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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Earth Scientists in Congress: Life on the Hill during a Pandemic and National Election

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 3:00PM EST | 1 hour
Five current Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows share insights from their first two months on working as staff members for Congressional offices and Committees and ways earth scientists at all career stages can get involved in federal science policy. The panel of fellows will share their thoughts for ~30 minutes and then open the floor for audience questions.  
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Responding to societal needs with 3D geology: An international perspective

  • Part 1: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 10h00 EST / 16h00 CET | 1 hour 45 min
  • Part 2: Thursday, November 19, 2020 10h00 EST / 16h00 CET | 1 hour 45 min
Series: 3D Geoscience
Geological Survey Organizations (GSOs) have been helping society face economic and environmental challenges for over 150 years. The technological transformation of geoscience is presenting new opportunities for GSOs, and the wider geoscience community, to respond to the societal challenges of our time, and lay the foundation for a sustainable future.
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Diversity in the Geosciences – a Look at the Data and the Actions of the Community

Friday, November 13, 2020 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
This month's Heads and Chairs webinar will examine the issue of diversity in the geosciences.  First we will look at the data about diversity, including current trends and drivers, and challenges in effectively measuring progress.   Then there will be a look at what the geoscience societies are doing to address the challenges to making the discipline inclusive and representative and a look at s
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Gemstones: Timecapsules Connecting Us Through History

Friday, October 16, 2020 2:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
This webinar is presented by the Mineralogical Society of America as part of the Earth Science Week webinar series. View the webinar on the Earth Science Week Webinars page at www.earthsciweek.org/webinars Webinar presenter is Aaron Palke, Gemological Society of America
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Q&A: Consumers - The Most Potent Army Against Conflict Minerals

Friday, October 16, 2020 12:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
Preventing the use of conflict minerals in industry supply chains is a non-technological challenge, and the effectiveness of scientists and policymakers’ efforts to curb the sourcing of conflict minerals depends on the engagement of consumers. Failing this dooms a failure in the fight against conflict minerals.  Our webinar presenter is Vitor Correia, International Raw Materials Observatory. This...
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The Global Supply of Critical Minerals: Assessing and Tracking Critical Mineral Commodities

Thursday, October 15, 2020 2:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
This webinar is presented by the Mineralogical Society of America as part of the Earth Science Week webinar series. View the webinar on the Earth Science Week Webinars page at www.earthsciweek.org/webinars Webinar presenter is Nedal Nassar, U.S. Geological Survey
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May The Quartz Be With You

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 2:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
This webinar is presented by the Mineralogical Society of America as part of the Earth Science Week webinar series. View the webinar on the Earth Science Week Webinars page at www.earthsciweek.org/webinars Webinar presenter is Shannon Mahan, U.S. Geological Survey
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Q&A: The Need and Solutions for Robots in Responsible Raw Material Exploration and Mining

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
Norbert Zajzon of the University of Miskolc in Hungary discusses a variety of exciting projects and technologies that are being used in Europe to deploy advanced robotics to develop mineral resources in a societal and environmentally sustainable way.
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Q&A: Resources Beyond Earth: Enabling Future Exploration and the New Space Economy

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 12:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
Throughout human history, resources have been the driving force for exploration and also the means to do so.  However, as we continue our exploration of space, our efforts will eventually become limited by the materials we can carry from Earth.  In recent years, space agencies and the private sector have increasingly realized that further exploration and growth of commercial opportunities in...
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New Insights into Wire Silver and Gold Formation

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 2:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: Earth Science Week
This webinar is presented by the Mineralogical Society of America as part of the Earth Science Week webinar series. View the webinar on the Earth Science Week Webinars page at www.earthsciweek.org/webinars Webinar presenter is John Rakovan, University of Miami, Ohio  

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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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