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54. WHY ETUN TO THE MOON?

Author

MORTON, OLIVER

Subjects
*LUNAR exploration, *SPACE flight to the moon, *SPACE vehicle design & construction, CHINA-United States relations
Abstract

The article discusses interests in space travel and returning to the moon. Topics include NASA's contracts for studies and prototypes of lunar landers and spacecraft with aerospace companies such as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon Musk's SpaceX, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's announcement regarding his goal of getting an American back on the moon by 2024, and the influence of the geopolitical rivalry between the U.S. and China on lunar exploration efforts.

Published
2019

55. Afloat in an alien sky.

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
*BALLOONS in astronomy, *AERONAUTICS in astronomy, *SPACE exploration, *SPACE vehicles, SUPPLIES
Abstract

Investigates aerobots and the promise they offer in the investigation of space. The use of balloons to study Venus; How they will be used to explore Mars; The principles of ballooning; Description of a prototype Mars balloon and how it would work; The drawbacks of solar montgolfiers; Results of trials beneath helicopters and in a pressure chamber simulating Martian conditions; Other space challenges where balloons could be used.

Published
1998

56. Flatlands.

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
*MARTIAN surface, *PLANETARY atmospheres
Abstract

Focuses on the landscape of the planet Mars. Vast flat plains of Mars; Comparison to the flat plains of earth; Suspicion that these flat plains were once seabeds; Mariner 9's discover that there was once water on Mars; Claim that the northern ocean of Mars may have come and gone over time; Theory that of underground reservoirs welling up in regional floods; View that when the Mars Global Surveyor maneuvers itself into a circular mapping orbit more clues will be revealed. INSET: Why are the lowlands low?.

Published
1998

57. The storm in the machine.

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
EL Nino
Abstract

Presents information on weather, referring to El Nino cousin called the North Atlantic Oscillation. Definition of El Nino; What changes climate scientist and meteorologists expect from EL Nino; What these changes could cause.

Published
1998

59. The Secret of a Rock

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Evolution -- Behavior -- Research, Paleontologists -- Research -- Behavior, Microorganisms -- Behavior -- Research, Fossils -- Research -- Behavior, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Research, Behavior
Abstract

The hunt for the oldest records of life is not a simple task,' wrote the eminent paleontologist J. William Schopf in his 1999 book 'Cradle of Life: The Discovery of [...]

Published
2002

60. Reconstruction : Speech of Hon. O. P. Morton, In the U.S. Senate

Author

Morton, Oliver Perry

Subjects
Law, History, Political Science
Abstract

After the end of the American Civil War, as part of the on-going process of Reconstruction, the United States Congress passed four statutes known as Reconstruction Acts. The actual title of the initial legislation was "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the Rebel States" and it was passed on March 2, 1867. Fulfillment of the requirements of the Acts were necessary for the former Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union. The Acts excluded Tennessee, which had already ratified the 14th Amendment and had been readmitted to the Union.

Published
1868

61. The Little Planet That Couldn't : Is Pluto just an ice cube?

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Planets -- Research, Pluto (Planet) -- Research, Comets -- Research, Solar system -- Research, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York -- Research
Abstract

We live on one, we've been observing a handful of others since antiquity, we've sent space probes to almost as many as can be reached and we're currently discovering new [...]

Published
2001

62. End of Nature

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Technology -- Speeches, lectures and essays -- Social aspects, Environmental sciences -- Social aspects, Philosophy of nature -- Speeches, lectures and essays -- Social aspects, Ethics -- Speeches, lectures and essays -- Social aspects, Science -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Social aspects, Speeches, lectures and essays
Abstract

Whales, it appears, are starved of novelty. The fact that whales in a given ocean go on singing the same song with minor variations for year after year is not [...]

Published
2000

63. A Glimpse of the 'God Particle'?

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
European Centre for Particle Physics -- Research, Electron-positron interactions -- Analysis -- Research, Physics -- Research -- Analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Analysis, Research
Abstract

The decision hung on the most slender of majorities; the data were recounted and reanalyzed exhaustively; tempers flared; appeals were made; committees few people have ever heard of had their [...]

