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2012

2012 Annual Meeting Media Coverage

Geosphere Covers Grand Canyon, Deep Drill Coring, Death Valley, and More
(Geosphere papers posted online 13–17 Dec. 2012)
Release no. 12-103, 28 Dec. 2012
GSA Bulletin Celebrates GSA's 125th Anniversary with New Geologic Time Scale
(new articles posted online ahead of print 10–21 Dec. 2012)
Release no. 12-102, 27 Dec. 2012
GEOLOGY returns to Naica Cave, Mexico, and extends its reach to Mercury
New GEOLOGY articles posted online ahead of print 15 November–13 December 2012
Release no. 12-101, 20 Dec. 2012
Free Texas Teacher Academy on Energy
Release no. 12-100, 14 Dec. 2012
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Virtual Visualizations
(New GSA Special Paper)
Release no. 12-99, 5 Dec. 2012
GSA Book Details Long-Contentious Geomorphology Question
(New GSA Special Paper)
Release no. 12-98, 3 Dec. 2012
Cracking Grand Canyon's Rock Code
(New GSA Special Paper)
Release no. 12-97, 30 Nov. 2012
Geosphere Builds Momentum with 17 Newly Published Studies and a New Series
(Geosphere papers posted online 16 Nov. 2012)
Release no. 12-96, 28 Nov. 2012
GSA Bulletin: From Titan to Tibet
(new articles posted online ahead of print 2 Oct.–21 Nov. 2012)
Release no. 12-95, 27 Nov. 2012
GSA Today: Human transformation of land threatens future sustainability?
(December 2012 GSA Today science article)
Release no. 12-94, 27 Nov. 2012
Lithosphere Highlights: Slab dynamics, the Troodos ophiolite, and the Jurassic Bonanza arc
Release no. 12-93, 15 Nov. 2012
GEOLOGY speeding top science to online platform
New GEOLOGY articles posted online ahead of print 19 October–13 November 2012
Release no. 12-92, 13 Nov. 2012
What Paleotempestology Tells Scientists about Today's Tempests
GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition Technical Session, Wednesday, 7 November
Release no. 12-91, 6 Nov. 2012
Pits, Craters, Hollows, Blast Winds, and Spherules — On Earth and Beyond
GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 4–7 November 2012
Release no. 12-90, 6 Nov. 2012
Earth on Acid: The Present & Future of Global Acidification
GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 4–7 November 2012
Release no. 12-89, 5 Nov. 2012
Field Geologists (Finally) Going Digital
GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 4–7 November 2012
Release no. 12-88, 5 Nov. 2012
Hyrdro-fracking: Fact vs. Fiction
GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 4–7 November 2012
Release no. 12-87, 5 Nov. 2012
Uranium a Top Subject at Geological Society of America Meeting
GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 4–7 November 2012
Release no. 12-86, 3 Nov. 2012
GSA Today: The Evolution of Creationism
(November 2012 GSA Today science article)
Release no. 12-85, 2 Nov. 2012
BREAKING NEWS: GSA Session to Address Hurricane Sandy
GSA Annual Meeting Technical Session: Rapid Sea-Level Rise and Its Impacts: Past, Present, and Future I and II
Release no. 12-84, 2 Nov. 2012
Were Dinosaurs Destined to Be Big? Testing Cope's Rule
GSA Annual Meeting Presentation: Testing Cope's Rule and the Existence of an Upper Bound for Body Size in Non-Avian Dinosaurs
Release no. 12-83, 2 Nov. 2012
Why Seas Are Rising Ahead of Predictions
GSA Annual Meeting Presentation: Could Estimates of the Rate of Future Sea-Level Rise Be Too Low?
Release no. 12-82, 1 Nov. 2012
Anthropocene Continues to Spark Scientific Debate
GSA Annual Meeting Technical Session: "Geomorphology of the Anthropocene"
Release no. 12-81, 1 Nov. 2012
What Does Our Energy Future Look Like? Free Public Screening of SWITCH
The Geological Society of America (GSA) Sponsors Showing at McGlohon Theater in Charlotte
Release no. 12-80, 31 Oct. 2012
What Does Our Energy Future Look Like?
(The Geological Society of America Partners with SWITCH Energy Project)
Release no. 12-79, 30 Oct. 2012
Bill McKibben to Receive President's Medal of The Geological Society of America
(Award to be conferred 4 Nov. 2012 at the 2012 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)
Release no. 12-78, 29 Oct. 2012
From the Blue Ridge to the Coastal Plain
(New GSA Field Guide for the 2012 Annual Meeting)
Release no. 12-77, 26 Oct. 2012
Italian Court Action Likely to Harm Efforts to Mitigate Earthquake Losses
Release no. 12-76 (revised), 25 Oct. 2012
Geosphere Explores the Sierra Nevada, Colorado River System, Laurentia, and the Deep Sea
(Geosphere papers posted online 18 Oct. 2012)
Release no. 12-75, 19 Oct. 2012
From the Alps to the Deep Mantle
(Geology articles posted online 2–15 Oct. 2012)
Release no. 12-74, 18 Oct. 2012
International EarthCache Day Helps Kick-Off Earth Science Week
Release no. 12-73, 10 Oct. 2012
GSA Today: Active Faults More Accessible to Geologists
(October GSA Today science article)
Release no. 12-72, 27 Sept. 2012
2012 GSA Annual Meeting Technical Program & Events — Media Advisory 2
Release no. 12-71, 26 Sept. 2012
October Lithosphere Delivered Online
(October 2012 Lithosphere)
Release no. 12-70, 25 Sept. 2012
Thirty Years on Yucca Mountain
(new GSA Memoir)
Release no. 12-69, 20 Sept. 2012
Geosphere Adds to Four Themed Issues, Plus More New Science
(Geosphere papers posted online 19 Sept. 2012)
Release no. 12-68, 19 Sept. 2012
Geology Adds 30 New Articles Online
(articles posted online 4–18 Sept. 2012)
Release no. 12-67, 19 Sept. 2012
Summer Geoscience from GSA Bulletin
(articles posted online 20 July–14 Sept. 2012)
Release no. 12-66, 17 Sept. 2012
Yellowstone into the Future
(September GSA Today science article)
Release no. 12-65, 30 Aug. 2012
750 EarthCache Enthusiasts Gather in Maine: 1st International "Mega Event" Celebrates Earth Science Discovery
Release no. 12-64, 27 Aug. 2012
Geology's "Mystery Interval," the "Great Deepening," and the Largest Kill-Off in Earth History
(Geology papers posted online 9–22 August 2012)
Release no. 12-63, 23 Aug. 2012
SEG Foundation Announces GSA as First Professional Society to Become a Geoscientists Without Borders^® Supporter
Release no. 12-62, 21 Aug. 2012
New Russian to English Translation Reveals the Strata of the Earth
Release no. 12-61, 10 Aug. 2012
Roof of the World - Media Advisory I
Release no. 12-60, 9 Aug. 2012
Debris Flows, Landslides, Fossil Microatolls, Paleo-Seasonality, and Carbonate Ore Deposits
(Geology papers posted online 1 August 2012)
Release no. 12-59, 1 Aug. 2012
Martian Polygons and Deep-Sea Polygons on Earth: More Evidence for Ancient Martian Oceans?
(August GSA Today science article)
Release no. 12-58, 27 July 2012
Rubbing Boulders, Fossil Mammal Teeth, Barrier Islands, and a Change in Volcanic Behavior
(Geology papers posted online 18–23 July)
Release no. 12-57, 23 July 2012
2012 Medals and Awards of The Geological Society of America
Release no. 12-56, 20 July 2012
Not So Impossible Journey
Release no. 12-55, 18 July 2012
New Leaders Will Guide Geological Society of America into 125th Anniversary Year
Release no. 12-54, 17 July 2012
Geosphere: How Geology, Technology, Modeling, and Mapping See Into Earth's Past and Present
