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October 11, 2021
The pandemic has led to rapidly changing requirements for educational instruction. We examine the changes over this year in instructional formats for courses, labs, and field activities, the plans for integrating virtual components into the curriculum, the new instructional opportunities that are...
April 02, 2021
When asked about skills development during COVID-19, one-third of non-academic geoscientists reported spending time developing geoscience technical skills related to geospatial analysis, groundwater management, contaminants and remediation, mining technologies, and specific lab equipment. In...
January 08, 2021
In this data brief, we examine how engagement in co-curricular and professional development activities have varied during the pandemic. Since June, attending webinars was the only activity that ranked in the top three co-curricular and professional development activities across all survey...
December 28, 2020
In this data brief we examine the effects of the pandemic on geoscience students, including impacts to degree progress, students’ intent to continue in their degree programs, how student-faculty advising is being conducted, and impacts to research activities. Most students have reported no impacts...
May 05, 2020
Memories of the great oil crash of the 1980s and the ensuing collapse in geoscience enrollments has created a general view that the health of employment and enrollments in the geosciences is coupled to the price of oil. The geoscience enterprise in the United States is substantially more...
October 01, 2019
For scientists, geoscientists and paleontologists in particular, access to public lands is crucial. This table illustrates who is allowed to access federal public lands, the permits and expertise required to use them, and whether or not public lands are open to commercial development for any number...
September 05, 2018
By the numbers: Maryland
8,416 geoscience employees (excludes self-employed)1
295 million gallons/day: total groundwater withdrawal3
$379 million: value of nonfuel mineral production in 20174
32 total disaster declarations, including 9 flood, 8 hurricane, and 7 snow disasters (1953-2017...
September 05, 2018
By the numbers: Nevada
3,819 geoscience employees (excludes self-employed)1
1.44 billion gallons/day: total groundwater withdrawal3
$8.68 billion: value of nonfuel mineral production in 20174
68 total disaster declarations, including 47 fire, 11 flood, and 5 severe storm disasters (...
September 05, 2018
By the numbers: Maine
1,535 geoscience employees (excludes self-employed)1
85 million gallons/day: total groundwater withdrawal3
$104 million: value of nonfuel mineral production in 20174
55 total disaster declarations, including 21 severe storm, 13 flood, and 12 snow disasters (1953-...
September 05, 2018
By the numbers: Nebraska
2,245 geoscience employees (excludes self-employed)1
5.82 billion gallons/day: total groundwater withdrawal3
$192 million: value of nonfuel mineral production in 20174
60 total disaster declarations, including 27 severe storm, 18 flood, and 5 fire disaster...
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