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From the Charlotte Talks Series …
Climate Change and Public Policy Michael Mann - Physicist and Director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University David Szymanski - Geologist and forensic scientist, Assistant Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences at Bentley University
Rising Sea Levels Rob Young - Professor of Coastal Geology at Western Carolina University and Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines
Mars Rover Dawn Sumner - Geobiologist, Department of Geology, University of California, Davis

Media Center

Welcome to the 2012 Annual Meeting news hub!

We'll be compiling meeting-related news and blog coverage here. See our Press Releases page for more meeting-related news from GSA and other organizations, and check out our AM Daily newsletters to get a feeling for what the meeting was like.

News and Blog Coverage

Highly Allochthonous blog: Anne's November Navigations (3 Dec.)
Scientific American Information Culture blog: Making implicit knowledge and skills more explicit in science education (29 Nov.)
Mountain Beltway blog: Digital images of the "Digital Geology Speed Dating" session at GSA (20 Nov.) [ session ]
Martinsville Bulletin: Educator, curator create virtual lessons in geology (19 Nov.)
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Mother Nature Network: East Coast faces variety of tsunami threats (16 Nov.)
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Nature: Leonardo fossil sketch may depict early nests (16 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Yahoo! News: New Virginia earthquake map reveals damage (16 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Mountain Beltway: Friday fold: Neoacadian Inner Piedmont trip, part IV: Migmatitic metagraywacke (16 Nov.)
Mountain Beltway: Neoacadian Inner Piedmont trip, part III: Mesozoic cataclasite (15 Nov.)
The Cooper Channel: Life of Scientists: Poster time! (VIDEO) (14 Nov.)
WA Today (Australia): A cold case to top them all (13 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Decades later, science may tell us who she was (13 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Mountain Beltway: Neoacadian Inner Piedmont trip, part II, more Walker Top (12 Nov.)
New York Times: A Jane Doe gets a back story (12 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Riparian Rap: Up for air at GSA 2012 (12 Nov.)
Wired Science blogs: Laelaps: Pterosaur Takeoff Tussle Highlights Science News Fumble (11 Nov.) [ abstract ]
WKYT (Kentucky CBS local): New evidence shows power of East Coast earthquakes (10 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Mountain Beltway: Friday fold: Boomer Falls (9 Nov.)
Mountain Beltway: Neoacadian Inner Piedmont trip, part I: The Walker Top (8 Nov.)
Discovery News: Pick Your Favorite Doomsday (8 Nov.)
KQED Quest: Earthquake Landslides: A Widespread Hazard (8 Nov.) [ abstract ]
io9: 'Perfect storm' of geological factors make the Eastern U.S. more susceptible to strong earthquakes than previously thought (8 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Discovery News: Flying Dino Too Weak to Lift Off? (8 Nov.) [ abstract ]
LiveScience: Jet-Size Pterosaurs Took off from Prehistoric Runways (8 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Huff Post Science: Pterosaur 'Runways' Enabled Huge Prehistoric Flying Animal To Get Airborne, Study Suggests (VIDEO) (8 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Our Amazing Planet: Sea Level Rise Accelerating For US East Coast (8 Nov.) [ session ]
Science News: Sea Level Rise Overflowing Estimates (8 Nov.) [ session ]
Scienfitic American: Seismic Risk in Eastern U.S. May Be Higher Than Previously Thought (8 Nov.) [ session ]
Yahoo!News: 2011 East Coast Earthquake Shook Record-Breaking Area (8 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Updates from the Paleontology Lab: GSA meeting, Day 4 (8 Nov.)
