The
December Geotimes features stories on the geosciences and climate change.
Lake
Titicaca: An archive of South American Paleoclimate
Researchers are drilling sediments in Lake Titicaca
to understand South America's climate changes on short timescales.
Paul Baker et al.
Global
Climate Change: A glance in the rearview mirror
Just how far back does the geologic record
take us in understanding Earth’s past climate? And, link to a bibliography
of articles that demonstrate recent advances in climate proxies and how
these geological tools are helping us understand Earth's past climate.
Matt Huber
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Russia propses continental margin extension
Dec. 18
Lighting up the Atmosphere
Dec. 12
*USGS Internet Block Stopped
Dec. 4
New U.S. support for Law of the Sea
Dec. 3
Seismicity from Sept. 11
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News
Notes
Reconstructing
Martian geologic history
Storing
coal slurry
Macro-evolution
at its finest
Shelling
out new climate data
Sea
level today and tomorrow
Field Notes
Comment
To
Predict the Unpredictable
The more we learn about Earth's past climate,
the more complex the picture becomes.
Steven M. Stanley
Political
Scene
A Fellow's
Welcome to Washington
A new Congressional Science Fellow recounts coming
to the Hill in the wake of Sept. 11.
David Curtiss
Geophenomena
Security
Measures on Tap
Bolstering water supplies against terrorism.
Christina Reed
ON THE COVER: The USGS Neecho
cruises on Lake Titicaca high in the Andes with the Cordillera Real in the background.
The vessel is equipped with a drill core that will sample the lake's sediments
for clues to past climate. Photo supplied courtesy of Paul Baker, Duke University.
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