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Music City Rocks — Geology in the Past, Present, and Future
How geology has shaped our history, provides present day resources, and prepares us for tomorrow's challenges.
Sept. 23-26
Nashville, Tennessee
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Come represent AIPG at the Energy Expo in Loveland on June 21 and 22. This event is free and open to the public. Exhibitors are primarily from upstream and downstream oil and gas, and field service providers. We'd love your help to get AIPG's name out there and to talk to potential members! Join us at the Ranch Events Complex, right off of I-25 near Loveland. For more information, please go to energyexposition.com.
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- Insurance: Medical, Term Life, Disability Income, Dental, Cancer Expense, Auto, Home and Supplemental Plans
- Online Courses
- Annual National Convention (present a paper or poster, technical sessions, field trips, social events, networking)
- TPG journal provides a forum for discussion and dissemination of professional and scientific information in all areas of geology.
- Technical Conferences and Workshops
- Liability Insurance
- Career Center (free resume posting and view job listings)
- Active Sections/Chapters (attend local meetings and field trips)
- Retirement Plans
- Program online available to keep track of Continue Education Credits
- Networking opportunities (LinkedIn and Facebook)
- Weekly AIPG eNews for timely news updates
Click here for a full list of AIPG Membership Benefits.
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For the 17th consecutive year, the California Section of AIPG presented awards at the California State Science Fair at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on April 25. Mark Rogers, AIPG CPG Member, and Dave Sadoff, AIPG CPG Member, AIPG California Section Southern and Northern Vice Presidents, respectively, judged 12 Junior Division geoscience projects.
The First Place winner was Mia Chou with her project entitled "Radon: The Silent Killer in Your House." Mia wanted to explore whether there is a relationship between house age and radon levels. She measured radon levels for a week in each of 10 neighborhood homes using a digital radon monitor. She re-measured a subset of the homes to check repeatability. While the results did not support a correlation between house age and radon levels, Mia conducted some additional research and was able to make a correlation between house location and radon levels utilizing USGS maps. She intends to conduct further research exploring the relationship between various soil types and radon levels. Mia received a certificate and $250 for her efforts.
The AIPG California Section also presented three Honorable Mention Awards to students (see abstracts here). Gillian Healey, for her project "How Saturated, is Saturated?" Luke Merickel, for his project "It's Not My Fault, I couldn't Handle the Pressure: Compression Obsession." Nidhya Shivakumar, for her project “Halophytes: A Potential Solution for the Remediation of Soil in Saline Wastelands." Congratulations! Photos of the winners are available on the AIPG California Section webpage.
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Noon to 1 p.m., May 12 at the USGS SAWSC, in Norcross, Georgia.
Revised Hydrogeologic Framework of the Floridan Aquifer System
Speaker: Eve Kuniansky, Southeast Region Groundwater Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey Water Mission Area, Norcross, Georgia.
Reservations for lunch required by Thursday, May 11. Call or Greg Cherry at 678-924-6632 or email gccherry@usgs.gov.
Meeting Topic: The hydrogeologic framework for the Floridan aquifer system was revised by incorporating new studies and data that have become available since the original framework established by the U.S. Geological Survey in the 1980s. Adjustments were made to the internal boundaries of the Upper and Lower Floridan aquifers as well as the previously numbered middle confining units (MCUI–MCUVIII). Boundaries were mapped using results from local studies and regional correlations of lithstratigraphic and hydrogeologic units or zones. Additional zones within the aquifers have been incorporated into the framework to allow finer delineation of permeability variations within the aquifer system. The revisions are part of the USGS Regional Groundwater Availability Studies.
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 June 21-22
The Ranch Events Complex
Loveland, Colorado
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Dr. Charles F. Mason
Center for Energy Economic & Public Policy
June 22
Lunch Guest Speaker
Charles "Chuck" Mason is the H. A. "Dave" True, Jr. Chair in Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics in the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Wyoming.
He is an internationally-known scholar who specializes in Environmental and Resource Economics. He served as the managing editor of the top international journal in this field, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, from 2006-2011. His current research interests include modeling prices for crude oil and natural gas, the role of delivery infrastructure in natural gas markets, and motivations to hold stockpiles of oil and gas. Chuck has a BA and PhD in Economics and a BA in Mathematics, all from the University of California at Berkeley.
Reserve A Seat for Dr. Mason's presentation.
