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.AIPG NATIONAL NEWS
AIPG Membership Renewal Notice - Due January 1, 2022
AIPG
2022 President's Message and AIPG Dues Renewal Information
To pay your dues go to aipg.org, Sign In, and click on Renew Now at top of page by credit card (MasterCard, VISA, American Express, Discover) or PayPal.
We’ve made yet another full trip around the Sun since our past President, Nancy Wolverson, reminded everyone to pay their annual dues. This year, that task falls on my shoulders. Please pay your annual dues in a timely fashion and commit to the AIPG mission. Geologists become members of AIPG for a whole host of reasons, and those reasons can change over time much as your maturing career changes over time.
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Reminder - November 8th - AIPG Book Club - Getting Green Done, by Auden Schendler
AIPG
The great flaw in the sustainable-business movement today is that few are willing to admit that achieving sustainability is difficult, and maybe impossible, without big changes in the way the world currently operates. (p. 9).
The bottom line is that this job isn't about the beauty, it's about the mess. It's not about the glory, it's about the dogged pursuit of an enormously challenging goal. This book is testimony to the fact that the sustainable business movement isn't gliding along rails. We’re slogging through the mud, struggling with difficult problems that have complex answers. There's contradiction in the very fact of our existence, and uncertainty as to the outcome of our work. I am constantly asked: "Climate change is big these days. But what's next?" My latest response has been, "Honesty." The point is that unless we own up to the realities, we're deluding ourselves, we'll never be able to get down to solving the real problems." (pp. 238-239)
Topic: AIPG Book Club - Getting Green Done, by Auden Schendler, Led by David Abbott
Time: Nov 8, 2021, 05:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84619578817?pwd=OFUyYkJhdlRBMWd0eEQyakUvR21rQT09
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TPG October/November/December Issue available online
AIPG
FEATURES
Understanding of Aquifer Systematics Can Aid Water Planning and Policy, W. Peter Balleau, CPG-2716
Implementing Stealth Education in the Geosciences – Part 3, James F. Howard, Ph.D., CPG-2536
Underground Natural Gas Storage and the Future of Carbon Sequestration, James L. Gooding, MEM-3070
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AIPG Virtual Book Club - Nov. 8 - Getting Green Done by Auden Schendler
AIPG
The great flaw in the sustainable-business movement today is that few are willing to admit that achieving sustainability is difficult, and maybe impossible, without big changes in the way the world currently operates. (p. 9).
The bottom line is that this job isn't about the beauty, it's about the mess. It's not about the glory, it's about the dogged pursuit of an enormously challenging goal. This book is testimony to the fact that the sustainable business movement isn't gliding along rails. We're slogging through the mud, struggling with difficult problems that have complex answers. There's contradiction in the very fact of our existence, and uncertainty as to the outcome of our work. I am constantly asked: "Climate change is big these days. But what's next?" My latest response has been, "Honesty. The point is that unless we own up to the realities, we're deluding ourselves, we'll never be able to get down to solving the real problems." (pp. 238-239)
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.OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS
Dec. 2 — Groundwater Modeling for Non-Modelers
AIPG
December 2, 2021, 12 - 1 PM EST
Groundwater models are often useful tools in the environmental and hydrogeology fields. Groundwater modeling is a specialized skill, and this webinar will provide the basics of groundwater modeling for non-modelers to better understand what a "groundwater model" means, when (and when not!) to use a groundwater model, data needed to build a groundwater model, what important questions to ask when reviewing a groundwater model, and how groundwater models can be responsibly applied to problems of environmental compliance. This webinar was developed in collaboration with Barr Engineering Co. and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to provide a look into groundwater modeling from both the consulting and regulatory perspectives.
Presenters:
Katy Lindstrom, Barr Engineering and Chris Christensen, EGLE Remediation and Redevelopment Division
Katy Lindstrom is a senior environmental engineer at Barr Engineering Co. and has over 13 years of experience in environmental consulting. She obtained her master's degree in Hydrologic Science and Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and uses her background in hydrogeology and groundwater modeling to help clients assess and remediate contaminated sites, achieve environmental compliance, and address groundwater management issues.
Chris Christensen is an Environmental Hydrogeologist with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, Remediation and Redevelopment Division, in Grand Rapids since 1992. Chris works on both Leaking Underground Storage Tank sites as well as chlorinated solvent and surficial soil contamination sites. He is on Technical Teams related to Incremental Sampling, Non Aqueous Phase Liquids, Risk-based Corrective Action and Groundwater Modeling. Chris has a BS in Geology from Michigan State University and a MS in Hydrogeology from Western Michigan University.
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11th International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge
AIPG
ISMAR11 includes a full day of pre-conference workshops, three days of technical sessions, plenary sessions, awards luncheon, field trips and great networking, socializing, and entertainment opportunities.
Stay connected by signing up for the ISMAR11 mailing list for the latest information on abstracts, registration information, etc.
Conference website - https://www.ismar11.net/#about
Call For Abstracts
We want to hear from you! Managed Aquifer Recharge covers such a wide variety of activities that it is impossible to capture all the potential topics in a call for abstracts. What we have listed in the link below is a general guide to how topics may be organized at the conference. Don’t feel constrained by this list, just submit your abstract!
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.AIPG SECTION NEWS
.MARK YOUR CALENDAR
.AIPG ONLINE STORE
Baseball Cap
AIPG's baseball cap has a velcro enclosure and embroidered lettering.
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T-shirt Earth is Our Coloring Book
- Heavy Cotton Tee
- Choice of colors: white and ash gray
- 5.3-ounce, 100% preshrunk, open-ended carded cotton (except gray shirts which are 99% cotton and 1% other fibers)
- Classic loose fit for all-day comfort
- Shoulder-to-shoulder tape and seamless collar
- Double-needle neck sleeve and bottom hem
*Price includes shipping.
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Tall Cafe Mug
This tall 16 oz. cobalt blue cafe mug has a glossy finished exterior with an easy to hold handle. It is safe in the microwave and features the AIPG logo in microwavable metallic gold.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
Antarctic glacier named Glasgow to mark COP26
Phys.Org
Nine fast-flowing glaciers in West Antarctica have been named after locations of important climate treaties, conferences and reports. One of the glaciers is now called Glasgow Glacier to mark the city hosting the COP26 climate change conference. All the glaciers are in the Getz region, which, using data from satellites, was found recently to have lost more than 300 gigatonnes of ice over the last 25 years.
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The silent build-up to a super-eruption
ScienceDaily
It is estimated that about 5-10 volcanoes worldwide are capable of producing a super-eruption that could catastrophically affect global climate. One of these volcanoes hides below the waters of Lake Toba in Sumatra and has caused two super-eruptions in the last one million year. But when will the next one be? Will there be any warning signs?
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Spain's La Palma volcano continues to erupt and spew ash
Smithsonian Magazine
In late September, the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain's La Palma Island erupted into a fury of red-hot lava and ash. For two weeks after the initial eruption, lava singed through farmland, roads, and homes on the southwestern part of the island, reports NASA's Earth Observatory.
The volcano is currently still active and has continued to inflict chaos and pose a threat to the archipelago.
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With the help of a ruby, scientists prove ancient life existed over 2.5 billion years ago
USA Today
How old is life on Earth? Scientists say over 2.5 billion years old, thanks to a ruby.
A group of scientists studying the geology of rubies in Greenland, a country known to hold the oldest deposits of rubies in the world, found a ruby that contained graphite, a mineral made up of pure carbon.
The presence of carbon indicates that early life existed on the planet around 2.5 billion years ago.
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