This message was sent to ##Email## February 11, 2020   Home  |   Membership  |   Events  |   Licensure  |   Jobs  |   Contact Us Subscribe  |   Archive  |   Advertise      AIPG NEWS Call for Abstracts — AIPG 2020 National Conference AIPG Oct. 3-6 | Sacramento, California| Hilton Sacramento Arden West Hotel The California Section has been working diligently to build a 2020 Annual Conference that brings students, young professionals, and long-time AIPG members into their future destiny. The AIPG 2020 annual conference theme is "Role of Geoscientists for Resiliency, Sustainability, and Opportunities in the Changing Environment." Sacramento, California, is the host city, and the surrounding area is spectacular. It includes the magnificent Sierra Nevada Mountains, Lake Tahoe, Sonoma and Napa vineyards and wineries, Pacific Ocean shorelines, and America's western source of nuts, fruits and vegetables. These great attractions are within easy driving distance of our conference location. California is experiencing a high frequency of extreme temperature and precipitation conditions, which has challenged the state's water resources, created geohazards, impacted where we grow the nation's food and is developing vulnerabilities along our rising coastlines.  READ MORE    SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Chubb & Assured Partners Proud to Support the AIPG The right coverage to help Geologists unearth greater business opportunities Putting you at the epicenter of our business, so you can focus on yours Do your client’s insurance requirements have you in a quandary? Let us find for you the most efficient solution We’ll take care of your insurance needs and requirements so you can take care of your clients. Keep on rockin’      AIPG SECTION NEWS AIPG Sonoma State University Talk AIPG Sonoma State University has scheduled the AIPG Student Chapter meeting for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20. David Fowler, North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Geologist, will be share the highlights of his career at the Regional Board and his work with Sonoma State University. Participants will walk away with insight in employment success in the State governance and consulting industry.  READ MORE    OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS SEPM offers Student Travel Awards to ISGC AIPG SEPM — the Society for Sedimentary Geology — is offering funding for sedimentary geoscience or related area students to travel to Flagstaff, Arizona, to attend the first International Sedimentary Geoscience Congress (ISGC) on April 26-29. Eligible graduate or undergraduate students must be enrolled in a college or university and actively conducting study or research in disciplines related to sedimentary geology. Students that are SEPM members and already scheduled to present research are also eligible. Awardees must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident. Applications must be submitted in PDF format, to hharper@sepm.org by Feb. 15. Learn more about SEPM's Student Participation Grants Program.  READ MORE    MARK YOUR CALENDAR Date Event More Information Feb. 15 Applications due for SEPM's Student Participation Grants Program Submit to hharper@sepm.org Feb. 20 AIPG Sonoma State University Talk Sonoma, California Feb. 25-26 7th Annual Cost-Effective Artificial Lift Strategies Permian Basin 2020 Houston Feb. 27 Beyond the Theoretical: What's Working for PFAS Management? Middleton, Wisconsin March 20-22 GSA Southeastern and Northeastern Sections Annual Meeting — Geoscience Careers for New Geoscience Graduates Reston, Virginia April 6-10 AAG Annual Meeting Denver April 7-8 AIPG Georgia Section 9th Innovative Environmental Assessment and Remediation Technology Registration is open April 20-24 The 16th Sinkhole Conference San Juan, Puerto Rico April 30 The 2020 Western South Dakota Hydrology Conferencee Rapid City, South Dakota May 12-24 Geological Society of Nevada 2020 Symposium — REGISTRATION OPEN! Contact Eric Struhsacker June 16-17 10th Annual AIPG Michigan Section Technical Workshop Environmental Risk Management Workshop Roscommon, Michigan Sept. 15-20 Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists 2020 Annual Meeting Portland, Oregon Oct. 3-6 2020 AIPG National Annual Conference Sacramento, California    FROM THE AIPG ONLINE STORE AIPG sunglasses AIPG These fun sunglasses have UV protection and are available in black/black, black/red and black/blue. AIPG Sections, these will make a great give-a-way for your next event. Be sure to contact HQ to receive a volume discount! READ MORE AIPG sport tek T-shirt AIPG This sport tek T-shirt is made of moisture wicking double-layered poly mesh that provides superior moisture control for the most active circumstances. Available colors: black, dark green, maroon, navy, red, royal, steel grey and white. Available sizes: small through 4XL.  