A fun little discussion is happening in GSA Today (page 35), and that is asking and debating whether or not geoscientists should use "Earth" (capitalized) or "earth." This argument goes as far as breaking down the Old English, and its Norse origins. GSA Today is a publication of the Geological Society of America. 

The American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) announced that their 2019 Meeting will be held June 23-26, in Brooklyn, New York. Further details can be found in the ARMA Newsletter or on their website www.armarocks.org.

In this issue of Elements Magazine, The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (MSGBI) took space in its society news to explore recent claims in the British press lauding potential ventures to extract lithium in the region on Cornwall, England.

Fresh from the Move Mining Competition earlier this year, Jules and Ryan Miles, who pitched a children's book as a way to transform the face of mining in society, completed the work and had it published.

Did you know the first time Marie Tharp presented her analysis of the Atlantic sonar data, that revealed oceanic rift valleys to her collaborator, he dismissed it at "girl talk"?

The Geochemical Society announced their 2017 award winners in Elements Magazine. The Goldschmidt Medal is being awarded to University of California Berkeley scientist Jill Banfield. The early career F.W. Clarke Medal is being awarded to NASA Astromaterials Curator Francis McCubbin.

Twenty-three science organizations, including AGI and 16 Member Societies, have signed a letter urging Congress to provide continued funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Library, "one of the world’s largest and most important Earth and natural resources libraries." Read the full letter here.

The International Association for Promoting Geoethics announced that the Italian Geological Society recently endorsed the Cape Town Statement on Geoethics (formerly the Geoethical Promise).

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Clay Minerals Society (CMS) welcomed new faces into their executive committee ahead of schedule at their Annual Meeting earlier this month. Chevron scientist Douglas McCarty became Vice-President, and Lydia Williams became Vice President-Elect, and the Council Nomination Committee approved Andrei Kalinichev to step into Williams' recently vacant role.