Our Amazing Planet: Sandy's Storm Surge Mapped – Before it Hit (7 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Red Orbit: Paleotempestology May Provide Answers, Solutions For Tropical Storm Problems (7 Nov.) [ session ]
Nature News: Virginia Earthquake Wins by a Landslide (7 Nov.) [ session ]
The Weather Channel: Geologists Find East Coast Quakes Travel Farther (7 Nov.) [ abstract ]
CTV News: 2011 Virginia quake study concludes East Coast tremors travel further (7 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Environmental News Network: Landslides and Earthquakes (7 Nov.)
Care2.com: No place in the world is safe from global warming (7 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Updates from the Paleontology Lab: GSA 2012 meeting, Day 3 (7 Nov.)
Journeys of Dr. G: NC-GSA Conference, Last Day (7 Nov.)
ABC Charotte local WTLV: 2011 East Coast quake sent tremors to record distances (7 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Wooster Geologists: Presenting a Jurassic echinoid story on the last day of GSA 2012 (7 Nov.) [abstract]
Wooster Geologists: Enhancing undergraduate research with social media: The last presentation by a Wooster geologist at GSA 2012 (7 Nov.)
Huffington Post East Coast Earthquakes' Speed Is Faster Than Previously Thought, Geologists Say (6 Nov.)
LiveScience: Stop Looking For Oil: Writer-Activist Challenges Geologists (6 Nov.)
Oregon Herald: Climate Change Partly To Blame For Hurricane Damage (6 Nov.)
ctpost.com: 2011 Eastern earthquake earns new respect (6 Nov.)
LiveScience: Climate change partly to blame for hurricane damage (6 Nov.)
Wooster Geologists: Wooster GSA 2012 Poster Take 3 (6 Nov.) [ abstract | abstract | abstract | abstract | abstract ]
Journeys of Dr. G: NC GSA Annual Conference, Day 4 (6 Nov.)
Bare Earth Elements: GSA highlights, days 2 and 3 (6 Nov.)
Bare Earth Elements: GSA highlights, day 1 (5 Nov.)
Updates from the Paleontology Lab: GSA 2012 meeting, Day 2 (5 Nov.)
Riparian Rap: GSA Monday (5 Nov.)
The Journeys of Dr. G: NC - GSA Annual Confernece, Day 3 (5 Nov.)
Wooster Geologists: Alumni night at the 2012 Geological Society of America meeting (5 Nov.)
Wooster Geologists: An overhead view of a GSA poster session (5 Nov.)
Wooster Geologists: The second group of Wooster GSA 2012 posters (5 Nov.) [ abstract | abstract | abstract ]
Discovery News: Time to bail-out models of sea-level rise (5 Nov.) [ session ]
Charlotte Observer: North Carolina's coast is 'hot spot' for rising sea levels (5 Nov.) [ session ]
Note: This story was picked up by AP and several news outlets, including the Weather Channel)
The Green Register: Geologist Proposes New Theory Behind Global Sea Level Rise (5 Nov.) [ abstract ]
Updates from the Paleontology Lab: GSA 2012 meeting, Day 1 (4 Nov.)
The Journeys of Dr. G: NC - GSA Annual Confernece, Day 2 (4 Nov.)
Riparian Rap: GSA 2012 Sunday! (4 Nov.)
Wooster Geologists: "Where Our Deepest Passions Intersect the World's Compelling Needs": The 2012 GSA Presidential Address (4 Nov.)
Wooster Geologists: The first Wooster geology student posters at GSA 2012 (4 Nov.) [abstract | abstract]
Wooster Geologists: Wooster Geologists at the GSA President's Student Breakfast (4 Nov.)
Ron Schott's Geology Home Companion: GSA 2012 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC #GEO2012 (4 Nov.) [ session ]
The Journeys of Dr. G: NC - GSA Annual Confernece, Day 1 (3 Nov.)
Riparian Rap: GSA Charlottte, Day One -- we're ready! (3 Nov.)
Wooster Geologists: First GSA Event: The Paleontological Society Short Course — "Reconstructing Earth's Deep-Time Climate" (3 Nov.)
Albuquerque Express: Why sea levels are rising faster than expected (2 Nov.) [ session ]
Wooster Geologists: Wooster Geologists at GSA (2 Nov.)
Clastic Detritus: Sessions and Activities at GSA 2012 (2 Nov.)
The Geology P.A.G.E.: GSA Geoblogger/Twitterer (GeoTwit?) Get-together (1 Nov.)
DC Geology Events: Digital Speed Dating at GSA-Charlotte (25 Oct.) [ session ]

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