Environment & Geology

Magazine articles on environmental science and geology.

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Geotimes June 2007 Megan Sever	Antarctic Ice May be Grinding to a Halt Some of Antarctica's ice sheets may not be in as much danger as once thought.
Geotimes June 2007 Allyson K. Anderson	A Political Comment On... Fire and Ice on Capitol Hill: Climate change and its impacts are being discussed with much fervor in the district these days. Nearly every congressional office has taken up the charge.
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Jean Kumagai	How to Master a Seismic Disaster When the next big earthquake hits Tokyo, engineers bet even a few seconds can save lives.
Popular Mechanics June 2007 Emily Masamitsu	4 Geoengineering Attack Plans to Fight Climate Change As the war on global warming heats up, some scientists argue that meddling with the environment might be the only way to save it.
Science News May 26, 2007	Science Safari: Earth Portal Here is a comprehensive, free, and dynamic Web resource for timely science-based information about the environment. It features news, a forum, the Encyclopedia of Earth, and more.
Chemistry World May 24, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	BP Pulls Out of Carbon Capture Plans Due to slow governmental support, BP has ditched plans to build the world's first carbon capture and storage power plant in Scotland.
Chemistry World May 24, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Between a Rock and a Hard Place An important part of Afghanistan's reconstruction is to enable the Afghan population to make the most of the country's mineral wealth. Geological surveys from the UK, US, Japan and the Czech Republic are helping to rebuild the Afghanistan Geological Survey.
Geotimes May 2007 Lisa Rossbacher	The Beginning of the Trek The starting -- or ending -- point for the Appalachian Trail is at Springer Mountain in Georgia. Just getting to the starting point is an expedition, with a nearly 13-kilometer-long hike along an approach trail, described by signs as "strenuous."
Scientific American June 2007 Jeffrey D. Sachs	Climate Change Refugees As global warming tightens the availability of water, prepare for a torrent of forced migrations. Economists, hydrologists, agronomists and climatologists will have to join forces to take the next steps in scientific understanding of this human crisis.
Scientific American June 2007 Rebecca Renner	Green Gold in a Shrub Entrepreneurs target the jatropha plant as the next big biofuel.
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