Published
2000

64. Taking The Cosmic View

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
International Astronomical Union -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, SETI Institute -- Research -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Astronomical research -- Research -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Research
Abstract

To eavesdrop on the deliberations of the recent International Astronomical Union in Manchester, England, was to hear the white-water rush of a science in full spate. Areas of research once [...]

Published
2000

65. Silly Ideas Are Attacking My Brain

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Thought and thinking -- Humor and anecdotes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Humor and anecdotes
Abstract

I woke up this morning and, regrettably, I didn't have the blues. Instead I had a bit of Britney Spears. Many people (not me) may enjoy thinking of Ms. Spears [...]

Published
2000

69. First-Person Global

Author

Moreau, Ron, Power, Carla, Klee, Kenneth, and Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Indonesia -- Elections, Kosovo -- Political aspects, Mars Polar Lander (Spacecraft), Software -- Analysis -- Political aspects, International relations -- Analysis -- Political aspects, Software quality, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

An election upset, war in the Balkans, violent demonstrations, a lost spacecraft--our correspondents witnessed it all. Four look back on some of the turning points of 1999. Indonesia: How Wahid [...]

Published
1999

70. Lessons From the Frontier

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Discovery and exploration, Mars probes -- Equipment and supplies -- Discovery and exploration, Mars (Planet) -- Discovery and exploration -- Equipment and supplies, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Discovery and exploration, Equipment and supplies
Abstract

'The thing to keep in mind,' says Benton Clark, chief scientist for flight systems at Lockheed Martin Astronautics, 'is that [on any planetary spacecraft] there are around a thousand or [...]

Published
1999

71. A Launch for the Little Guy : Satellite technology can now help real people

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Space Imaging Co. (Thorton, Colorado) -- Services, Satellite industry -- Services, Reconnaissance satellites -- Services, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Services
Abstract

Spy satellites were always more than just another cog in the machinery of state surveillance. They were the most elusive of cold-war status symbols-- it's a lot easier to make [...]

Published
1999

72. A total eclipse still has the power to amaze

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Eclipses, Solar -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Appreciation
Abstract

Rapidly, very very quickly, all the colours faded; it became darker and darker as at the beginning of a violent storm; the light sank and sank; we kept saying this [...]

Published
1999

73. Out Where We Belong

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Research, Lunar craters -- Research, Mars (Planet) -- Atmosphere, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Research
Abstract

At the end of Ma'adim Valley, beneath the encircling ramparts of Gusev, the delta's layers of sediment fan out across the basin floor. Once this whole basin was flooded, its [...]

Published
1999

74. How to Study Everything

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Scientists -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Space biology -- Study and teaching, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Study and teaching
Abstract

Astrobiology,' says David Morrison, director of space at NASA Ames Research Center, 'is probably broader than you realize.' He's not kidding. Within NASA astrobiology is a new banner under which [...]

Published
1999

75. Planets on the Move

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Planets -- Natural history -- Research, Mars (Planet) -- Research, Earth -- Research, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Research, Natural history
Abstract

Bad news. that's how Alan Boss of the Carnegie Institution characterizes the outlook for Earthlike bodies in the new planetary systems found in the past three years. These systems look [...]

Published
1999

76. Looking for Life

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Project Apollo -- Influence, Moon -- Observations -- Discovery and exploration, Outer space -- Discovery and exploration, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Discovery and exploration, Influence, Observations
Abstract

Apollo 11's touch-down in the Sea of Tranquillity on July 20, 1969, brought a dream to its culmination. But it was the flight of Apollo 8 that revealed the dream's [...]

Published
1999

77. Coming Soon: Open Olympics!

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Sports -- Drug use -- Usage, Olympic athletes -- Drug use -- Usage, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Usage, Drug use
Abstract

As the Tour de France begins, it's time to rethink the way we treat drugs in sports The Tour de France has a glorious history--think of Eddy Merckx's winning all [...]

