GSA TodayPub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1130/gsatg574gw.1
Mo Snyder, Merilie Reynolds
{"title":"Feeling Relieved: Creating a Positive Bathroom Field Culture in the Geosciences","authors":"Mo Snyder, Merilie Reynolds","doi":"10.1130/gsatg574gw.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg574gw.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":"43 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139823222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GSA TodayPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1130/gsatprsadrs23.1
Christopher Bailey
{"title":"Geoscience at the Confluence","authors":"Christopher Bailey","doi":"10.1130/gsatprsadrs23.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatprsadrs23.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":" 28","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139392416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GSA TodayPub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1130/gsatg573a.1
G. Lavecchia, Federico Pietrolungo, S. Bello, D. Talone, Caludia Pandolfi, Carlo Andrenacci, Andrea Carducci, R. de Nardis
{"title":"Slowly Deforming Megathrusts within the Continental Lithosphere: A Case from Italy","authors":"G. Lavecchia, Federico Pietrolungo, S. Bello, D. Talone, Caludia Pandolfi, Carlo Andrenacci, Andrea Carducci, R. de Nardis","doi":"10.1130/gsatg573a.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg573a.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":"58 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138622759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GSA TodayPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1130/gsatg578gw.1
David Cordie, Elizabeth Ceperley
{"title":"Our Rock and Mineral Exams Could Be Better","authors":"David Cordie, Elizabeth Ceperley","doi":"10.1130/gsatg578gw.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg578gw.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":"19 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135509519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GSA TodayPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1130/gsatg544a.1
Hannah Bonner, Leilani Arthurs, Ellen Roth, James Hagadorn
{"title":"Paleogeographic Maps: Audience Insights on Portrayal of Ancient Terrain and Climate","authors":"Hannah Bonner, Leilani Arthurs, Ellen Roth, James Hagadorn","doi":"10.1130/gsatg544a.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg544a.1","url":null,"abstract":"Paleogeographic maps are one of the most used earth science communication tools, but their efficacy with audiences remains unin-vestigated. We present new data that begins to close this gap, gleaned from an intercept interview study of two communities— practicing geoscientists (i.e., “professionals”) and adults who visit locations where paleo-geographic maps are commonly displayed (“the public”). In this work, we sought to determine: (1) how commonly used paleo-geographic maps convey the terrain and climate of ancient Earth; and (2) how community perception informs new practices for creating paleogeographic maps. When presented with paleogeographic maps, the public can identify about three large-scale landscape features (often including mountains and ocean) but not smaller or more subtle geomorphic features (e.g., rivers, volcanos, or plains). In contrast, practicing geoscientists identify about five features at a variety of spatial scales. Given an example of a warm, wet landscape, public audiences can describe one of two components of portrayed climate (i.e., warm or wet), but are less adept at identifying both climate components. Professionals are better able to identify climate components but are only able to fully describe climate 55% of the time. Paleogeographic maps catalyze curiosity in both public and professional audiences, commonly prompting questions or hypotheses about how ancient Earth reached modern-day conditions or about the time period shown. Professional geoscientists also want more information on sources of data. Recommendations to enhance the efficacy of paleographic maps include adding data sources and employing an aesthetic with detailed bathymetric shading, high contrast, and explicit climate indicators.","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136173174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GSA TodayPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1130/gsatg566a.1
Bilal U. Haq, J. Milliman
{"title":"Perilous Future for River Deltas","authors":"Bilal U. Haq, J. Milliman","doi":"10.1130/gsatg566a.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg566a.1","url":null,"abstract":"River deltas occupy only ~0.65% of Earth’s land surface, but collectively house ~4.5% of the global population and account for more than 6% of the global GDP. Because of ongoing human interventions in the past century (river diversions, ground-water and petroleum extraction, and urbanization), deltas are coming under additional and intense threat from climate change and the impending sea-level rise. Many high-latitude and tropical deltas where population pressure is low and human modification is minimal face less peril for the foreseeable future, but densely populated deltas, especially those in Asia with extreme urbanization and environmental pressures, will be more susceptible to land loss and drowning. Here we consider six key del-tas—Mississippi, Yangtze, Niger, Bengal, Nile, and Indus—emphasizing recent findings and consensus as to their health and how human activities have brought these vulnerable ecosystems perilously close to or beyond the point of no return.","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49342032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GSA TodayPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1130/gsatg559gw.1
Marjorie Chan, D. Mogk
{"title":"Establishing an Ethic of Sampling for Future Generations of Geoscientists","authors":"Marjorie Chan, D. Mogk","doi":"10.1130/gsatg559gw.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg559gw.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46454512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GSA TodayPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1130/gsatg112gh.1
Lon Abbott, Terri Cook
{"title":"Pittsburgh’s Geoheritage: A Legacy of Late Paleozoic and Pleistocene Glacial Events","authors":"Lon Abbott, Terri Cook","doi":"10.1130/gsatg112gh.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg112gh.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35784,"journal":{"name":"GSA Today","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139352337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}