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Outside
August 2005
Mike Grudowski |
The New American Dream Towns Think Utopia doesn't exist? Maybe not yet, but these ten towns are making a play for perfection with adventure-friendly innovation and cool ideas for building smart communities. Plus the hottest concepts in urban revival, combating sprawl, and better hometown living.   |
Outside
September 2007
Nyberg et al. |
City Slicker Escape from New York (and nine other big cities) with these 40 fast adventures |
Outside
September 2002 |
Fast Getaways You'll find endless rewards in just 48 hours of freedom. We've got 50 close-to-home adventures right here. |
Outside
September 2001
Mike Grudowski |
Welcome to Your New Backyard Want instant access to the Big Outdoors -- trails, rivers, wild shores, just minutes from home -- without compromising your livelihood? Then check out these ten towns on the verge of paradise, where you don't have to ditch it all to have it all. |
Outside
August 2004 |
America's Top Dream Towns Seeking an underpopulated--and undiscovered--slice of paradise? Drop in to any of our 20 adventure towns, from burly Haines, Alaska, to serene Cedar Key, Florida, where you'll find cush, affordable base camps for spontaneous long weekends or a lifetime of wild fun. |
Outside
August 2006
Mike Grudowski |
Location is Everything The best adventure athletes in America, share where they live and why. |
Outside
May 2010 |
The Best State Parks Follow our guide to America's wild and relatively untrampled state parks, national lakeshores, and recreation areas. |
Outside
November 2004 |
Urban Adventures A new look at the way one plays outdoors in America's great cities: Cut Loose... Plug into the Local Media... Reconsider the Classics... etc. |
Smithsonian
June 2005
Charles Petit |
Hazy Days in Our Parks The air in many national wilderness wonderlands is getting worse. As officials debate controversial new rules to curb pollution, scientists find the sources are surprisingly far-flung. |
Outside
July 2003 |
Land o' the Free Our ten favorite stretches of American blacktop come with all the essential summer pleasures. So pick your pavement and go. |
Geotimes
April 2004
Naomi Lubick |
EPA announces ozone hotspots The Environmental Protection Agency released a list yesterday of U.S. counties that need to come into compliance for amounts of ozone in the atmosphere at ground levels. |
High on Adventure
August 2008
Les Furnanz |
Lake Oswego... Oregon's Hike-Oar-Bike Paradise Plan your own visit to Lake Oswego soon, and bring your walking shoes, a bicycle, and a canoe or kayak to sample the town and its natural offerings. |
Outside
April 2006 |
Adrenaline Nation Secret instructions on how to plot an escape from your hardwired grind to wide-open adventure in North America. |
AskMen.com
Jasper Anson |
Top 10: National Parks With such a giant landscape to work with, the United States holds a multitude of national parks for local and international tourists to sample any time of the year. |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Spencer Reiss |
Smog and Mirrors: China's Plan for a Green Olympics China won its bid for the 2008 games in part by vowing to put on a "Green Olympics." In the six years since, officials have been battling to make at least some of that happen. |
Geotimes
February 2005
Megan Sever |
Glacier: Crown of the Continent Established as a national park in 1910, Glacier National Park's geologic and ecologic significance is internationally recognized. |
Outside
August 2003
Misty Blakesley |
Ecotourism Adventure Travel - Water in the Balance Water issues chronically become water wars. Here are some collisions in progress--from bang-ups over how to divide spoils to clashes over big cleanups--that need to be resolved in the years ahead. |
American Journal of Nursing
February 2008
O'Connor & Roy |
Electric Power Plant Emissions and Public Health Potentially harmful pollutants to be aware of and how they may affect the public's health. |
High on Adventure
June 2007
Steve Giordano |
Biking Philly Get away from the city life of Philadelphia and bike the easy, flat 22-mile ride from the Philadelphia Art Museum to Valley Forge National Historical Park. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Joshua Tree National Park: A Geologic Oasis After a brown, dry winter, 2007 may not be the best year to spot wildflowers at Joshua Tree National Park. But don't let that stop you from making plans to head out to the park. The park's geology, while changing, is not quite as ephemeral or picky as those springtime flowers. |
Chemistry World
October 6, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Global ozone pollution warning Current controls are failing to protect human health and the environment from increasing ground-level ozone, according to a report by the Royal Society. |
Chemistry World
December 2, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
US moves to tighten ozone limits The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed tightening air quality standards for ground-level ozone, a constituent of smog. Industry groups said the new measures were too stringent. |
Industrial Physicist
Eric J. Lerner |
News New ways to create circuits and other patterns at nanometer scales... Blackout clears the air... Fighting big blackouts... Bacteria stir things up... |
Salon.com
November 3, 2000
Dawn MacKeen |
Life under the hole in the sky For the people of southern Chile, ozone depletion isn't a political issue -- it's a nightmarish reality. A report from the globe's ecological future... |
Chemistry World
March 28, 2014
Mark Peplow |
A war on smog Growing public concern over the state of the environment has forced Chinese officials to take action. And where chemistry has often been seen as the villain of the piece, it is now set to play a vital role in cleaning the country's air. |
Geotimes
July 2003
Tim Palucka |
Lightning implicated in ozone over Africa About five years ago, atmospheric scientists studying ozone concentrations over equatorial Africa and the southern hemisphere of the tropical Atlantic came across a puzzling situation. Unexpectedly high levels of ozone in southern Africa were finally explained by an overlooked phenomenon: lightning. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 37
David Bradley |
Shipping News International shipping may be one of the largest sources of air pollutants along the Norwegian coast and in the Northern Atlantic. |
Chemistry World
July 10, 2006
Arthur Rogers |
Outdoor Chores Outlawed Under restrictions triggered when ground levels of ozone -- an indicator of photochemical smog -- exceed set thresholds, French officials are empowered to ban certain activities in order to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds. |
Chemistry World
April 7, 2008
Kira Welter |
Industrial emissions boost pollution at coastlines Pollution along our coastlines is worsened by chemical reactions that occur when emissions from ships and heavy industry combine with ocean air, US scientists have found. |
Chemistry World
October 5, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
New US ozone standard under fire The US has strengthened air quality standards for ground-level ozone generating a backlash from industry. |
Chemistry World
October 18, 2013
Hepeng Jia |
China blamed for mercury on iconic Mount Fuji Amid a simmering row between China and Japan over an island territory dispute, new research claims that the atmosphere above Japan's iconic Mount Fuji is being polluted with mercury by Chinese industry. |
Chemistry World
September 16, 2015
Simon Hadlington |
Air pollution model predicts 6.6 million deaths by 2050 Almost seven million people could die each year around the world because of outdoor air pollution unless strict emission controls are introduced, suggests a new study based on a global atmospheric chemistry model. |
BusinessWeek
August 9, 2004
Stephanie Anderson Forest |
How Sick Is Your Home? Indoor air pollution -- from mold to radon -- presents health risks. But you can rest easier knowing there are ways to get rid of them. |
