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FY22: Less than expected increases for science
By Morgan Disbrow-Monz, GSA Science Policy Fellow...

Revisiting the 1872 Mining Law
By Morgan Disbrow-Monz, GSA Science Policy Fellow...

Bipartisan investment in the nation’s infrastructure: H.R.3684 signed into law!
By Morgan Disbrow-Monz and Connor Dacey...

Black in Geoscience Week 2021: An Interview with Munira Raji, Hendratta Ali and Leiaka Welcome
By Justin Samuel, GSA Community Manager and Matthew Dawson, GSA Education Programs Manager...

Ideas to Impact: NSF Funding to Move Results of Your Research to Society and the Economy
By Barbara Ransom, Program Director at the National Science Foundation in the Directorate of Geosciences...

How Scientists Can Help Strengthen Scientific Integrity and Advocate for Science-Based Policy: A Workshop with GSA’s Connects 2021 Annual Meeting
Join us for a free virtual workshop on Tuesday, 12 October, being held as part of Geological Society of America’s GSA Co...

Science Policy at the GSA Connects 2021 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon
By Morgan Disbrow-Monz, GSA Science Policy Fellow...

Virtual Data Help Desk at #GSA2021
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The Lithium Paradox at Thacker Pass: Can Nevada’s Biggest Mine Save the Climate Without Wrecking the Desert?
Drive north from Winnemucca on a two-lane highway for about ninety miles, and you’ll reach a stretch of high desert that...

Budgeting for Science: What the White House’s Budget Request and Congress’ Appropriations mean for Federal Science Agencies
By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow...

Rezina Shams – The First Known Woman Geologist from Dhaka University (Bangladesh) to Obtain a PhD
By Nazrul I. Khandaker, GSA Fellow and Chair, GSA International; Professor of Geology at York College and Graduate Cente...

Reconciling with our Past: The Reconciliation in Place Names Act
By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow...

Small wins: undergraduate geological field trips in times of COVID-19
By Mark Quigley, Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, School of Earth Sciences at The University of Melbourne...

Geologist Syed Humayun Akhter is leading the Bangladesh Open University
By Nazrul I. Khandaker, GSA Fellow and Chair, GSA International; Professor of Geology at York College and Graduate Cente...

Energizing the Future: House of Representatives passes the Department of Energy Science for the Future Act
By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow...

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...

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...