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Fall 2003
Vol. 56:4
The rippling curtain of an aurora occurs
when high-energy ions trapped in Earth's magnetic field interact
with ionosphere gases. Red auroras are very rare.
Inset: The Arctic sun doubles the image of a polar bear in a meltwater
pool.
Photos by Subhankar Banerjee
Departments
Life On
The Edge
Points North
•Keith K. Howell
Horizons
Migrating Birds: Fit and Fat
•Kathleen M. Wong
Habitats
Tern Reservations
•Gordy Slack
Counterpoints
in Science
The Shape of Things to Come
•Jerold M. Lowenstein
Letters
to the Editor
Mimic Octopus; Junior Academy
Reviews
•Joseph Kinyon on
Photography
•Adrian Barnett
on Galápagos
•Kathleen M. Wong
on Everglades
•Bing Quock
on Stikky Night Skies
•Dan Cheatham
on Biodiversity
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Features
Alaska's
Serengeti
A yearlong record of life and light in Alaska's Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge.
•Photography by Subhankar Banerjee
Along
The Salt Road
A 150-mile trek into the foothills of the Himalayas to meet the
last of the T'rung people of northern Burma.
•Christiaan Klieger
Feeling
The Heat
As plants and animals in the West struggle to adapt to a warming
climate, those that can are migrating northward or to higher altitudes.
•Liese Greensfelder
At Home
in the
Natural World
Skyguide
Mars Revisited
•Bing F. Quock
Naturalist's
Almanac
What to Look for This Fall
•David Lukas
Here
At The Academy
Millstones Around Our Courtyard
•June Anderson
Not available
online:
Keith Robinson's Last Stand
Keith Robinson, scion of one of Hawaii's wealthiest families, delivers
intensive care to the state's endangered plants.
•Margaret Haapoja
Missoula's Monster Floods
Bursting from a frozen dam a half-mile high, a series of Ice Age
floods reshaped much of the Pacific Northwest.
•Rhonda and George Ostertag
The Comet Chasers
Mysterious comets should yield up their secrets to a series of daring
missions.
•Robert Irion
Closer Look
Serpentine Grasslands
•Helen Wagenvoord
In Pursuit of Science
Early Birding
•Heather Rock Woods
Wild Lives
River Otters
•Judie Marks
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