Online Lectures
This is a collection of selected videotaped lectures that were given at USGS facilities. All of these lectures should be suitable for viewing by the general public and upper level students (grades 8 through university). Most videos are in MP4 format and are 60-90 minutes long (60 minute lecture plus question/answer).
For the most up-to-date listings, to find older lectures, or to browse lectures with a more technical content, see the following websites:
- USGS Earthquake Science Center Seminar Series
- USGS Water Resources Seminar Series
- USGS Pacific Region Colloquium
- USGS Public Lectures—Menlo Park, California
- USGS Volcano Hazards Seminar Series
- Climate Change Science and Management Webinar Series
Atmosphere and Weather
- Extreme Weather in a Changing Climate-Michael Wehner, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Univeristy of California - December 8, 2014
- The Ecological Value of Coastal Fog: Cooling Relief and Nebulous Forecasts for Northern California-Alicia Torregrosa, USGS - July 31, 2014
- ARkSTORM: A Scenario of a Massive West Coast Storm-Dale Cox, USGS - February 25, 2010
- Frozen in Time: How Ice Cores Are Revealing the Composition and Temperature of Earth's Atmosphere During the Past Million Years-Todd Hinkley, USGS - December 8, 2005
Biology & Ecosystems
- Ecological Stressors: It's a Lot of "'WERC"-A. Keith Miles, USGS - November 17, 2016
- Untapped Capacity: Our 4,000 Species of Native Bees--So Many Unknowns and So Many Potentials-Sam Droege, USGS - April 28, 2016
- Waterbirds in a Changing Landscape: Evaluating Avian Response to the West Coast's Largest Tidal Marsh Restoration Project-Susan De La Cruz, USGS - November 17, 2015
- Endangered Desert Fish to Human Hepatitis E: The Diversity of USGS Fisheries Research Has Wide Ranging Applications-Jill Rolland, USGS - May 29, 2014
- Colorful South Pacific Species: New Discoveries and Looming Threats-Robert Fisher, USGS - December 13, 2012
- Apex Predators and the Tapestry of Nature-Jim Estes, University of California Santa Cruz - October 22, 2012
- Pacific Nearshore Ecosystem Mysteries: From Kelp Forests to Fisheries, Sea Otters Aid in Studying Ocean Vitality-James Bodkin, USGS - September 27, 2012
- Large Predator Responses to Human Activity from Grizzly Bears in Alaska to Mountain Lions in the San Francisco Bay Area-Christopher Wilmers, University of California Santa Cruz - August 13, 2012
- Under Siege: Battling Flying Carp and Giant Pythons and How Science Can Help-Sharon Gross, Robert Reed, and Cynthia Kolar; USGS - July 4, 2012
- Restoring the Wild Heart of South San Francisco Bay: The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project-Laura Valoppi, USGS - May 26, 2012
- How is San Francisco Bay Doing?: Discoveries From 4 Decades of Studies-Jim Cloern, USGS - July 28, 2011
- Unraveling the Mystery of Avian Navigation -Jon Hagstrum, USGS - March 31, 2011
- White Nose Syndrome in Bats - A Conservation Challenge-Peter Younbaer, National Speleological Society - September 28, 2010
- Invasives and Wildfires in the West: New Crossroads in Science, Policy, and Management-Julio Betancourt, USGS - August 26, 2010
- The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises & Survival-Go here for a higher-resolution version of the video shown during this lecture.-Todd Esque and Ken Nussear, USGS - May 27, 2010
- The Altered States of San Francisco Bay: Ecological Surprises from Three Decades of Observations-Jim Cloern, USGS - January 21, 2010
- Restoring California's "Inland Sea": Status of Efforts to Restore the Salton Sea-Lee Case, USGS - July 30, 2009
- Tracking Mercury from Ore to Organism: Mercury Cycling and Bioaccumulation In a Mine-Dominated Ecosystem-Tom Suchanek, USGS - June 25, 2009
- Drive-by Extinctions: The Role of Vehicle Exhaust in Urban Runoff and Ecosystem Degradation-Carol Kendall, USGS - June 15, 2009
