Webinars

AGI hosts webinars on a variety of topics related to the geosciences including webinars about career development, topics of interest to support the success of geoscience academic departments, and discussions with geoscientists and decision makers regarding potential solutions to challenges at the interface of geoscience and society.

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Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative Update

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 3:00 PM EDT | 2 hours
Series: Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative
This forum will present an update on the Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative (CMMI), a joint research program between the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), the U.S. Geological Survey, and Geoscience Australia (GA).
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Geologic Names and Usage: A Guide to Stratigraphic Nomenclature

Thursday, February 24, 2022 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour
Series: AGI Webinars
Stratigraphic nomenclature is the system of proper names given to specific stratigraphic units, which provides a universal language essential for all scientific publications. Consistent and effective communication in the geosciences requires systematic use of stratigraphic nomenclature.
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Building Antiracist Spaces in Your Department

Friday, February 11, 2022 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
The AGU Heads and Chairs program and the American Geosciences Institute are pleased to be offering a free online webinar and discussion about building antiracist spaces in academic departments.
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Learn About the AAAS Congressional Science Fellowship: Info Session Hosted by AGI, GSA, AGU's Current Fellows

Wednesday, December 8, 2021 3:00 PM EST | 1 hour
Series: AGI Webinars
This webinar provides information for geoscientists interested in the AAAS Congressional Science Fellowship Program. The fellowship represents a unique opportunity to make practical contributions of geoscientific knowledge on issues relating to the environment, resources, natural hazards, and federal science policy.
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Looking at the Results of the 2020-21 Student Exit Survey

Friday, November 12, 2021 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
The American Geosciences Institute was able to resume its Geoscience Student Exit Survey for the 2020-21 academic year.   Not only does this year’s survey look at long standing parameters, but it also is aligning with the recommendations provided in the Vision and Change report, thus being a first benchmark for the community on progress forward by geoscience programs.  The pandemic added new wr

Geoscience Research in National Parks: A Welcome and a How-to

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour
Series: AGI Webinars
What comes to mind when you think of national parks? Geysers? Canyons? Family vacations? If you’re like most of us, those are the images that you most often associate with parks. But how about research opportunities?
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From Intro Geoscience to Upper Level Courses: Successes and Failures of Curricular Revisions

Friday, October 22, 2021 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
The AGU Heads and Chairs program and the American Geosciences Institute are pleased to be offering a free online webinar and discussion about efforts in curricular reform in undergraduate geoscience programs, and their successes and failures.  Please join Aley El-Shazly (Marshall University) as he shares his program's experiences with curricular reform and to join a community discussion of how
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Earth Science and the International Year of Caves and Karst

Friday, October 15, 2021 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
This webinar is part of the Earth Science Week 2021 webinar series.
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Water Supply Issues in the Delaware River System: A tale of Tunnels, Transfers, Tumult, and Trout

Thursday, October 14, 2021 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
This webinar is part of the Earth Science Week 2021 webinar series. Learn about the complex interplay of science, policy, and engineering that are involved in ensuring water for a large part of the northeastern United States.
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Perspectives on a Crucial Resource - The Importance and Vulnerability of Our Water Supplies

Thursday, October 14, 2021 3:00 PM ET | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
This webinar is part of the Earth Science Week 2021 webinar series.

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Upcoming Webinars

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Becoming an Alaskan Soil Scientist

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Early Career Professionals in Mapping Webinar Series
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In this free webinar, Claire Benton, a soil scientist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), will discuss her work with soil classification and mapping in Alaska.

AGI's Early Career Professionals in Mapping Webinar Series features early career geoscience professionals who share their work related to mapping, especially geologic mapping, and experiences entering the geoscience community.

Supporting faculty through the tenure process: A community discussion

Friday, October 11, 2024 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
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Procedures and support structures for new faculty going up for tenure and promotion vary between departments and institutions. Department heads and chairs, however, are responsible for providing leadership in creating expectations, managing the process, and reducing barriers for those going through the tenure and promotion process. Please join this community discussion to share and learn from each other about tips and strategies on how you have successfully guided your faculty through this and supported their advancement and personal growth.

