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GSA CONNECTS 2021
         T167. The Lasting Effects of the 2020–2021            T170. New and Emerging Research Output Formats
         COVID-19 Crisis on Geoscience Education:              in the Geosciences
         Insights, Problems, and Unanticipated Benefits        Endorser: Geoscience Information Society
         Endorsers: GSA Geoscience Education Division; National   Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication, Geoscience
         Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT); National   Education, Geoscience and Public Policy
         Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Geoscience   Advocate: Elise Gowen
         Education Research (GER) Division; GSA Geoinformatics and   With the increasing diversity of mediums and formats used to
         Data Science Division; GSA Geology and Society Division  access and disseminate research, the poster session discusses best
         Discipline: Geoscience Education                      practices for the management, preservation, and access of emerg-
         Advocates: Mark Abolins; Catherine Riihimaki          ing forms of research outputs.
          Contributions will explore the effects of the COVID-19 crisis
         on geoscience teaching, outreach, and academic administration.   GEOINFORMATICS
         Presentations about geoscience-education research conducted
         during the crisis are especially welcome.                   T171. Data-Driven Approaches Deciphering
                                                               Water and Carbon Cycles in Earth-Surface Systems
         T168. Undergraduate Research Posters by 2YC and       Endorsers: GSA Karst Division; GSA Energy Geology Division;
         4YCU Geoscience Students (Posters)                    GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division
         Endorsers: National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT);   Disciplines: Geoinformatics, Hydrogeology, Environmental
         National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Geo2YC   Geoscience
         Division; International Association for Geoscience Diversity;   Advocates: Tao Wen; Shuang Zhang; Mingsong Li
         National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Geoscience   This session seeks abstracts ranging from the development of
         Education Research (GER) Division; GSA Geoscience Education   advanced data-analysis techniques and the application of data-
         Division; GSA Karst Division; Council on Undergraduate   driven methods to gain understanding of water and carbon cycling
         Research Geosciences Division                         in coupled human-natural Earth surface systems.
         Discipline: Geoscience Education
         Advocates: Adrianne Leinbach; Gretchen L. Miller;     T172. Integrating Remote Sensing and In Situ Data
         Stephanie Rollins                                     for Understanding Surface and Subsurface Processes
          This session is designed for two-year college (2YC) and four-  Endorsers: GSA Geoinformatics and Data Science Division; GSA
         year college and university (4YCU) students presenting research   Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Quaternary
         posters in any subdiscipline of geoscience.           Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Marine and Coastal
                                                               Geoscience Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division
         GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION/COMMUNICATION                  Discipline: Geoinformatics
                                                               Advocates: Esayas Gebremichael; Mohamed Ahmed
         T169. Discovery and Preservation of Emerging           This session is aimed at promoting the numerous applications of
         Research Output Formats in the Geosciences (Posters)  geospatial science and technology techniques and datasets for moni-
         Endorser: Geoscience Information Society              toring, mapping, and quantifying surface and subsurface processes.
         Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication, Geoscience
         Education, Geoscience and Public Policy               T173. Machine Learning for Advancing Data
         Advocate: Elise Gowen                                 Analysis Toolkit in Geoscience
          This poster session examines emerging forms of scholarly out-  Endorser: GSA Geoinformatics and Data Science Division
         put in the geosciences and related challenges and opportunities.   Disciplines: Geoinformatics, Geoscience Education, Geoscience
         Posters highlighting innovative methods of preservation and   Information/Communication
         access of formats for data, learning objects, software, multimedia,   Advocates: Ziheng Sun; Xiaogang Ma
         immersive experiences, and more, are welcome.          This session will bring together community experiences on
                                                               using artificial intelligence in the geosciences, identify the best
                                                               practices, and share the knowledge. We welcome successful use
                                                               cases of any step in the data life cycle.






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