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Scientist Uses Tombstones to Track Environmental Changes
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/11/1126_tombstonecopy.html
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This National Geographic News article discusses how a scientist uses tombstones to track environmental changes. Geomorphologist Tom Meierding visited more than 700 cemeteries and measured 15,000 tombstones to see what kind of environmental changes they might reveal.
Intended for grade levels:
  • General public
Type of resource:
  • Text:
    • Journal article
Subject:
  • Environmental science
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Geology
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Copyright 2004 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.
DLESE Catalog ID: SERC-STARTINGPOINT-000-000-000-212
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Editor: National Geographic Society