Environment & Geology

Magazine articles on environmental science and geology.

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Smithsonian September 2007 Eric Jaffe	Seeking Friendlier Skies Can radar networks eliminate airplane turbulence?
Popular Mechanics September 14, 2007 Jennifer Bogo	How the Deadliest Wind Farm Can Save the Birds: Green Machines Dealing with the alarming wildlife death rates in the already struggling field of U.S. wind energy.
IEEE Spectrum September 2007	Climate Scientist Questions Consensus Process After 20 years and four assessment reports, a few members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are taking a critical and public look at how the panel represents uncertainty in predicting the magnitude of such changes as the rise in sea level.
Smithsonian September 2007 Alistair Wearmouth	Flying North to Fly South Preparing the critically endangered whooping cranes for migration could save these majestic birds from extinction. Leading the cranes south to Florida will be a microlight aircraft and its pilot, dressed to resemble a crane.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Ronald Bailey	Our Intangible Riches World Bank environmental economist Kirk Hamilton on the planet's real wealth.
IDB America August 2007 Peter Bate	Homework: Plant a Tree Schoolchildren lead reforestation effort in a Haitian mountain village.
Geotimes September 2007 Nicole Branan	Strange Bedfellows? Evangelicals and Scientists Join Forces on Climate Global warming is melting permafrost around the world, but earlier this year rising temperatures also led to the thawing of the notoriously frosty relations between scientists and evangelical Christians, triggering climate change of the political kind.
Geotimes September 2007 Mohi Kumar	Alaska Melting Into the Sea Northern Alaska is crumbling into the sea, according to newly released satellite images that show how rising global temperatures appear to be rapidly transforming the polar landscape.
Geotimes September 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Voyage of the Ducks Washed overboard during a 1992 storm in the Pacific, thousands of rubber duckies and other floating toys are expected to land on the shores of the United Kingdom this year, completing their epic journey around the world.
Geotimes September 2007 Erin Wayman	Ancient Humans Dodged Super-Eruption? The Toba volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago -- much more destructive than the Mount St. Helens eruption -- may have drastically altered Earth's climate. New research suggests humans were flexible enough to survive these changes.
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