READ MORE AIPG patch AIPG Proudly display the AIPG embroidered logo patch on clothing, hats, backpacks, bags,\ and more! This 3-inch diameter patch has four thread colors (blue, red, yellow and black) with an easy to attach heat seal backing. READ MORE .  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Remote Monitoring Within Reach VuLink is a global telemetry device that Connects with one button press Works anywhere with cellular and satellite Delivers long-lasting battery life VuLink securely installs in a two-inch well, for easy, efficient and reliable data transmission. And the price will challenge your assumptions. Watch the video. In-situ.com    INDUSTRY NEWS Sediment loading key to predicting post-wildfire debris flows Penn State via ScienceDaily The mudslides that follow wildfires in Southern California can be deadly and difficult to predict. New research can help officials identify areas prone to these mudslides and respond before disaster occurs, according to scientists.  READ MORE New research reveals violent birth of continent Zealandia Sci-News Zealandia — Earth's seventh continent — experienced dramatic elevation changes between about 50 million and 35 million years ago, according to a new analysis of samples collected during the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 371 in 2017; this topographic upheaval may have been due to a widespread reactivation of ancient faults linked to formation of the western Pacific's infamous Ring of Fire.  READ MORE Pluto's beating icy heart makes and breaks atmospheric winds ZME Science Not that long ago, all we knew about Pluto was a few colored pixels — it was the best our satellites could do. We would be easily forgiven for thinking that Pluto was a frozen, barren and boring world. But while Pluto is frozen and almost certainly barren, it's anything but boring. As data continues to be analyzed from the New Horizons mission, we're learning even more about Pluto. In a new study, researchers describe how Pluto's "icy heart" controls the planetoid’s atmospheric processes.  READ MORE A PCA-based framework for determining remotely sensed geological surface orientations and their statistical quality Earth and Space Science The orientations of planar rock layers are fundamental to our understanding of structural geology and stratigraphy. Remote sensing platforms including satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles and Light Detection and Ranging scanners are increasingly used to build three‐dimensional models of structural features on Earth and other planets.  READ MORE Dust in the atmosphere may have fertilized the ancient ocean Eos Connections between nutrient-rich atmospheric dust and primary productivity in contemporary marine ecosystems are well established. Iron and other nutrients fertilize the ocean, supporting phytoplankton populations, which themselves form the basis of most marine food webs. Considerably less is known about such connections in the distant past. Preliminary evidence suggests that large-scale dust fertilization may have occurred in the late Paleozoic, but results have been confined to the paleoequator region. A new study is the first to explore the effects of iron fertilization in the midlatitudes.  READ MORE A twist in the story of volcanic eruptions and mass extinctions The City University of New York via Phys.org An emerging scientific consensus is that gases — in particular carbon gases — released by volcanic eruptions millions of years ago contributed to some of Earth's greatest mass extinctions. But new research at The City College of New York suggests that that's not the entire story.  READ MORE Lake County, Tennessee, in the geart of the New Madrid seismic zone Frontiers in Earth Science Lake County, Tennessee, lies within the center of the New Madrid seismic zone, and thus is particularly vulnerable to seismic hazards. To better evaluate the seismic threat to Lake County, the stratigraphy and structure were mapped beneath the county.  READ MORE Drone geologic mapping of an active sand and gravel quarry, Desoto County, Mississippi Drones Aerial drone photography of an active pit within a sand and gravel quarry in DeSoto County, Mississippi, was conducted to better understand the Upland Complex, which is a high-level Pliocene terrace of the Mississippi River. The Upland Complex is of great interest economically, as it is the primary source of sand and gravel for Memphis, Tennessee and the surrounding region.  READ MORE    MISSED AN ISSUE OF AIPG eNEWS? 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