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.AIPG NATIONAL NEWS
AIPG 2021 National Conference
AIPG
Call for Abstracts - June 7th deadline
AIPG is currently accepting abstracts for oral presentations and poster presentations for the 58th American Institute of Professional Geologists' National Conference that will be held in Sacramento, California, from October 23-26, 2021.
The national conference provides opportunities to present and learn from experts in various geology and geoscience fields, with networking opportunities throughout the conference. Earn CEUs too!
Submit abstracts online - https://aipg.org/page/2021CACallforAbstracts
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AGI discounts available to AIPG members
AIPG
All AIPG Members are entitled to a 20% discount on most AGI publications including the Glossary of Geology, The Geoscience Handbook and our array of digital products, too. This discount can be applied during the checkout process in our online storefront using the discount code GEOSCI2021.
AGI has just implemented a new employment page, The Geoscience Job Center, at https://www.americangeosciences.org/jobs/.
AGI started the concept of "I'm a Geoscientist" years ago and it is still going strong. I’m a Geoscientist bumper stickers (8" X 3"). They're great for the car, a laptop or tablet, anything!
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.AIPG SECTION NEWS
AIPG IL/IN Section - Leveraging airborne geophysics to support coastal groundwater management
AIPG
AIPG ILLINOIS / INDIANA SECTION MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Zoom Webinar
May 5th, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm CST
Guest Speaker: Ian Gottschalk Geophysicist — AECOM
Abstract: Along coastal margins, saline ocean water migrates into terrestrial groundwater systems in a process known as saltwater intrusion. Mixing even a small amount of ocean water with groundwater can render the groundwater unusable for domestic or agricultural use without desalination. For sustainable groundwater management, it is crucial to understand the current state and future development of the salinity distribution. However, a thorough understanding of the salinity distribution is complicated by lithological heterogeneity, variations in groundwater levels due to recharge and pumping, and future conditions. Geophysical methods can support the management of coastal groundwater by offering continuous images of subsurface properties, which can be used to build realistic models of saltwater intrusion for testing management scenarios. Geophysical data, acquired in a 2017 airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey, have been used to improve the understanding, and support the management, of the aquifer system in the coastal Salinas Valley, California.
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.OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS
Earth Science Week 2021 Contests Offer Educational Opportunities
AIPG
Recognizing the need to provide educational activities that young people and others can pursue at home, in the classroom, and in additional settings during this challenging time, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is opening submissions for its Earth Science Week contests.
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Retired geoscientists engagement with the profession
AGI Geoscience Currents
This data brief provides insights from the most recent results from the Geoscience COVID-19 study regarding the engagement of retired geoscientists with the geoscience profession during the pandemic. Over half of retired geoscientists have been actively engaged with the geoscience profession or active with volunteer activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly three-quarters of retired geoscientists actively engaged in March 2021. Over the same period, approximately one-quarter of retired geoscientists have been inactive in their engagement in the profession or with volunteering. Retired geoscientists engaged in a variety of activities during the pandemic, with the most common activities being research, project work, and/or consulting followed by volunteering and community outreach activities.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
Research inside hill slopes could help wildfire and drought prediction
National Science Foundation
A U.S. National Science Foundation-funded study led by University of Texas at Austin scientists has found that rock weathering and water storage appear to follow a similar pattern across undulating landscapes, where hills rise and fall for miles.
The findings are important because they suggest that these patterns could improve predictions of wildfire, landslide risk, and the effects of drought, since weathering and water storage influence how water and nutrients flow through landscapes.
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Meteorites reveal ancient magnetic record of protoplanet churn
SciTechDaily
If you stumble upon an unusual rock that could be a meteorite, do not place a magnet on it to see if it's magnetic — you'd end up erasing 4.5 billion years of magnetic history. Meteorites are remnants of our solar system's first protoplanets and, in some cases, retain a record of the magnetic fields they've experienced in the distant past.
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Icequakes indicate Antarctic glaciers on the move
Temblor
For more than 30 years, research into glacial seismicity — the frequency of non-tectonic seismic events in ice — focused on Greenland, and with good reason. Greenland's "icequakes," as scientists call glacier-bound temblors, have been breaking records with increasing frequency, raising alarm about the implications of glacial melting and climate change.
At the opposite pole, much of Antarctic seismicity also results from ice moving and breaking within the thick sheets that cover the continent.
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Earthquake, tsunami hazards from subduction zones might be higher than current estimates
EurekAlert
Two of the most destructive forces of nature — earthquakes and tsunamis — might actually be more of a threat than current estimates according to new research conducted by scientists at The University of New Mexico and the Nanyang Technological University published today in Nature Geoscience.
The researchers developed a new method to assess earthquake and tsunami hazards represented by the most distant part of offshore subduction zones and found that the hazard might have been systematically underestimated in some areas, meaning that tsunami risk assessments should be redone given the new results.
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Did the drop in COVID-related emissions affect the climate?
Eos.org
As social and economic activity ground to a halt around the world in 2020 in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols dropped. In the United States, where lockdowns that began in March kept many Americans off the roads, emissions fell by almost 13 percent. Globally, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions dropped by nearly 7 percent.
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