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Geotimes
November 2007
Jim Gibeaut |
Coastal Development: The Galveston Case, Part II Whatever the choice, it is clear that we need to build into our policies a dynamic that matches the changing conditions along our coast, and we need to make sure the public is aware of the situation.   |
High on Adventure
February 2010
Diana Hunt |
Eagle Island the Ultimate Getaway My challenge was to deal with nothing to do and nowhere to go for three days on Eagle Island, a 10 minute boat ride from the sleepy fishing port of Darien, Georgia. |
Geotimes
February 2006
Robert S. Young |
The High Cost of Subsidized Coastal Development Coastal geologists, engineers and managers can objectively determine where the most vulnerable shorelines are. And in the interest of fairness, American taxpayers must insist that the communities that build there assume responsibility for themselves. |
IDB America
September 2003
Roger Hamilton |
Whose land is this? Accurate property surveys in Latin America help municipalities, landowners and the environment. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2006 |
NASA Airborne Laser Mapping Systems Studies Katrina Damage Through a cooperative research program NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are exploring the use of airborne laser mapping systems to quantify coastal change along the entire coastline affected by Hurricane Katrina. |
Geotimes
November 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Louisiana's Marshland Mess Even before the past season's devastating hurricanes, Louisiana's wetlands were in rough shape. More than a century of building dams, levees and canals to control the Mississippi River changed the wetlands, limiting sediment and leading to soil compaction from the loss of vegetation. |
Wired
December 22, 2008
David Wolman |
Before the Levees Break: A Plan to Save the Netherlands Global warming is a cause for serious concern in low-lying countries. The Dutch aren't waiting for a catastrophe; they're taking measures to solve the problem now. |
Geotimes
November 2003
James C. Gibeaut |
LIDAR: Mapping a Shoreline by Laser Light The days of collecting beach profile data solely in the field are gone. Now coastal geologists are looking to the skies, using a new radar tool to study changes to the shoreline over large areas. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
How To: Buy A Private Island Islands of every shape and size are for sale in almost every notable body of water. But take note of these tips before you pack your margarita mix. |
Scientific American
October 24, 2005
Mark Fischetti |
Flood Control Protecting against the Next Katrina: Wetlands mitigate flooding, but are they too damaged in the gulf? |
Geotimes
February 2007
Natalie Stemp |
Prince Edward Island: Land Cradled on the Waves With a bounty of natural beauty by land and by sea, the island has a lot to offer the outdoor enthusiast, naturalist and history buff alike. |
DailyCandy
December 23, 2004 |
Life's A Beach The perfect place to hop: The Islands of The Bahamas. Warm, vivid, tropical, and so many of them -- 700 different islands and cays, some uninhabited, all accessible. |
| AskMen.com |
Argument Over For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them: the island's gone. |
Science News
July 31, 2004 |
Hurricane Season The U.S. Geological Survey offers a Web site devoted to the impact of hurricanes and extreme storms on coastal regions of the United States. |
AskMen.com
July 19, 2001
Harry Marks |
Top 10: Greatest Islands Everyone needs a break, and where better to go for some R&R than an island, hidden somewhere in the oceans and seas of our beautiful planet? Get on board as we take you from one corner of the world to another... |
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
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. |
Science News
March 24, 2007 |
Science Safari: Lakeshore Nature Preserve This award-winning interactive map will help you appreciate the qualities of the nature preserve at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
AskMen.com
Alisha Connor |
Top 10: Secret Tropical Destinations Whether you're looking to hike an extinct volcano, dive with the fishes or stretch out on the beach, these tropical destinations will have you booking your flight ASAP. |
Outside
June 2008
Mark Anders |
The Empty Beach Portsmouth Island, the skinny, 18-mile-long barrier island in the northernmost part of North Carolina's Cape Lookout National Seashore, has surf, fish, but no roads and few people. |
Real Travel Adventures
August 2009
Neely & Neely |
Channel Islands National Park and Marine Reserve This is a National Treasure, protected for us and future generations to enjoy. Each island has unique landscape and wildlife native to it. |
| National Gardening |
New Hardiness Zone Maps The standard hardiness zone map for the U.S. has been the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, most recently revised in 1990. This map is now being updated by the American Horticultural Society through a grant from the USDA. The revised edition is scheduled for release this fall. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Measuring Sea-Level Rise As sea level rises, it threatens to flood the low-lying South Pacific islands that make up the 10-square-mile country of Tuvalu, none of which are higher than 4.5 meters above the ocean. |
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. |
AskMen.com
Daniel Harrison |
Top 10: Private Islands For Rent These ten tropical spots are full of first-class amenities, offer beautiful ocean views and, best of all, provide rest, relaxation and solitude. |
Geotimes
October 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
Strong Earthquake Shakes up Hawaii A magnitude-6.7 earthquake rumbled through the island chain of Hawaii, originating near Hawaii island, known as the "Big Island," according to the USGS. An aftershock with a magnitude of 6.0 followed seven minutes later. |
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
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. |
Smithsonian
December 2005
Frank J. Sulloway |
The Evolution of Charles Darwin A creationist when he visited the Galapagos Islands, the great naturalist grasped the full significance of the unique wildlife he found there only well after he had returned to London. |
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." |
IDB America
December 2004
Roger Hamilton |
Finally, Some Respect How a tiny Ecuadorean archipelago came to receive perhaps more attention than it can handle. |
Search Engine Watch
November 3, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Enhances Maps, Integrates Local Search In a major overhaul, Yahoo has significantly upgraded its Maps offering with cleaner maps and integrated local search results. |
AskMen.com
November 26, 2002
Harry Marks |
Tahiti & Her Islands Need to get away? Far, far away? No better choice awaits you than the archipelago of French Polynesia. |