(Geosphere papers posted online 16 July)
Release no. 12-53, 16 July 2012
Pulverized Rocks, Coral Reefs, Seawater Chemistry, and Continental Collisions
(Geology papers posted online 12 July)
Release no. 12-52, 12 July 2012
Curvy Mountain Belts
(July GSA Today science article)
Release no. 12-51, 29 June 2012
Sandy Beaches, Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Tectonic Tilting: It's All about Geology
(Geology papers posted online 29 June)
Release no. 12-50, 29 June 2012
New in Geosphere: From Fractal-Sized Fragments to a Large-Footprint LiDAR Survey
(Geosphere papers posted online 26 June)
Release no. 12-49, 26 June 2012
GSA Bulletin Presents Studies in Antarctica, Italy, Mexico, Algeria, Mongolia, and More
(GSA Bulletin papers posted online 8–21 June)
Release no. 12-48, 21 June 2012
Understanding Faults and Volcanics, Plus Life Inside a Rock
(Geology papers posted online 15 June)
Release no. 12-47, 18 June 2012
GSA Annual Meeting Registration Now Open: 2012 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Charlotte
Release no. 12-46, 14 June 2012
New Geology Postings Illustrate Complex Systems and Innovative Results
(Geology papers posted online 8 June)
Release no. 12-45, 8 June 2012
New in Lithosphere: Mars, Iraq, Canada, and the Spanish Pyrenees
(Lithosphere papers posted online 4 June)
Release no. 12-44, 4 June 2012
With Rocks, It's All about Provenance
(GSA Special Paper 487)
Release no. 12-43, 31 May 2012
Debated: Wave-Cut or Weathering or Both?
(June GSA Today science article)
Release no. 12-42, 30 May 2012
Joint GSA-USGS Press Release: LiDAR Technology Reveals Faults Near Lake Tahoe
(re: GSA Bulletin article by James F. Howle et al., posted online ahead of print 18 May 2012)
USGS-GSA Joint Release, 23 May 2012
From Green Rust in Indonesia to Historical Sulfide Concentrations in the Black Sea
(Geology papers posted online 23 May)
Release no. 12-41, 23 May 2012
May GSA Bulletin Postings Take Global Geology Tour
(GSA Bulletin papers posted online 3–18 May)
Release no. 12-40, 18 May 2012
Geosphere Introduces a New Special Issue Theme:
ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf and Southern McMurdo Sound Drilling Projects
(Geosphere papers posted online 17 May)
Release no. 12-39, 17 May 2012
Visualizing the Imprints of Past and Present Earth Dynamics
(Lithosphere papers posted online 16 May)
Release no. 12-38, 17 May 2012
Visting Snowball Earth
(new GSA Field Guide)
Release no. 12-37, 8 May 2012
From Tiny Grains of Sand to the Growth of a Mountain Range
(Geology papers posted online 27 Apr.)
Release no. 12-36, 30 Apr. 2012
Do Geologists See the World Differently?
(New GSA Special Paper)
Release no. 12-35, 26 Apr. 2012
Rocky Mountain Rio GeoFiesta Invites Geoscientist from across the Region to New Mexico
(Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 9–11 May 2012)
Release no. 12-34, 26 Apr. 2012
Dynamic Earth Processes across Time and Space
(GSA Bulletin articles posted online 6–23 April)
Release no. 12-33, 23 Apr. 2012
From 503-million-year-old fungi to recent earthquakes: New Geology posted ahead of print
(Geology papers posted online 19 Apr.)
Release no. 12-32, 19 Apr. 2012
Exploring Earth: From Surface to Sea
(new Geosphere science posted online ahead of print 19 Apr.)
Release no. 12-31, 19 Apr. 2012
Evolution of the Sierra Nevada and Walker Lane and Puzzling out the Ancestral Rockies
(new Geosphere science posted online ahead of print 11 Apr.)
Release no. 12-30, 11 Apr. 2012
Mafic Melts, Methane Seeps, Two Million Waves, Foreign Magma, and the Invisible Hand
(new Geology papers posted online ahead of print 10 Apr.)
Release no. 12-29, 11 Apr. 2012
GSA North-Central Section Meeting: Change through Time
Release no. 12-28, 9 Apr. 2012
Lithosphere posts new research in California, Nevada, and the Tibetan Plateau
Release no. 12-27, 3 Apr. 2012
New advances in plate reconstruction: Earthbyte Group presents GPlates
(April-May 2012 GSA Today science)
Release no. 12-26, 29 Mar. 2012
GSA's Lithosphere puts together a rich mix of first quarter 2012 online articles
Release no. 12-25, 27 Mar. 2012
Mars: The Glass Planet? Plus: Global climate change on Mars examined and more new Geology science now online
(Geology science posted online 26 Mar.)
Release no. 12-24, 27 Mar. 2012
Shaping Continents, Shaping Landscapes, Shaping Policy
(GSA Southeastern Section Meeting)
Release no. 12-23, 26 Mar. 2012
Everything you always wanted to know about exploring Earth with seismology
(New GSA Memoir)
Release no. 12-22, 21 Mar. 2012
Geosphere's dynamic platform displays the latest 3-D modeling, LiDAR imaging, and more
(Geopshere science posted online 20 Mar.)
Release no. 12-21, 21 Mar. 2012
How old are these rocks, how were they made, and how long ago did these geologic changes happen?
(GSA Bulletin science online ahead of print 20 Mar.)
Release no. 12-20, 20 Mar. 2012
Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section meets in the heart of Mexico
(GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting)
Release no. 12-19, 19 Mar. 2012
Melting glaciers, enough sand to bury London, and ancient ecosystem engineering
Release no. 12-18, 19 Mar. 2012
Magma fingers, volcanic plumbing, knickzones, and atmospheric river events
Release no. 12-17, 12 Mar. 2012
New research helps to identify ancient droughts in China
Release no. 12-16, 7 Mar. 2012
Northeastern geology: Careers, hazards, human impacts, and (of course) fossils
Release no. 12-15, 6 Mar. 2012
Seismic zones, river deltas, landslides, fossil reptiles, and more NEW Geology science
Release no. 12-14, 6 Mar. 2012
March GSA Today: Hundreds of millions of years of change in Cordilleran terranes of western North America
Release no. 12-13, 27 Feb. 2012
Latest GSA Bulletin Posts: Alaska, Russia, Tibet, the Mississippi River, and the Great Green River Basin
Release no. 12-12, 24 Feb. 2012
New Research points to erosional origin of linear dunes
Release no. 12-11, 24 Feb. 2012
Acute Demand for U.S. Geoscientists Prompts Call for Higher Ed Action
Release no. 12-10, 23 Feb. 2012
Geological Society of America Member Scientists, Students, and Colleagues Meet in Texas
Release no. 12-09, 23 Feb. 2012
EarthCache Enthusiasts Gather for 1st International "Mega Event" to Celebrate Earth Science Discovery
Release no. 12-08, 15 Feb. 2012
GSA Bulletin Highlights: New Research Posted Ahead of Print 6 Feb. 2012
Release no. 12-07, 13 Feb. 2012
GSA Today, February 2012 — A human-induced hothouse climate?
Release no. 12-06, 27 Jan. 2012
Lithosphere Highlights: February issue 2012
Release no. 12-05, 26 Jan. 2012
Geology Highlights: New Research Posted Ahead of Print 23 January 2012
Release no. 12-04, 26 Jan. 2012
GSA Bulletin Highlights: New Research Posted Ahead of Print in January 2012
Release no. 12-03, 25 Jan. 2012
Geosphere: New Science Posted Online Ahead of Print 12–23 January 2012
Release no. 12-02, 24 Jan 2012
Geology, New Science Posted Online 6 January 2012
Release no. 12-01, 10 Jan 2012