- A Moroccan Adventure: Searching for a Blue-eyed Turtle in the Sahara Desert-Jeffrey Lovich, USGS and Mohammed Znari, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech - July 24, 2008
- Wetland Revival: Restoring San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds to Wetlands Habitat-Go here for a high-resolution version of the video shown during this lecture-Steven E. Schwarzbach, USGS - March 27, 2008
- Fire As An Ecosystem Process: Past, Present, And Future-Jon E. Keeley, USGS - October 25, 2007
- A Tale of Two Kelp Forests: Sea Otters and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Aleutians and the Commander Islands-Tim Tinker, USGS - September 27, 2007
Climate Change
- Warm Ice - The Dynamics of Rapidly Changing Glaciers-Bruce F. Molnia, USGS - July 27, 2017
- Fire-Climate Relationships in the Sierra Nevada: Surprises Relevant to Future Fire Regime Forecasts-Supplemental video: Living With Fire-Jon E. Keeley, USGS - October 22, 2015
- Coral Reefs, Climate Change, and Atoll Sustainability: Will Micronesians Become the U.S.'s First Climate Change Refugees-Curt Storlazzi, USGS - September 24, 2015
- Extreme Weather in a Changing Climate-Michael Wehner, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and UC-Berkeley - December 8, 2014
- Preparing for Califonia Climate Change-Dan Cayan, USGS - March 27, 2014
- Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human Conflict-Solomon M. Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley - February 10, 2014
- Understanding Climate-Wildlife Relationships: Are American Pikas Harbingers of Changing Conditions?-Erik Beever, USGS - November 15, 2012
- Influence of Changing Climate on Inland Native Trout-Jeffrey Kershner and Steven Hostetler, USGS - November 13, 2012
- Potential Inundation in the San Francisco Bay Region Due to Rising Sea Levels-Noah Knowles, USGS - May 19, 2012
- Nature's Altered Seasons: The USA National Phenology Network-Jake Weltzin, USGS - May 4, 2012
- Projected Climate Change in California: The Consequences of Increasing Atmospheric Greenhouse GasesTom Suchanek, USGS - March 22, 2012
- The Art of Communicating Climate Science-Anna Fahey, Sightline Institute - January 31, 2012
- Understanding Migratory Connectivity in a Changing Climate-Susan Haig, USGS - October 27, 2011
- Mammalian Response to Climatic Change-Elizabeth Hadly, Stanford University - October 3, 2011
- Through the Lens of Time: Repeat Photography in an Era of Global Change-Robert Webb, USGS - August 25, 2011
- Capture and Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide to Mitigate Global Warming: Is Sequestration Necessary? Can We Do It at an Acceptable Total Cost?-Yousif Kharaka, USGS - January 27, 2011
- The Design of National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and the Future of Ecological Forecasting-David Schimel, National Ecological Observatory Network - February 8, 2010
- Climate Change 101-Tom Armstrong, USGS - August 25, 2009
- Soils, Carbon, and Global ExChange-Jennifer Harden, USGS - April 30, 2009
- Can our Western Forests Take the Heat?: Climatic Change and the Future of Forests in the Western United States-Philip van Mantgem, USGS - March 26, 2009
- Prehistoric Packrat Piles: Archives of Climate Change-Kenneth Cole, USGS - October 30, 2008
- Global Warming: Western Style-Michael Dettinger, USGS - May 22, 2008
- Alaska's Rivers of Ice-Bruce Molnia, USGS - February 28, 2008
Coastal and Marine Science
- Ten Years After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: How Geology is Reducing Tsunami Risk-Bruce Jaffe, USGS - December 18, 2014
- Into the Abyss: Living Without Light-Nancy Prouty, USGS - June 26, 2014
- Scanning the Seafloor with Sound: Modern Sonar Reveals Hidden Hazards and Resources-David Finlayson, USGS - June 28, 2012
