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What’s past is prologue • Three books anchor readers in deep time while contemplating the future.
10 Wyomings • The oldest rocks in the Western U.S. tell stories of the Earth’s history.
Lessons from an Ice Age Survivor • PRONGHORN OUTRAN THE PLEISTOCENE. CAN THEY GUIDE US THROUGH THE ANTHROPOCENE?
Seattle rocks • A trip through deep time in the urban cityscape.
Weathering time • How geology shapes the world, and us.
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#IAM THE WEST • GOURAV KHULLAR (HE/HIM) Baum postdoctoral fellow for innovative astronomy at the University of Washington Seattle, Washington