2011

2011 DAWN PRESS BRIEFING
What: NASA's Dawn Mission at Vesta Presented from the 2011 Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the Geological Society of America When: Wed., 12 October 2011; noon–1 p.m. (CDT) An archive of the live news conference is online at www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2.
2011 Annual Meeting Media Coverage

Peru's Misti Volcano: Understanding the Past to Assess Future Hazards
Release no. 11-85, 29 Dec. 2011
Planetary Exploration Begins at Home
Release no. 11-86, 27 Dec. 2011
Geology, New Research Posted Online 8–16 December
Release no. 11-84, 16 Dec. 2011
GSA Today, December 2011 — Unique geologic insights from "non-unique" gravity and magnetic interpretation
Release no. 11-83, 1 Dec. 2011
Geology Highlights: New Research Posted in November
Release no. 11-82, 1 Dec. 2011
Lithosphere Highlights: December Issue Online
Release no. 11-81, 30 Nov. 2011
GSA Bulletin Highlights: New Research Posted Ahead of Print
Release no. 11-80, 29 Nov. 2011
Geosphere Highlights: New Research Posted 22 Nov. 2011
Release no. 11-79, 29 Nov. 2011
Geology Highlights: December 2011
Release no. 11-78, 10 Nov. 2011
GSA Today, November 2011 — Southern Gulf of California's rapid rupture
Release no. 11-77, 3 Nov. 2011
GSA Bulletin Highlights: New Research Posted Ahead of Print
30 Sept.–21 Oct. 2011
Release no. 11-76, 2 Nov. 2011
GSA Field Guide Explores the Geological Curiosities of Turkey
Release no. 11-75, 2 Nov. 2011
GSA Picture Book Introduces Children to Plate Tectonics
Release no. 11-74, 1 Nov. 2011
Geology Highlights, November 2011: New Research Posted 5 October 2011
Release no. 11-73, 21 Oct. 2011
Geoinformatics: Transporting Geology into The Future
Release no. 11-72, 21 Oct. 2011
New Mystery on Mars' Forgotten Plains
Release no. 11-71, 12 Oct. 2011
Laying the Blame for Extreme Weather
Release no. 11-69, 11 Oct. 2011
The Strange Rubbing Boulders of the Atacama
Release no. 11-68, 11 Oct. 2011
Luminous grains of sand determine year of historic storm flood
Joint GSA–TU-Delft Release no. 11-70, 10 Oct. 2011
Critical Minerals Ignite Geopolitical Storm
Release no. 11-66, 10 Oct. 2011
Giant Kraken Lair Discovered
Release no. 11-65, 10 Oct. 2011
Media Tip Sheet: The Anthropocene
Release no. 11-67, 8 Oct. 2011
Astrophysics and Extinctions: News About Planet-Threatening Events
Release no. 11-64, 7 Oct. 2011
Press Briefing Webcast: NASA’s Dawn Mission At Vesta
Release no. 11-63, 6 Oct. 2011
An archive of the live news conference is available at: www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2.
New GSA Field Guide Investigates The Archean to Anthropocene Geology of Minnesota and Surrounds
Release no. 11-62, 5 Oct. 2011
New GSA earth-science research posted: GSA Bulletin, Geosphere, GSA Today
Release no. 11-61, 4 Oct. 2011
GSA President presents USGS Coalition Leadership Award to U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman
Release no. 11-60, 3 Oct. 2011
GSA Bulletin Highlights: New research posted 2 Sept. 2011
Release no. 11-59, 2 Sept. 2011
Lithosphere Highlights: New research posted 2 Sept. 2011
Release no. 11-58, 9 Sept. 2011
Geology Highlights (Oct. 2011): New research posted 2 September
Release no. 11-57, 7 Sep. 2011
NASA's Dawn Mission at Vesta: Press Conference Announcement
2011 Annual Meeting of The Geological Society of America
Release no. 11-56, 7 Sep. 2011
An archive of the live news conference is available for viewing at: www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2.
GSA Today, Sept. 2011 — Four short science articles highlight geoscience of the Upper Midwest in anticipation of GSA Annual Meeting
Release no. 11-55, 30 Aug. 2011
Characterizing Chaotic Structure
Release no. 11-54, 25 Aug. 2011
GSA Bulletin Highlights: New research posted 19 Aug. 2011
Release no. 11-53, 24 Aug. 2011
GSA Bulletin Highlights: New research posted 8 Aug. 2011
Release no. 11-52, 16 Aug. 2011
Geosphere Highlights, August 2011
Release no. 11-51, 9 Aug. 2011
Fragile Earth Explored
Release no. 11-50, 9 Aug. 2011
Geology Highlights (Sept. 2011): New research posted 5 Aug.
Release no. 11-49, 8 Aug. 2011
Billion Year Old Piece of North America Traced Back to Antarctica
Release no. 11-48, 8 Aug. 2011
GSA Announces 2011 Awardees
Release no. 11-47, 3 Aug. 2011
New GSA Special Paper Defines the Nature and Aim of Paleoseismology
Release no. 11-46, 3 Aug. 2011
GSA Today, August 2011 science article
Release no. 11-45, 2 Aug. 2011
Lithosphere Highlights: New research posted 7 July
Release no. 11-44, 7 July 2011
Dynamic Africa
Release no. 11-43, 6 July 2011
Geology Highlights (August 2011): New research posted 1 July
Release no. 11-42, 6 July 2011
GSA Elects Eminent Geoscientists to Office
Release no. 11-41, 5 July 2011
EarthCache Discovery Awards Recognize Earth Science Learning
Release no. 11-40, 30 June 2011
GSA Bulletin highlights: New research posted 24 June 2011
Release no. 11-39, 28 June 2011
GSA Today, July 2011 science article
Release no. 11-38, 27 June 2011
Geosphere highlights, June 2011
Release no. 11-37, 24 June 2011
New Geologic Map Details the Heart of the Aegean
Release no. 11-36, 24 June 2011
GSA Bulletin highlights: New research posted 14 June 2011
Release no. 11-35, 23 June 2011
Geoscience from the Archean to the Anthropocene Converges in Minneapolis
Release no. 11-34, 22 June 2011
GSA Today, June 2011 science article includes exclusive Lithoprobe poster
Release no. 11-33, 27 May 2011
Geology Highlights (July 2011) : New research posted 24 May
Release no. 11-32, 26 May 2011
GSA conference stimulates earth-science exchange in western U.S.
Release no. 11-31, 16 May 2011
Geology Highlights: New Research Posted 4 May 2011
Release no. 11-30, 5 May 2011
New GSA Special Paper Uses the Past to Answer Questions About the Future
Release no. 11-29, 2 May 2011
GSA Bulletin Highlights: New research posted 12–18 April 2011
Release no. 11-28, 27 April 2011
Geology highlights, May 2011
Release no. 11-27, 13 April 2011
New geological field guide ranges from eastern Ohio through Pennsylvania to the Central Appalachian Valley and Ridge, USA
Release no. 11-26, 1 April 2011
Geosphere highlights, April 2011
Release no. 11-25, 1 April 2011
New GSA Field Guide ventures into Norway's spectacular Sognefjorden
Release no. 11-24, 30 March 2011
GSA Bulletin Highlights: New research posted 3 March and 1 April 2011
Release no. 11-23, 1 April 2011
The Two Sides of Wind: Erosion and Deposition
Release no. 11-22, 30 March 2011
Scientists to Discuss Complexities of Louisiana's Dynamic Coasts and Wetlands
Release no. 11-21, 21 March 2011
Southeastern U.S. Scientists To Discuss Natural Resource Stewardship
Release no. 11-20, 16 March 2011
Geoscientists Meet in Pittsburgh to Discuss “the Shield to the Sea”
Release no. 11-19, 15 March 2011
New GSA Special Paper takes us to the Moon
Release no. 11-18, 11 March 2011
Geology Highlights: New science posted online 8 March 2011
Release no. 11-17, 11 March 2011
GSA Today, March 2011: The case for a Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event
Release no. 11-16, 08 March 2011
Lithosphere: New research posted 10 Feb.
Release no. 11-15, 02 March 2011
Geoscience Education Research Takes Center Stage
Release no. 11-14, 01 March 2011
GSA Bulletin Highlights: New research posted 4 to 11 Feb.
Release no. 11-13, 24 Feb. 2011
New Volume Explores High-Grade Metamorphism via South African Limpopo Complex
Release no. 11-12, 24 Feb. 2011
Science and Scientific Integrity Advance at U.S. Department of the Interior
Release no. 11-11, 11 Feb. 2011
Geology Pre-Issue Publication Highlights: 3–4 Feb. 2011
Release no. 11-10, 8 Feb. 2011
GSA Bulletin Pre-Issue Publication Highlights: 21–28 Jan. 2011
Release no. 11-09, 2 Feb. 2011
Geosphere Highlights: Feb. 2011
Release no. 11-08, 2 Feb. 2011
Lithosphere Pre-Issue Publication 26 Jan. 2011
Release no. 11-07, 27 Jan. 2011
Lithosphere Highlights: Feb. 2011
Release no. 11-06, 26 Jan. 2011
Geology and GSA Today Highlights: Feb. 2011
Release no. 11-05, 25 Jan. 2011
New GSA Special Paper Tackles the San Jacinto Fault Zone
Release no. 11-04, 7 Jan. 2011
GSA Bulletin Highlights: Jan.-Feb. 2011
Release no. 11-03, 5 Jan. 2011
Clarifying the Black Sea Region
Release no. 11-02, 4 Jan. 2011
Geology and GSA Today Highlights: Jan. 2011
Release no. 11-01, 3 Jan. 2011

