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The Increasing Costs of U.S. Natural Disasters Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes are taking their toll not only on the U.S. infrastructure but also on the U.S. taxpayer. The Princeton University Geoscience 499 Class Plus! Forecasting Hurricane Damages Watching for Landslide Weather in California Print Exclusive Landslides are powerful forces of destruction that California's unique climate and geology help promote. Raymond Wilson and Richard Pike New Eyes in the Sky, Land and Sea Print Exclusive Politics are vying with technology in a new international project to interconnect observations of weather and climate. Naomi Lubick Visit the Geotimes archives to search for past stories.	News Notes Louisiana's marshland mess Comet full of fluff Super-rotation for Earth's core Shift in Chile's seismic history Middens mark Southwest cold snap New Appalachian tale Earthly origin for desert formation Salting a stagnant ocean Neanderthal neighbors Geophenomena Print Exclusive Sediments Shed Light on Past Coastal Events An imaging tool can look belowground to reveal how past storms shaped the coastal environment over time. Ilya V. Buynevich Energy & Resources Print Exclusive Offshore oil inventories Venezuela shares with its neighbors Mineral of the Month: Magnesium Trends & Innovations Print Exclusive Storm of Progress for Tornado Forecasts Tornadoes are complex beasts that require advanced modeling to predict. Kathryn Hansen Education & Outreach Seeing and Speaking in the Field An innovative geology teaching program highlights the visual aptitude of deaf students. Naomi Lubick
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ON THE COVER Rita was building up to a Category-5 hurricane when this image was captured on Sept. 21, with winds at 220 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour). When it came ashore on Sept. 24, Rita was a Category-3 hurricane, and it wrought havoc on the Gulf Coast infrastructure, already weakened from Hurricane Katrina just weeks prior. Read more about disaster costs, mitigation and management throughout this issue. Image by the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.	Coming Soon... December: Year in Review Visit AGI's Online Store!

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