Published
1999

78. Getting Nostalgic About 'Nature'

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Natural foods -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Natural Law Party -- Political activity
Abstract

One of the few diverting aspects of Britain's largely joyless European election campaign has been the Natural Law Party's approach to the issues. Other parties say simply that a particular [...]

Published
1999

79. Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

Author

Seddon, Alistair W.R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne, Juggins, Steve, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogués-Bravo, David, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, W.E.N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H.G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Marisuz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, López-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya, Encarni, Morton, Oliver, Nogué, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez- Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., Witkowski, Andrzej, Seddon, Alistair W.R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne, Juggins, Steve, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogués-Bravo, David, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, W.E.N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H.G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Marisuz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, López-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya, Encarni, Morton, Oliver, Nogué, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez- Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., and Witkowski, Andrzej

Abstract

1. Priority question exercises are becoming an increasingly common tool to frame future agendas in conservation and ecological science. They are an effective way to identify resear ch foci that advance the field and that also have high policy and conservation relevance. 2. To date, there has been no coherent synthesis of key questions and priority research areas for pal- aeoecology, which combines biological, geochemical and molecular techniques in order to recon- struct past ecological and environmental systems on time-scales from decades to millions of years. 3. We adapted a well-established methodology to identify 50 priority research questions in palaeoe- cology. Using a set of criteria designed to identify realistic and achievable research goals, we selected questions from a pool submitted by the international palaeoecology research community and relevant policy practitioners. 4. The integration of online participation, both before and during the workshop, increased interna- tional engagement in question selection. 5. The questions selected are structured around six themes: human–environment interactions in the Anthropocene; biodiversity, conservation and novel ecosystems; biodiversity over long time-scales; ecosystem processes and biogeochemical cycling; comparing, combining and synthesizing informa- tion from multiple records; and new developments in palaeo ecology. 6. Future opportunities in palaeoecology are related to improved incorporation of uncertainty into reconstructions, an enhanced understanding of ecological and evolutionary dynamics and processes and the continued application of long-term data for better-informed landscape management. 7. Synthesis. Palaeoecology is a vibrant and thriving discipline, and these 50 priority questions high- light its potential for addressing both pure (e.g. ecological and evolutionary, methodological) and applied (e.g. environmental and conservation) issues related to ecological science and global change

Published
2014

80. Looking forward through the past:identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

Author

Seddon, Alistair W. R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne J., Juggins, Stephen, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogues, David Bravo, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, William E. N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Ramsey, Christopher Bronk, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H. G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, Lopez-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya, Encarni, Morton, Oliver, Nogue, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., Witkowski, Andrzej, Seddon, Alistair W. R., Mackay, Anson W., Baker, Ambroise G., Birks, H. John B., Breman, Elinor, Buck, Caitlin E., Ellis, Erle C., Froyd, Cynthia A., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Gillson, Lindsey, Johnson, Edward A., Jones, Vivienne J., Juggins, Stephen, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Mills, Keely, Morris, Jesse L., Nogues, David Bravo, Punyasena, Surangi W., Roland, Thomas P., Tanentzap, Andrew J., Willis, Kathy J., Aberhan, Martin, van Asperen, Eline N., Austin, William E. N., Battarbee, Rick W., Bhagwat, Shonil, Belanger, Christina L., Bennett, Keith D., Birks, Hilary H., Ramsey, Christopher Bronk, Brooks, Stephen J., de Bruyn, Mark, Butler, Paul G., Chambers, Frank M., Clarke, Stewart J., Davies, Althea L., Dearing, John A., Ezard, Thomas H. G., Feurdean, Angelica, Flower, Roger J., Gell, Peter, Hausmann, Sonja, Hogan, Erika J., Hopkins, Melanie J., Jeffers, Elizabeth S., Korhola, Atte A., Marchant, Robert, Kiefer, Thorsten, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, Lopez-Merino, Lourdes, Liow, Lee H., McGowan, Suzanne, Miller, Joshua H., Montoya, Encarni, Morton, Oliver, Nogue, Sandra, Onoufriou, Chloe, Boush, Lisa P., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Rose, Neil L., Sayer, Carl D., Shaw, Helen E., Payne, Richard, Simpson, Gavin, Sohar, Kadri, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Williams, John W., and Witkowski, Andrzej