2010

2010 Annual Meeting Media Coverage

Appalachia in the Limelight
Rel. 10-67, 17 November 2010
A History of Earth's Convulsions
Rel. 10-66, 17 November 2010
Scarcity of New Energy Minerals Will Trigger Trade Wars
Rel. 10-65, 1 November 2010
How Lead Gets into Urban Vegetable Gardens
Rel. 10-64, 1 November 2010
Morrison Natural History Museum Discovers Baby Sauropod Tracks
Rel. 10-63, 1 November 2010
Earth's First Great Predator Wasn't
Rel. 10-62, 1 November 2010
Troubled Islands — Hurricanes, Oil Spill & Sea Level Rise
Rel. 10-61, 29 October 2010
Raising Giant Insects to Unravel Ancient Oxygen
Rel. 10-60, 29 October 2010
Found: First Complete Remains of Early Sauropod Dinosaur
Rel. 10-58, 28 October 2010
New Rocky Mountain Field Guide Looks through the Generations
Rel. 10-55, 25 October 2010
GSA celebrates installation of large solar array with local funding partners and officials
Rel. 10-54, 25 October 2010
Geological Society of America Salutes Creators of Transformative Technology
Rel. 10-53, 11 October 2010
GSA 2010 Annual Meeting — Media Advisory 2
Rel. 10-52, 06 October 2010
International EarthCache Day Scores a Perfect 10
Rel. 10-50, 30 September 2010
Where Does Granite Come From?
Rel. 10-47, 9 September 2010
New GSA Special Paper Asks a Deceptively Complicated Question
Rel. 10-46, 25 August 2010
EarthTrek Gravestone Project comes to Maine
Rel. 10-44, 11 August 2010
New GSA Book Delves Straight into the Heart of Italy
Rel. 10-42, 5 August 2010
One Great Force Leaves Its Mark Across the Solar System:
Large Meteorite Impacts
Rel. 10-41, 2 August 2010
Super Glaciers Leave Their Mark on the Gondwanan
Supercontinent
Rel. 10-40, 26 July 2010
GSA 2010 Annual Meeting — Media Advisory 1
Rel. 10-39, 26 July 2010
GSA Honors Diversity
Rel. 10-38, 21 July 2010
GSA Honors Service to the Public and the Profession for 2010
Rel. 10-37, 21 July 2010
GSA Announces Gold Medalists for 2010
Rel. 10-36, 21 July 2010
GSA Elects Eminent Geoscientists to Office
Rel. 10-35, 15 July 2010
EarthTrek Marks One-Year Anniversary
Rel. 10-32, 30 June 2010
A View of The Lake Mead Region Inside and Out
Rel. 10-29, 08 June 2010
Scientists Share Latest Mexico Earthquake Data
Rel. 10-27, 24 May 2010
GSA Special Paper Exposes Raw Beauty of the Bering Glacier System
Rel. 10-26, 18 May 2010
GSA Special Paper Provides Synthesized View of the Dynamic Ordovician Earth
Rel. 10-23, 03 May 2010
GSA Adopts New Position Statement on Climate Change
Rel. 10-21, 21 April 2010
From Ancient Rocks to New Knowledge of the Universe
Rel. 10-20, 19 April 2010
Reducing Volcano Hazards: A Public Briefing
Rel. 10-19, 19 April 2010
New Translation Reveals Ancient Metals and Minerals
Rel. 10-18, 14 April 2010
Volcanoes Like You've Never Seen Them Before
Rel. 10-16, 12 April 2010
New Ozarks Field Guide Digs Deep into the Past
Rel. 10-15, 8 April 2010
Media Advisory: A View of Earth Science from Middle America
Rel. 10-14, 8 April 2010
Linking North and South: Exploring the Connections between Continent and Sea
Rel. 10-10, 11 March 2010
Media Advisory: Earth Science Meeting takes Baltimore by Storm
Rel. 10-09, 11 March 2010
Rock Stars of Jamaican Geology
Rel. 10-08, 9 March 2010
GSA Provides Open Access to Haitian Earthquake Research
Rel. 10-02, 13 January 2010

