FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Joseph Lilek (outreach@americangeosciences.org)

July 11, 2017

With 2.5 million drones sold in the U.S. in 2016 and annual drone sales expected to reach 7 million by 2020, the laws and rules that govern unmanned aerial systems (UAS) could one day be as important to know as your local tax code. In the July issue of EARTH, University of Kansas Professor William C. Johnson and graduate student Dakota J. Burt write an introduction to drone regulations, highlighting the ever-shifting legal landscape, which has implications for hobbyists, commercial drone pilots, and geoscientists. 

 

Read it now in EARTH Magazine, online at https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/comment-moving-target-what-you-need-know-about-drone-regulations.

 

The July issue of EARTH is now available online. Read how the cumulative costs of chronic "nuisance flooding" are starting to rival those of expensive coastal storms. Or read about glacial floods in Iceland that are set off by active volcanoes buried beneath the ice - and how a new study is determining the dates of past floods. For these stories and more, subscribe to EARTH Magazine.

 

 

Keep up to date with the latest happenings in Earth, energy and environment news with EARTH Magazine online at www.earthmagazine.org. Published by the American Geosciences Institute, EARTH is your source for the science behind the headlines. Now available on Kindle.

 

 

The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 250,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, and interaction with the environment.

 

 

Joseph Lilek, Communications Manager

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Twitter: @AGI_Updates

 

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