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December: Mid-ocean ridges
January: Research
at the poles
February: Geology underground
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November 27
Inspectors armed with
geophysics
November 22
Governments agree to stop conflict diamonds
November 15
Plants mop arsenic
November 8
Debating
evidence for early life
November 4
Huge Alaska
quake making waves
November 1
Natural
disasters strike in Italy
Webextras
Archive
News Notes
Rivers
of gold
Evolution opponents score in Georgia
Many quakes, one theory
Pipeline proposal promises new life for the Dead Sea
Dinosaurs' world up in flames
Inorganic oil: Much ado about nothing?
Comment
A
New Solution to the Uncertain Fate of a Geologist’s Library
What
will become of the libraries of retired geologists?
George D. Klein
Political Scene
Homeland Security,
Broadly Defined
How
much will a federal Department of Homeland Security affect the geosciences?
David Applegate
Geophenomena
Glacial
valley avalanche in Russia
China's air needs a chimney sweep
Energy
and Resources
Coalbed Methane
Talk is increasing on coalbed methane as the future of U.S. natural gas.
Lisa M. Pinsker
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THE COVER Photo montage created by Mark Shaver. Image sources are, clockwise from left: traffic in Detroit, Ohio (AGI files); The Suncor Energy Inc. oil sands plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada (Mika Madunicky/Alberta Energy and Utilities Board); OPEC President Rilwanu Lukman before a Sept. 19 OPEC meeting in Japan (Koji Sasahara/Associated Press); the Hibernia Platform on the Grand Banks (from Hibernia Management and Development Inc.); the oil tanker Polar Endeavour on its way to Port of Valdez, Alaska, in July (Associated Press/Phillips Alaska Inc.); an Amtrac from the U.S. Marines Second Division Feb. 24, 1991, near the Saudi-Kuwait border prior to the start of the ground war against Iraq. (Associated Press/Sakayuki Mikami).
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