- How is San Francisco Bay Doing?: Discoveries from 4 Decades of Studies-Jim Cloern, USGS - July 28, 2011
- Exploring California's Amazing Seafloor: The Visionary California Seafloor Mapping Program-Sam Johnson, USGS - June 30, 2011
- Is Our Coast in Jeopardy?: Predicting the Impact of Extreme Storms on the California Coast-Patrick Barnard, USGS - February 24, 2011
- 100 Million Years of Sea-Level Change: Should I Sell My Beach House?-Ken Miller, Rutgers - August 9, 2010
- Monterey Canyon - Superhighway to the Deep-Sea: USGS-MBARI Cooperative Oceanographic Research-Charles K. Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - June 24, 2010
- Potential Inundation Due to Rising Sea Levels in the San Francisco Bay Region-Noah Knowles, USGS - March 4, 2010
- Coral Reefs, the 6th Extinction, and You: Challenges Faced by Corals in Hawai'i, and Life Everywhere-Michael Field, USGS - January 29, 2010
- Paddling for a Purpose in a Troubled Sea: Sampling the Salish Sea During Tribal Canoe Journeys-Eric Grossman, USGS - October 29, 2009
- Alchemy in the Abyss: Probing the Mysteries of Deep-Ocean Minerals-James R. Hein, USGS - May 31, 2007
- The Hidden World of the Golden Gate: How Tides, Currents, and Humans Have Created an Array of Sea-floor Features-Patrick Barnard, USGS - January 25, 2007
Earthquakes
- The Gold Rush and the 1906 Earthquake: How they Combined to Create the Breakthrough Discovery of Modern Seismic Science-Ross Stein, USGS - February 25, 2016
- This is an especially good lecture for classroom use, grades 8-college
- The April 25, 2015 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake: An Expected Event that Defied Expectations-Susan Hough, USGS - December 10, 2015
- A City Shocked into the Future: The 2010-11 Earthquake Sequence, Christchurch, New Zealand-Margot Christeller, Independent Consultant - November 20, 2015
- Yes, Humans Really Are Causing Earthquakes-Justin Rubinstein, USGS - August 27, 2015
- The Giant Cascadia Earthquake of January 26, 1700: Detective Stories from North America and Japan-Brian Atwater, USGS - July 30, 2015
- Breaking Badly: Forecasting California Earthquakes-Morgan Page, USGS - May 21, 2015
- CATASTROPHIC Earthquakes in a Crowded World-Thomas L. Holzer, USGS - April 24, 2014
- The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami 50th Anniversary-George Plafker, USGS Geologist Emeritus - February 27, 2014
- Injection-Induced Seismicity-Bill Ellsworth, USGS - December 2, 2013
- Defeating Earthquakes (Excellent lecture about global earthquake risk - great for classrooms!)- Stein, USGS - January 25, 2013
- ShakeAlert!: Building an Earthquake Early Warning System for California-Doug Given, USGS - April 26, 2012
- Springs and Sliders, Triggers and Shadows: Or, What's New in Earthquake Research-This is a simple presentation with demonstrations -- great for all ages-Ross Stein, USGS - May 20, 2012
- Disaster! Lessons from Recent Earthquakes and Tsunamis-Walter Mooney, USGS - May 20, 2012
- How Many Catastrophic Earthquakes will there be in the 21st Century?-Thomas Holzer, USGS - November 2, 2011
- "Predictable Earthquakes": Updating Earthquake Prediction -- Fact vs. Fiction -Susan Hough, USGS - April 11, 2011
- Large, Destructive Earthquakes in Haiti and Chile: Lessons Learned for the San Francisco Bay Area-Walter Mooney and Eric Geist, USGS - April 29, 2010
- Earthquakes and Water (And Why the LUSI Mud Volcano Eruption was not Triggered by an Earthquake)-Michael Manga, UC Berkeley - March 8, 2010
- Field Report from the M8.8 Earthquake in Chile-Walter Mooney, USGS - February 27, 2010
- Field Observations From the January 12, 2010 Haiti Earthquake-Walter Mooney, USGS - February 11, 2010
- Geohazards in the Aleutian Islands: Great Earthquakes, Great Waves, and Great Volcanic Explosions!-Steve Kirby, USGS, and Dave Scholl, Scientist Emeritus - November 19, 2009
- Meeting the Challenge of the Loma Prieta Earthquake-Jack Boatwright, USGS - September 24, 2009
