Environmental geophysics: Fake science

Geophysics and nutritional science: toward a novel, unified paradigm.

This article discusses a few basic geophysical processes, which collectively indicate that several nutritionally adverse elements of current Western diets also yield environmentally harmful food consumption patterns. We address oceanic dead zones, which are at the confluence of oceanography, aquatic chemistry, and agronomy and which are a clear environmental problem, and agriculture's effects o...

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Preventing sensationalistic science and fake news about substance use

An accurately informed public is vital to creating rational substance use, prevention, and treatment policies. Unfortunately, the general public neither has the training nor the time to conduct intensive investigations. Most people get their information via the news media, newsletters, and as sound bites. People often accept what they read as true, especially if it comes from a reasonably reput...

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Received: 3 October 2005 Accepted: 3 October 2005 One of my most memorable experiences with Claudio occured in Cleveland about 10 years ago. I was serving as department chair, and had organized a semester long research seminar, bringing one great scholar in for a full week, every week of the term. During their week in residence, the visitors would give two seminars and meet informally with facu...

Reservoir geophysics

The concept of petroleum reservoir geophysics is relatively new. In the past, the role of geophysics was largely confined to exploration and, to a lesser degree, the development of discoveries. As cost-efficiency has taken over as a driving force in the economics of the oil and gas industry and as major assets near abandonment, geophysics has increasingly been recognized as a tool for improving...