AGI Press Releases

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Climate, Terroir and Wine: What Matters Most in Producing a Great Wine?

January 13, 2014

Alexandria, VA — What goes into a great wine and what role does geology play? Wine experts use the word terroir to describe the myriad environmental influences, including climate, that go into growing winegrapes. Climate is arguably the most influential factor and it… [Read More]

AGI Extends Deadline for 2014 Award for Earth Science Teaching

January 8, 2014

Alexandria, VA - The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is extending the deadline for nominations for the Edward C. Roy Award for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching. To be eligible, applications must be postmarked by February 7, 2014. Given annually, this award is… [Read More]

Geological Travels in Antarctica: Following in the Footsteps of Giants

January 2, 2014

Alexandria, VA — Yesterday, 52 scientists, journalists and tourists were rescued from frozen Antarctic waters, where their ship, the MV Akademik Shokalskiy, had been stuck in ice since December 24th, 2013. Everyone was safe but what would make people travel in such… [Read More]

Navigating the Risks of Hazard Research

December 20, 2013

Alexandria, VA - When individuals die in a natural disaster or property damage is costly, can anyone be blamed? After the 2012 conviction of six Italian geoscientists on manslaughter charges related to communication about the hazards prior to the Aquila earthquake in… [Read More]

Earth Magazine: Giant Quakes Sloshed Fjords Half a World Away

December 5, 2013

On March 11, 2011, Norwegian citizens living along fjord coastlines were perplexed as rare waves sloshed along local docks and seawalls. The waves almost seemed like tsunami waves. Naturally, the residents grabbed their cell phones to document. The video and photo… [Read More]

Critical Issues Program Releases Preliminary Results of 'Defining Critical Issues' Survey

December 3, 2013

The Critical Issues program, part of the American Geosciences Institute s (AGI s) Center for GEducation and Public Understanding, has just released the preliminary results of the Defining Critical Issues survey. The survey results can be accessed from the Critical… [Read More]

Old Photos Help Scientists Relocate 1906 San Francisco Quake Rupture Point

November 25, 2013

Geoscientists using every resource available to them — from bare-earth LIDAR technology to knowledge of turn-of-the-century fashion — have helped correct a 100-year-old mistake about where the San Andreas Fault rupture point was for the historic 1906 earthquake.… [Read More]

Energy from the Earth: Practical Geoscience to Inform Energy Legislation

November 20, 2013

Alexandria, VA — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI), in collaboration with the Geoscience Energy Briefing Coalition, announces the debut event of the Energy from the Earth: Practical Geoscience to Inform Energy Legislation briefing series. The Energy from the… [Read More]

EARTH Magazine: The Year in Review

November 18, 2013

Traditionally, Earth Magazine has published a highlights or year in review issue at the end of the year. This year for our December issue, we decided to try a different approach: instead of focusing on the top news and research highlights of the last year, we asked our… [Read More]

The Lizard King Rise: B. morrisoni, a Giant Vegetarian Lizard Named After The Lizard King

November 11, 2013

Geoscientists studying paleontology, paleoclimatology, and ecology have paid homage by naming a newly identified extinct lizard species after him. The November issue of Earth Magazine introduces B. morrisoni , a giant vegetarian lizard thought to live alongside mammals… [Read More]