Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Geology / February 2005

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/02/06/ed.col.richmond.0206.html
February 6, 2005
Guest Viewpoint: Gender debate ignores real issues
By Geri Richmond

Last night I watched a program re tsunamis,  when, Lo and Behold,  who
should appear but one geologist by the name of Stuart Weinstein---of
course,  they spelled Stuart--- S-T-E-W-A-R-T, but that is beside the
point,  since  that often happens to my son, Stuart.  Can we now add a

Q1.    Call it 'expanded' or 'growth' or whatever, ...what is the
fundamental, last word, bone-hard, bottom-line evidence that the Earth
has got bigger?

 A few years ago, give or take a few million, there was a land-bridge
across the Strait of Gibraltar, and the Mediterranean was closed off from
the Atlantic Ocean. From what I read, the sea-bed was dry at that time.
  What I want to know is, why didn't it fill up and become a ...

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/package.jsp?name=fte/womenmaps/womenmaps
What is the connection between spatial reasoning (i.e., mentally turning
 and twisting 3-D objects) and reading a map?
Reading a map is a skill, not genetic. I found my Geo 101 students

WASHINGTON TIMES
January 31, 2005
'Pompeii': The screening
By Christina Ianzito

Hi, I am not an expert on volcanoes, but I lived up in Washington State
when Mt. St. Helens exploded, I was about 9 years old. I saw it erupt
from about 30-40 miles away, and I was reading that is is a "small"
eruption by most standards. The 1980 Eruption is the only volcanic