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The Hindu
A huge 9,300 sq km coral reef system has been found below the muddy waters off the mouth of the river Amazon, astonishing scientists, governments and oil companies who have started to explore on top of it.
The existence of the 600-mile-long (nearly 966 kilometer) reef, which ranges from about 30-120 meters deep and stretches from French Guiana to Brazil's Maranhao state, was not suspected because many of the world's great rivers produce major gaps in reef systems where no corals grow.
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Tech Times
A massive lake may be hiding under thick Antarctic ice, potentially harboring ancient life-forms existing undisturbed for millions of years.
This is what data presented at a European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, Austria indicated, drumming up interest in subglacial lakes such as Lake Vostok, the largest one in the continent measuring at least 240 kilometers (149 miles) long and 50 kilometers (31 miles) wide.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology via Science Daily
For hundreds of millions of years, Earth's climate has remained on a fairly even keel, with some dramatic exceptions: Around 80 million years ago, the planet's temperature plummeted, along with carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The Earth eventually recovered, only to swing back into the present-day ice age 50 million years ago.
Now geologists at MIT have identified the likely cause of both ice ages, as well as a natural mechanism for carbon sequestration.
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AIPG
The AIPG quarterly journal, The Professional Geologist, April/May/June 2016 issue is available online in pdf and digital version (active links and pages flip like paper copy). This issue includes: AIPG National Conference information; Tales from the Field — Light at the End of the Tunnel; AIPG National Officer Ballot; The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceaus Strata in Western Staten Island, New York; Our Saves Count Also; Geothermal Energy-Current Status and Future Possibilities; The Reading Geologist — Book Reviews; and much more — now available online. All back issues of TPG are available online.
AIPG
The AIPG California Section Newsletter — Spring 2016.
The AIPG Georgia Section Newsletter — April 2016.
The AIPG Michigan Section Newsletter — March 2016
The AIPG Colorado Section Newsletter — Spring 2016.
The AIPG Texas Section Newsletter — March 2016.
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Students, you are invited to submit an abstract! Technical sessions will be held on Monday, Sept. 12, and Tuesday, Sept. 13. They will consist of podium and poster presentations, and will include a student poster competition. To have your abstract considered for a presentation or poster, please click here to submit an abstract online by June 6.
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To have your abstract considered for a presentation or poster, please click here to submit an abstract online by June 6.
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AIPG
The purpose of the AIPG Student Chapter of the Year Award is to recognize the most outstanding student chapter for their participation in, and contribution to, the American Institute of Professional Geologists. The award will consist of a plaque to be presented to the student chapter, a certificate to each of the officers of the chapter at the time of their submittal, a $500 award for the chapter, and a trip for one member of the winning student chapter to the annual AIPG conference and executive meetings. The student that attends the annual meeting will observe the organization and functions of AIPG and participate in the executive board meeting.
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AIPG
The AIPG Section Leadership Award was established by the Executive Committee in 2013 to recognize one or more of our members who have demonstrated a long-term commitment and have been long-term contributors to AIPG at the section level. AIPG has many sections where one or more individuals have demonstrated exceptional leadership for their section and in many instances kept the section together and moving forward. These individuals are commonly not known at the National level or by AIPG members outside of their sections, however, their contributions have been vital to their sections and they perform this work because of their commitment to our profession and AIPG. The award will consist of a plaque (or similar) that will be presented to the awardees at the annual meeting of AIPG.
Based on the above criteria the Awards Committee may select multiple nominees for the award.
The AIPG Section Leadership Award is administered by the Executive Committee of AIPG. The selection of the winning member(s) will be decided by the AIPG Awards Committee. The deadline for submittal of nominees for the AIPG Section Leadership Award, to AIPG National Headquarters, is May 31 of each year. The nomination form for AIPG Section Leadership Award (pdf file or Word doc). The awardees will be announced in early July so they may attend the annual meeting.
American Geosciences Institute
The Search Committee invites applications for the position of Executive Director for the American Geosciences Institute.
The Executive Director conducts the affairs of the Institute, with direction from the Executive Committee, including administering all planning and policies, supervising AGI staff and coordinating the various activities, projects and programs of the Institute. The Executive Director maintains and fosters relationships with the officers and administrators of the 51 AGI member societies, international and regional associates, and with other geosciences and science-related organizations in addition to academia, government agencies and industry representatives.
