With the world facing a global environmental crisis, Earth scientists can play an important and unique role, according to Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs.
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Rapid Coordination Extends Space-Based Sun-Climate Record
Faced with the prospect of a large data gap in solar irradiance records, scientists take steps to ensure that this key climate variable stays monitored.
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What Happens to Minerals as They Get Squeezed in the Mantle?
Researchers test how different minerals found in the Earth’s mantle respond to high temperatures and pressures.
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Developing Resources for Teaching Ethics in Geoscience
Teaching Geoethics Across the Geoscience Curriculum;
Chico Hot Springs, Montana, 10–13 June 2014
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Women Count
The gender imbalance that exists in science is easily perpetuated and is harmful to our community as a whole.
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Resources for Computational Geophysics Courses
Lessons from experience with teaching a computational geophysics course.
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Decades-Old Sediment Cores Complicate Cascadia Earthquake History
Scientists have long known that the Pacific Northwest is vulnerable to massive earthquakes, but newly unearthed data raises questions about the strength and frequency of these quakes.
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Safety and Liability Issues Related to Field Trips and Field Courses
How do you make sure students will be safe during field work? Understand risk, and expect the unexpected.
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Mentored Undergraduate Research in the Geosciences
Research programs are strengthened when students and faculty collaborate to build new knowledge. Here are five best practices in mentored undergraduate research that transcend institutions.