- Was That a Foreshock? A Tale of Earthquake Fundamentals and Public Warnings-Andy Michael, USGS - July 22, 2009
- The Night the Earth Shook! 1959 M7.3 Hebgen Lake Earthquake and Madison Canyon Landslide West of Yellowstone National Park-Jack Epstein, USGS Scientist Emeritus - March 11, 2009
- Ready for the Next Big Bay Area Earthquake?: The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake Was Not the Bay Area's "Big One", But a Repeat of the Destructive 1868 Hayward Earthquake May Qualify!-Tom Brocher, USGS - September 25, 2008
- The Hayward Fault in Google Earth: Visualizing Past, Present, and Future Earthquakes-David Schwartz, Heather Lackey, Luke Blair, and Scott Haefner, USGS - April 24, 2008
- Geodynamics and Seismic/Geodetic Imaging of the Yellowstone Hotspot-Bob Smith, University of Utah - November 5, 2007
- The Parkfield 2004 Earthquake: Lessons From the Best-Recorded Quake in History-Andy Michael, USGS - October 26, 2006
- Hidden Faults Under Silicon Valley: Do New Discoveries Change Our View of Santa Clara Valley Earthquake Hazards?-R. D. Catchings, USGS - August 24, 2006
- California's Greatest Fault: How Historical Data From 1906 have Shed Light on the San Andreas Fault-Carol S. Prentice, USGS - April 27, 2006
- Shock Waves: How the 1906 Earthquake Shook Up California and Science-Go here for a high-resolution version of the video shown during this lecture.-David Schwartz, USGS - April 26, 2007
- The Great 1906 Earthquake: Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten, and Future Directions in Earthquake Science-Mary Lou Zoback, USGS - March 30, 2006
- Earthquake Storms: The Very Long Reach of Very Large Earthquakes-Susan Hough, USGS - October 27, 2005
Energy
- Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste-Bill and Rosemary Alley, Authors - July 8, 2013
- Wind Energy and Wildlife: The Challenges of Wind-Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation-Manuela Huso, USGS - July 26, 2012
- Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources: Geology, Development, and Environmental Consequences-Don Gautier, USGS - May 19, 2012
- Science or Soundbite? Shale Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Induced Earthquakes-Doug Duncan, Dennis Risser, and Bill Leith; USGS - April 4, 2012
- A Cubic Mile of Oil-Ripudaman Malhotra, SRI International - April 4, 2011
- The Future of Geothermal Energy: A Discussion of Present Opportunities and Future Challenges-Colin F. Williams, USGS - August 9, 2009
- Petroleum in the Arctic: Geology, Climate, and National Interests -Donald L. Gautier, USGS - February 26, 2009
- Drills, Spills, and Chills: The Inside Story on USGS Estimates of Alaskan Oil and Gas Resources-Ken Bird and Rick Stanley, USGS - November 16, 2006
Geology
- The Environmental Legacy of California's Gold Rush: Arsenic and Mercury Contamination from Historic Mining-Andrea Foster, USGS and Christopher Kim, Chapman University - March 26, 2015
- A Grand Life: The Story Eddie McKee, Grand Canyon Chief Naturalist 1929-1940 and Legendary Geologist-Sarah Andrews, Author - April 7, 2014
- The Science of Good Taste -- Geology, Wine, and Food-Larry Meinert, USGS - November 7, 2012
- Crater Lake Revealed-David Ramsey, USGS - October 2, 2012
- The Co-Evolution of the Geo- and Biosphere-Robert Hazen, Carnegie Institute of Washington - August 8, 2011
- The Future of Rare Earth Elements: Will These High-tech Industry Elements Continue in Short Supply?-Keith Long, USGS - May 11, 2011
- Gemstone Deposits of the United States: Commercial Production - Localities Visited by Mineral Collectors-Pete Modreski, USGS - December 18, 2008
- Meter-sized Granite Basins in the Southern Sierra-Jim Moore, USGS - April 15, 2008
- Dark Holes in Muir's "Range of Light": Insights from Southern Sierra Nevada Caves and Karst-John C. Tinsley, USGS - August 30, 2007
