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effectively communicate have been crucial to me in learning how maximize synergy in identifying, monitoring, communicating,
to present policies, work in a bipartisan manner, and remain calm and mitigating impacts on human health that occur through geo-
and productive during tight turnarounds.” logic processes. In concert, those same partners provide synergy
to use geological materials to improve human health. The full
GSA Updates Seven Position Statements report is online at www.geosociety.org/geohealth-solutions.
Over the past year, GSA Council approved a major revision to
the Water Resources position statement, now titled Water Policy Outreach
Resources: Quantity. Minor revisions to the following position GSA’s policy office conducted an interactive, gallery-style, out-
statements were also approved: Supporting Planetary Exploration, reach activity at the Northeastern Section Meeting in Lancaster,
Teaching Evolution, Rewarding Professional Contributions in Public Pennsylvania, USA, to gain a better understanding of what the
Spheres, Geoheritage, The Value of Geologic Mapping, and GSA membership views as the most pressing geoscience policy
Freedom of Scientific Expression. GSA members are encouraged issues and how the community recommends working toward solu-
to use the statements as geoscience communication tools when tions to these issues. Diversity, equity, and inclusion, education,
interacting with policymakers, students, colleagues, and the general and climate change were the top broad issues that emerged. GSA
public. These are online at www.geosociety.org/positionstatements. hopes to continue and expand on this activity at future meetings
to track how priority issues change over time.
Geoscience and Human Health (GeoHealth):
Impacts and Mitigation of Impacts on Human Speaking of Geoscience Blog Policy Updates
Health Due to a Changing Natural Environment Over the past year, the policy office contributed nine policy
Under the overarching theme of GeoHealth, the National posts to GSA’s Speaking of Geoscience blog: Energizing the
Science Foundation (NSF) requested GSA contribute innovative Future: House of Representatives passes the Department of
ideas that have the potential for solving societal problems and Energy Science for the Future Act; Reconciling with our Past:
provide commercialization potential on a short time frame. GSA The Reconciliation in Place Names Act; Budgeting for Science:
gathered feedback from its network, including members and What the White House’s Budget Request and Congress’
Associated Societies, through a series of targeted brainstorming Appropriations Mean for Federal Science Agencies; Science
sessions, online questionnaires, Section Meeting events, and Policy at the GSA Connects 2021 Annual Meeting in Portland,
directed outreach to experts in the community of practice. GSA Oregon; Bipartisan Investment in The nation’s Infrastructure:
is grateful to its members and the broader community for their H.R.3684 Signed into Law!; Revisiting the 1872 Mining Law;
thoughtful input and to the NSF for the opportunity to participate. FY22: Less Than Expected Increases for Science; GSA Fellow,
The responses underscore the fundamental linkage that the Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Confirmed to Lead the Department of
health of Earth influences the health of humans. It is essential that Energy Office of Science; and Dr. David Applegate’s Nomination
geoscientists, who analyze all of Earth’s spheres, partner with to be the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Moves to
those in the health, epidemiological, and toxicological fields to the Senate Floor.

January February

New user experience for the online GEOLOGY, VOLUME 50, NO. 1 ISSN 0091-7613 JANUARY 2022 ■ VOL. 50 NO. 1 ■ P. 1–126
member community was launched. Research grants and
2022 JANUARY 2022 with hundreds of grant
awards deadlines
culminated this month,

applications.

Dr. Elizabeth
Long joined the Geology reached a
GSA staff as the milestone, publishing
organization’s first volume 50 in 2022.
associate director
of DEI.

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