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Geotimes January 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Grand Canyon Floods On Nov. 21, the Department of the Interior approved a release of water from the Glen Canyon Dam in an attempt to rebuild the beaches and other sedimentary environments. |
Outside March 2010 Elizabeth Hightower |
The Wild File: Dead Pool A dead pool is the level at which water can no longer be released from a reservoir and it may be happening sooner than you think. |
Science News October 22, 2005 |
From the October 19, 1935, Issue Boulder Dam Lake Looks Like Giant Crystal Mass... New Blood Test Reveals Approach of Lead Poisoning... |
Technology Research News May 4, 2005 |
Noisy Snapshots Show Quantum Weirdness Researchers have devised a relatively simple way to detect a pair of entangled, or linked atoms. The detection ability advances quantum computer and quantum communications research. |
IEEE Spectrum June 2010 Adee & Moore |
In the American Southwest, the Energy Problem Is Water Energy producers on the Colorado River are struggling |
Science News February 17, 2001 |
TimeLine: February 14, 1931 From The February 14, 1931 Issue: Small Changes of Sun's Heat Control Weather on Earth... Synthetic Petroleum Teaches About Oil Formation in Earth... Eros, Unlike Large Planets, Has Elliptical Outline... |
Outside June 2004 Mark Sundeen |
Dry Run on the River of Sorrows The Dolores used to be one of the mightiest whitewater rivers in the West. Then politics and dry weather got in the way. But neither drought nor dam nor partisan bickering can stop the author from floating (and walking and driving) the entire course of the Rio de Nuestra Senora de los Dolores. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Barry E. DiGregorio |
Climatologists and River Agency Butt Heads About Future of Southwest's Hydroelectric Power Will hydropower from Hoover Dam end in 2013, 2017, or just keep going? |
Popular Mechanics February 2006 Susan Tweit |
Can't We Just Blow It Up? The world's biggest dam removal will return Washington's Elwha River to its free-flowing state. But the colossal three-year project proves there's a lot more to deconstruction than tons of TNT. |
Outside November 2002 Tom Price |
Queen of the Dammed With western drought lowering Lake Powell daily, Glenn Canyon fans dream of going all the way. |
Geotimes September 2004 Naomi Lubick |
Breaking Down Dams There is definitely a trend toward removing smaller dams, and environmental organizations also have their eyes on the removal of much larger dams. |
Science News October 1, 2005 |
From the September 28, 1935, Issue Grand Coulee Dam Tops Boulder Dam as "Biggest"... Electric Charge Sorts Proton From Neutron in Atom Assault... Solar Prominence Streamers Linked with Sunspot Centers... |
Science News March 22, 2003 |
TimeLine: March 18, 1933 Camera pictures beauty and progress at Hoover Dam... Fingerprints may be used to protect checks from forgery... Cooperative phenomena new term in physics |
Chemistry World February 27, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Quantum tunnelling sparks chemistry on cold surfaces Chemistry in deep space could be more diverse than thought after the discovery that larger atoms can quantum tunnel. |
Popular Mechanics November 2008 Michael Milstein |
6 Radical Solutions for U.S. Southwest's Peak Water Problem Increased usage and years of drought are diminishing the Colorado River's flow. States that rely on that water are forming strategies to deal with the problem. |
Geotimes August 2006 Jennifer Yauck |
Tree Rings Reveal Overestimate in Western Water When a severe drought hit the Colorado River Basin area between 2000 and 2004, people began to question whether current practices for managing the river would be adequate for managing future water demands. One recent study suggests an answer: probably not. |
Technology Research News October 22, 2003 |
Process prints nanoparticles Researchers have coaxed tiny particles of gold, silver and carbon to assemble into patterns on silicon wafers over areas as large as a square centimeter by using electrical charge patterns to attract and position the nanoparticles. |
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. |
Geotimes August 2003 Neeta Bijoor |
China fills Three Gorges Dam Although the Three Gorges Dam is expected to boost China's economy and improve the standard of living, many wonder whether the benefits are worth the costs. |
Geotimes December 2006 Carolyn Gramling |
Wobbling Earth Linked to Mammal Extinctions Periodic changes in Earth's orbit and tilt may be controlling the appearances and disappearances of mammal species, a new study suggests. |
Geotimes September 2006 Carolyn Gramling |
China's Massive Dam Alters Weather China's Three Gorges Dam is famed for its size -- and its reservoir may be large enough to change regional weather patterns. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 William Sweet |
Yangtze's Power Is Unleashed The last cofferdam -- a temporary structure standing between the waters of the Yangtze River and the main wall of the Three Gorges Dam -- was recently blown up. Three Gorges has likely been the most controversial damn project ever. |