January 5, 2012
Impossible Odds, Irrepressible Hope: Pakistan's water woes and the science that can solve them
Most residents of developed countries don’t think about their water running out or worry about their water leading to the death of their …
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January 5, 2012
How oil and water helped the U.S. win World War II
World War II U.S. Gen. Omar Bradley is often cited as the originator of the famous military quote: “Amateurs study tactics, professionals study …
January 5, 2012
Gustav and the rising waters
Right now, Hurricane Gustav is lashing the Gulf Coast with its Category-2 (177 kph/110-mph) winds. Around 11 a.m. this morning, the hurricane …
January 5, 2012
GSA meeting: Water, water everywhere ... creating some to drink
HOUSTON – The Geological Society of America’s joint meeting kicked off Sunday, beginning a week filled with thousands of presentations on soil …
January 5, 2012
Getting a master's in social geology
At first glance, it seems like an obvious solution to a problem: Villagers need vegetables and an aid organization has money to buy tools and …
January 5, 2012
Geoscientists Without Borders: Geologists Lend a Hand
Craig Beasley’s one-year term as president of the Society for Exploration Geophysicists had a challenging start. After about two months in …
January 5, 2012
Finding water in the heart of darkness: Afghanistan's ongoing water challenges
Fieldwork in Afghanistan is not like most geology fieldwork. “When I landed, the first thing I had to do was to put on a bulletproof vest,” says …
January 5, 2012
Endangered snow: how climate change threatens West Coast water supplies
If you turn the tap on in Seattle, the water flowing from the faucet likely originated as a clump of snow. In winter, snowflakes fall in the …
January 5, 2012
Dry dock to wet tap: Old ships become floating desalination plants
Last year’s hurricane season was not kind to Haiti. First, tropical storms Fay, Gustav and Hanna hit the Caribbean nation; then Hurricane Ike …
January 5, 2012
Clearing roadways: A little salt goes a long way
Although winter in the Northern Hemisphere does not technically begin for another month, snowfalls and icy conditions are already making driving …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on Earth: Driveway sealants add PAHs to environment
Winter is hard on asphalt: Water that seeps into tiny cracks freezes and expands, breaking the asphalt apart. That’s why homeowners and business …
January 5, 2012
Biophysical economics: The Mississippi Delta as a lens for global issues
With a global economic slowdown and growing environmental concerns, it is worthwhile to take a look at the future and think about how we can …
January 5, 2012
Beads of water on the moon
During the Apollo missions, NASA astronauts shoveled, bagged and sent back to Earth close to 400 kilograms of lunar rocks and soil. But …
January 5, 2012
All that glitters... Acid mine drainage: The toxic legacy of gold mining in South Africa
In 1947, in a dolomite cave 50 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, anthropologist Robert Broom discovered a 2.05-millionyear- old …
January 5, 2012
Afghanistan's mineral wealth
Blogging on EARTH On Monday, a spokesman for Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, Waheed Omar, told reporters that the USGS survey of …
January 5, 2012
'The Big Necessity' Reclaiming feces
In her new book, "The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters," freelance journalist Rose George argues that …