CONTENTS
· Living With California’s Faults – By Rick Gore; Photographs by Roger H Ressmeyer – The 1994 Northridge earthquake sent seismologists scrambling. Prediction: more frequent and damaging quakes. A supplement explains the West Coast’s geologic tensions.
· Koalas—Out on a Limb – By Oliver Payne; Photographs by Miguel Louis Fairbanks – The fur in flying in a debate over the future of Australia’s beloved mascots, increasingly threatened by cars and dogs—and the leveling of their favored eucalyptus trees.
· The New Siagon – By Tracy Dahlby; Photographs by Karen Kasmauski – Once crippled by war, a reinvented Ho Chi Minh bustles as the hub of southern Vietnam, where entrepreneurs and returning expatriates inject cash and capitalist dreams.
· Brindisi Bronzes – Text and photographs by O Louis Mazzatenta – A trove of classical sculptures—heads, torsos, and limbs—recovered from the sea off eastern Italy may offer the first evidence of ancient scrap-metal recycling.
· Mountain Goats – By Douglas h Chadwick; Photographs by Sumio Harads – A hundred thousand years ago their ancestors sought refuge in the treacherous heights. Now these nimble cliff-hangers are undisputed lords of the ledge.
· Earth Day: 25 Years Old – By Frank Graham, Jr.; Photographs by Randy Olson – Nationwide street demonstrations in 1970 helped turn Americans “green.” Here are seven of the dedicated millions whose commitment is bearing fruit.
COVER
· A produce vendor in Ho Chi Minh City, Tran Kim Quy glows in Hong Kong-made gown rented for her wedding day. Photogarph by Karen Kasmauski