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vol. 49, no. 11
18 Methane Hydrate
and Abrupt Climate Change
Large release of natural gas from ice-like structures located on the seafloor
may have played an important role in global change millions of years ago.
Gerald R. Dickens
Gas Hydrates as a Future Energy Resource
With natural gas prices on the rise, many researchers are looking into the potential
of making gas hydrates, both onshore and offshore, a viable resource.
Timothy S. Collett
28 TECHNOLOGY: Detecting
Marine Gas Hydrates
So they may be a future
energy resource and indicators of past climate change, but how do we find them?
Building an Earth Observation System
The thousands of observation
platforms monitoring the worlds oceans, land and air, need to join
together as a system of systems.
Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbaucher Jr.
8 NEWS NOTES
Genesis crashes with pieces of the sun *
Impacting the origin of life *
Monitoring aboriginal rock art *
Taking the fossil out of fuels *
Parenting Psittacosaurus *
Fuel economies, Part II *
Fish advisories on the rise *
Restricting satellite data access *
Mount St. Helens erupts in activity
17 POLITICAL SCENE
Open Access: Open Debate?
Giving free and open access to any published research paid for with taxpayer
dollars is more complex than it may seem.
Emily Lehr Wallace
Beneath the Bermuda Triangle
Could giant bubbles of gas released from the seafloor be responsible
for the infamous disappearances of ships and planes in the Bermuda Triangle?
Connecting People to Science in the Himalaya
One geologist took her work to the next level bridging both cultural
and scientific gaps between students in Nepal and the United States.
In Search of the Goodwill Moon Rocks: A Personal
An undercover agent for NASA recounts his experiences tracking down both
bogus moon rocks and real moon rocks smuggled out of the countries that
Joseph Richard Gutheinz
42 ENERGY & RESOURCES
A takeout nuclear plant
Mineral of Month: Indium
Ernie Mancini: Bridging oil research and politics
Books: The End of Oil?: An analysis of five recent books on world oil
Books: Uncertain Weather: A review of Our Affair with El Niño
Maps: Digital Mapping in Kentucky
On the Web: Teaching and tectonics
68 GEOLOGIC COLUMN
Pick Up Your Pencils Please
From war to the SATs, modern pencils have a fascinating history that dates
back some 500 years.
Lisa A. Rossbacher
6 Letters: Perspectives
32 Where on Earth?
52 Classified Ads: Career
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