AGI Press Releases

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Earth: South Africa's Toxic Legacy: Acid Mine Drainage Threatens Water Supplies

September 26, 2011

Alexandria, VA — In the Witwatersrand goldfields, not far from bustling Johannesburg, South Africa, more than a century of mining has left the region littered with mounds of waste and underlain by a deep underground network of abandoned mine shafts, which are gradually… [Read More]

Earth Science Education Toolkit Expands Spanish, English Offerings

September 20, 2011

Alexandria, VA Nearly 30 educational activities and resources have been added to the newly updated SEED Earth Science Week Online Toolkit. This partnership between Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development (SEED) and the American Geological Institute (AGI)… [Read More]

Finance Sector Tops Industry for Geoscientist Salaries

September 20, 2011

Alexandria, VA — The American Geological Institute s Workforce Program has released an analysis of salaries for geoscientists by industry relative to those of other scientific fields. Geoscience Currents 51 shows that in 2010, average aggregated salaries for… [Read More]

CanGeoRef Launches, Bringing Focus to Canada-Related Geoscience Research

September 15, 2011

The American Geological Institute (AGI) and the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences (CFES) are pleased to announce the launch of CanGeoRef on September 15, 2011. CanGeoRef is a bibliographic database covering the Canadian geoscience literature since the early 1800 s.… [Read More]

AGI Announces Fall Publications Sale

September 2, 2011

Alexandria, VA — Beginning September 2, the American Geological Institute (AGI) is offering discounts of up to 90% off on various titles for purchases made by October 1, 2011. All Global GIS CD-ROMs and DVDs are marked down to an incredible $10.00. Minerals:… [Read More]

EARTH: Thinking Outside the Rocks in the Search for Ancient Earthquakes

September 2, 2011

Alexandria, VA — The eyewitness accounts, written in columns from right to left, top to bottom, testify that there was no warning of the tsunami, no shaking to drive villagers to high ground before the wave hit, drowning rice paddies and swamping a castle moat. The… [Read More]

A Day Without Glory

August 26, 2011

Alexandria, VA — On a clear night in March, engineers and researchers gathered in Southern California and tuned into NASA TV to watch the launch of Glory, a potential game-changer in the climate change debate. Glory, a satellite a decade in the making, was designed to… [Read More]

Earth Science Week Contest Expanded Internationally

August 26, 2011

Alexandria, VA The American Geological Institute (AGI) is expanding eligibility for the Earth Science Week photography contest to allow members of AGI International Affiliates to participate for the first time. Previously open only to residents of the United States,… [Read More]

Earth Science Week Kicks Off with International EarthCache Day

August 2, 2011

Alexandria, VA — Earth Science Week 2011 will kick off with the fifth annual International EarthCache Day on Sunday, October 9. The public is invited to join the Geological Society of America (GSA), organizer of the global EarthCache program, and the American Geological… [Read More]

One Man's Planet Now Available on iTunes

July 29, 2011

Alexandria, VA — The American Geological Institute (AGI) publication, One Man s Planet: Earth in Today s Political Culture by Stephen Testa, can now be read on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch through iTunes. About One Man s Planet One Man s Planet is a slightly… [Read More]