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Professor Cited for Work on Dinosaur Extinction
Daily Californian
, Oct. 21, 2008

A Huge Mountain Range That Shouldn't Be There
MSNBC
, Oct. 21, 2008

Expedition Set for 'Ghost Peaks'
BBC News
, Oct. 14, 2008

A Global Brotherhood
Rockland Journal News
, Sept. 13, 2008

Study: NYC at Greater Risk of Quake Than Believed
WCBS-TV, New York
, Aug. 22, 2008

Gamburtsev: Antarctica’s Ghostly Mountains
SciencePoles
, Aug. 19, 2008

Rising Fuel Costs Threaten Polar and Marine Research
Chronicle of Higher Education
, Jul. 2, 2008

The Tunguska Mystery
Scientific American
, Jul. 1, 2008

NASA Data Helps Pinpoint Impacted Populations in Disaster Aftermath
NASA.gov
, Jun. 12, 2008

The Top 5 Ways To Cause a Manmade Earthquake
Wired
, Jun. 4, 2008

The Sky Is Falling
The Atlantic Monthly
, Jun. 1, 2008

Calculating the Damage in China
NBC Nightly News
, May 12, 2008

Mother Nature Still in Charge
LiveScience
, May 9, 2008

U.S Earthquakes Jangle Nerves, Leave Scientists With Questions
ABC News
, May 7, 2008

Seven Questions: When Disaster Strikes
Foreign Policy
, May 1, 2008

Google Diving Into 3D Mapping of Oceans
CNET News
, Apr. 30, 2008

Out of the Blue
Philadelphia Inquirer
, Apr. 7, 2008

The Color of Plants on Other Worlds
Scientific American
, Apr. 1, 2008

Ancient Global Dimming Linked to Volcanic Eruption
National Geographic News
, Mar. 19, 2008

Oceans in Peril
NPR On Point
, Mar. 3, 2008

Live From the Southern Ocean: A Blog
Scientific American online
, Mar. 3, 2008

Unquiet Ice Speaks Volumes on Global Warming
Scientific American
, Feb. 1, 2008

Down to Earth With Robin Bell
Geotimes
, Feb. 1, 2008

Surprise Found in Earth’s Plumbing System
MSNBC
, Jan. 10, 2008

Antarctica May Contain ‘Oasis of Life’
National Geographic News
, Dec. 27, 2007

‘Noah’s Flood’ May Have Triggered European Farming
National Geographic News
, Nov. 20, 2007

Studying Earth’s Poles, Where Change Is Happening Fast
Earth & Sky syndicated radio
, Nov. 7, 2007

Ecological Effects of Southern California Wildfires Could Be Devastating
PopularMechanics.com
, Oct. 25, 2007

What Do We Allow Ourselves to See?
Brian Lehrer Live, CUNY-TV
, Oct. 24, 2007

Clues Found to Mystery of Antarctic Mountain Formation
Fox News
, Jul. 25, 2007

How Radioactivity Keeps You Dry
ScienceNOW Daily News
, Jun. 26, 2007

Buried Lakes Send Antarctica’s Iced Slipping Faster Into the Sea
National Geographic News
, Feb. 21, 2007

Survey Targets “Ghost” Mountains
BBC News
, Dec. 13, 2006

Ancient Crash, Epic Wave
New York Times
, Nov. 14, 2006

Up and Away
The New Yorker
, Aug. 28, 2006

Earth Science Meets Social Science in a Study of Disasters
New York Times
, Mar. 14, 2006

William Haxby, Mapper of Ocean Floors
New York Times
, Jan. 9, 2006

Scientists Say Earth’s Center Rotates Faster Than Surface
New York Times
, Aug. 26, 2005

Quake Sounds Reveal Earth ‘Ripping Apart’
CNN
, Jul. 21, 2005

Near the Hudson, Studying Earth
New York Times
, Jan. 11, 2004