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July 21, 2020

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Order Your Earth Science Week 2020 Toolkit today AIPG Place your order for an Earth Science Week 2020 Toolkit now. The toolkit contains everything you need to prepare for Earth Science Week (October 11-17, 2020), which celebrates the theme "Earth Materials in Our Lives." READ MORE

Results of the election of AIPG 2021 National Officers AIPG President-Elect 2021 — Matt Rhoades, CPG-07837, Missouri Section Vice President 2021 — Christine Lilek, CPG-10195, Wisconsin Section Treasurer 2021-2022 — David Heidlauf, CPG-09365, Illinois/Indiana Section Editor 2021-2022 — Adam Heft, CPG-10265, Michigan Section Early Career Professional 2021 — Taylor Murray, ECP-0407, Arizona Section Congratulations!

Recent results from the Geoscience COVID-19 study AIPG This data brief provides insights from the most recent results from the Geoscience COVID-19 study regarding impacts to geoscience employers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Half of geoscience employers are expecting lower financial performance for this year compared to 2019 as a result of the pandemic. In February, nearly 40% of businesses reported an outlook of increased financial performance over last year, but by June, these expectations had lowered substantially. READ MORE

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Uplifting of Columbia River basalts opens window on how region was sculpted University of Oregon via ScienceDaily Uplifting of Columbia River basalts has allowed University of Oregon researchers to better understand of how magma 14-16 million years ago shaped the region and why greenhouse gases released during a series of volcanic eruptions did not trigger a global extinction event. The insights, published in Scientific Reports, were drawn from analyses of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in crustal material, a mix of magma and original rocks, that is now exposed by geological uplifting and erosion. READ MORE

Powerful eruptions on the sun might trigger earthquakes Discover Magazine Through decades of research, scientists have learned that large, powerful earthquakes commonly occur in groups, not in random patterns. But exactly why has so far remained a mystery. Now, new research published July 13 in Scientific Reviews, asserts the first strong — though still disputed — evidence that powerful eruptions on the sun can trigger mass earthquake events on Earth. READ MORE

Monitoring groundwater changes more precisely Phys.org A new method could help to track groundwater changes better than before. To this end, researchers from Potsdam and Oberlin, Ohio (USA), have compared gravity field data from the GRACE and GRACE-Follow On satellite missions with other measuring methods. They investigated the seasonal water storage in almost 250 river basins in Asia, whose water regime is dominated by monsoon. The results allow the large-scale GRACE data to be scaled down to smaller regions. READ MORE

Prospecting and evaluation of underground massive ice by ground-penetrating radar Geosciences Data from geocryological studies of soil and rock massifs in permafrost zone are very important as a basis for predicting possible negative consequences associated with climate change. A promising technique for studying geocryological structures (various types of underground ice) is the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) method. This paper presents the applications of the GPR method to prospect and evaluate massive ice in a frozen rock mass. READ MORE

Growth rate of common trilobites American Museum of Natural History via ScienceDaily If you've ever held a trilobite fossil, seen one in a classroom, or walked by one in a store, chances are it was Elrathia kingii, one of the most common and well-recognized trilobites. New work describes the development and growth rate of Elrathia kingii — only the second such dataset to be compiled for a trilobite — allowing for the first comparison among trilobite species. READ MORE

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