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Come represent AIPG at the Energy Expo in Loveland on June 21 and 22. This event is free and open to the public. Exhibitors are primarily from upstream and downstream oil and gas, and field service providers. We'd love your help to get AIPG's name out there and to talk to potential members! Join us at the Ranch Events Complex, right off of I-25 near Loveland. Click here for more information.
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Resources for Future Generations
The rapid growth of developing economies and the fundamental needs of many disadvantaged people across the globe are resulting in an increased demand for many resources and changes in the delivery of existing ones. The need for focused environmental priorities and new technologies will add additional requirements and constraints. The International Union of Geological Sciences, the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences, the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, the Geological Association of Canada and the Mineralogical Association of Canada are partnering to bring industry, academia and governments together to tackle this growing issue. The Resources for Future Generations conference (RFG2018) takes its theme from a new IUGS initiative of the same name designed to mobilize geoscientists, policy-makers and other stakeholders to explore resource and related sustainability issues.
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Production Chemical Optimization
The 3rd Annual Production Chemicals Optimization 2017 is returning to Houston this June with a jam-packed three-day agenda, guaranteed to exceed the industry's expectations on every level. The American Business Conferences has extensively researched with dozens of super majors, majors and small and independent operators across North America to uncover the biggest challenges and the greatest cost drivers in the production chemicals universe.
After the initial drill, and after the initial construction, chemicals become the most expensive part of the production optimization process. In a world of $50-a-barrel oil, driving efficiency and lowering LOE costs is essential. A big focus of this cost-reduction drive is on production chemicals. But it's no longer just about cost, volumes and injection rates. To achieve operational excellence, operators will have to lead effectively, whether that is cost-effective, production volume-effective, to get the balance right between production performance and chemical costs.
This year's agenda is a direct reflection of the industry's most pressing issues, and promises to deliver exclusive E&P case studies, hard-hitting discussions for reducing wellbore failures, new applications of emerging chemistries and innovative opportunities to treat Paraffin, Corrosion, H2S and Halite.
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INTRAW
The INTRAW consortium has recently launched three operational reports providing insights on best practices and weaknesses of raw materials research and innovation, education and outreach and industry and trade in the project's five Reference Countries: Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa and the United States.
The findings of these operational reports also contribute to the design of the International Observatory on Raw Materials that is to be launched by the end of 2017. The Observatory will be a permanent international body that will remain operational after the end of the project, aiming at the establishment and maintenance of strong long-term relationships with the world's key players in raw materials technology and scientific developments.
The operational reports and their summaries are available through the project website. We also invite you to follow the project's seven-weeks-long social media campaign that provides further insights into the operational reports on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.
American Geosciences Institute
The American Geosciences Institute once again is sponsoring a photo contest in celebration of Earth Science Week (Oct. 8-14). What's more, the contest, which honors this year's event theme of "Earth and Human Activity," features a new twist.
Students, geoscientists and the general public are invited to submit entries for this year's photography contest, titled "Earth and Human Activity Here." Entries should show ways people affect, or are affected by, Earth systems in their local communities.
New to this year's photo contest, AGI and Earth Science Week present the "Earth and Human Activity Here" Photo Map, now online. Select entries will be featured on the map, linked to the location of origin.
"We hope this innovation will serve as a powerful educational resource, fueling discussions in classrooms and other settings," says AGI Outreach Manager Geoff Camphire. "As entries pour in throughout the year, we will continue populating the map with examples of ways that people interact with Earth systems where they live. Program participants, students and teachers are invited to visit the website and view the wide variety of forms these interactions take."
Selected winners will be awarded for their submissions. For guidelines and details, including how to submit your photos and what information should be included with your submissions, please click here.
Foundation of AIPG
The Foundation of the American Institute of Professional Geologists supports a variety of programs of the American Institute of Professional Geologists that include student scholarships, educational programs aimed at practitioners, the public and policy makers and, on occasion, some special needs requested by AIPG. The Foundation is engaged in exclusively educational, scholarship and research programs. The Foundation may also support public information forums, public education meetings, teacher seminars and geological seminars for other professionals such as engineers, architects, planners and others; thus coordinating the expertise of several professions for a better understanding of the geosciences and global issues. The Foundation is proud to be able to serve AIPG and the geosciences by providing financial support for these programs.
The Foundation is working to meet a donation goal of at least $25,000 by the end of 2016 to help fund student scholarships and programs for students and young professionals in 2017. We ask that you consider supporting the Foundation with a monetary contribution that would be used primarily to fund our scholarship and young professional initiatives, and other Foundation programs as well. The Foundation relies on the support of generous donors. As you renew your AIPG membership or are making charitable donations this year, we hope you will include a donation for the Foundation. Donations of $25, $50, $100 or more will greatly help us reach our year end goal. Your donation will be acknowledged by name in future editions of The Professional Geologist magazine and on the Foundation web page.
