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GSA Newsroom
November 2026
Nature Over Nurture: Are Tin Deposits Born or Made?
Boulder, Colo., USA: Electrification, which is at the heart of the transition to net zero, will only be possible with su...
GSA Newsroom
November 2026
Media Invitation: Geoheritage Values in a World of Resource Extraction Webinars
Boulder, Colo., USA: Join the Geological Society of America (GSA) for two special Geoheritage Pardee Symposium webinars...

Deriving a Water Height Acceleration Threshold for Improved Flash Flood Alerts in the Upper Guadalupe River
Flash flooding along the Guadalupe River (Texas, USA) on 4 July 2025 caused more than 130 fatalities, highlighting a tra...
GSA Newsroom
October 2026
GSA Connects 2026 Recordings Now Available
Boulder, Colorado, USA: The Geological Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce that key recordings from its annu...
GSA Newsroom
October 2026
Riverscapes in Transition: Geoscientists Gather in Denver to Explore How Changing Water Resources Shape Landscapes and Lives
Boulder, Colorado, USA: Some impacts of our changing climate and environment are subtle and hard to detect over short ti...
GSA Newsroom
October 2026
50 Under 50 Award Recipients Announced
Boulder, Colo., USA: The Geological Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 50 Under 50 Aw...

Geologist Makes the Case for Earth’s Most Overlooked Organ: The Ground Beneath Our Feet
Boulder, Colorado, USA: A thin layer of the Earth, ranging from just a few tens of meters to perhaps a few hundred meter...

Toward a Resilient Geoscience Enterprise in Latin America and the Caribbean
Geoscience in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) operates amid persistent variability that challenges the continuity,...

Critical Minerals for a Thriving Society: From Research Frontiers to Public Understanding
As a GSA member, you likely know that critical minerals have become central to conversations about energy, technology, a...
GSA Today
Vol. 36 · No. 10
2026 J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholars Reflect on Their Experiences: Part 2
Each year, the GSA J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship helps students take an important step in their geoscience educ...

Celebrating the Birth of U.S. Geoheritage in Denver, Colorado
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Geology
October 2026
Large domal stromatolites in the Paleoarchean ocean at 3.47 Ga: COMMENT
Geology
October 2026
Large domal stromatolites in the Paleoarchean ocean at 3.47 Ga: REPLY

Scientists Find Microscopic Evidence that Magma Repeatedly Breaks and Heals During Eruptions
Boulder, Colo., USA: Explosive volcanic eruptions can be as destructive as they are difficult to predict, launching pyro...
GSA Newsroom
September 2026
Media Invitation: GSA Connects 2026 in Denver There’s Still Time to Register to Cover the Conversations Shaping the Future of Geoscience
Boulder, Colo., USA: There’s still time to register for media credentials for GSA Connects 2026, the Geological Society...
GSA Newsroom
September 2026
GSA Opposes Reductions to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monuments
BOULDER, COLORADO, USA, 4 September 2026—The Geological Society of America (GSA) opposes the significant reductions to B...
Opportunities and Challenges for Adaptive Reuse of Bauxite Residue for U.S. Critical Minerals Supply, Geohazard Reduction, and Land Restoration, Texas Gulf Coast, USA
Driven by the U.S. government’s recent emphasis on finding domestic sources of critical minerals, bauxite residue stored...

2026 J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholars Reflect on Their Experiences: Part 1
Each year, GSA’s J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship helps undergraduate geology students participate in one of the m...