The ideal candidate will be an established scientist who has demonstrated leadership and vision in their field; possesses proven senior management and budgetary experience and excellent interpersonal skills; and has a record of success as a fundraiser for not-for-profits. The successful applicant must have the ability to communicate effectively across the scientific community, academia, industry, government and the public.
An earth sciences background is highly desirable. An advanced degree is preferred. The successful candidate must be willing to relocate to the Washington, DC area and willing to fulfill the demands of frequent travel.
Interested persons are invited to submit a resume, an expression of interest, and a list of five references. Submission may be made by email to executive-director-search@americangeosciences.org or by mail to the address below. Review of applications will begin April 2016.
Chair, Search Committee
American Geosciences Institute
4220 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22302
Applications and inquiries will receive confidential consideration. AGI is an equal opportunity employer.
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| Date |
Event |
More Information |
| May 14-15 |
AIPG Texas Section Field Trip |
Registration |
| May 18-19 |
GSA Rocky Mountain Section |
Moscow, Idaho |
| June 14-15 |
6th Annual AIPG Michigan Section Technical Workshop — Environmental Risk Management: Why, When, Where and How |
Roscommon County, Michigan |
| June 25 |
AIPG Executive Committee Meeting |
Thornton, Colorado |
| Aug. 8-11 |
NCSL Legislative Summit |
Chicago |
| Aug. 17-18 |
17th Annual Energy Exposition |
Loveland, Colorado |
| Aug. 22-25 |
Rocky Mountain Energy Summit |
Denver |
| Aug. 27-Sept. 4 |
35th International Geological Congress |
Cape Town, South Africa |
| Sept. 10-13 |
AIPG 2016 National Conference |
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Sept. 18-24 |
Association of Environmental &
Engineering Geologists 2016 Annual Meeting |
Kona, Hawaii |
| Sept. 25-28 |
GSA National Conference |
Denver |
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Available colors: burgundy, charcoal, classic navy, court green, dandelion, dark green, jet black, light blue, papaya, red, royal, seafoam, white. Available sizes: small-6XL.
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Seismological Society of America via Science Daily
Plans for managing tsunami risk on the West Coast are evolving, said scientists. These plans include everything from tsunami hazard maps that guide the development of personal and community evacuation routes to detailed "playbooks" that help harbor and port officials recommend specific action plans based on tsunami forecast data.
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American Geosciences Institute via EurekAlert
The American Geosciences Institute is pleased to announce the first seven recipients of the Deep Carbon Observatory Diversity Grants. These grants support geoscience researchers with travel funds to national and international conferences to present DCO-affiliated research, travel funds to attend DCO-related workshops, conferences and events, funds for supporting lab or fieldwork that advances DCO-aligned research, or instrumentation time at DCO-affiliated facilities.
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Science News for Students
Yellowstone National Park, in the Western United States, holds more geysers than any place else in the world. For 150 years, scientists have blamed hot water alone for fueling those spectacular watery eruptions. But scientists have been monitoring the innards of these gurgling geysers. And it's not the hot water alone that's making them spurt into the air like a fountain.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
As fresh water becomes more scarce due to population growth and climate warming, both of which are projected to increase over the coming decades, ecohydrologist Lixin Wang of the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is investigating how nonrainfall water sources — especially fog and dew — impact drylands with important implications for their agriculture. His work is supported by a new CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.
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The Associated Press via The Hutchinson News
Meteorologists are finding something much tougher to forecast than a stormy atmosphere: the human mind. Forecasters at the federal Storm Prediction Center see a high chance of severe storms, with possible killer tornadoes, in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Craig Fugate said the early heads-up helps disaster officials prepare, but what about you: Do you really need to worry — or even know about it — this far in advance?
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Latin American Herald Tribune
A new aftershock measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook Ecuador in the same area where the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck on April 16, which killed at least 580 people. Ecuador's Geophysics Institute of the National Polytechnic School noted that the aftershock occurred at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers and was located in the sea, about 60 kilometers west of Jama, one of the towns most affected by the earthquake.
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Hawaii Tribune Herald
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Geologic Map of the Island of Hawaii, known affectionately to local volcanologists as the BIMP, or Big Island Mapping Project. The first printing of this map was in 1996. Digitized in 2005, it is still in print today due to its popularity and continued use by geologists and other scientists, educators and land managers and planners, as well as island residents and visitors. It's also just rather nice to look at.
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