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 ABOUT AGI -- The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of 50 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 250,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in our profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resilience to natural hazards, and the health of the environment.
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is offering deep discounts of up to 90% off on various titles. All Global GIS CD-ROMs and DVDs are marked down to an incredible $10.00. Minerals Foundations of Society and the Glossary of Hydrology (normally $40.00) will each be available for $10.00. Shipping is extra, while supplies last. Visit AGI's Bookstore to take advantage of this sale.
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Final Call for 2012 AGI Officer and Award Nominations. AGI is seeking quality candidates for its officers-elect and awards and needs help from the geoscience community to be sure it has quality candidates in its pool before the February 1, 2012, deadline. Specifically AGI is seeking nominations for three of its 2013 Executive Committee positions as well as three of its 2012 awards. Nominations may be submitted online or nomination forms may be downloaded. Go to nominations page >>
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Introducing AGI's new logo to go along with the name change of 2011. See the new logo at the bottom of this page. For more information about what the logo represents, please see the information about the logo.
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STATUS REPORT ON THE GLOBAL GEOSCIENCE INITIATIVE - The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE), which has achieved considerable success in its outreach activities, has not generated a significant science program. As the triennium reaches its end, there is a wish to explore the scope to launch a global geoscience initiative, to use the momentum generated by IYPE and three other international years, and to take forward the aims expressed in the Tsukuba Declaration, issued jointly by participants in these programs. Read more >>>
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SCIENCE WORLD -- A service of AGI, Earth Science World
is the place to explore your interests in the earth sciences. Here you'll
find Earth data
from around the world, images from the Earth
Science World Image Bank, geoscience books,
and information on careers
in the geosciences. Additionally, Earth Science World is the home of
Earth Science Week.
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