2009

2009 Annual Meeting Newsroom
includes all meeting-related news releases (GSA as well other organizations).

Heading off Coastline Hazards
Rel. 09-72, 18 December 2009
New Approaches to Geologic Fieldwork for Campus Curricula
Rel. 09-71, 15 December 2009
Gravestones Talking through Time
Rel. 09-70, 8 December 2009
GSA recognizes role models for women and minorities in the geosciences
Rel. 09-65, 2 December 2009
GSA honors service to the Society and to society for 2009
Rel. 09-64, 2 December 2009
The Hydrothermal Explosion Craters of Yellowstone and How They Came to Be
Rel. 09-63, 24 November 2009
U.S. Coal Peak Production: Point and counterpoint
Rel. 09-58R, 20 October 2009
How to Monitor Geologic and Landscape Change in Non-Technical Terms
Rel. 09-61, 20 October 2009
2009 ANNUAL MEETING (Portland, Oregon)
Only GSA releases are shown below.
- Seismic Noise Unearths Lost Hurricanes
  Rel. 09-60, 20 October 2009
- Killer algae a key player in mass extinctions
  Rel. 09-59, 19 October 2009
- Bedrock of a Holy City: The historical importance of Jerusalem's geology
  Rel. 09-57, 19 October 2009
- Tsunami Evacuation Buildings: Another way to save lives in the Pacific Northwest
  Rel. 09-56, 19 October 2009
- Nature of Eyreville Cores, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Revealed
  Rel. 09-55, 16 October 2009
- Giant Impact Near India -- Not Mexico -- May Have Doomed Dinosaurs
  Rel. 09-54, 15 October 2009
- Magnetic Leaves Reveal Bellingham's Most Polluted Byways
  Rel. 09-53, 15 October 2009
- Field Guide Showcases Pacific Northwest Geology and Terroir
  Rel. 09-52, 14 October 2009
- Scientists Discuss Climate Change, Planets, Earliest Life, Natural Disasters, Wine, and more in Portland this month
  Rel. 09-50, 7 October 2009
- GSA Announces 2009 Gold Medalists
  Penrose, Day, and Donath Medalists to give special lectures at GSA Annual Meeting in Portland
  Rel. 09-47, 30 September 2009
- GSA Honors Judge Jones for Upholding Science in the Classroom
  Jones to participate in panel discussion on evolution as part of Darwin Day celebration
  Rel. 09-46, 28 September 2009
- GSA 2009 Annual Meeting — Media Advisory 2
  Rel. 09-44, 10 September 2009
Cutting through Continental Crust
Rel. 09-43, 3 September 2009
Central Mississippi River Valley “Wasn't Always so Placid and Dull”
Rel. 09-41, 31 August 2009
Collision Catalyzes Cordilleran Orogeny
Rel. 09-35, 14 July 2009
Anatomy of the Backbone of the Americas
Rel. 09-33, 24 June 2009
GSA 2009 Annual Meeting — Media Advisory 1
Rel. 09-32, 16 June 2009
Shaping Modern Geology
Rel. 09-30, 5 June 2009
EarthTrek: Citizen Scientists Seek Solutions
Rel. 09-28, 2 June 2009
New GSA Volume Takes Bite Out of Southern California Geoscience
Rel. 09-26, 7 May 2009
Geoscientists Meet to Discuss Cordilleran Geology
Rel. 09-24, 6 May 2009
Comparing Mars to Earth: Catastrophe and History
Rel. 09-22, 1 May 2009
Geoscientists Meet to Discuss Rocky Mountain Geology
Rel. 09-21, 28 April 2009
Keeping Rivers Running in the Twenty-first Century
Rel. 09-19, 24 April 2009
New GSA Volume Analyzes Early Geological Experimentation and Its Role in the Emergence of Geoscience
Rel. 09-18, 16 April 2009
GSA Special Paper Presents New Studies of Western U.S. Earth Motion
Rel. 09-17, 15 April 2009
Earth Under Global Cooling
Rel. 09-16, 8 April 2009
Permian Extinction Not a Global Event
Rel. 09-14, 31 March 2009
Geoscientists Set to Discuss Climate Change, Water Issues, Carbon Sequestration, Science Education, and More (NC Section)
Rel. 09-12, 23 March 2009
Great Basin's Bear Lake Reveals Records of Past Climate
Rel. 09-11, 19 March 2009
Report on the Arlington Archosaur Site, a Major New Dinosaur Quarry in Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, to be Presented at GSA Meeting
Rel. 09-10, 13 March 2009
GSA Northeastern Section Meeting: Geoscientists set to Discuss Climate Change, Water Resources, and More
Rel. 09-09, 17 March 2009 (Rev.)
Geoscientists to Discuss Sea Level Rise, Extreme Storm Events, the Fossil Record, and More at GSA Southeastern Section Meeting
Rel. 09-08, 10 March 2009
GSA South-Central Section Meeting: Leading Geoscientists to Discuss Alternative Energy, Water, Health and Public Policy Issues
Rel. 09-06, 3 March 2009
New GSA Book Reveals the Complexity of Human Evolution
Rel. 09-01, 12 Jan 2009
New Science Editor Appointments Give Added Global Dimension to GSA Journals
Rel. 08-70, 08 Jan 2009

2008

New Book Offers Fresh Angle on Franciscan Subduction Complex
Rel. 08-67, 15 December
Milestone Meeting in China Launches New GSA Special Paper
Rel. 08-64, 31 October
Seattle Subject of New Landslide Hazard Volume
Rel. 08-63, 30 October
Geological Society of America Honors Science, Stewardship, and Service for 2008
Rel. 08-60, 27 October

MEDIA COVERAGE
HIGHLIGHTS
2008
Joint Annual Meeting

2008 JOINT ANNUAL MEETING (Houston, Texas)
Only GSA releases are shown below.
- Topsoil's Limited Turnover: A Crisis in Time
  Rel. 08-59, 2 October
- Pterodactyl-Inspired Robot to Master Air, Ground, and Sea
  Rel. 08-58, 2 October
- Scientists Keep an Eye on Texas
  Rel. 08-57, 1 October
- War from the Ground Up
  Rel. 08-56, 1 October
- From Mothballs to Mobilization: Taking the Salt out of Sea Water
  Rel. 08-55, 30 September
- NASA'S Dirty Secret: Moon Dust
  Rel. 08-52, 24 September
- Climate Change Experts Seize the Day: 7 October 2008
  Rel. 08-51, 24 September
- Wetlands Restoration Not a Panacea for Louisiana Coast
  Rel. 08-50, 24 September
- Stalagmites May Predict Next Big One along the New Madrid Seismic Zone
  Rel. 08-49, 24 September
- Discovered: World's Largest Tsunami Debris
  Rel. 08-48, 24 September
- Evolution in Plain Language
  Rel. 08-46, 10 September
- Scientists Team Up in Houston to Tackle Global Challenges
  Rel. 08-40, 12 August
New Book Brings Upper U.S. Gulf Coast Climate Change and Sea-level Rise into Focus
Rel. 08-47, 9 September
Northeast Greenland Detailed by Specialists
Rel. 08-43, 19 August
Studies of Dynamic Past Ice Age May Help Prepare Society for Future Changes
Rel. 08-42, 18 August
Earth Moves in Unique Ways
Rel. 08-41, 13 August
The Colorado Rocky Mountain Region: A Geological Cornucopia
Rel. 08-39, 5 August
Women Leading the Way at The Geological Society of America
Rel. 08-38, 4 August
GSA Announces New Journal: Lithosphere to Debut in Early 2009
Rel. 08-37, 31 July
Phil and Amy Mickelson Receive GSA President's Medal for Advancing Science/Math Education
Rel. 08-34, 22 July
Field Guide Travels the Backbone of the Americas
Rel. 08-33, 21 July
Fossils and Layers: Solving the Terrane Puzzle of the North American Cordillera
Rel. 08-32, 16 July
The Geologic Forces that Shaped Africa
Rel. 08-31, 27 June
Trips among the Dynamic Geology of Indiana and the Ohio River Valley
Rel. 08-27, 12 June
Geology and Biology Meet in the History of U.S. Southwestern Desert Surface Waters
Rel. 08-26, 3 June
Western U.S. Cordillera Expert Honored in New GSA Book
Rel. 08-25, 1 June
Earth's Sediments Record a Falling Sky
Rel. 08-22, 23 May
Arc Collision Zones Center of Much Activity
Rel. 08-21, 22 May
History and Innovation: The Diverse Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Rel. 08-20, 24 April
Las Vegas Reveals the Riches of Geologic History
Rel. 08-19, 24 April
Success Stories in Underground Waste Isolation
Rel. 08-17, 16 April
GSA South-Central Section Meeting in Hot Springs Next Week
Rel. 08-15, 25 March
GSA Northeastern Section to Meet in Buffalo this Month
Rel. 08-13, 6 March
Seismic Hazards, Mineral Resources, and More on Agenda for Geoscientists in Las Vegas
Rel. 08-10, 13 February
Seeing Beneath the Surface: Use of Ground Penetrating Radar in Earth Science Research
Rel. 08-09, 12 February
Strike-Slip Fault System Exposé
Rel. 08-08, 6 February
On the Origins of Orogeny
Rel. 08-07, 5 February
Coal-Fires Science: Ready to Ignite Around the World
Rel. 08-05, 12 January
Scientists to Gather in Houston in October to Celebrate International Year of Planet Earth
Rel. 08-03, 15 January

