Selected Writing by Topic
Writing
Selected writing by topic
GEOLOGY
Carolina Bays: did a comet carve out these mysterious landforms?, Current Science, winter 2012
Islands, NGS Explorer spring 2012
Weathering and Erosion, NGS Explorer Jan/Feb 2012
Limestone, NGS Explorer, winter 2011
Plate Tectonics, Now I Get It Book series: 6th – 8th grade level, Sally Ride Science, 2011
Geologic Time, Now I Get It Book series: 6th – 8th grade level, Sally Ride Science, 2011
Iceland, NGS Explorer, March 2010 http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/1003/articles/mainarticle.html
Sands of Time –biggest dunes in the US, Current Science Sept 2011
Fresh Water, NGS Explorer, 2010
Chain Reaction (are recent volcanoes and earthquakes related), Current Science 2010
Active Earth, NGS Explorer, 2009
Earthquake Early Warning, Current Science Fall 2008
Rock Stars, NGS Explorer March 2008
Caving, NGS Extreme Explorer, Fall 2008
Nature’s Little Diggers: Gold and Termite Mounds, New Scientist, July 7, 2007
Earth’s Extremes, NGS Explorer March 2007
Rock Show, NGS Explorer, 2006
The Great Quake (San Fran 1906), April 2006
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0604/articles/mainarticle.html
Hydrothermal Vents Current Science, spring, 2006
Geology Adventures For Families, Seattle’s Child, July 2006
Rock Records, 32-page book, NGS School Publishing Focus On Literacy, 2006
Earth’s Changing Land, 32-page book, NGS School Publishing Focus on Literacy, 2006
Grand Experiment (flood releases at the Grand Canyon), Current Science April 2005
Volcanoes Fall NGS Extreme Explorer, 2007
Mount St. Helens (update), Current Science, March 2005
Mima Mounds Day Trip, Sunset, June 2002
Gingko Petrified Forest Day Trip, Sunset, June 2003
The Core, (about the science behind the movie), Current Science, October 2003
Rock Around the State, AAA Washington Journey, June 2003
San Andreas Fault Study, Current Science, August 2002
Ready to Rumble (about Mt. Rainier), Current Science, October 2000
Back from the Dead (about Mt. St. Helen’s recovery) Current Science, October 2000
Singing Sands, Current Science, Spring 2001
What Made the Grand Canyon?, Current Science, December 2000
The Big Split, (about Earth’s biggest volcanic eruption), Current Science, November 1999
Heaps of Confusion: The Mima Mounds, Earth Magazine, August 1998
CLIMATE | ATMOSPHERE | WEATHER
Sun Burn (sunspots and climate change), Current Science, winter 2012
Earth’s Air. Now I Get It Book series: 6th – 8th grade level, Sally Ride Science, 2011
Water Planet, Now I Get It Book series: 6th – 8th grade level, Sally Ride Science, 2011
Wind At Work, 12-page book, Explore On Your Own series, National Geographic School Publishing, 2011
Pakistan Floods, Current Science, Fall 2010
Got Water? (The West’s Water Crisis), Current Science, Fall 2008
Global Warming: The Poles, 40 page book, Sally Ride Science, 2007
Wind, NGS Explorer October 2008
Hail No (can sound blasts prevent hail?), Current Science, Fall
2006
Climate, 32-page book, NGS School Publishing Focus on Literacy series, 2006
Snow, NGS Explorer Fall 2005
Hurricanes, NGS Explorer spring 2004
Tornadoes, NGS Explorer January 2004
STEPS Lightening and Storm Study, Current Science, March 2001
CONSERVATION | ENVIRONMENT
Conservation Successes, Nature Conservancy Magazine, feature, winter 2012
Mercury from China in the Atmosphere, Current Science, winter 2011/2012
Earth’s Natural Resources, Now I Get It Book series: 6th – 8th grade level, Sally Ride Science, 2011
In the Pink –salmon and dams, Current Science, 2010
Saving Turtles in Brazil, Nature Conservancy, Sightings, (2010)
Asian Carp Invasion, Nature Conservancy, Sightings, 2010
Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Current Science, November 2010
World’s Biggest Cleanup, Hanford Nuclear Site, Current Science, 2010
Seychelles Coral Reef, NGS Explorer 2009
The Long Dry, (Australia’s drought), Current Science, September 2009
Green Prisons, Nature Conservancy, Sightings, 2009
Ridding Rat Island of Rats, Nature Conservancy, Sightings 2009
Gas Leak, (coal bed methane related water issues), Current Science, 2007
Big Hole River/Grayling conservation, Nature Conservancy, Sightings,
Fall 2007
Pygmy Rabbits, Nature Conservancy,Winter 2007/08
Fort Lewis Protects Candidate species, Nature Conservancy, Fall 2008
Dry Run, (drought in the southwest), Current Science, October 2007
Fade To White, (evolution of white lizards), Current Science, January 2006, AAAS winning article
Sea Rescue (Salton Sea), Current Science, October 2004
Hot Topic, (about forest fires, Healthy Forest Initiative), Current Science, January 2003
Mammoth Mammals, NGS Explorer, December 2004
Spiders, NGS Explorer, October 2003
Spider Pharm, Current Science, October 2002
Saving Turtles in Brazil (2010)
ASTRONOMY | SOLAR SYSTEM
Mission to Mercury, Current Science, Spring 2012
Star Sightings, 12-page book, Explore On Your Own series, National Geographic School Publishing, 2011
Destination: Moon, 12 page book, Explore On Your Own series, National Geographic School Publishing, 2011
Fright Night (astronomer determines when Shelley conceived the story) Current Science, October 2011
The Inside Story of Jupiter, book for 6-8th grade, Sally Ride Science, 2007
The Inside Story of Saturn, book for 6-8th grade, Sally Ride Science, 2007
Picture Puzzle, (astronomical clues to Edvard Munch’s “Girls On the Pier,” Current Science, Fall 2006
Marathon Man, (astronomical mystery surrounding the first marathon), Current Science, Fall 2005
Munch’s ‘The Scream’, (astronomical clues), Current Science, September 2004
Van Gogh’s ‘Moonrise’, (astronomical clues) Current Science, December 2003
Jupiter’s Moons, NGS Explorer, December 2003
OTHER SERVICES
Failing Grades, (the state of US bridges, dams, and roads) Current Science, January 2008
Song and Dance (profile of bird song/neurobiologist), Current Science, March 2008
Snow Going (South Pole Road), Current Science, January 2005
Whole Lotta Lava (world’s largest lava lamp), Current Science, Fall 2004