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January 2002
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How Low Can You Go? A tough-as-nails cadre of Russian and Ukranian speleologists wriggles and blasts its way to caving's grand prize: the mythic 2,000-meter mark... |
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January 2005
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Horses' Mouths Date Sierra Nevada Uplift Estimates on when the Sierra Nevada began its major uplift vary widely. In an effort to pinpoint the escalation, some geoscientists are going straight to the horse's mouth, literally, using horse teeth to date the mountains' uplift. |
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Jun/Jul 2005
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The Sierra Skyway A guide to visiting Yosemite National Park and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. |
Geotimes
March 2004 |
Creationism in a national park Rangers in Grand Canyon National Park teach visitors that the Colorado River eroded the 2-billion-year-old sedimentary rocks to form the canyon roughly 6 million years ago. The park's Web site describes the Grand Canyo |
Smithsonian
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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. |
AskMen.com
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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. |
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Cave for the Cure Hazel Barton innovative research leads her to cave walls to find new antibiotics. |
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AskMen.com
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Top 10: State Parks In America If you live in the US or plan to visit, a trip to a state park is a must. The breathtaking natural beauty on display rivals any artificial monument or government building. Let the perfection of Mother Nature serve as a catharsis from the daily grind... |
Fast Company
September 2000
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(Really) Risky Business Wes Skiles is one of the leading practitioners of what may be the world's most hazardous sport: underwater cave diving. There is no injury rate for mistakes made in an underwater cave -- only a mortality rate. So why does Skiles keep diving? |
Fast Company
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MLB's Social-Media Fan Cave Goes 2.0 This season, MLB's content hub for fanatics gets a reboot. |
