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AGI Offers Discounted Earth Science Toolkits

April 29, 2011

Alexandria, VA—The American Geological Institute (AGI) is offering Earth Science Toolkits at a discounted price of $5.00 each until the end of May, 2011. Each year educators, scout leaders and community organizers use the Earth Science Week Toolkits to introduce… [Read More]

Tracking Trace Elements and Isotopes in the Oceans

April 26, 2011

Alexandria, VA — Last fall, EARTH caught up with geochemistry grad student Jeremy Jacquot as he was about to embark on the first U.S.-led GEOTRACES cruise across the Atlantic, where he and 32 researchers were hoping to measure and track concentrations of various trace… [Read More]

Earth: Rise of Community Remote Sensing

March 22, 2011

Alexandria, VA — If you ask someone involved in community remote sensing to define the emerging field, the most likely response will be a chuckle followed by That s a hard question to answer At its core, the movement is about remote sensing — collecting data from afar.… [Read More]

Earth: Still in a Haze - Black Carbon

March 15, 2011

Alexandria, VA — Black carbon — fine particles of soot in the atmosphere produced from the burning of fossil fuels or biomass — has been known to be a health hazard for decades. But over the last decade, scientists have been examining in increasing detail the various… [Read More]

EARTH: ALIVE! Bacteria Back From the Brink

March 7, 2011

Alexandria, VA — In 1993, Jurassic Park thrilled the world with the idea that dinosaurs could be resurrected from bits of DNA preserved in mosquitoes trapped in ancient amber. In the 18 years since the movie came out, scientists have been finding that parts of this… [Read More]

A Decade-Plus of Tracking Lunar Larceny

February 22, 2011

Alexandria, VA — In the back alleys of the world s capitals and the ballrooms of presidential palaces exists a black market that preys on the imagination of some and the greed of others. These black-market items are not of this world: They are moon rocks, collected… [Read More]

AGI Welcomes International Medical Geology Association

February 17, 2011

Alexandria, VA — The American Geological Institute (AGI) is pleased to welcome its 49th Member Society, the International Medical Geology Association (IMGA). IMGA was established in 2006 and has nearly 500 members representing 73 countries. This multi-national… [Read More]