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GSA Newsroom
October 2020
Forensic Geology: Tracking Victims through Makeup
Boulder, Colo., USA: A woman is abducted, caught in a human trafficking ring, or worse. To find and save her quickly, in...
GSA Today
Vol. 30 · No. 10
Does Our Vision of Diversity Reduce Harm and Promote Justice?
Dept. of Geosciences, Univ. of Massachusetts, 627 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
GSA Today
Vol. 30 · No. 10
Flooding Induced by Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
A direct consequence of rising CO2 is increasingly devastating flooding, because deciduous plants deploy fewer stomates...
Queer visibility in geoscience has been almost nonexistent for decades. A new generation is working to change that.
By Rebecca Dzombak, GSA Science Communication Fellow...
Diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility: Curated can’t-miss talks and sessions at GSA 2020 Connects Online
By Rebecca Dzombak, GSA Science Communication Fellow...
Data Help Desk at GSA2020 Connects Online
Do you have data-related questions? Are you looking to make your data and/or software open and FAIR? Are you interested...
New Law Sets Course for Space Weather Strategy
By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow...
The Ride of a Lifetime: Career Progression, GSA Meetings, and the Value of Community
By Matt Hudson, GSA Member Communications Manager...
GSA Newsroom
September 2020
Ancient Adélie penguin colony revealed by snowmelt at Cape Irizar, Ross Sea, Antarctica
Researcher Steven Emslie encountered a puzzle at Cape Irizar, a rocky cape located just south of the Drygalski Ice Tongu...
GSA Newsroom
September 2020
Dust May Have Controlled Ancient Human Civilization
Boulder, Colo., USA: When early humans began to travel out of Africa and spread into Eurasia over a hundred thousand yea...
GSA Today
Vol. 30 · No. 9
Teaching with Digital 3D Models of Minerals and Rocks
Dept. of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
GSA Today
Vol. 30 · No. 9
Learning from the Lockdown: The Silver Linings of a Virtual Conference
Due to COVID-19, scientists and students alike moved from hallway discussions and group debates to working in isolation...
GSA Today
Vol. 30 · No. 9
Using Mobile Technologies to Enhance Accessibility and Inclusion in Field-Based Learning
The relevance of field education in the geosciences has been subject to increasing scrutiny, in part due to the exclusio...
How is Congress dealing with COVID-19?
By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow...
GSA Newsroom
August 2020
Geological Society of America Announces 2020–2021 Fellows for Science Policy and Communication
Boulder, CO, USA: GSA welcomes three new 2020–2021 Fellows who will assist with efforts to increase efficacy in serving...
Comparing America's Two Biggest Shale Provinces: What Happens When You Put the Delaware and Appalachian Basins Side by Side
The Permian Basin in West Texas and the Appalachian Basin stretching from New York to Kentucky are the two heavyweights...
A Boost for the CURE: Improving Learning Outcomes with Curriculum-Based Undergraduate Research
Department of Physical Sciences, Concord University, Athens, West Virginia 24712, USA, allenj@concord.edu
Silence Comes at a Cost: Sexual Harassment Reporting in STEM
Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96822,USA