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Last week harried U.S. Geological Survey workers noticed a quirky change in the volcano's gaseous emissions. Abruptly, the 5-to-1 ratio of carbon dioxide to sulfur dioxide dropped sharply to 2.4 to 1. Similar drops preceded at least two of the post-May 18 eruptions. That raised immediate concern that the volcano was about to blow again. But the ratio is no certain predictor. Says Geologist Bob Noble: "We don't have anything that's 100% accurate...
...think any kind of a successful woman is leading a political lifestyle as a feminist--that's a rationale for me. At any point in my life, I try to do several things," she explains. "One is present a role model of a successful woman who is not a carbon copy of a male...
...think any kind of a successful woman is leading a political lifestyle as a feminist--that's a rationale for me. At any point in my life, I try to do several things," she explains. "One is present a role model of a successful woman who is not a carbon copy of a male...
...think any kind of a successful woman is leading a political lifestyle as a feminist--that's a rationale for me. At any point in my life, I try to do several things," she explains. "One is present a role model of a successful woman who is not a carbon copy of a male...
...consequence of the best of intentions. As farmers try to squeeze more food out of their fields by irrigation, the soil's salinity will increase, thus impairing its ability to sustain crops. Less predictable, but no less frightening: a possible global heating from the growing volume of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere-expected to rise a third over preindustrial levels by century's end from continued burning of fossil fuels...