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Microplastics in Groundwater (and Our Drinking Water) Present Unknown Risk
Boulder, Colo., USA: Microplastics (plastics <5mm) and their negative health impacts have been studied in oceans, rivers...
Floating Gardens: More than Just a Pretty Place
Boulder, Colo., USA: Floating gardens sound so idyllic. Now, a study proves that they are more than just a pretty place....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Evolution after the Chicxulub Asteroid Impact: The Rapid Response of Life to the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction Event
Boulder, Colo., USA: The impact event that formed the Chicxulub crater (Yucatán Peninsula, México) caused the extinction...
Geological Society of America Award Winners for 2020
Boulder, CO, USA: Each year the Geological Society of America (GSA) recognizes outstanding scientific achievement and di...
Geological Society of America Announces 2020–2021 Officers and Councilors
Boulder, Colo., USA: J. Douglas Walker, Union Pacific Resources Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas–Lawr...
Discovery of Ancient Super-Eruptions Indicates the Yellowstone Hotspot May Be Waning
Boulder, Colo., USA: Throughout Earth’s long history, volcanic super-eruptions have been some of the most extreme events...
Study Shows Today’s Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels Greater than the Past 23 Million-Year Record
Boulder, Colo., USA: A common message in use to convey the seriousness of climate change to the public is: “Carbon dioxi...
Charred wood reveals maximum age of newly discovered Hiawatha impact crater in Greenland
New Geology study using a set of unusual methods shows that the Hiawatha crater discovered in 2018 is the youngest of th...
GSA Cancels Regional Spring Section Meetings
International declaration: Geoscience expertise is crucial for meeting global societal challenges
GSA’s North-Central Section Meeting Goes Virtual
Catastrophic Outburst Floods Carved Greenland’s “Grand Canyon”
Boulder, Colo., USA: Buried a mile beneath Greenland’s thick ice sheet is a network of canyons so deep and long that the...
Sediments May Control Location, Magnitude of Megaquakes
Boulder, Colo., USA: The world’s most powerful earthquakes strike at subduction zones, areas where enormous amounts of s...