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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...
GSA Today
Vol. 31 · No. 3
Bringing the Field to Students during COVID-19 and Beyond
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave., Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
GSA Today
Vol. 31 · No. 3
Field-Based Geoscience Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Planning, Execution, Outcomes, and Forecasts
The undergraduate geoscience experience typically culminates in a field-based capstone course that utilizes outcrop mapp...
GSA Today
Vol. 31 · No. 2
Seeking Diversity in the Geosciences When Black Lives Matter
Illinois State Geological Survey/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA
GSA Today
Vol. 31 · No. 1
Earth Evolution, Emergence, and Uniformitarianism
Geosciences Dept., The University of Texas at Dallas, Box 830688, Richardson, Texas 75083-0688, USA
GSA Today
Vol. 31 · No. 1
GSA Statement on Diversity and a Challenge to the Society, Geoscience Departments, and the Geoscience Community at Large
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
GSA Today
Vol. 31 · No. 1
The Case for a Long-Lived and Robust Yellowstone Hotspot
The Yellowstone hotspot is recognized as a whole-mantle plume with a history that extends to at least 56 Ma, as recorded...
A Three-Dimensional, Virtual Tour of the Johnston Geology Museum
As a need for online communication grows, digital 3D models provide an effective strategy for teaching shape- and orient...
The Mesoproterozoic Single-Lid Tectonic Episode: Prelude to Modern Plate Tectonics
The hypothesis that the Mesoproterozoic (1600–1000 Ma) tectonic regime was a protracted single-lid episode is explored....
GSA Today
Vol. 30 · No. 12
It’s Time to Defuse the Cambrian “Explosion”
Jacob Beasecker, Zach Chamberlin, Nicole Lane, Katie Reynolds, Jack Stack, Kailey Wahrer, Abigail Wolff
GSA Today
Vol. 30 · No. 11
Predicting the Water Balance from Optimization of Plant Productivity
Energy Geosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley...
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...
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...
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