Tools of the Trade
From the Series
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Tools of the Trade: Data Sets are Tools, Too
This installment takes you into the world of population modeling at CIESIN, where data rules supreme.
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Tools of the Trade: Spoonulas, Dredge Baskets, and More From the Core Lab
Lamont’s world-renowned Core Repository is full of fascinating gizmos for exploring the ancient world beneath the seafloor.
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Tools of the Trade: A Machine That Squeezes Rocks to Mimic Earthquakes
Inside the Rock and Ice Mechanics Lab, Heather Savage and her team investigate the physics of earthquakes and fault lines.
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Tools of the Trade: A Peek Inside the Bog-Coring Lab of Dorothy Peteet
What’s a bog corer? And how do seeds help scientists learn about the earth’s past? A paleoecologist explains the most important items in her toolkit.
