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Geoinformatics
17-18 May 2007, San Diego, California
This conference, sponsored by the GSA Geoinformatics Division, will highlight discovery, integration, management, and visualization of geoscience data. The goal is to improve understanding of the processes that
have shaped the earth and our environment over time.
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GSA Foundation News
Trustees in the News [ view Trustees ]
- An Antarctic peak was named after GSA Foundation Trustee, Bob Rutford.
- Catherine Skinner has written about the links between the natural environment and human health.
New Research Fund
The Farouk El-Baz Student Award has been established through the generosity of the Qatar Foundation to encourage and promote desert research in the broadest sense.
[ more details ]
The Cornerstone Initiative was established to encourage contributions to GSA Foundation from each and every GSA member.
[ learn more ]
Especially For Students
All GSA graduate student research grant notification letters will be mailed out the week of 23 April.
Communicating the Value of Geoscience
A SAMPLING OF GSA IN THE NEWS
Research by García-Ruiz et al. on natural gypsum megacryatals in Naica, Mexico's, Cave of Crystals ("the Sistine Chapel of crystals") (GEOLOGY, April 2007) received extensive worldwide coverage. It was the lead story on BBC News Online on 5 April, received coverage in SCIENCE, NATURE, and appeared on the National Geographic and Discovery Channel Web sites, among others.
[ abstract | BBC News Online article ]
Research by Vanacker et al. on use of revegetation to slow soil erosion in the Ecuadorian Andes (GEOLOGY, April 2007) was reported in NATURE and by SciDev.net, a Web site emphasizing science in third-world countries.
[ abstract | Science and Development Network article ]
A study by Wdowinski et al. on interseismic deformation across the Pacific-North America plate boundary (GEOLOGY, April 2007) received coverage in Science Daily.
[ abstract | Science Daily article ]
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PRESS RELEASES ISSUED BY GSA
- Feathered Dinosaurs and Melting Glaciers Featured in Upcoming GSA GeoVentures (16 March)
- April Geology and GSA Today Media Highlights (28 March)
- Water Resources, Geoarcheology and More on Agenda as Geologists Meet in Lawrence Next Week (6 April)
- April Geosphere Media Highlights (11 April)
SELECTED PRESS RELEASES RECEIVED BY GSA
- Sun-warmed air pollution flows east from Asia (14 March)
- Florida Museum study finds gaps in visitors’ understanding of evolution (26 March)
- Scientists picture the landforms that time forgot: Research offers new approach to tracing the movement of prehistoric ice masses (29 March)
- USGS Geologist N. King Huber, Yosemite expert (1926-2007) (5 April)
- Survey off San Diego Reveals Details of Sand Movements (5 April)
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