Celebrate the Amazing World of Geoscience in the Latest Issue of GeoSpectrum from AGI

Stories in this issue highlight how geoscience gives back:

The new “Miners Give Back” humanitarian program from Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)
Growth of the “Geoscientists without Borders” program to help communities in Haiti, Sweden and Benin from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists’ (AEG) efforts to help provide the Shisasari community in western Kenya clean drinking water
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) contributed a story about mapping the impact Hurricane Sandy had on coastal soils

Geoscience is also giving back to its own professional community by supporting the Geological Society of America’s (GSA) GeoRef database.

GeoSpectrum also highlights ways scientists were involved and can make a difference in the future with their societies! Meet winning student teams from American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the Association of American Geographers (AAG), and the SSSA. The science and the sweets from the GSL’s “Great Geo-BakeOff” are sure to make you drool and ponder ways to bring geoscience to your kitchen.

GeoSpectrum wants early career and student geoscientists to never fear a non-traditional career! AAPG brings the geoscience community an interview with geoscientist-turned-Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. The Public Affairs Director from the Association for the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Adrienne Sponberg shares her experiences pursuing a career in geoscience policy and AAG brings you Dr. James Chan who shares how he made his geoanranhy degree work for him in business.

Most importantly, geoscience inspires wonder. The Friends of Mineralogy (FOM) brings the geoscience community some eye-catching and unique mineral pseudomorphs to ponder, and Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) shares a fun post to chew on - the origins of mammalian carnivores in the fossil record, and the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (FEGS) starts an important discussion about using unmanned aerial systems in the geosciences. AGI congratulates all scientists recognized in this issue, and hopes you find your place in the spectrum of geoscience.