistry, and has the potential for important societal impacts over human timescales. |
Geotimes
December 2003 |
Geomedia On the Shelf for the Holidays... Books for the western traveler... |
Geotimes
October 2004
Sever, Pratt & Libick |
Mount St. Helens Activity Updates Updates on Mt. St. Helens activity from October 1 to October 14. |
Geotimes
October 2003 |
Geomedia Book Review: Krakatoa... DVD: Revisiting The Core... Maps: Annotated list of references for geologic mapping in Iraq... etc. |
Geotimes
June 2003 |
Geomedia Ten years of mapping Utah... |
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 |
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. |
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
December 2006
Sally Adee |
Meteorite Pre-Dates Solar System A team of NASA researchers recently reported finding organic material in Tagish Lake meteorite fragments that pre-dates the solar system. |
Geotimes
July 2004
Megan Sever |
Volcanic Avalanches New research suggests that shallow groundwater systems on volcanoes could explain deep edifice collapses. |
Geotimes
September 2003
Jan Childress |
Jim Davis: Lessons from Josiah Whitney Jim Davis stepped down this summer from his position as California's state geologist. Davis describes with relish the experiences of California's first state geologist, Josiah Whitney. |
Wired
January 2007
Ben Paynter |
The Meteor Farmer Using a souped-up metal detector, a shovel, and a treasure map, Steve Arnold combs the flat Kansas wheat fields for rocks from outer space. |
High on Adventure
June 2004
Lee Juillerat |
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Over the past 30 years, ongoing volcanic activity has perpetually helped to reshape the park, closing roads, covering trails and continually altering the park's landscape. |
Geotimes
September 2003 |
Geomedia Book Review: The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science... Maps: Lewis and Clark, USGS maps... DVD: Glacier DVD accolade |
Geotimes
March 2005
Megan Sever |
Wilderness and Volcanology Camp As part of a two-week volcanology field school, both undergraduate and graduate students explore and learn about lava flows, pyroclastic flows, calderas, fumaroles and crater lakes while learning how to travel and do fieldwork in the wilderness. |
Geotimes
May 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
Indonesian Volcano Ready to Erupt Spewing hot clouds of gas and bulging with lava, Mount Merapi, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, has rumbled to life, and a full-scale eruption is imminent, local officials warn. |
Geotimes
October 2004
Pratt & Lubick |
Mount St. Helens Could Erupt in Days to Months In the next few days to a month, there's a 70 percent chance that a small to moderate eruption event will happen at Mount St. Helens, site of the violent and deadly eruption of May 18, 1980. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Megan Sever |
Today's Volcano Risks Active volcanoes pose a threat to commercial aircraft, engendering course diversions around potential danger spots. |
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
January 2004
Sara Pratt |
Geophenomena The devastating fires that ravaged Southern California this fall present an unprecedented research opportunity for geoscientists... The role of steam in lava flows thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface... |
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
April 2004
Ewert & Harpel |
In Harm's Way: Population and Volcanic Risk Knowing the number of people potentially at risk from volcanic activity allows non-volcanologists and emergency managers to gauge the potential adverse impact of volcanic unrest and plan accordingly. |
Geotimes
March 2005
Jay Chapman |
Hiking Nicaragua's Volcanoes Day trips from the major cities make it possible to see Nicaragua's best geologic features -- its volcanoes -- which are evenly spaced across the countryside. |
Outside
February 2005
Mark Sundeen |
Eruptus Interruptus Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Thar she... might blow! When Mount St. Helens threatened to go erupt again, disaster groupies rushed to the crater--and hoped for the worst. |
Geotimes
November 2007
Feldman & Tilling |
Danger Lurks Deep: The Human Impact of Volcanoes Volcanic eruptions occur infrequently, yet have the potential to unleash some of the most destructive forces on Earth. |
Popular Mechanics
December 16, 2008
Matthew Hutson |
5 Projects Ask if Life on Earth Began as Alien Life in Space For years, scientists have considered the possibility of exogenesis, the idea that life arrived on Earth from another planet, and not just the building blocks of life, but organisms that were ready to rock and roll when they arrived. |
AskMen.com
Harry Marks |
Top 10: Volcanoes Visit a volcanoe during your next vacation. |
Geotimes
November 2007
Toulkeridis et al. |
When Volcanoes Threaten, Scientists Warn After multiple false alarms of volcanoes erupting, people may start to doubt the credibility of the alarms and not listen to them. Scientists need to better predict and communicate the dangers arising from living in the shadow of volcanoes. |
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
February 2005
Martin & Case |
Fossil Hunting in Antarctica Expeditions to the continent of Antarctica has brought great information about animals in the distant past and show that the world, and particularly Antarctica, was much warmer around 70 million years ago compared to the present. |
Chemistry World
April 15, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Mars meteor gets a boost of youth A Martian meteorite that has played a pivotal role in our understanding of the Solar System has been found to be half a billion years younger than previously thought, say US researchers. |
Geotimes
October 2004 |
Geophenomena An Ashen Threat to Aviation Safety... Volcano Refuge Ends... |
Geotimes
July 2004
Lisa Rossbacher |
Manna from the Heavens? Most geologists have multiple opportunities to identify rock samples collected by the public. And the more valuable the finder believes the materials to be, the less he wants to believe it is pyrite or quartz or a bovine femur. |
Geotimes
April 2005
Megan Sever |
Vesuvius' Next Eruption Volcanologists are reconstructing the volcano's past to better predict just what might happen when it blows its top again. |
Geotimes
January 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Mammoth Meteorite Unearthed A meteorite hunter and broker pulled from a depth of 2 meters a rare Brenham meteorite from a Kansas farm field. The 650-kilogram find is the largest of its kind discovered anywhere in the world. |
Popular Mechanics
March 15, 2010
Trevor Williams |
Iceberg Forensics: Predicting the Planet's Future With Antarctic Ice Something new is happening with the ice streams and glaciers. They are getting thinner, and they are getting thinner because they are speeding up. |
Real Travel Adventures
August 2006
Nell Raun-Linde |
Adventures on the Big Island Island of Fire. Orchid Isle. The Big Island. Dynamic Hawaii, the southernmost tropical Hawaiian island, offers adventures for all ages and interests. |
