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U.S. Geological Survey
Large and severe tundra fires cause top down permafrost thaw, playing a major role in altering Arctic landscapes according to a new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey. The study documented widespread thermokarst formation, characterized by subsidence of the land surface as a result of melted ground-ice, in the years following a tundra fire event. Thaw of ice-rich permafrost is known to impact terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems by altering vegetation communities and hydrology as well as releasing carbon that was previously stored in the frozen ground below.
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Science 2.0
An international team of scientists has discovered the first oceanic microplate in the Indian Ocean — helping identify when the initial collision between India and Eurasia occurred, leading to the birth of the Himalayas. Although there are at least seven microplates known in the Pacific Ocean, this is the first ancient Indian Ocean microplate to be discovered. Radar beam images from an orbiting satellite have helped put together pieces of this plate tectonic jigsaw and pinpointed the age for the collision, whose precise date has divided scientists for decades.
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Phys.org
In a new paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, San Francisco State University Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences Leonard Sklar and colleagues show how two established geochemical techniques can be combined in a novel way to reveal both the altitude where river rocks were originally produced and the rate of erosion that led them to crumble into the river.
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AIPG
The 2016 membership dues are available to pay online. Annual membership dues are due and payable Jan. 1 in accordance with the bylaws. You are encouraged to login to the AIPG Member portion of the website to pay your dues for 2016. Paying online helps save on printing and postage costs. Call if you have any questions 303-412-6205. Click on MEMBER LOGIN to pay dues, make a donation and purchase insignia items. Your login is your email and the system has you setup your password if you haven't already. You must login to pay dues, search the directory or make changes to your record.
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AIPG
Nominations for awards, accompanied by a supporting statement should be sent via mail (to AIPG, 12000 Washington Street, Thornton, Colorado 80241-3134), fax (303-253-9220), or email by Jan. 15 to the AIPG National Headquarters. National awards include the Ben H. Parker Memorial Medal, the Martin Van Couvering Memorial Award, the John T. Galey, Sr. Memorial Public Service Award, Honorary Membership, and the Outstanding Achievement Award. (Click on award to go to the awards description.) Click here for AIPG National Awards Nomination Form in pdf.
AIPG
AIPG Student Scholarship applications for undergraduate and graduate are due Feb. 15.
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AIPG
The AIPG Colorado Section Newsletter — Fall 2015
The AIPG Georgia Section Newsletter — November 2015The AIPG Michigan Section Newsletter — October 2015
The AIPG Ohio Section Newsletter — October 2015
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This is a half-day workshop was developed to provide water utility personnel, engineers, hydrogeologists, regulatory officials and other interested persons in understanding about the sand and gravel and bedrock aquifers their wells are located in and how and why well performance declines over time along with options that are available to rehabilitate your well. The workshop begins with an introduction of the geology and aquifers of New England. From plate tectonics to glacial geology along the effects of weathering that have created the majority of high-yield aquifers located throughout New England. A quick trip through well types, water well terminology, groundwater flow into well screens and a discussion of specific capacity as it applies to sand and gravel and bedrock aquifers. Specific capacity is easy to calculate and use as a measure of the performance of your well, but something that is often overlooked. Moving forward, there is a segment on declining well performance including a discussion of the chemical, physical, and microbiological factors that are the cause for drop in performance in wells. Improving the performance of your well will be discussed by examining physical and chemical methods to rehabilitate your well and improve specific capacity. Understanding the permitting considerations along with the costs of well rehabilitation services will be discussed. The final segment of the workshop will be case studies on well rehabilitation. This will tie together all of the other segments of the workshop.
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AIPG
The AIPG quarterly journal, The Professional Geologist, Oct./Nov./Dec. 2015 — new digital version or pdf — includes AIPG Annual Meeting Photos; AGI/AIPG Summer Interns become "Policy Wonks"; Low-Energy Alternatives for Removing Contaminant; Plumes in Groundwater; General Stratigraphy of the Usibelli Coal Mine, Healy, Alaska; The Central Alaska-Nenana Coal Province; Connections and Networking in Unusual Places: Awareness of Sewer Air and Vapor intrusion; A Unique Metal with a History in Colorado; plus much more! All back issues of TPG are available online.