- Adventures in Southwest Geology: Exploring the Colorful Southern Colorado Plateau in 3-D-Philip Stoffer, USGS - June 28, 2007
- Impact! Piecing Together the Story of a Giant Meteorite Crater Beneath the Atlantic Coast-David S. Powars and R.D. Catchings, USGS - March 22, 2007
- The Winemaker's Dance: Connecting Geology and Wine in Napa Valley-David G. Howell, USGS Geologist Emeritus - September 30, 2004
Human Health
- Environmental Contaminants in our Drinking Water, Breast Milk, and Our Babies: How Worried Should We Be?-Paul Winchester, Indiana University School of Medicine - January 14, 2008
- Disasters, Dust, and Danger: Using Geoscience to Help Understand Whether Health Risks Lurk in Particles Produced by Disasters-Geoff Plumlee, USGS - November 15, 2007
Landslides and Erosion
- Rock falls in California's Sierra Nevada: Pursuing Explanations for Exfoliation and Seemingly Spontaneous Fracture of Rock-Brian D. Collins, USGS - October 27, 2016
- The Last Land: How Humans Changed Erosion in Hawaii-Jonathan Stock, USGS - January 28, 2016
- Riding the Storm: Landslide Danger in the Bay Area Hills-Go here for a high-resolution version of the video shown during this lecture-Peter Lyttle, USGS - February 22, 2007
- When Rocks Fall and the Land Slides: Understanding and Coping with Slope Failures-Gerald F. Wieczorek and Raymond C. Wilson, USGS - February 24, 2005
Mapping and Remote Sensing
- Silicon, Software, and Science: Monitoring the Earth's Landscape with Low-Cost High-Tech-Rian Bogle, USGS - November 18, 2010
- Looking Down On Our Planet: New Satellite Imagery Reveals a Changing Global Surface-Ron Beck, USGS - July 29, 2010
- A New Generation of Maps-Mark DeMulder, USGS - December 10, 2009
- A Brief Primer on Remote Sensing of the Ocean (and San Francisco Bay)-Rochelle Labiosa, USGS - April 17, 2008
- From Plane Tables to Pixels: The Revolution in Mapping at the U.S. Geological Survey-Susan P. Benjamin, USGS - November 18, 2004
- Mapping the American West: Clarence King and the 40th Parallel Survey-James G. Moore, USGS - March 4, 2004
Planetary Science
- Exploring Planets: A Personal Restrospective of the First 50 Years-Michael H. Carr, USGS - August 28, 2014
- Exploring Mars with Curiosity-Ken Herkenhoff, USGS - October 25, 2012
- Exploring Mars: Geology, Climate Change and Prospects for Past Life-Michael H. Carr, USGS - January 29, 2009
Plate Tectonics
- Plate Tectonics in Action: Exploring the Earth with the New Edition of This Dynamic Planet Map and Website-Robert Tilling and Stephen Kirby, USGS - July 26, 2007
- Secrets in Stone: The Role of Paleomagnetism in the Evolution of Plate Tectonic Theory-Jack Hillhouse, USGS - July 29, 2004
Polar Science
- Exploring Antarctica's Frozen Frontier: The USGS Antarctic Program from the 1957 International Geophysical Year to the 2007 International Polar Year-Jerry Mullins, USGS and John Behrendt, USGS Scientist Emeritus - December 13, 2007
- Frozen in Time: How Ice Cores Are Revealing the Composition and Temperature of Earth's Atmosphere During the Past Million Years-Todd Hinkley, USGS - December 8, 2005
Tsunamis
- Unusual Sources of Tsunamis: From Krakatoa to Monterey Bay-Eric Geist, USGS - January 26, 2017
- Is "THE IMPOSSIBLE" Possible in the Pacific Northwest?: Coastal Community Tsunami Hazards and Risk-Nathan Wood, USGS - February 23, 2013
- Tsunamis: Lessons and Questions from the Indian Ocean Disaster-Eric L. Geist, Bruce E. Jaffe, and Brian F. Atwater, USGS - June 30, 2005
- December 2004 Tsunami Disaster: Reports from Field Teams in Sumatra and Sri Lanka-Guy Gelfenbaum and Bruce Jaffe, USGS - February 17, 2005
Volcanoes
- How do USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory (HVO) Geologists Track Lava Flows and Lava Lakes?-(Courtesy of the National Park Service)-Matt Patrick, USGS - January 24, 2017