Information about donations is on the Foundation web page of the AIPG website. You may donate online or send your donation check by mail to: Foundation of AIPG, 12000 Washington St., Suite 285, Thornton, CO 80241-3134
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| May 11-13 |
AIPG Sand Mine Life Cycle Seminar and Nonmetallic Mining in Wisconsin: Water Management Operations and Environmental Protection Seminar |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
| May 12 |
AGI webinar: How the New Administration's Budget Impacts the Geosciences |
Register online |
| May 12 |
AIPG/Georgia Ground Water Association Joint Meeting |
Norcross, Georgia |
| May 19-21 |
AIPG Texas Section — Field Trip to Uranium Country |
South Texas |
| June 13-14 |
7th Annual Michigan Section Technical Workshop |
Roscommon County, Michigan |
| June 21-22 |
Energy Exposition 2017 |
Loveland, Colorado |
| June 23 |
2017 Colorado Field Trip — Portland Cement Plant and Niobrara Quarry |
Colorado |
| June 24 |
AIPG National Executive Committee Meeting, AIPG Headquarters Offices |
Thornton, Colorado |
| June 26-28 |
3rd Annual Production Chemicals Optimization 2017 |
Houston |
| Sept. 23 |
AIPG National Executive Committee Meeting, Marriott Hotel |
Nashville, Tennessee |
| Sept. 23-26 |
AIPG 2017 National Annual Conference |
Nashville, Tennessee |
| June 16-21, 2018 |
Resources for Future Generations: Energy — Minerals — Water — Earth |
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Science Blog
The world's oceans are vital to life on Earth. They provide food, moderate the climate, water the land, and drive the local and global economy. But the living conditions and resources in the enormous water masses of the open ocean have been mostly unknown and unmapped. To meet the need for a consistent, objective, and complete description of open-ocean environments, the Group on Earth Observations charged USGS ecologist Dr. Roger Sayre with a task to map the world's ocean ecosystems.
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Forbes
A recent scientific discovery has drastically changed our view of the global carbon cycle and identified a new significant risk. Researchers have discovered a giant lake or reservoir made up of molten carbon sitting below the Western U.S.
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US Department of Energy via Phys.org
Plants are one of the largest water users on land and, through transpiration, they move more water into the atmosphere than streams or rivers move across the landscape. Unlike stream flow, which can be easily observed, measuring or simulating the amount of water plants transmit to the atmosphere is a significant challenge. Now, using the U.S. Department of Energy's advanced computing capabilities, scientists have modeled plant transpiration from groundwater to the atmosphere. In doing so, they have discovered that lateral groundwater flow, which has not been included in previous modeling studies, may be the missing link to predicting how important plant water use is to the global water cycle.
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Oilprice.com via Yahoo Finance
Geologists and engineers have successfully drilled into the heart of a volcano in Iceland, as part of a project aimed at assessing the economic feasibility of using deep unconventional geothermal resources to deliver renewable energy.
Drilling so deep into such a hot borehole poses many difficulties, but if researchers manage to overcome the challenges, fewer geothermal wells would need to be drilled in the future because the energy content of fluids so deep into the ground is much higher than conventional geothermal steam.
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British Antarctic Survey via Phys.org
The most comprehensive and high-resolution atlas of the seafloor of both Polar Regions was presented
April 25 at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna. More than 250 marine geologists and glaciologists from around the world have spent the last four years collating stunning seafloor and glacial landform images to publish the new Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms. This new compilation enables researchers to interpret the history of the Earth's large ice sheets and view how environmental change has re-shaped the continents.
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University of Alaska Fairbanks via ScienceDaily
A research team led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Colorado College has solved a century-old mystery involving a famous red waterfall in Antarctica. New evidence links Blood Falls to a large source of salty water that may have been trapped under Taylor Glacier for more than 1 million years.
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The Business Farmer
The Wyoming State Geological Survey has completed the first update to its online Oil and Gas Map of Wyoming, including revising the map's data and improving its functionality. The interactive map went live last July to complement the WSGS' traditional and popular paper Oil and Gas Map of Wyoming, first published in 1943. A major objective for launching the online map and automating data processing is to have the ability to make updates more frequently as new information becomes available.
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