Earth Scientists
Q and A: Smithsonian's Elizabeth Cottrell on the Virginia Earthquake
A Smithsonian geologist offers her expertise on the seismic event that shook much of the mid-Atlantic this week
August 24, 2011 |
By Megan Gambino
The Inventor of Air
Known for discovering oxygen, scientist Joseph Priestly also influenced the beliefs of our founding fathers.
February 09, 2009 |
By Bruce Hathaway
Wallace Broecker Geochemist, Palisades, New York
How to stop global warming? CO2 "scrubbers," a new book says
June 2008 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Rock of Ages
Where did the world's highest mountains come from? Geologist Elizabeth Catlos takes a new view
October 2007 |
By J. Madeleine Nash
FOR HIRE: Volcanologist
Richard Fiske discusses his groundbreaking work
September 27, 2007 |
By Megan Gambino
Chronicling the Ice
Long before global warming became a cause célà¨bre, Lonnie Thompson was extracting climate secrets from ancient glaciers. He finds the problem is even more profound than you might have thought
July 2007 |
By J. Madeleine Nash
Ahead in the Clouds
Susan Solomon helped patch the ozone hole. Now, as a leader of a major United Nations report—out this month—she's going after global warming
February 2007 |
By Virginia Morell
35 Who Made a Difference: Jane Mt. Pleasant
Iroquois tradition plus Western science equals a more sustainable future
November 01, 2005 |
By Gary Paul Nabhan
Master of the Deep
Before Smithsonian scientists do underwater research, Michael Lang makes them seaworthy.
March 2001 |
By Michael Kernan
