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November 01, 2019
Geologist-In-Training (GIT) certification is formal recognition that a person has passed the ASBOG® Fundamentals of Geology (FG) examination and also met specific education requirements. GIT certification is required in some states and optional in others; and it demonstrates a level of technical...
October 28, 2019
Traditional geoscience departments commonly require 60 semester hours of geology and geology-related elective courses to achieve a BA/BS degree. Of the 60 hours, typically half are required courses in geology. Recently, the National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG®) evaluated more...
October 25, 2019
According to recent American Geosciences Institute (AGI) workforce data, less than 11% of geoscience graduates receiving a BA/BS or MA/MS degree develop a career in academia and/or research. Given this statistic, the question then arises: How are geologists making a living upon graduation in 2019?...
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 26, 2019
Employment projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate an overall 6.2% increase in geoscience jobs between 2018 and 2028, from 404,640 jobs in 2018 to 429,703 jobs in 2028. For comparison, the projected growth of the U.S. workforce over the same timeframe is expected to be 5.2%....
September 15, 2019
Changes in discoverability of geoscience theses and dissertations
Geoscience departments provide information about their graduating students’ theses and dissertations to AGI’s GeoRef database where they are then made discoverable to the geoscience research community. The trends in theses and...
September 15, 2019
Since the 1970’s an increasing number of economic geology theses and dissertations in the U.S. and Canada have focused on energy sources. Until the 1990’s, however, over half of all economic geology dissertations and just over half of all economic geology theses focused on ore deposits. In the 1990...
September 05, 2019
Trends across disciplines
NSF graduate research fellowship awards in the geosciences have consistently comprised less than 10% of all fellowship awards. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 boosted the overall number of graduate research fellowships across all disciplines and since...
August 23, 2019
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Geologic Occurrence
Tantalum, a rare, very hard transition metal, does not occur naturally in metallic form. The estimated average abundance of tantalum in Earth's crust is about 2 parts per million (or 0.0002%). Although many tantalum-bearing minerals have been identified, the most...
July 19, 2019
As a whole, geoscience-related median salaries increased by 2% between 2017 and 2018, on par with other major science and engineering occupational categories. The geoscience occupations with the largest increases between 2017 and 2018 include Environmental Science Postsecondary Teachers (5%),...
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