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Michael Wysession

Photo of a scientist with a group of students in a lab.
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One Solution to the Climate Crisis: Better High School Education

by Michael Wysession 24 August 202323 August 2023

Integrating Earth and space science into high school biology, chemistry, and physics courses may be the best way to educate the public about climate science.

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New Directions for Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists

by Michael Wysession 1 December 202212 January 2023

The AGU journal Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists is changing its aims and scope, removing its by-invitation requirement and adding several new community-serving article formats.

Photographs of four scientists who have contributed to the journal Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists
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Telling the Stories Behind the Science

by Michael Wysession 2 September 20211 February 2022

AGU’s newest journal, Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, is a collection of memoirs, essays, and insights that present personal perspectives on how different scientific fields have evolved.

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Volcanic Java and Climate Change

by Michael Wysession 12 September 201610 July 2022

An account of a geophysicist's recent trip to Indonesia wouldn't be complete without intrigue and elucidations about what Java, climate change, and Butch Cassidy all have in common.

Cliffs of 1.1-billion-year-old volcanic rocks from the Midcontinent rift in Tettegouche State Park, Minnesota tower above the brilliant blue waters of Lake Superior.
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New Insights into North America’s Midcontinent Rift

by S. Stein, C. Stein, J. Kley, R. Keller, M. Merino, E. Wolin, D. Wiens, Michael Wysession, G. Al-Equabi, W. Shen, A. Frederiksen, Fiona Darbyshire, D. Jurdy, Gregory Waite, W. Rose, E. Vye, T. Rooney, R. Moucha and E. Brown 4 August 20161 December 2022

The Midcontinent Rift has characteristics of a large igneous province, causing geologists to rethink some long-standing assumptions about how this giant feature formed.

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Opportunities for Improving K-12 Geoscience Education

by Michael Wysession 19 November 201510 May 2022

The Next Generation Science Standards present a set of performance expectations for stronger understanding of Earth and space science.

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