Environment & Geology

Magazine articles on environmental science and geology.

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Chemistry World January 24, 2007 Victoria Gill	Cooling Chemical Fuels Snowy Spat Swiss winter sports event organizers, troubled by unseasonably warm temperatures, have caused an environmental stir by using chemical fertilizers to maintain their precious slopes. Environmental researchers are now investigating the extent and effects of this practice.
Smithsonian January 2007 Cate Lineberry	Diamonds Unearthed In the final installment of this three-part series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, discusses the fascinating stories behind the Smithsonian's diamond collection.
Geotimes January 2007 Michael Price	Jerome: A Ghost Town That Never Gave up the Ghost 175 kilometers from Phoenix, Jerome's mining past has laid bare much of the area's interesting geology, with pared-off mountainsides revealing sedimentary layers stretching back into the Precambrian.
Popular Mechanics March 2007 Jennifer Bogo	NASA Mission Statement Q&A: Eyes on Earth Interview with a professor involved in a study to find out how Earth scientists view NASA's shifting priorities and how it may affect the study of the planet.
Scientific American February 2007 Jeffrey Sachs	Moving beyond Kyoto To seriously address the issue of global climate change, policymakers need to establish a framework that extends through the end of the century
Science News January 13, 2007	Science Safari: Natural Hazards The U.S. Geological Survey has launched a new Web site about the threat of natural disasters.
Chemistry World January 10, 2007 Michael Gross	Fixing the Nitrogen Balance Researchers have found that global nitrogen cycles can be more easily balanced out than previously thought, as sources and sinks of usable nitrogen are geographically close and respond to each other in rapid feedback.
Geotimes January 2007 Megan Sever	Even Closer to Finding Ithaca Researchers are several steps closer to finding Homer's Ithaca, thanks to new results released today from geologic tests that support the hypothesis that the ancient kingdom of Ithaca may in fact be on western Kefalonia.
Smithsonian January 2007 Cate Lineberry	Diamonds Unearthed In part two of this series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, discusses conflict diamonds, colored diamonds and synthetic gems grown in the lab
Geotimes January 2007 Megan Sever	Finding Ithaca It appears that geology may help sort the facts from the fiction about Odysseus' homeland of Ithaca, just as it helped show that Troy existed.
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