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Fall 2005
Vol 58:4
Hardy Penstemon davidsonii flowers flourish
atop the Sierra
Nevada. Nearby glaciers haven't fared as well in the face of California's
warming climate.
Photograph Dong
Lin.
Departments
Director's Message
About Change
•Patrick Kociolek
Counterpoints in Science
The Einstein Miracles
•Jerold M. Lowenstein
Here
at the Academy
The Academy, Recycled
•Hugh Powell
Letters
to the Editor
Almond Aromas
Tree ID
Wild Horse Follies
Reviews
Susan Schneider on Drawn West
Christine Colasurdo on Last Child in the
Woods
Kevin Cutler on Gorilla Doctors
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Features
California
Glaciers
Small but scrappy, California glaciers hold their own against global warming.
•Kathleen M. Wong
The
Aeolian Zone
Winds import sustenance to the moonscapes of the high Sierra.
•Kathleen
M. Wong
At
Home In The
Natural World
Skyguide
Opposing Mars
•Bing F. Quock
Naturalist's
Almanac
What to Look for this Fall
•David Lukas
Not
available online:
Life on Ice
The threadlike relatives of earthworms drill through glacier ice.
•Mauri Pelto
A Glacier is Born
The fiery heart of Mount St. Helens cradles a glacier.
•David B. Williams
Parasites Lost
The demise of the dodo no doubt rid the world of a few
parasites to boot. Why the loss of lice is an event to be mourned.
•Joe Eaton
Planetary
Bonanaza
Extrasolar planets are being discovered by the dozen. Catch the otherworldly views
aboard these distant orbs.
•Ray Villard and
Lynette Cook
Wild Lives
The Rhinoceros Auklet
•Martha Brown
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