2007

New Overview of Continental Crust Formation Incorporates Fourth Dimension
Rel. 07-71, 12 December
Dakotas Continue to Yield Paleontological Treasures
Rel. 07-70, 11 December
Southern Alaska: Tectonic Collisions and Crustal Growth
Rel. 07-69, 6 December
Predicting Coastal Changes on a Changing Planet
Rel. 07-67, 15 November
Caribbean Collisions: Exploring Tectonically Active Plate Margins
Rel. 07-66, 14 November 2007
A Definitive Guide to the Great Mantle Plume Debate
Rel. 07-65, 13 November 2007
2007 GSA ANNUAL MEETING:
Only GSA releases are shown below.
Click here for a complete list (including GSA as well as other institutions).
- Western Canada's Glaciers Hit 7000-Year Low
  Rel. 07-61, 30 October 2007
- Dinosaur Deaths Outsourced to India?
  Rel. 07-59, 29 October 2007
- Ancient Amphibians Left Full-Body Imprints
  Rel. 07-60, 29 October 2007
- Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Ceo Vicki Cowart to Speak This Evening at GSA Annual Meeting
  Rel. 07-62, 29 October 2007
- Mars With Ice, Shaken, Not Stirred
  Rel. 07-56, 26 October 2007
- Drugstore in the Dirt
  Rel. 07-58, 25 October 2007
- Why Do Autumn Leaves Bother to Turn Red?
  Rel. 07-57, 25 October 2007
- Exploring Boulder Creek And South Boulder Creek Ecosystems And Flood Hazards
  Rel. 07-55, 22 October 2007
- Denver Then and Now: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Next Week
  Rel. 07-53, 22 October 2007
- Identifying America's Most Vulnerable Oceanfront Communities
  Rel. 07-52, 19 October 2007
- Why are we Losing Louisiana?
  Rel. 07-51, 15 October 2007
- Planetary Geoscience, Paleontology, and More at GSA Annual Meeting in Denver
  Rel. 07-43, 19 September 2007
- GSA 2007 Annual Meeting: Denver, Colorado, 28-31 October
  Rel. 07-29, 6 July 2007
Understanding Mysterious Continental Intraplate Earthquakes
Rel. 07-50, 12 October 2007
Mysteries of the Rheic Ocean Beginning to Unravel
Rel. 07-49, 9 October 2007
International Earthcache Day Kicks Off Earth Science Week on Sunday, 14 October
Rel. 07-48, 8 October 2007
Deborah Imel Nelson to Receive 2007 Henry F. Smyth, Jr., Award
Rel. 07-39, 8 October 2007
Microfossils Disclose Geologic History of Eastern California
Rel. 07-47, 4 October 2007
New Volume Chronicles Recent Insights into Earth's Interior
Rel. 07-46, 3 October 2007
GSA Announces 2007 Medal & Award Winners:
- Penrose Medal: Kevin Charles Antony Burke
  Rel. 07-34, 30 August 2007
- Day Medal and Public Service Award: Mary Lou Zoback
  Rel. 07-35, 30 August 2007
- Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal): Carmala N. Garzione
  Rel. 07-36, 30 August 2007
- Distinguished Service Award: Yildirim Dilek, Robert C. Thomas, and Nancy L. Carlson
  Rel. 07-38, 30 August 2007
- Subaru Outstanding Woman in Science Award: Tanja Bosak
  Rel. 07-37, 30 August 2007
Geological Society of America to Open Washington Office
Rel. 07-40, 16 August 2007
Abandoned Mines on Public Lands: Cleaning Up is Hard to Do
Rel. 07-26, 9 August 2007
Mass Extinctions and the Marine Record
Rel. 07-33, 30 July 2007
On Sorting Through Global Detritus and Discovering Former Earths
Rel. 07-31, 26 July 2007
Public Congressional Briefings on Managing Drought
Rel. 07-30, 13 July 2007
John M. (Jack) Sharp Assumes Geological Society of America Presidency
Rel. 07-24, 9 June 2007
Judith Totman Parrish is New Geological Society of America Vice President
Rel. 07-25, 9 June 2007
New Volume Presents Broad View of Geology of México
Rel. 07-27, 5 July 2007
New Volume on Convergent Margin Processes Honors W.G. (Gary) Ernst
Rel. 07-20, 4 June 2007
Definitive Evidence Found of a Swimming Dinosaur
Rel. 07-22, 22 May 2007
Twenty Years of Yucca Mountain Research Now Available for Scientific Review
Rel. 07-11, 9 May 2007
Geoscientists Discuss Energy Resources, Groundwater Quality, and Fossil Finds in Utah
Rel. 07-19, 30 April 2007
Mount Baker, New Geologic Fault Near Bellingham, and More on Geoscientists' Agenda at Bellingham
Rel. 07-18, 23 April 2007
Water Resources, Geoarcheology, and More on Agenda as Geologists Meet in Lawrence
Rel. 07-14, 6 April 2007
Feathered Dinosaurs and Melting Glaciers Featured in Upcoming GSA GeoVentures
Rel. 07-13, 16 March 2007
Volcanism in the Mediterranean: A Comprehensive View
Rel. 07-08, 9 March 2007
GSA 2007 Southeastern Section Meeting Highlights
Rel. 07-10, 8 March 2007
Climate Change, Health and Environment, and More at 2007 GSA Northeastern Section Meeting
Rel. 07-09, 1 March 2007
Mud Volcano in Java May Continue to Erupt for Months and Possibly Years
Rel. 07-03, 23 January 2007

2006

2006 Annual Meeting (22-25 October)
Only GSA releases are shown below.
Click here for a complete list (including GSA as well as other institutions).
- New Theory for Mass Extinctions
  GSA Rel. 06-52, 24 October 2006
- Trotting with Emus to Walk with Dinosaurs
  GSA Rel. 06-51, 24 October 2006
- Amazon River Reversed Flow
  GSA Rel. 06-50, 24 October 2006
- America's Energy and Resource Future
  GSA Rel. 06-53, 24 October 2006
- New Evidence of Early Horse Domestication
  GSA Rel. 06-49, 20 October 2006
- Global Warming and Your Health
  GSA Rel. 06-48, 19 October 2006
- Far More Than a Meteor Killed Dinos
  GSA Rel. 06-47, 17 October 2006
- Energy Resources, Climate Change, Coastal Issues at GSA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia This Month
  Rel. 06-43, 6 October 2006
- GSA 2006 Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA, 22-25 October
  Rel. 06-25, 14 July 2006
Earth Science Week Kicks Off at International EarthCache Day, Washington, D.C.
Rel. 06-42, 27 September 2006
Where Global Warming Meets the Faucet
Rel. 06-40, 19 September 2006
Droughts and Reservoirs: Finding Storage Space Underground
Rel. 06-39, 18 September 2006
Getting Real: Drought as the "New Normal"
Rel. 06-38, 14 September 2006
GSA Conference to Address Managing Drought and Water Scarcity
Rel. 06-34, 10 August 2006
Frank M. Richter to Receive GSA 2006 Arthur L. Day Medal
Rel. 06-33, 8 August 2006
Elizabeth Catlos to Receive GSA 2006 Young Scientist Award
Rel. 06-28, 8 August 2006
Elizabeth S. Cochran to Receive GSA 2006 Subaru Outstanding Woman in Science Award
Rel. 06-32, 7 August 2006
Robert D. Hatcher, Jr., to Receive GSA 2006 Penrose Medal
Rel. 06-31, 7 August 2006
Dick Kerr to Receive Geological Society of America 2006 Public Service Award
Rel. 06-29, 2 August 2006
New Study Fuels Louisiana Subsidence Controversy
Rel. 06-26, 21 July 2006
Augustine Volcano Eruptions, Glacier Thinning, and More at Geosciences Meeting in Anchorage
Rel. 06-19, 5 May 2006
More Evidence Chicxulub Was Too Early
Rel. 06-14, 29 March 2006
Mega Eruption of Yellowstone's Southern Twin
Rel. 06-13, 28 March 2006
Sumatra Megaquake Defied Theory
Rel. 06-12, 27 March 2006
Geoscientists Discuss Groundwater Contamination, Climate Issues, and More in Knoxville
Rel. 06-10, 17 March 2006
Environmental Issues, Hazards, and Forensic Geology on Geoscientists' Agenda in Camp Hill/Harrisburg
Rel. 06-09, 16 March 2006
A New Look at the Cordilleras of the Americas
Rel. 06-08, 10 March 2006

