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- The Face of the Earth:The Legacy of Eduard Suess
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1 University of Utah, Energy and Geoscience Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, US
1 University of Utah, Energy and Geoscience Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, US
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Current Science, Vol 110, No 8 (2016), Pagination: 1571-1572Abstract
Many geologists, especially the younger generations, may not know of Eduard Suess (1831-1914). Yet, the work of this great Austrian geologist had a tremendous impact on geology. Consider the terms Gondwana (land), Laurentia, Tethys, shield, eustasy, batholith, foreland, listric fault, backthrust (backfold); these and many other geologic terms we commonly use today were coined by Suess. It is a delight to see that Suess' legacy is appreciated by this book on the 100th anniversary of his death. Readers may refer to Sorkhabi1 for more information on Suess and his work.Full Text
- How Popular is Earth Science?
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1 University of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute, 423 Wakara Way, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-3537., US
1 University of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute, 423 Wakara Way, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-3537., US
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Current Science, Vol 115, No 7 (2018), Pagination: 1245-1246Abstract
How popular is earth science? There are various ways to assess the place of earth science in our education and society. A few years ago, the American Geoscience Institute collected data on high school science graduation requirements for all states in the USA. The survey found that while 22 states accepted an earth and space science course for graduation, only two states required a year-long earth/ environmental science course, whereas the number of states that required life science and physical science courses for graduation were 50 and 30 respectively1. Overall, earth science education is underrated in our middle and high schools.Full Text
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- https://www.americangeosciences.org/sites/default/files/education-reports-Secondary-ES_Report.pdf
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- Teaching Geoscience in a Changing World
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1 Energy & Geoscience Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, US
1 Energy & Geoscience Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, US
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Current Science, Vol 117, No 3 (2019), Pagination: 360-361Abstract
Aside from astronomy, all natural sciences directly or indirectly deal with Earth, but one science that specifically studies Earth as a planetary system is geoscience or earth science. Geoscience encompasses a vast field, including geology, geochemistry, geophysics, oceanography and meteorology. Geoscience is an important science to society and should be a fundamental part of public and school education. For the developing countries endowed with natural resources as well as facing environmental challenges, natural hazards and resource mismanagement, geoscience education and research should be regarded as a high priority and vital to national security. Obviously the quality of geoscience education impacts research and development in the field. In a recent editorial in the pages of this journal, Dilip Saha1 commented on how education also plays an important role in the employment of college graduates majoring in geoscience. Building upon his note, here I share some tips and suggestions for teaching geoscience courses. My emphasis here is on undergraduate courses, although many of the points highlighted below are also helpful for postgraduate courses in geoscience. The following notes stem from my years of teaching geoscience courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Nevertheless, this note does not claim to be inclusive of all principles and practices in geoscience education.Full Text
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- Saha, D., Curr. Sci., 2018, 115(4), 595– 596.
- Sorkhabi, R., Curr. Sci., 2018, 115(7), 1245–1246.
- Sorkhabi, R., J. Geol. Soc. India, 1997, 49(5), 604–606.
- There are several introductory books on the history of geoscience: Faul, H. and Faul, C., It Began with a Stone: A History of Geology from the Stone Age to the Age of Plate Tectonics (Wiley, New York, 1983, p. 288); A History of Geology by Gabriel Gohau (Rutgers University Press, New York, 1990, p. 259); A Brief History of Geology by Kieran D. O’Hara (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018, p. 264).
- Big questions in geoscience and challenges for the geoscience community
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1 University of Utah, Energy and Geoscience Institute and Department of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, US
1 University of Utah, Energy and Geoscience Institute and Department of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, US
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Current Science, Vol 120, No 9 (2021), Pagination: 1426-1432Abstract
Geoscience is relatively underrated in our public education. Public perception of big questions in science is often related to cosmology and physics. However, geoscience deals with its own big questions and offers a body of knowledge that directly benefits society. Twenty areas of significant questions, challenges and opportunities in geoscience articulated in a survey of 136 geoscientists are reported here. Global warming and the petroleum industry top the list. Prediction and mitigation of natural hazards, especially big earthquakes and explosive volcanoes, tackling environmental degradation and pollution of various types, as well as exploration of rare earth metals and energy minerals essential to everyday life are among the practical topics of study. Some of the big questions pertain to the most distant geologic past – Hadean and Eo-Archean times (4.5–3.5 Ga) – during which the primitive Earth’s internal structure, crust, atmosphere, oceans and biosphere were formed. Other questions concern those physical parts of the Earth – the mantle and the core – that are not directly accessible to us. Geoscience is far from integrating crustal phenomena and plate tectonics with the dynamics, heterogeneities and evolution of the mantle. Causes of palaeoclimate changes and mass extinctions, and the relationships between these two remain fertile fields of research. Extraterrestrial influences such as lunar gravitational stresses and meteorite impacts should be better integrated into Earth system science. Many of the big questions in geoscience are multidisciplinary and require various methods and big data analyticsKeywords
Big questions, geoscience education, geoscience workforce, research and development, surveyFull Text
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