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Views from Above and Below: Supporting Sustainability with Earth Observations

Monday, October 14, 2024 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
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Plastics in the Environment and Human Health

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 10 mins
Series: Earth Science Week
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Impact Craters and Geologic Mapping on the Earth and Moon

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
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Earth Science at the Poles

Thursday, October 17, 2024 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
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Common Ground: Healing Our Soil, Feeding the Future

Friday, October 18, 2024 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
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Geospatial Technology in NRCS: From the data to the field

Thursday, November 14, 2024 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Early Career Professionals in Mapping Webinar Series
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In this free webinar, Britney Allen, a soil scientist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), will discuss her work in soil conservation, the use of technology in soil mapping, and dynamic soil properties.

AGI's Early Career Professionals in Mapping Webinar Series features early career geoscience professionals who share their work related to mapping, especially geologic mapping, and experiences entering the geoscience community.

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Recent Geoscience Currents

Geoscience Currents transmit snapshots of the many facets of the geoscience profession, in-depth case studies of how geoscience is applied, factsheets that provide rigorous introductions to a range of geoscience topics, workforce trends, and career paths.

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U.S. Geoscience Enrollments and Degrees through 2021

November 21, 2022
Geoscience Enrollment and Degrees Continue to Decline through 2021 Geoscience programs in the United States continued to see declines in the number of enrolled students and degrees being awarded through the 2021-22 academic year.  The pandemic has exacerbated ongoing negative pressure on...
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State of select technical skills in academic programs and the workforce

November 18, 2022
In 2021 and 2022, the Geoscience COVID-19 Survey asked about the importance of and proficiency with select technical skills to working in the geoscience profession. In our previous data brief (DB-2022-008), we examined study participants’ views on the importance of these skills to the profession....
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Changes in perceived importance of select technical skills to the geoscience profession

August 22, 2022
In 2021 and 2022, we surveyed participants in the Geoscience COVID-19 Survey about their views on the importance of select technical skills to work­ing in the geoscience profession. Across participant cohorts, the skills rated most important to working in the geoscience profession were data...
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Geoscience Median Salaries Decline in 2021

June 27, 2022
Overall, geoscience median salaries declined by 2% between 2020 and 2021, lagging other science occupa­tions which increased by 4%, but not other engineering occupations which declined by 4%. The greatest increases in median salaries within the geosciences were geoscience civil engineers (+8%),...
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Responding to the Pandemic through Flexible Working Arrangements

June 17, 2022
Throughout the pandemic, work environments have shifted between virtual, in-person and hybrid scenarios. Remote-first work policies, which allow employees to choose their work location for any given day, have enabled workplaces to more quickly adapt to changing pandemic conditions. Furthermore,...
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COVID-19 Impacts Study: Employment Status of Recent Graduates

May 23, 2022
Of all participants in the Geoscience COVID-19 Impacts study, recent geoscience graduates have been the most vulnerable to employment disruptions during the pandemic. However, the study results indicate that the most recent geoscience graduates have either remained employed or gained employment...
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Pandemic Impacts to Instructional Formats through March 2022

May 06, 2022
Lecture course instructional modes During the pandemic, courses, labs, and field activities have rapidly shifted between online, in-person and hybrid modes of instruction in response to pandemic conditions. With mask mandates easing in early 2022 as the impacts of the Omicron surge waned, there...
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COVID-19 Impacts on Geoscience Business Staffing Through 2021

February 14, 2022
Staffing While the rate at which companies expected to increase per­manent staffing grew during the first half of 2021, companies became more cautious from August through October 2021 over concerns of impacts from the Delta variant. Growth expectations returned starting in November and December...
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COVID-19 Impacts on Geoscience Business Operations Through 2021

January 17, 2022
Financial Performance In 2021, geoscientist-employing organizations’ financial per­formance expectations shifted positively relative to 2020. In January 2021, nearly two-thirds of employers expected their financial performance for the year would be similar or higher than 2020, and by December 2021...
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Geoscience Employment Growth Continues Through 2021

January 07, 2022
This data brief examines the monthly employment trends for geoscience occupations and industry-level employment trends for the sectors in which geoscientists work. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey provides monthly occupational employment data, while data from the U.S....
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