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Today's Globe Opinion Politics Magazine Education Science NECN Special reports Obituaries. SUMMER COTTAGES and homes, many of them occupied by coastal residents, disappeared without warning when the Great Hurricane struck on the afternoon of Sept. 21, 1938. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Athletic Hall of Fame May 12, 2006
Prior to moving to 'the Big Apple' and pursuing a career in dance, she was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to Australia where she received a master's degree in environmental history and aboriginal studies from the University of Sydney. Chemar I. Smith won four varsity letters in as many years in women's soccer between 1994-97 and started 80 consecutive matches during than span. (Gwsports.com)
Elinor Melville, 65: Friends were family Apr 19, 2006
An associate history professor at York University, Melville was a brilliant scholar who wrote A Plague of Sheep, a pioneering work of environmental history in which she said that it was the introduction of European plants and animals in the 16th century that turned the Valley of Mezquital, an important valley north of Mexico City, into a desert in less than a century. "She had a way in her academic life and in her personal life that she could make us look at things differently," said Thompson. (Toronto Star -- GTA)
The Green RoomIs recycling an essential tool or a meaningless ritual? Apr 7, 2006
Timothy Cooper is a research fellow in environmental history at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. The Green Room is a series of opinion pieces on environmental issues running weekly on the BBC News website. (BBC News -- Technology)
Darcy Burke Selected to Lead Center for Water Education Mar 31, 2006
The center is part of an 18-acre campus that incorporates the Western Center for Archaeology and Paleontology, focusing on understanding the environmental history and cultural heritage of Western North America. Prior to joining the center, Burke was executive director for the California/Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association, serving 8,200 members and over 21,000 certified individuals. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Bush team seeks to sell land Feb 11, 2006
"This is a fire sale of public lands. It is utterly unprecedented," said Char Miller, professor of environmental history at Trinity University in San Antonio, who has written extensively about the Forest Service. "It signals that the lands and the agency that manages them are in deep trouble.". (Houston Chronicle)
Scientists journey to 'centre of Earth' Jan 17, 2006
Other areas of research include using deep rock samples to construct a better picture of Earth's environmental history, particularly in the areas under ice caps, which may offer clues to the baffling question of why the polarity of the planet's magnetic field has repeatedly switched. The project's chief engineer, Kiyotaka Yamamoto, said: "We will be drilling at possible temperatures of 200 C, pressures at which we make industrial diamonds and through rock that even the oil industry has never... (People's Daily Online, China)
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