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Dear Friend, With the arrival of the summer months, many of the research groups here at the Earth Institute, especially from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, are out in the field at locations around the world. They are modern-day explorers, carrying out the incredibly important observations we need to advance our understanding of earth processes. The importance of fieldwork cannot be overstated. There has never been a time in human history when it has been more important for us to accelerate the rate at which we understand how the planet and its environment are changing. G. Michael Purdy, Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute |
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 FEATURED STORIES Earth Discoveries
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 Sustaining Discovery Once Fieldwork Is Complete, June 25 Answer to What Ended Last Ice Age May Be Blowing in the Wind, June 25 No Longer Anchored, Antarctic Ice Stream Surges to Sea, June 21 Like Fireflies, Earthquakes May Fire in Synchrony, June 18 20th Century One of Driest for Northwest Africa in 900 Years, May 27 |
 
Indonesia's Last Glacier Will Melt Within Years, The Associated Press, July 1
Testing Wells to Help End Crisis of Arsenic in Drinking Water, EarthSky, June 28 Yellow Sub Finds Clues to Antarctic Glacier's Thaw, Reuters, June 20 Mysterious Mountains Found Hidden Beneath Antarctic Ice, The Christian Science Monitor, June 10 The Measure of a Disaster, The New York Times, May 21 |
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