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Energizing the Future: House of Representatives passes the Department of Energy Science for the Future Act
By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow...
GSA Today
Vol. 31 · No. 6
Seeing What You Know: How Researchers’ Backgrounds Have Shaped the Mima Mound Controversy
As the boundaries of science are pushed toward infinity, so has the ever-widening divide among ever-deepening discipline...
GSA Today
Vol. 31 · No. 6
Recruiting to Geosciences through Campus Partnerships
Dept. of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
GSA Today
Vol. 31 · No. 6
Jurassic to Neogene Quantitative Crustal Thickness Estimates in Southern Tibet
Recent empirical calibrations of Sr/Y and La/Yb from intermediate igneous rocks as proxies of crustal thickness yield di...
Science-palooza! House of Representatives passes numerous bills focused on STEM and Science
By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow...
Sediment provenance: understanding sedimentary processes from modern river sediment in the tropical lowlands (Pantanal, Brazil)
By Edward Lo, Ph.D. Candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow...
GSA Newsroom
May 2021
What Causes Pools below Waterfalls to Periodically Fill with Sediment?
Deep pools below waterfalls are popular recreational swimming spots, but sometimes they can be partially or completely f...
GSA Newsroom
May 2021
New GSA Bulletin Articles Published Ahead of Print in April
Boulder, Colo., USA: The Geological Society of America regularly publishes articles online ahead of print. For April, GS...
GSA Newsroom
May 2021
GSA Foundation Names New Executive Director
Boulder, Colo., USA: The Geological Society of America Foundation (GSAF) Board of Trustees have announced the promotion...
GSA Newsroom
May 2021
Plastic Pollution in the Deep Sea: A Geological Perspective
Boulder, Colo., USA: A new focus article in the May issue of Geology summarizes research on plastic waste in marine and...
Curation and Analysis of Global Sedimentary Geochemical Data to Inform Earth History
Large datasets increasingly provide critical insights into crustal and surface processes on Earth. These data come in th...
Putting the FUN back in Funding: An Examination of the Recent Executive and Congressional Actions to Increase Federal Spending in Science and Research
By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow...
GSA Newsroom
April 2021
Articles for Geosphere Posted Online in April
Boulder, Colo., USA: GSA’s dynamic online journal, Geosphere, posts articles online regularly. Locations and topics stud...
GSA Newsroom
April 2021
117th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section of The Geological Society of America
Boulder, Colo., USA: Students, early-career professionals, professionals, and retirees will come together online for a r...
GSA Newsroom
April 2021
Hidden Magma Pools Pose Eruption Risks That We Can’t Yet Detect
Boulder, Colo., USA: Volcanologists’ ability to estimate eruption risks is largely reliant on knowing where pools of mag...
GSA Newsroom
April 2021
Curiosity Rover Explores Stratigraphy of Gale Crater: Finds Multiple Transitions between Drier and Wetter Climates
Boulder, Colo., USA: Gale Crater’s central sedimentary mound (Aeolis Mons or, informally, Mount Sharp) is a 5.5-km-tall...
GSA Newsroom
April 2021
Meeting of the Midcontinent: Geosciences from Canada to Mexico
Boulder, Colo., USA: The Geological Society of America’s North-Central Section and South-Central Section will each hold...
GSA Newsroom
April 2021
New GSA Bulletin Articles Published Online Ahead of Print in March
Boulder, Colo., USA: The Geological Society of America regularly publishes articles online ahead of print. For March, GS...