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Pioneering Change: Jamil Bey Honored for Advancing Geosciences and Environmental Justice

Pittsburgh, Pa., USA: Dr. Jamil Bey, founder and CEO of Pittsburgh’s UrbanKind Institute, is the 2023 recipient of the G...

Hypervelocity Impact Experiments Probe the Origin of Organics on the Dwarf Planet Ceres

Pittsburgh, Pa., USA: One of the most exciting findings from NASA’s Dawn mission is that Ceres, the largest object in th...

Measuring the Changing Soundscape in Glacier National Park

Pittsburgh, Pa., USA: From the eerie echo of a bugling elk to the gentle swoosh of water lapping against a stony shore,...

How an Ancient Society in the Sahara Desert Rose and Fell with Groundwater

Pittsburgh, Pa., USA: With its low quantities of rain and soaring high temperatures, the Sahara Desert is often regarded...

New South American Site Reveals Extraordinary Fossils from the End of the Age of the Dinosaurs

Pittsburgh, Pa., USA: The discovery of a spectacular fossil site in Argentina is helping shed new light on life at the e...

Inferring Wildfire Intensity from Quartz Luminescence

Pittsburgh, Pa., USA: On 8 June 2020, the Mangum Fire ignited 16 miles north of the North Rim of Grand Canyon National P...

Perilous Future for River Deltas

River deltas occupy only ~0.65% of Earth’s land surface, but collectively house ~4.5% of the global population and accou...

Bridging Borders and Advancing Geosciences with Dr. Abhijit Mukherjee

The Geological Society of America (GSA) recently hosted a webinar featuring Dr. Mark Little, immediate past president of...

Venturing Forth: On Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Geosciences

By Joshua F. Martin, GSA Science Policy Fellow...

Effective Visual Communication of Climate Change

Boulder, Colo., USA: The consequences of a warming climate frequently dominated the news this summer, from devastating w...

Unlocking Earth's Mysteries: GSA Connects 2023 Technical Program Schedule Now Available

Boulder, Colo., USA: The countdown to discovery has begun as the Geological Society of America (GSA) gears up for its hi...

Extreme Habitats: Microbial Life in Old Faithful Geyser

Pittsburgh, Pa., USA: An eruption of Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park is a sight to behold. Indeed, mill...

Making Arctic Field Geology Accessible by Digitizing Outcrops

Paleogeographic Maps: Audience Insights on Portrayal of Ancient Terrain and Climate

Paleogeographic maps are one of the most used earth science communication tools, but their efficacy with audiences remai...

Establishing an Ethic of Sampling for Future Generations of Geoscientists

The growing concerns about the ethics of geologic sampling are relevant to teaching, research, and our geoheritage (Chan...

Geological Society of America Announces 2023–2024 Fellows for Science Policy and Communication

Boulder, Colo., USA: GSA is pleased to welcome three exceptional new Fellows who will join us in our mission to advance...

2023 Geological Society of America Medal & Award Winners

Boulder, Colo., USA: Each year the Geological Society of America (GSA) recognizes outstanding scientific achievement and...

Geological Society of America Announces 2023–2024 Officers and Councilors

Boulder, Colo., USA: Christopher (Chuck) M. Bailey, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, takes over the ro...