Beginning of the International Year of Planet Earth
EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS
- Special Session —
- Pardee Keynote Symposia
- Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony
Important Deadlines & Planning Reminders:
After more than 30 years, NASA is poised to release high-resolution scans of the original Apollo flight films for both researchers and the general public. Johnson Space Center and Arizona State University are creating an online digital archive of 35,000 original photos with better clarity, color, and contrast than has previously been available.
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Communicating the Value of Geoscience
Earth Scientists on Capitol Hill:
Workshop on Communicating with Congress
Sunday, 28 October at the Annual Meeting in Denver.
FREE - registration not required but space is limited.
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2008–2009 Congressional Science Fellowship applications are due 1 February 2008.
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A Sampling of GSA in the News
The Geology and Climatology of Yucca Mountain and Vicinity, Southern Nevada and California (Memoir 199, 2007) received coverage in the AAPG Explorer.
[ book overview | AAPG Explorer article ]
A study by Ong et al. of bends in large folds of Appalachian crust (GSA BULLETIN, July 2007) received coverage in Science.
[ abstract ]
Research by Pufahl et al. on discovery of Sudbury impact debris in Michigan (GEOLOGY, September 2007) was widely reported in the Canadian press and by the Discovery Channel. Outlets included Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal, Ontario Global TV, and Canada.com.
[ abstract | Ottawa Citizen article ]
A study by Gani et al. on the possibility that climate change drove early humans out of Africa (GSA TODAY, September 2007) was reported in New Scientist.
Research by Poulsen et al. on Pangea's global warming in the late Paleozoic (GEOLOGY, September 2007) was reported by Discovery Channel
[ abstract | Discovery Channel article ]
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