Published
2014

81. Major shifts in climate and life may rest on feats of clay

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Hydrology -- Research -- Environmental aspects, Geologists -- Research -- Environmental aspects, Climatic changes -- Research -- Environmental aspects, Carbon -- Research -- Environmental aspects, Clay -- Environmental aspects -- Research, Science and technology
Abstract

When scientists look at the climates of the past, hydrology gets short shrift. What the atmosphere was actually made of--how much carbon dioxide, how much methane, how much oxygen--is the [...]

Published
2005

82. Full Moon

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Full Moon (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Published
1999

83. They could see the stars

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Lunar photography -- Exhibitions, Literature/writing
Abstract

Michael Light's exhibition of photographs of the lunar landscape selected from the photographic record of the various Apollo missions emphasises the moon's profound unearthliness. Many of the photographs in the exhibition focus on the tracks and clutter left by the humans who explored the moon. Part of the exhibition consists of single images of the surface of the moon, a photograph showing some of the features of the Imbrium Sculpture taken from orbit by Kenneth Mattingly being particularly striking. A particularly haunting photograph is that of Mount Hadley taken by James Irwin.

Published
1999

84. Economical ethics

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Go ahead, if you want to take a shot, or more than a shot, at the 'lugubrious free-trade champions' of the Economist (Leader, 18 December). But it works better when [...]

Published
2007

85. Imagined Worlds

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Imagined Worlds (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Environmental issues, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Published
1997

86. Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

Author

Seddon, Alistair W. R., primary, Mackay, Anson W., additional, Baker, Ambroise G., additional, Birks, H. John B., additional, Breman, Elinor, additional, Buck, Caitlin E., additional, Ellis, Erle C., additional, Froyd, Cynthia A., additional, Gill, Jacquelyn L., additional, Gillson, Lindsey, additional, Johnson, Edward A., additional, Jones, Vivienne J., additional, Juggins, Stephen, additional, Macias‐Fauria, Marc, additional, Mills, Keely, additional, Morris, Jesse L., additional, Nogués‐Bravo, David, additional, Punyasena, Surangi W., additional, Roland, Thomas P., additional, Tanentzap, Andrew J., additional, Willis, Kathy J., additional, Aberhan, Martin, additional, van Asperen, Eline N., additional, Austin, William E. N., additional, Battarbee, Rick W., additional, Bhagwat, Shonil, additional, Belanger, Christina L., additional, Bennett, Keith D., additional, Birks, Hilary H., additional, Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, additional, Brooks, Stephen J., additional, de Bruyn, Mark, additional, Butler, Paul G., additional, Chambers, Frank M., additional, Clarke, Stewart J., additional, Davies, Althea L., additional, Dearing, John A., additional, Ezard, Thomas H. G., additional, Feurdean, Angelica, additional, Flower, Roger J., additional, Gell, Peter, additional, Hausmann, Sonja, additional, Hogan, Erika J., additional, Hopkins, Melanie J., additional, Jeffers, Elizabeth S., additional, Korhola, Atte A., additional, Marchant, Robert, additional, Kiefer, Thorsten, additional, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, additional, Larocque‐Tobler, Isabelle, additional, López‐Merino, Lourdes, additional, Liow, Lee H., additional, McGowan, Suzanne, additional, Miller, Joshua H., additional, Montoya, Encarni, additional, Morton, Oliver, additional, Nogué, Sandra, additional, Onoufriou, Chloe, additional, Boush, Lisa P., additional, Rodriguez‐Sanchez, Francisco, additional, Rose, Neil L., additional, Sayer, Carl D., additional, Shaw, Helen E., additional, Payne, Richard, additional, Simpson, Gavin, additional, Sohar, Kadri, additional, Whitehouse, Nicki J., additional, Williams, John W., additional, and Witkowski, Andrzej, additional

Published
2013
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87. Not-So-Lonely Planet

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Global warming -- Social aspects -- Environmental aspects, Earth -- Appreciation -- Environmental aspects -- Properties -- Social aspects
Abstract