- Remembering Mount Pinatubo 25 Years Ago: A Look Back at One of the Largest Volcanic Eruptions of the 20th Century-Q&A only. The film must be purchased from PBS, but this is a wonderful supplement.-John Ewert, USGS - September 29, 2016
- Forcasting Ashfall Impacts from a Yellowstone Supereruption-Larry Mastin, USGS - May 26, 2016
- A Sight "Fearfully Grand": Eruptions of Lassen Peak, California, 1914 to 1917-Michael Clynne, USGS - April 15, 2015
- Volcanic Hazards for Crinoids or Neanderthals? Evaluating Volcanic Consequences in the Deep Past-Ben Black, University of California, Berkeley - April 14, 2015
- Using High-precision Geochronology to Test the Link between Magmatism and Mass Extinction-Seth Burgess, USGS - January 13, 2015
- The Yellowstone Volcano: Past, Present and Future: Monitoring the Sleeping Giant Beneath Yellowstone National Park-Jake Lowenstern, USGS - January 23, 2014
- Exploring the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes: A Centennial Perspective of the Novarupta-Katmai Eruption, the Largest of the 20th Century-Judy Fierstein, USGS - June 6, 2012
- The 20th Century's Greatest Volcanic Eruption: Mt Katmai 100 Years Later-Bill Burton, USGS - July 2, 2012
- Volcanic and Other Geologic Hazards of the Yellowstone Supervolcano-Jake Lowenstern, USGS - May 19, 2012
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: A Wonderland of Volcanoes and Thermal Features-Patrick Muffler, USGS Geologist Emeritus - January 26, 2012
- Tracking Ongoing Kilauea Eruptions: Fissures, Fountains, and Flows-Matthew Patrick, USGS - December 8, 2011
- Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions in Alaska: The Contrasting Stories of Two Recent Spectacular Eruptions-Stephanie Prejean, USGS - December 9, 2010
- The Indonesian Mud Crisis: Long-lived Mud "Eruption" Inundates Housing and Infrastructure-Thomas J. Casadevall, USGS - January 30, 2008
Water
- Undamming Washington's Elwha River-Amy East, USGS - February 26, 2015
- Global Food Security in the 21st Century: The Increasing Need for Food Production, Cropland Areas, and Agricultural Water-Prasad Thenkabail, USGS - August 30, 2012
- The Anatomy of Floods: The Causes and Development of 2011's Epic Flood Events-Bob Holmes, USGS - August 1, 2012
- Mapping a Flood....Before it Happens-Marijke van Heeswijk, USGS - February 23, 2012
- Water in the 21st Century: The National Water Census-Eric Evenson, USGS - December 1, 2011
- Colorado River High-Flow Experiments: A Story of Grand Canyon Geology, Water, and Biology-Jack Schmidt and David Rubin, USGS - November 17, 2011
- Tracking the Nation's Groundwater Reserves: Issues Facing Current and Future Water Supplies-William Alley, USGS - September 22, 2011
- Dam Removal in the Pacific Northwest: A New Tool for River Restoration-Jonathan Warrick, USGS - October 28, 2010
- The Great Missoula Floods & Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail: A Journey Through the Landscape of Earth's Greatest Floods-Richard Waitt, USGS - September 30, 2010
- Healing Springs, Groundwater Geochemistry, and the History of Bottled Water-Frank Chapelle, USGS - October 4, 2010
- Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought-James Workman, DamBroker - July 13, 2009
- Cleanup on Aisle 9: The Long Lasting Legacy of Nuclear Waste-Dave Stonestrom, USGS - June 26, 2008
- In Search of Dam Sites: The USGS Expedition of 1923 in the Grand Canyon-Diane Boyer, USGS - November 13, 2006
Miscellaneous
- Dirt - The Erosion of Civilizations-David Montgomery, University of Washington - September 9, 2009
- Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line (The secret life of Clarence King, the first USGS director)-Martha A. Sandweiss, Princeton University - February 19, 2009
- Unscientific Publishing: Top Ten Reasons to Worry about the Future of Scientific Publications-Brooks Hansen, Science Magazine - February 15, 2007