2005

Geosphere, New GSA Electronic Journal, Now Available Online
Rel. 05-31, 13 September 2005
Are Hurricanes Increasing? Ask A Georgia Pine Tree
Rel. 05-28, 10 August 2005
India's Smoking Gun: Dino-Killing Eruptions
Rel. 05-27, 9 August 2005
New Window into Ancient Ozone Holes
Rel. 05-26, 9 August 2005
Meteor Impacts: Life's Jump Starter?
Rel. 05-25, 8 August 2005
"Earth System Processes 2:" An Updated Look at How the Earth Works
Rel. 05-22, 27 June 2005
2005 Annual Meeting News Releases
Only GSA Annual meeting releases are shown below.
Click here for a complete list (including GSA as well as other institutions).
- Is America's Oil Age Already Waning?
  Rel. 05-42, 14 October 2005
- Antievolutionism Addressed by Top Geoscientists and Educators
  Rel. 05-41, 14 October 2005
- Geoscientists and Educators Take On Antievolutionists
  Rel. 05-40, 14 October 2005
- Disaster Lessons: What You Don't Know Can Kill You
  Rel. 05-39, 14 October 2005
- Wright Bros. Upstaged! Dinos Invented Biplanes
  Rel. 05-38, 14 October 2005
- Mars' Climate in Flux: Mid-Latitude Glaciers
  Rel. 05-37, 14 October 2005
- Space Enthusiasts Invited to Hear Top Scientists from the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn in Salt Lake City Next Week
  Rel. 05-36, 11 October 2005
- "An Eye On Katrina: Geoscience Perspectives on a Catastrophic Hurricane" at GSA Annual Meeting Next Week
  Rel. 05-35, 10 October 2005
- MEDIA ADVISORY: Geological Society of America Meeting in Salt Lake City Next Week
  Rel. 05-34, 10 October 2005
- Late-breaking Geoscience on Hurricane Katrina, and More, at GSA Annual Meeting Next Month
  Rel. 05-33, 29 September 2005
- GSA 2005 Annual Meeting: Salt Lake City, Utah, 16-19 October
  Rel. 05-24, 26 July 2005
Climate Change, Ground Water Sustainability, and More at GSA North-Central Section Meeting
Rel. 05-18, 11 May 2005
Energy Issues, Water Quality, Earthquakes and Other Hazards, and More on Agenda at Joint GSA-AAPG Meeting Next Week
Rel. 05-17, 22 April 2005
South-Central Section to Meet in San Antonio Next Week
Rel. 05-11, 24 March 2005
A New Look at the Emerging Earth System Processes Paradigm
Rel. 05-09, 14 March 2005
Scientists Discuss Tsunamis, Other Coastal and Marine Issues, Next Week at GSA Southeastern Section Meeting
Rel. 05-08, 10 March 2005
Geoscientists Meet Next Week in Saratoga Springs; Public Forum on Hudson River Clean-Up Monday Evening
Rel. 05-07, 9 March 2005
University of West Georgia participates in GSA Meeting
re: Southeastern Section Meeting
University of West Georgia release, 25 February 2005
GC&SU Professor and Graduate Student Illuminate Georgia's Ice Age History
re: Southeastern Section Meeting
Georgia College & State University release, 9 March 2005
GeoScienceWorld Launches Portal and Signs Third Reseller
GSW release, 28 February 2005
GeoScienceWorld Launches Portal of 30 Leading Geoscience Journals and GeoRef
GSW release, 7 February 2005
New Geologic Map of North America Illustrates Discoveries and Advances in Geoscience
Rel. 05-04, 1 February 2005

2004

Geosphere, New Geological Society of America Electronic Journal, to Debut First Quarter 2005
Rel. 04-39, 21 December 2004
When Earth Turned Bad: New Evidence Supports Terrestrial Cause of End-Permian Mass Extinction
Rel. 04-38, 30 November 2004
GSA 2004 Annual Meeting: Denver, Colorado, 7-10 Nov.
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Releases from GSA listed below:
- Tumbleweeds Good for Uranium Clean-Up
  Rel. 04-33, 5 November 2004
- Seismosaur Cut Down To Size
  Rel. 04-32, 5 November 2004
- Honeybees Defy Dino-Killing "Nuclear Winter"
  Rel. 04-31, 5 November 2004
- Titanic Disaster: New Theory Fingers Coal Fire
  Rel. 04-30, 5 November 2004
- Earliest Tracks of 4-Legged Stroll
  Rel. 04-29, 5 November 2004
- Top Mars Exploration Scientists to Speak in Denver Tuesday, 9 November 2004
  Rel. 04-27, 21 October 2004
- 2004 GSA Annual Meeting - Media Advisory
  Rel. 04-24, 30 August 2004
Virtual Student Expo Initiated by AAPG, GSA, SEG and SPE
Rel. 04-25, August 14, 2004
Geoscience World Appoints Executive Director Selects HighWire Press to Build its New Portal
Rel. 04-20, July 13, 2004
Biogeoscience.org Launches
Rel. 04-17, June 8, 2004
Yellowstone Hot Spot a Hot Topic at GSA Meeting in Boise
Rel. 04-15, May 3, 2004
Tip Sheet: Geoscientists Discuss River Management Issues and Earthquake Hazards in St. Louis This Week
Rel. 04-12, March 31, 2004
Tip Sheet: Joint Meeting, Northeastern-Southeastern Sections, GSA
Rel. 04-11, March 23, 2004
Geoscientists Report on Environment, Climate, and Public Policy Issues in Washington, DC, This Month
Rel. 04-10, March 15, 2004
Dragons of the Air: Pterosaurs Flew with Smart Wings
Rel. 04-08, March 15, 2004
New Web Site for Biogeoscience Community Announced
Rel. 04-07, March 1, 2004
GeoScienceWorld to Launch - Online Access to Leading Journals in the Earth Sciences
Rel. 04-03, January 21, 2004

2003

Geoscience Horizons
GSA 2003 Annual Meeting: Seattle, Washington, Nov. 2-5
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Releases from GSA listed below:
- Isotopes From Feathers Reveal Bird Migrations
  Rel. 03-39, November 5, 2003
- World's Most Alkaline Life Forms Found Near Chicago
  Rel. 03-38, November 4, 2003
- Extraterrestrial Enigma: Missing Amino Acids In Meteorites
  Rel. 03-37, November 3, 2003
- Sand Ripples Taller On Mars
  Rel. 03-36, November 3, 2003
- Climate Change in the Vineyards: The Taste of Global Warming
  Rel. 03-35, November 3, 2003
- Water on the Gaza Strip: Time Bomb or Ray of Hope?
  Rel. 03-34, November 3, 2003
- The Road First Traveled: Peopling of the New World
  Rel. 03-33, November 2, 2003
- A New Look at Neoproterozoic Earth
  Rel. 03-32, October 28, 2003
- Debate Heats Up on Role of Climate in Human Evolution
  Rel. 03-31, October 27, 2003
Media Advisory:
Wildland Fire Impacts on Watersheds
A Special Conference of The Geological Society of America
Rel. 03-27, October 14, 2003
GSA Meets in Seattle, Nov. 2-5, 2003
Rel. 03-22, July 18, 2003
Wildland Fire Impacts on Watersheds: A Special Conference of The Geological Society of America
Rel. 03-21, July 18, 2003
Geologists Discuss Area Prehistoric Cultures and Regional Wildfire at Meeting This Week in Durango
Rel. 03-12, May 7, 2003
GSA Cordilleran Section Meets This Week in Puerto Vallarta
Rel. 03-09, March 31, 2003
Joint Meeting of Atlantic Geoscience Society and GSA NE Section
Rel. 03-08, March 26, 2003
GSA North-Central Section Meets This Week in Kansas City
Rel. 03-07, March 24, 2003
GSA Southeastern and South-Central Sections Meet This Week in Memphis
Rel. 03-06, March 10, 2003
Biting Rocks and Pondering Pancakes: Earth Science Education Gets Big Boost from Englewood Teacher
Rel. 03-01, January 14, 2003