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AIPG
The American Institute of Professional Geologists is accepting applications for the position of Executive Director. The position is to be filled as soon as a qualified candidate is vetted. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
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AIPG
Showcase your company! Sign up for a one year business card size ad in AIPG's The Professional Geologist (TPG) publication (four quarterly issues). The TPG Professional Services Directory lists companies with experience and expertise in all phases of geology and is distributed to more than 15,000 in the geosciences around the globe. TPG is printed, placed online and emailed. The journal is made available at all the conferences that AIPG hosts and attends. For only $400 (AIPG members) and $500 (nonmembers) it is a great deal!
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| Nov. 17-19 |
22nd International Petroleum Environmental Conference (IPEC) |
Denver |
| Dec. 4 |
AGWT — Colorado Groundwater Issues |
Denver |
| Dec. 9 |
AIPG New England Aquifers: Elusive and Complex Conference |
Marlborough, Massachusetts |
| Dec. 16 |
AIPG New England Aquifers: Elusive and Complex Conference |
Glastonbury, Connecticut |
| March 21-24, 2016 |
118th National Western Mining Conference & Expo |
Denver |
| April 5-6, 2016 |
AIPG Water Resources Unplugged Conference |
Orlando, Florida |
| Sept. 10-13, 2016 |
AIPG 2016 National Conference |
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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This fleece scarf provides comfort against the cold breeze. Made of anti-pill polyester, this scarf features a matching whipstitch with an embroidered AIPG logo. It is 60 inches long and 9 inches wide.
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AIPG
This polar fleece, full zip jacket has a sweat patch and double collar, 1-inch double needle elastic waist and cuffs, taped contrast collar, two zippered front pockets, yolk front and double needle half-moon sweat patch. This system is compatible with style TIO and TIJ jackets. Embroidered AIPG lettering and pick and gavel in white and gold.
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Nature World News
Researchers from the University of Arizona recently unearthed 520 million-year-old brain fragments of an extinct arthropod species known as Fuxianhuia protensa. This finding represents the oldest evidencethat brains can fossilize — something scientists have long debated.
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Sci-News.com
Using images of Pluto's surface, geologists with the New Horizons mission have discovered that two of dwarf planet's mountains could be cryovolcanoes — exotic volcanoes that erupt volatiles such as water, ammonia or methane, instead of molten rock. The two cryovolcano candidates, named Piccard Mons and Wright Mons, are huge features measuring tens of miles across and several miles high.
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New Scientist
Fragments of Earth's earliest rock, preserved unchanged deep in the mantle until they were coughed up by volcanic eruptions, suggest that our planet has had water from the very beginning. If so, that raises the likelihood that water — one of the key prerequisites for life — could be native to other planets, too.
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Mining.com
After months of deliberation, the U.S. Congress has unanimously passed a legislation that establishes legal rights for citizens to own resources in outer space, which would ease asteroid mining companies plans. Until now, there was no legislature clarifying issues such as whether resources mined from celestial bodies could be sold on Earth, or what would happen if someone other than a base-owner needs or wants to land there — a key requirement for asteroid mining ventures such as Planetary Resources.
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Gizmodo Australia
The Sahara is about the worst place on Earth to find water today, but that wasn't always the case. Thousands of years ago, its sandy dune fields were lush and verdant. A new scientific paper helps explain why: the Western Sahara used to be irrigated by a vast river network.
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New Scientist
Earth holds enough water underground to flood the surface of the continents to a depth of 180 meters — or raise sea levels by 52 meters if it were spread over the entire globe. But only a small percentage of this is renewable on a human timescale. The size of this smaller renewable reservoir — never known until now — may help governments manage water resources in the face of growing demand.
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KQED
According to a widely held belief, you can't squeeze water from a rock. But researchers from UC Berkeley who are trying to better understand where water is stored in nature are challenging that old adage. After nearly 10 years of studying a steep, 20-square-mile area near the South Fork Eel River in coastal Mendocino County, California, the scientists have shown that for trees and other plants, deep and highly fractured rock formations beneath the Earth's surface are a much larger water reservoir than was previously known.
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