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July 2002 |
Browse our online feature offerings, from field adventures and factoids to maps and multimedia. On every feature screen you can Zoom In on Web-exclusive photo galleries and get the tech facts behind the frames. Then enter the world of writers and photographers with behind-the-scenes tales of life On Assignment. Finally, find full resource listings from links to printable maps in More to Explore. Be sure to check out this month’s Sights & Sounds—our multimedia showstopper.
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America’s Nuclear Waste
The search for permanent solutions heats up as tons of highly radioactive sludge, spent fuel, and contaminated soil pile up around the nation.
Highlight: MAP Downloadable, printable, high-resolution map of U.S. nuclear waste storage sites.
Highlight: FORUM A staggering amount of nuclear waste awaits safe disposal. What are your concerns about nuclear waste? Enter>>
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Bald Eagles
Our majestic national bird is flying high over much of its former range and will soon be off the endangered list.
Highlight: MAP Downloadable, printable, high-resolution map of the bald eagle’s North American range.
Highlight: SIGHTS & SOUNDS Photographer Norbert Rosing pursues the habits and habitat of bald eagles.
Highlight: MULTIMEDIA VIDEO As Norbert Rosing tells it, photographing bald eagles is as challenging as it is intriguing.
Highlight: FORUM A strong comeback in the lower 48 states means that bald eagles may soon be removed from the endangered list. Should they be? Enter>>
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Somalia
A civilian army of entrepreneurs and expatriates offers hope in this East African nation, bloodied by warring clans.
Highlight: MAP Downloadable, printable, high-resolution map of Somalia.
Highlight: MULTIMEDIA VIDEO Andrew Cockburn shares how clan loyalties fuel conflict and how free enterprise flourishes in the midst of fighting.
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Hotspot: The Philippines
Amid poverty, coral reefs rocked by dynamite fishing, and once lush islands stripped by logging, conservationists rush to preserve endemic species.
Highlight: MAP Downloadable, printable, high-resolution map of the Philippines vulnerable environment.
Highlight: FORUM Is calling attention to fragile habitat designated as “hotspots” an effective way of preserving biodiversity? Are there better ways to achieve this goal? Enter>>
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Hunley: Secret Weapon of the Confederacy
In 1864 eight sailors slipped out of Charleston Harbor in an ingenious submarine, sank a Union ship, and disappeared—until now.
Highlight: MAP Downloadable, printable, high-resolution map of the H. L. Hunley’s encounter with an enemy ship just before she vanished.
Highlight: 3-D Get a 360-degree view of the Hunley’s outer structure.
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Flowering Plant Explosion
Essential to life—and to romance—flowering plants lure paleobotanists with the sweet mystery of their origin.
Highlight: FINAL EDIT The photo rescued from the cutting room floor is this month’s Final Edit.
Highlight: WALLPAPER Exotic flowering plants make a summer splash as this month’s desktop wallpaper.
Highlight: POSTCARDS Salute a friend with an e-greeting of a floral flag.
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ZipUSA:Washington, D.C.
At the Maine Avenue Fish Wharf in Washington, D.C., you can haggle over the price of crabs or hang out with the neighboring “live-aboards,” all just minutes from the Capitol.
Highlight: FORUM Nominate your own wonderful, weird, or wacky choice for this magazine series. Enter>>
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