2002

Scientists Discover Ancient Protein and DNA Sequences in the Same Fossil
Rel. 02-54, November 14, 2002
The Geological Society of America 2002 Annual Meeting: "Science at the Highest Level"
- GSA Got Noticed!
  See Media Coverage Summary for the '02 meeting
- Evolution Upset: Oxygen-Making Microbes Came Last, Not First
  Rel. 02-44, October 25, 2002
- Sounding Europa On the Cheap: Eavesdropping On Ice
  Rel. 02-45, October 25, 2002
- Sod Busters Along the Old Cambrian Trail
  Rel. 02-47, October 25, 2002
- Can Geologists Bridge the Gap Between Islamic Countries and the Western World?
  Rel. 02-48, October 25, 2002
- Inside Fossil Embryos of Earth's Earliest Animals
  Rel. 02-52, October 25, 2002
- Hidden Face of Mars Uncovered by Father & Daughter
  Rel. 02-53, October 25, 2002
- Media Advisory
  Rel. 02-41, September 4, 2002
Columbia University Study Ties the Frequency of Earthquakes to Ocean Tides
Rel. 02-33, May 28, 2002
Another Cascade Range Volcano May Be Coming to Life
Rel. 02-31, May 13, 2002
Recent Dinosaur Discoveries in Utah and Wyoming
Rel. 02-29, May 7, 2002
Are There Diamonds in Iron Mountain?
Rel. 02-28, May 7, 2002
Geologists to Discuss Landslide Hazards
Rel. 02-27, May 7, 2002
Water Issues in West Texas
Rel. 02-23, April 11, 2002
Where Have All the Grasses Gone? Eco-Trouble in Texas' Big Bend National Park
Rel. 02-22, April 11, 2002
A New Way to Sleuth Dinosaur Bones
Rel. 02-21, April 11, 2002
Impact Events' Kinetic Energy May Be Key to Understanding the Severity of Mass Extinctions
Rel. 02-19, April 3, 2002
Human Ancestor Australopithecus Did Indeed Walk Upright
Rel. 02-18, April 3, 2002
Mississippi and Missouri River Flood Levels Underestimated
Rel. 02-17, April 3, 2002
Geology and the Civil War: the Battle of Chickamauga
Rel. 02-16, April 3, 2002
Was Poet Emily Dickinson a Closet Geologist?
Rel. 02-15, March 25, 2002
Alaskan Terrane Shared Seaway with Siberia and Ural Mountains
Rel. 02-13, March 25, 2002
Rock Solid Evidence of Manicouagan Impact Causing Earthquake
Rel. 02-12, March 25, 2002
Hiroshima Porcelain Pieces Provide Insight into Exposure Levels
Rel. 02-12, March 25, 2002
Geologists Find Hidden Active Strands of the Seattle Fault Zone
Rel. 02-09, February 7, 2002
Philosophy of the Guessing Game of Geology: How Do We Guess?
Rel. 02-07, January 25, 2002
A Rising Force: New Study on Ancient Mantle Plumes
Rel. 02-06, January 25, 2002
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What Are Those Big Jellyfish Fossils Doing in Wisconsin?
Rel. 02-05, January 23, 2002
The K-T Impact Extinctions: Dust Didn't Do It
Rel. 02-04, January 23, 2002

2001

Lowering Rates of Beach Erosion: Estuaries may be Key
Rel. 01-67, December 10, 2001
Scientist Anticipates Major Eruption of Peru's El Misti Volcano
Rel. 01-66, December 10, 2001
Arctic Gakkel Ridge Eruption Reveals Magma from Earth's Mantle
Rel. 01-64, December 3, 2001
A Curve Ball into the Snowball Earth Hypothesis?
Rel. 01-63, December 3, 2001
New GSA Publication on Ophiolites and Oceanic Crust
Rel. 01-43, October 30, 2001
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2001 Annual Meeting:
- Finding Life In The Solar System: A New Synthesis
  Rel. 01-51, November 8, 2001
- Geological Myth Busting: Extraterrestrials Really Don't Impact Volcanoes?
  Rel. 01-52, November 8, 2001
- Early Critters in Microbial Mats: Evolution or Just a Strange Environment?
  Rel. 01-53, November 8, 2001
- Volcanoes Still Active on Mars? New Evidence for Ongoing Volcanism and Water Release
  Rel. 01-54, November 8, 2001
- Discovery of Buried Impact Craters on Mars Widens Possibility of an Ancient Martian Ocean
  Rel. 01-56, November 8, 2001
- All in the Family: Scientists Find Mother and Daughter Asteroids
  Rel. 01-59, November 8, 2001
- Chinese Art And The Rise Of Modern Geology: East Versus West
  Rel. 01-50, November 7, 2001
- Why the Big Animals Went Down in the Pleistocene-Was it Just the Climate?
  Rel. 01-55, November 7, 2001
- Geologists Delineate Ancient Harbor of Troy
  Rel. 01-58, November 7, 2001
- Seawall Erosion: Are Some Walls Okay?
  Rel. 01-46, November 5, 2001
- A Fish Named Wayne-Wanda?
  Rel. 01-47, November 5, 2001
- New Evidence for Sea-Level Rise along the Coasts of Maine and Nova Scotia
  Rel. 01-48, November 5, 2001
- Media Advisory 2
  Boston 2001: A Geo-Odyssey
  Rel. 01-45, November 1, 2001
- Media Advisory 1
  Boston 2001: A Geo-Odyssey
  Rel. 01-38, August 30, 2001
Denver Teacher Impacts K-12 Geoscience Education Through GSA
Rel. 01-39, September 4, 2001
Permian Extraterrestrial Impact Caused Largest Mass Extinction on Earth
Rel. 01-37, August 24, 2001
The Ancients Were Right - Delphi Was A Gas!
Rel. 01-34, August 6, 2001
Earth System Processes
- Read the media coverage
- Amazon Rainforest Could be Unsustainable Within A Decade
  Rel. 01-20, June 21, 2001
- How Trees Changed The World
  Rel. 01-21, June 21, 2001
- Subglacial Volcanoes (And Life?) On Mars
  Rel. 01-22, June 21, 2001
- Venus Holds Clues To Finding Earth's Platinum And Diamonds
  Rel. 01-23, June 21, 2001
- Where There's Soup, There's Life
  Rel. 01-24, June 21, 2001
- The Goldilocks Effect: How Other Earths Form Just Right
  Rel. 01-25, June 21, 2001
- A Disturbance In the "Force" Caused the K-T Impact?
  Rel. 01-26, June 21, 2001
- Mass Extinction At The Triassic-Jurassic Boundary: Where's The Smoking Gun?
  Rel. 01-27, June 21, 2001
- I've Looked At Clouds (And Global Weather) From Both Sides Now: A Perspective From The Warm Pool
  Rel. 01-28, June 21, 2001
- Does Nessie Stir When The Earth Shakes?
  Rel. 01-29, June 21, 2001
- Wheels Within Wheels: Rare Orbital Anomaly May Have Caused Global Cooling 23 Million Years Ago
  Rel. 01-30, June 21, 2001
- Snowball Fight In Edinburgh
  Rel. 01-31, June 21, 2001
- Climate Change And Coral Reefs
  Rel. 01-32, June 21, 2001
- Scientists Share Multidisciplinary Discoveries at "Earth System Processes"
  Rel. 01-18, June 14, 2001
- International Scientists Probe Unsolved Puzzles of the Earth and Beyond at "Earth System Processes"
  Rel. 01-17, May 25, 2001
- Two of the World's Oldest Earth Science Organizations Collaborate in Study of Planet Earth and Beyond
  Rel. 01-02, February 2, 2001
2001 Section Meetings
- North-Central Section — Rel. 01-11, April 19, 2001
- Cordilleran Section — Rel. 01-08, April 5, 2001

2000

Evolution is Good Science
Rel. 00-25, October 19, 2000
Summit 2000
- Rel. 00-24, September 29, 2000
- Rel. 00-27, November 4, 2000
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