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Highlights of 2007

In 2007, the earth sciences got the media’s attention. You could hardly find a newscast, newspaper or magazine that wasn’t talking about climate change, weird weather patterns, energy or the latest finding from Mars. Seemingly no matter the subject, it became readily apparent how interconnected these issues are  — so that’s the focus of the Highlights issue: the story of climate and energy, climate and hazards, hazards and deep Earth, energy and space, and of course, the story of us and our past, in the form of new looks at what ancient DNA can tell us.

A Changing Climate Deep Earth
Energy Shifts Planetary Exploration
Hazards Ancient Life




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Web Extras
Travels in Geology: Valkenburg  posted 12/19/07
Congress passes energy bill  posted 12/18/07
Travels in Geology: Copahue, Argentina  posted 11/19/07
Powerful quake rumbles through Chile  posted 11/14/07
Fires' carbon contribution
 posted 11/12/07 
Travels in Geology: Pine Creek Gorge posted 10/25/07 
Looking deep into the heart of a fault posted 10/05/07 
Travels in Geology: Madeira posted 09/27/2007 
Huge quake strikes Indonesia posted 09/12/2007 
Asteroid collision sealed dinosaurs' fate posted 09/06/2007 
Travels in Geology: Blue Ridge Parkway posted 08/31/2007 
Error in NASA climate data sparks debate posted 08/16/2007 
Death toll climbs after Peru quake posted 08/16/2007 
Quake shakes Jakarta posted 08/08/2007 
Soot warms, not cools the atmosphere posted 08/03/2007 
Cold wars: Russia claims Arctic land posted 08/01/2007 

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News Notes
Mummy hair tells gruesome story 
Climate spawned mass migration from Africa 
Hobbit or not: All in the wrists  
Water problems ahead if ethanol continues to expand  
Toothy duck-billed dinosaur found  
Lassoing an asteroid 
Loma Prieta not from a weak fault? 
Birthing the Sierra Nevada 
Argon’s gassy ride to the atmosphere 
Forecast: Methane drizzle over Xanadu 
Fore-arc basins may forecast earthquakes 
Mineral resource of the month: niobium (columbium) 

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Analyzing volcanic ash risk 
ENSO lengthens the days of our lives 
Birth of a planet 
It’s a small world 
New biofuel on the rise in Mali 



 

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Geoscience and International Decisions on Adapting to Climate Change
Should we or shouldn’t we try to develop strategies to enhance societal resilience to climate change? That is the question.
Nathan Hultman

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Underground Coal Mining Health and Safety: A View From the Inside
In August, Americans were transfixed by the coal mining disaster in Utah. In the wake of the disaster, questions have been asked about mine safety and education.
George Luxbacher


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