AGI Press Releases

AGI is a dynamic organization that is constantly working to advance the geosciences. Stay up-to-date with the latest news and announcements from AGI through our press releases.

EARTH: Why U.S. Energy Security is Increasing

April 29, 2013

Alexandria, VA — To what extent is the United States energy independent? In recent years, Americans have heard about the need to be unconstrained from foreign energy sources, but what do the numbers really tell us about the current state of independence? Historically,… [Read More]

AGI Announces 2013-2014 William L. Fisher Congressional Geoscience Fellow

April 23, 2013

Alexandria, VA — Congratulations to Kristen Mitchell, the 2013-2014 William L. Fisher Congressional Geoscience Fellow for the American Geosciences Institute (AGI). Mitchell graduated with her B.S. in Marine Chemistry from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida in… [Read More]

Earth: Widely Used Index May Have Overestimated Drought

April 8, 2013

Alexandria, VA — For decades, scientists have used sophisticated instruments and computer models to predict the nature of droughts. With the threat of climate change looming large, the majority of these models have steadily predicted an increasingly frequent and severe… [Read More]

Community College at Sea: Experiences for Community College Students Build the STEM Pipeline

April 1, 2013

Alexandria, VA — It s 3 a.m., and students from two Oregon community colleges are struggling to keep their sea legs as they work on the deck of a research vessel that is pitching and rolling in rough seas. Their objective is to recover an ocean-bottom seismometer that… [Read More]

The 48th Edition of the Directory of Geoscience Departments is Now Available in Print or eBook

March 27, 2013

Alexandria, VA — The newest edition of the Directory of Geoscience Departments is now available for purchase in print and as an eBook. As the cornerstone reference publication of the American Geosciences Institute, the 48th edition of the Directory of Geoscience… [Read More]

Scientists Reopen a Lunar Cold Case

March 25, 2013

Alexandria, VA- When Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 19, 1972, it marked the end of spaceflight to the moon. The science, however, continues. Armed with analytical techniques not available in the 1970s, researchers around the country have been… [Read More]

Well-healed Faults Produce High-Frequency Earthquake Waves

March 11, 2013

Alexandria, VA — Much like our voices create sound waves with a variety of low and high pitches, or frequencies, earthquakes produce seismic waves over a broad spectrum. The seismic waves frequencies determine, in part, how far they travel and how damaging they are to… [Read More]

EARTH: Releasing a Flood of Controversy on the Colorado River

March 5, 2013

As the Colorado River winds through the Colorado Plateau s soft sedimentary strata, it picks up a tremendous amount of sediment. This sediment — which once left the river s waters so muddy that Spanish explorers christened it El Rio Colorado the reddish river — is a… [Read More]

AGI Supports National Groundwater Awareness Week

March 4, 2013

Alexandria, VA - The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is proud to support National Groundwater Awareness Week, March 10-16, 2013. Groundwater is a crucial source of fresh water for society, both in terms of potable water, agricultural, and industrial needs. The… [Read More]

Impact Assessment: How the Sequester Is Affecting the Geosciences

March 1, 2013

Alexandria, VA — Beginning today, the Federal Government s discretionary spending accounts will be cut by $85 billion through the rest of the fiscal year. These across-the-board spending reductions, known as the sequester, were first proposed in 2011 as a penalty so… [Read More]