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Earth Science

Earth Science
The Bjerknes Family: Hooked on Hydrodynamics (Feb 1997)

Environmental Science
Robert Perry: The NOx-ious Warrior (Dec 1987)
Thomas Midgley, Jr.: Antiknock and CFC Pioneer (Nov 1989)

Geology
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt: The Father of Modern Geochemistry (Apr 1990)
John Buchanan: Shedding Light on Terra Incognita (Oct 1995)
Teilhard de Chardin: Evolution of a Priest-Geologist (Jun 2005)

Meteorology
Jerome Namias: Weather Pioneer (Mar 1988)
The Bjerknes Family: Hooked on Hydrodynamics (Feb 1997)

Oceanography
Athelstan Spilhaus: Ideas, Ideas, Ideas (Apr 1986)
Roger Revelle: A Statesman Among Scientists (Sep 1990)
Sylvia Earle: Her Royal Deepness (Aug 1992)

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