July 3, 2018
Down to Earth With: Paleobiologist Rowan Lockwood
In 1608, Captain John Smith noted that oysters “lay as thick as stones” on the floor of the Chesapeake Bay. The shell reefs — built up by …
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March 19, 2018
Down to Earth With: Conservation engineer Emily Pidgeon
“I can be a very blunt object,” says Emily Pidgeon, describing how she moves through the world and how she approaches her work. Her Australian …
September 27, 2016
Celebrity climb
One billion people are without access to clean water today. When glacial deposits like the one atop Kilimanjaro melt away, that number will …
December 29, 2015
Benchmarks: January 10, 2013: Pinnacles National Park is founded
On Jan. 10, 2013, when President Barack Obama signed legislation granting national park status to the former Pinnacles National Monument — …
March 9, 2015
Methane be dammed!
Beavers were nearly killed off in the 19th century as trappers hunted them for their soft pelts. A successful conservation effort over the past …
December 29, 2014
Protecting the mineral treasures of Antarctica's Larsemann Hills
It was late November 2003 and not quite summer in Antarctica. As the Squirrel helicopter lifted off after delivering its last load, we set about …
June 23, 2014
Travels in Geology: Peru's petrified forest: The struggle to study and preserve one of the world's most remarkable fossil sites
Tucked high in the Andes Mountains of northern Peru is a remarkable fossil locality: a 39-million-year-old petrified forest preserved in nearly …
January 5, 2012
Thirsty Cities: Water management in a changing environment
On a clear day in November 2007, the governor of Georgia held an unusual public vigil. Before the doors of his state capitol, Gov. Sonny Perdue …