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Fossil Hunting in Antarctica A team of paleontologists explored the barren Antarctic to look for fossils of marsupials that once traveled through the continent, but instead found another fossil surprise. James E. Martin and Judd A. Case Passion for Paleo: Amateur Fossil Collectors Print Exclusive Collecting fossils is a hobby beloved by people of all ages and backgrounds and one that has boomed into big business at shows and on the Internet. Lisa M. Pinsker Twenty-Five Years of Mass Extinctions and Impacts Print Exclusive The causes of major extinction events throughout geologic history are more complicated than simple asteroid collisions. Spencer G. Lucas	News Notes Tsunami devastates Asia Kyoto ratified NASA debates Hubble's fate Cicadas speed forest growth Budget battles Mummy tar in ancient Egypt Reaching past heights Mid-ocean ridge spread or jam? Bugging out with warmer weather Touching Titan Geophenomena Print Exclusive Locating “spritely” lightning Mount St. Helens still erupting — a lot Japanese volcano up close Trends & Innovations Print Exclusive Garbage-eating Geobacter Mopping up arsenic Energy & Resources Print Exclusive Burying carbon dioxide, Part I Yukos under fire Mineral of the Month: Potash Education & Outreach Paleontologist for a Day Throughout the western United States, dinosaur “dude ranches” offer families the opportunity to dig fossils for a day. Megan Sever Visit the Geotimes archive to search for past stories.
Comment Frontiers of Paleontology From genetically charting ancient creatures to creating vast cyber-databases — many challenges and new lines of exploration lie ahead for a field scientists recently thought was in decline. Warren D. Allmon Political Scene For Starters: Lame Duck The lame duck Congress was action-packed, with budgets and intelligence reform on the floor. Katie Donnelly Geologic Column Working — and Writing — in the Rain Hardened tools seem custom-made for the hardy geologist. Lisa A. Rossbacher	Profiles George H. Billingsley: Mapping the Grand Canyon In Memoriam: Thomas Wilson Dibblee Jr. Check out this month's Energy Notes! Geomedia On Exhibit: Denver of Old Books: From Pompeii to the World Trade Center: A review of Ghosts of Vesuvius Books: Paleontology On the Shelf On the Web Table of Contents Where on Earth? Calendar
ON THE COVER Conducting research in Antarctica is tough work, as paleontologists recently learned on a fossil-hunting expedition. Regular snowstorms give way to extremely dry conditions that sublimate the frozen precipitation. Read story on page 18. Antarctic photo by James Martin; ammonite photo copyright of Oklahoma University. Upper right: After a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami waves on Dec. 26, water flowed out of the inundated area and back into the sea, creating turbulence offshore Sri Lanka. Read story on page 8. Photo copyright DigitalGlobe.	Coming Soon... March: Predicting Hazards Get your copy of the 2005 AGI Publications Catalog! E mail jr@agiweb.org for more.

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