National Geographic October 2010

CONDITION 

·        Magazine  – Acceptable or better, clean pages, reading wear, my have cover wear

·        Map Missing

CONTENTS

·        The Spill

o   Is Another Deepwater Disaster Inevitable? – By Joel K Bourne, Jr.

o   In The Battle Against Oil, The Wetlands Aren’t Giving Up – By Bruce Barcott

o   The Blue Wilderness Of My Childhood – By Sylvia Earle

·        Time for a Sea Change – Find out why a sardine sandwich is better than a tuna roll. By Paul Greenberg

·        Australia’s Lost Giants – Jumbo kangaroos and ten-foot-tall birds once ruled the land. By Joel Achenbach; Photographs by Amy Toensing; Art by Adrie and Alfons Kennis

·        Being Jane Goodall – Her 50 years of work have made us rethink chimps. By David Quammen

·        Allard’s West – His camera captures cagey cowhands and sprawling skies. Photographs by William Albert Allard.

DEPARTMENTS

·        Editor’s Note

·        Letters

·        Your Shot

·        Visions of Earth

·        Environment

o   A Less Trashy Everest – The “death zone” holds 60 years’ worth of dumped gear. Now the cleanup begins.

·        Geography

o   Record Hail – Hailstones aren’t easy to make, but they fall with abandon in Kenya and are as big as eight inches across the U.S.

·        Oceans

o   Too Many Fish to See – A $650-million survey is creating a census of crabs, sea squirts, lampshells, and more.

·        Health

o   How Much Water Do You Need? – Hydration experts think the “eight 8-ounc glasses” dictum doesn’t hold water.

·        The Big Idea

o   Scanning for Prosperity – Laser devices are making detailed images of landmarks to aid in any future restoration.

·        Inside Geographic

·        Flashback

·        GeoPuzzle

ON THE COVER

·        On June 14, the rehab center caught the oiled brown pelican. After a bath—“they must think we’re trying to kill them”—it was released June 1. Photo by Joel Sartore

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