Announced the society news section of Elements Magazine, the Mineralological Society of America (MSA) President Rebecca Lange, shared that the society is exploring a new publishing initiative. An electronic-only data journal is viewed as a community need, since several disciplines across the geosciences are creating dataset repositories.
The Critical Issues Research Database seeks to connect end-users to the wealth of information available on issues at the intersection of geoscience and society such as the occurrence of natural resources, hazard mitigation and pollution risks.
You are invited to take an active role in reviewing the Draft Charter and help shape the future of EarthCube Governance. Three online exercises allow you to add your voice to different aspects of the proposed governance framework. We encourage to you participate in all three:
