EDUCATOR’S CORNER
EurekaAlert!
Newspapers and News Magazines
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian, and changed its name in 1959. It has two informative sections on science and the environment: https://
www.theguardian.com/science and https://www.
theguardian.com/uk/environment
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine founded in 1933. It has a very informative online section on Earth:
https://www.newsweek.com/topic/ earth
New York Times, founded in 1851, is an American newspaper based in New York City with of news on Earth and Climate:
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/earth
https://www.nytimes.com/section/climate
Scientific Organizations
The American Geophysical Union (AGU), founded in 1919 in Washington D.C., is one of the largest geoscience societies in the world, covering all aspects of Earth science including the solid- earth, the atmosphere, and the oceans. Its monthly newsmagazine Eos reports on new developments and also includes trendy articles written by scientists. “Research Highlights” in Eos reports on the major research results published in AGU’s technical journals, which are often used by science journalists.
https://eos.org/
The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program and research. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Washington D.C. NASA also includes Earth Science Enterprise managing the Earth Observing System (EOS) launched in 1997. It published a bimonthly newsletter, The Earth Observer (available online). NASA’s website also has a very informative page on earth science news:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/ nasa-earth-science-news
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere. It formed out of several agencies created at various times, including United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (1807), Weather Bureau of the United States (1870, today’s National Weather Service), and Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps (1917). NOAA’s website includes news and feature articles:
https://www.noaa.gov/news- features
The United States Geological Survey Department of the Interior founded in 1879 and Colorado and California). Its website offers a wealth of information, reports, and maps.
https://www.usgs.gov/
and new developments:
https://www.usgs.gov/news/news-releases
The USGS earthquake website is popular site for obtaining information on recent or real-time earthquakes:
https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake- hazards
Last but not least I should also mention the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) that not only publishes a quarterly magazine, The Professional Ge- ologist, but also sends out an email newsletter, AIPG eNews to its members.
www.aipg.org
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