THEY came for the Moon, and for the first three orbits it was to the Moon that the astronauts of Apollo 8 devoted their attention. Only on their fourth time […]

Published
2008

90. Global Journalist: The future of space exploration: United States, Russia, and China

Author

Bodeen, Christopher, Cabbage, Michael, Morton, Oliver, Saradzhyan, Simon, Bodeen, Christopher, Cabbage, Michael, Morton, Oliver, and Saradzhyan, Simon

Abstract

On this February 12, 2004 program of Global Journalist, science journalists discuss the ambitions of space programs between the United States, Russia, China, and how they all occupy in the same realm of space exploration. Host: Stuart Loory. Guests: Christopher Bodeen, Michael Cabbage, Oliver Morton, Simon Saradzhyan. Producers: Renata Johnson, Pareetha George (?), Unta Kon (?). Directors: Pat Akers.

Published
2004

91. The last frontier: once people saw Mars as like the Wild West, without the indigenous inhabitants. But is Antarctica the better archetype? (Space)

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Mars (Planet) -- Discovery and exploration, Literature/writing, Political science, Discovery and exploration
Abstract

In the 1890s, Percival Lowell, a wealthy Bostonian hitherto known for his accounts of travels in the far east, moved to Flagstaff, Arizona, in order to build himself an observatory [...]

Published
2002

92. Pathogen-Specific DNA Enrichment Does Not Increase Sensitivity of PCR for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis in Neutropenic Patients

Author

Springer, Jan, primary, Loeffler, Juergen, additional, Heinz, Werner, additional, Schloßnagel, Hannes, additional, Lehmann, Marc, additional, Morton, Oliver, additional, Rogers, Thomas R., additional, Schmitt, Corinna, additional, Frosch, Matthias, additional, Einsele, Hermann, additional, and Kurzai, Oliver, additional

Published
2011
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93. Biology's New Forbidden Fruit

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Market trend/market analysis, Genetic research -- Ethical aspects -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

IN the early 19th century, received chemical wisdom held that organic compounds were beyond the creative powers of the laboratory's furnaces and alembics -- that they could be fashioned only […]

Published
2005

94. In retrospect: Lucifer's Hammer: Oliver Morton recalls how the first major science fiction novel to depict an impact event conjured the thrill and the horror of natural cataclysm--and even inspired some researchers

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Lucifer's Hammer (Novel) -- Book reviews, Lucifer's Hammer (Book) -- Niven, Larry -- Pournelle, Jerry, Books -- Book reviews, Environmental issues, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle HarperCollins: 1977. 494 pp. Everyone remembers the surfer. When fragments of comet Hamner-Brown strike Earth a third of the way into Lucifer's [...]

Published
2008

95. A real solution?

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Supercomputers -- Usage -- Design and construction, Climate -- Forecasts and trends -- Usage -- Technology application -- Environmental aspects, Forecasting -- Environmental aspects -- Technology application -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, Environmental issues, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation, Supercomputer, Market trend/market analysis, Technology application, Design and construction, Usage, Environmental aspects, Forecasts and trends
Abstract

Is the answer to climate prediction sitting in your pocket? Lenny Oliker, John Shalf and Michael Wehner of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California think it could be. In [...]

Published
2008

96. Must-reads for Copenhagen

Author

Hulme, Mike, primary, Juniper, Tony, additional, Lynas, Mark, additional, Morton, Oliver, additional, Oxburgh, Ron, additional, Pachauri, Rajendra K., additional, Pielke, Roger, additional, Revkin, Andrew, additional, and Romm, Joseph, additional

Published
2009
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98. The Tarps of Kilimanjaro

Author

Morton, Oliver

Subjects
Ice caps -- Protection and preservation -- Environmental aspects, Mount Kilimanjaro -- Environmental aspects
Abstract

The green-gold expanse of savanna; above it, the purple horizon-hiding haze; and above that, like a pyramid improbably suspended in the sky, the snows of Kilimanjaro. 'Great, high and unbelievably […]

Published
2003

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