THESE “Notes,” which are reprinted from the Canadian Naturalist, cannot fail to interest European glacialists. Especially valuable for purposes of comparison are the detailed notes on the fossils ...

ALL those interested in British plants will welcome the appearance, after so many years delay, of this new “Flora of Surrey”. At the end of last century, W. H. Beeby was working at a new “Flora” of ...

The Geographical Journal has been published since 1831, and was the Society's journal of report until the relaunch in 2000. It has the highest circulation of any British academic journal in its field ...

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Here's some good news in the wake of Japan's disaster: A new study says big earthquakes don't set off other dangerous ones around the globe. Big quakes do trigger local aftershocks, but researchers ...

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Within only a few moments, a catastrophic avalanche, volcano, earthquake or tsunami could kill every living creature nearby. It would be impossible to predict these natural disasters and mitigate ...