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Geotimes March 2007 Megan Sever |
Out of Africa and into Russia Researchers excavating at a well-known archaeological site in Russia have found evidence of the earliest-known modern humans in Europe, pushing back the dates of when modern humans arrived in Europe. |
Scientific American September 2007 Philip Yam |
Updates: Whatever happened to...? Cyberwarfare... Surviving super volcanoes... Better biofuel... House cat origin... |
Geotimes September 2007 Kathryn Hansen |
Controversy in the Cradle of Humankind East Africa indeed has much heritage to protect, as the region has been a hotspot for paleoanthropologists trying to understand the evolutionary relationships between early hominins since at least the 1950s. |
Geotimes February 2004 Megan Sever |
Geoarchaeology: The Past Comes to Light Geological stories are inseparable from the human ones. The sea level can rise causing populations to migrate. A volcano can erupt and wipe out a civilization. Climate can alter the soil and shift the course of a culture. As the natural world changes, so too does society. |
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012 Nicole Kresge |
Bones, Stones, and Genes Students and teachers joined five experts in what may have been the largest stone tool-making session in the history of human evolution. |
Geotimes October 2004 Megan Sever |
Mount St. Helens Alert Level Lowered On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey lowered the alert level for Mount St. Helens in Washington from a Level 3 Volcano Alert to a Level 2 Volcano Advisory. |
Geotimes November 2004 |
Mount St. Helens Erupts in Activity Although earthquake activity leveled off early in October, scientists warn that eruptions of steam and ash are still likely in the coming weeks. |
Geotimes November 2007 Feldman & Tilling |
Danger Lurks Deep: The Human Impact of Volcanoes Volcanic eruptions occur infrequently, yet have the potential to unleash some of the most destructive forces on Earth. |
Geotimes October 2004 Sever, Pratt & Libick |
Mount St. Helens Activity Updates Updates on Mt. St. Helens activity from October 1 to October 14. |
Insurance & Technology February 9, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Zurich, Farmers Warn Customers of Possible Volcanic Eruption Insurance carriers urge Alaskan customers to implement business continuity plans to prepare for the possible eruption of Mount Redoubt. |
Geotimes October 2004 |
Mount St. Helens Erupts More than a week after seismic activity began, Mount St. Helens in Washington has now erupted a thick plume of white steam and light ash reaching as high as 15,000 feet |
Chemistry World May 27, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Getting to grips with volcanic ash As the disruption to air travel caused by the eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland subsides, researchers are taking a close look at volcanic ash to try to understand how hazardous it is to both aircraft engines and human health. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Harry G. Broadman |
Connecting Africa and Asia Improved Asian market access can boost Africa's exports, but Africa needs domestic reforms to fully capture the economic benefits |
Geotimes August 2006 Megan Sever |
Ecuadorian Volcano Erupts, Kills 5 Tungurahua, one of Ecuador's "big three" volcanoes, once again ramped up its eruption, triggering emergency evacuations. At least five people were killed, many have been injured, and at least another 60 people are missing from villages that were destroyed by the eruption. |
Real Travel Adventures May 2010 Neely & Neely |
Olduvai Gorge Archeological Site of Leakey's Discoveries Louis and Mary Leakey came to this site in 1923 and spent most of the next 70 years here, finding fossils 150 million years old, stone tools, animal and human signs. |
Insurance & Technology March 24, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Alaska's Mount Redoubt Erupts; Insurers Stand By Several eruptions have begun to rain ash on Alaska's Susitna Valley, prompting an ash advisory from the National Weather Service and stepped-up preparations by Zurich/Farmers. |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2010 Tim Hanson |
The Way to Play Africa Africa is the continent with the most untapped potential. Will it ever be stable for U.S. investors? |
Geotimes June 2006 Megan Sever |
Seeing Below Tambora On April 10, 1815, Mount Tambora, on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, exploded in the largest recorded eruption in human history. Few, if any, of the estimated thousands of people living on the volcano's slopes survived, but new excavations there are shedding light on their lives. |
Chemistry World October 17, 2014 Dinsa Sachan |
Indian manufacturers hit back over quality claims The Indian pharmaceutical industry has asked its government to sue authors of a study published by the US National Bureau of Economic Research in early September. |
Geotimes April 2005 |
Redating the Earliest Humans Now 40 years later, researchers have pushed back the ages of Homo sapiens uncovered in the Omo Valley of Ethiopia to 195,000 years ago from the original date of 130,000. |
Geotimes May 2006 Megan Sever |
Fleeing Vesuvius A picture is worth more than a thousand words in the case of what some newly uncovered footprints in Vesuvian ash are telling researchers about the hazards that Italy's most notorious volcano might pose in the future. |