Media Releases
December 18, 2012
The 2010 Earthquake in Haiti, 2000 Years Ago
Scientists have discovered underwater evidence that Haiti’s unusual 2010 earthquake may not have been the first of its kind in the region. They took core…
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November 20, 2012
GeoFORCE Expands Into Alaska
The country’s biggest geosciences pipeline program just got bigger. This past summer, 16 incoming high school freshmen from native villages on the North Slope of…
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November 15, 2012
El Tatio: Science for Society
Last year, Suzanne Pierce was selected as one of the first 20 Fulbright Nexus Scholars, a group of early to mid-career experts working to bridge…
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November 14, 2012
Changes in Sea Surface Temperature Patterns Caused 60-Year Slowdown of Walker Circulation
Scientists have discovered the cause for an observed slowdown in the Walker Circulation (WC) over the past 60 years, and in the process boosted their…
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November 12, 2012
Eavesdropping on the Secret Lives of Fish
Marine scientists are using “earthstones” from Southern flounder to determine the age, growth history and migration patterns of fish. Nate Miller’s geochemical analyses are a…
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October 29, 2012
Alumnus Creates “Generation Anthropocene” Podcast
As a PhD student in isotope geochemistry at Stanford University, Mike Osborne (BS ’07) found himself working alone in the lab a lot. He spent…
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October 25, 2012
AGI Announces Sharon Mosher as its 2013 President
Alexandria, VA – The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce Dr. Sharon Mosher as its 2013 President. She will be inducted at the…
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September 19, 2012
CT Scan and 3-D Print Help Scientists Reconstruct an Ancient Mollusk
Using a combination of traditional and innovative model-building techniques, scientists in the U.S. and a specialist in Denmark have created a lifelike reconstruction of an…
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September 13, 2012
Recap: “Hasta La Vesta” Online Event
On September 8, 2012, NASA’s Dawn mission held Hasta La Vesta, a celebration of the successful exploration of giant asteroid Vesta. As part of the…
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September 11, 2012
Stress Test: Five Key Lessons (and Challenges) from the Great Texas Drought
Perhaps the only positive thing about the 2011 drought in Texas, the state’s worst single-year drought in history, is that it ended up being the…
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December 18, 2012
The 2010 Earthquake in Haiti, 2000 Years Ago
Scientists have discovered underwater evidence that Haiti’s unusual 2010 earthquake may not have been the first of its kind in the region. They took core…
Read MoreNovember 20, 2012
GeoFORCE Expands Into Alaska
The country’s biggest geosciences pipeline program just got bigger. This past summer, 16 incoming high school freshmen from native villages on the North Slope of…
Read MoreNovember 15, 2012
El Tatio: Science for Society
Last year, Suzanne Pierce was selected as one of the first 20 Fulbright Nexus Scholars, a group of early to mid-career experts working to bridge…
Read MoreNovember 14, 2012
Changes in Sea Surface Temperature Patterns Caused 60-Year Slowdown of Walker Circulation
Scientists have discovered the cause for an observed slowdown in the Walker Circulation (WC) over the past 60 years, and in the process boosted their…
Read MoreNovember 12, 2012
Eavesdropping on the Secret Lives of Fish
Marine scientists are using “earthstones” from Southern flounder to determine the age, growth history and migration patterns of fish. Nate Miller’s geochemical analyses are a…
Read MoreOctober 29, 2012
Alumnus Creates “Generation Anthropocene” Podcast
As a PhD student in isotope geochemistry at Stanford University, Mike Osborne (BS ’07) found himself working alone in the lab a lot. He spent…
Read MoreOctober 25, 2012
AGI Announces Sharon Mosher as its 2013 President
Alexandria, VA – The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce Dr. Sharon Mosher as its 2013 President. She will be inducted at the…
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2012
CT Scan and 3-D Print Help Scientists Reconstruct an Ancient Mollusk
Using a combination of traditional and innovative model-building techniques, scientists in the U.S. and a specialist in Denmark have created a lifelike reconstruction of an…
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2012
Recap: “Hasta La Vesta” Online Event
On September 8, 2012, NASA’s Dawn mission held Hasta La Vesta, a celebration of the successful exploration of giant asteroid Vesta. As part of the…
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2012
Stress Test: Five Key Lessons (and Challenges) from the Great Texas Drought
Perhaps the only positive thing about the 2011 drought in Texas, the state’s worst single-year drought in history, is that it ended up being the…
Read More