AGI Press Releases

AGI Now Accepting Advance Orders for Earth Science Week 2015 Toolkit

July 16, 2015

Alexandria, Va. - The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is now accepting advance orders for the Earth Science Week 2015 Toolkit. The Toolkit contains educational materials for all ages that correspond to this year s event theme, Visualizing Earth Systems .… [Read More]

Scientists Bring Remote Worlds to Life with Internet, Science, and Imagination

July 6, 2015

With the Internet, science, and a little imagination, scientists are able to bring remote worlds to life. Dinologue.com is a new website that brings the Mesozoic to life through captivating articles and adventurous videos. The website was created through a partnership… [Read More]

Webcast on Earth Science Contests Now Available from AGI

July 2, 2015

Alexandria, VA - Go online today to view a new webcast detailing three new contests that are being conducted as part of Earth Science Week, the annual worldwide celebration of the geosciences! Find the Contests of Earth Science Week 2015 webcast online now for viewing… [Read More]

Analyzing thousands of records, researchers reinforce claim that for marine life, bigger has been better for the last 542 million years

July 1, 2015

Alexandria, VA - Analyzing thousands of records, researchers have reinforced the claim that for marine life, bigger has been better for the last 542 million years. The study examined Cope s rule - the idea, named for paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope, that species… [Read More]

Studies Re-examine How Major Copper Deposits Form

June 24, 2015

Humans depend on copper for everything from electrical wiring to water pipes. To meet demand, the metal has been largely mined from Porphyry Copper Deposits (PCDs). For decades, scientists generally agreed upon the geological processes behind PCD formation; now EARTH… [Read More]

Energy from the Earth: The Energy-Water-Land Connections for Oil and Natural Gas

June 9, 2015

Geoscience information can be used by federal, state, and local decision makers to assess the positive and negative impacts of onshore oil and gas energy resource development, and to inform policy to both facilitate U.S. energy production and minimize impacts on water… [Read More]

Rock Stars - Geologists on the Silver Screen in EARTH Magazine

May 29, 2015

Alexandria, VA - As this summer s blockbuster movie season gets underway, EARTH Magazine asks an important question: In movies, are geologists portrayed as heroes or villains? The topic of how geologists are portrayed in film has been oft-debated around a campfire, or… [Read More]

Dr. Hiroo Kanamori Recognized as the 2015 Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist

May 27, 2015

Alexandria, VA - The American Geosciences Institute is pleased to recognize Dr. Hiroo Kanamori with the Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal at the 2015 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention and Exposition. Kanamori has been described as… [Read More]

American Geosciences Institute Announces Winners of Intel ISEF Special Awards

May 21, 2015

Alexandria, VA - Emily Cross of Hammarskjold High School in Thunder Bay, Canada, won first place in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) earlier this month for her project titled Patination of Raw Lithic Materials for Analysis of Prehistoric… [Read More]

Researchers Model Changes in Radiation Distribution Over Eastern Europe Due to Fires

May 21, 2015

Researchers from the University of South Carolina in Columbia used satellite imagery of fires in the 2000s and field measurements of radioisotope levels to model changes in the distribution of radiation over the region. The researchers found that fires likely spread… [Read More]