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The Azolla story: How an amazing plant changed our climate 50 million years ago

At the 3P Arctic Conference & Exhibition this September, Dr. Jonathan Bujak will tell attendees about a plant that has the potential to help reduce today’s climate change.

Added on 30 July, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

America's On Top – Now What?

Unconventional resources have propelled the United States to the top of the world’s energy producers, and the downturn is just another opportunity to figure out how to keep getting better.

Added on 01 July, 2015

Explorer Article By Ken Milam

ICE Field Trips Offer Exotic, Exclusive Venues

Some of the world’s most spectacular and geologically fascinating sights will be showcased in nine field trips planned in conjunction with September’s AAPG-SEG International Conference and Exhibition (ICE) in Melbourne, Australia, Sept. 13-16.

Added on 01 July, 2015

Explorer Division Column DEG By Jeffrey Paine

DEG Members' Role: Filling the Information Gap

This seems to be the way public opinion is shaped on most any hot topic: There is quite a bit of early, incomplete information to feed the public’s interest, and this early activity disproportionately shapes society’s attitude and ultimate response.

Added on 01 June, 2015

Explorer Article By Piper Lewis

Ocean Acidification Threatens U.S. Food Security

Imagine a future swarming with jellyfish but lacking in oysters, where algal mats smother coral reefs and salmon stocks plummet – a future in which the ocean is more than 100 percent more acidic than today.

Added on 01 June, 2015

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Program announced! Extending Mature Fields Geosciences Technology Workshop

Join us in Buenos Aires, Argentina 11-12 May for Extending Mature Fields' Life Cycles: The Role of New Technologies and Integrated Strategies, a Geosciences Technology Workshop organized in partnership with the Asociación Argentina de Geólogos y Geofísicos (AAGGP).

Added on 22 April, 2015

Delegates Voice Division Article By Jeffrey Paine

Division of Environmental Geosciences

The Division of Environmental Geosciences is enjoying a full, productive and provocative year. Our efforts this year have been focused on ensuring environmental issues of concern to the energy industry are well represented at the 2015 Annual Convention and Exhibition in Denver.

Added on 10 April, 2015

Explorer Policy Watch By Edith Allison

Inaccuracies Abound In Emissions Papers

The oil and natural gas industry is the target of round two of the President’s Climate Action Plan, released in 2013 with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Added on 01 March, 2015

Explorer Division Column DEG By Jeffrey Paine

DEG Invites Open Dialogue

DEG has two principal venues to reach members and the public through the written word.These commonly serve as discussion starters and are intended to maintain lively debate and discourse within the DEG community.

Added on 01 March, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Ken Milam

Remote Sensing for Cost-Effective Mapping

In a paper to be presented at the upcoming Arctic Technology Conference, Fugro remote sensing manager Todd Mitchell discusses ways to better characterize the sensitive areas of the remote Arctic to help prepare for better disaster responses.

Added on 01 February, 2015

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wwwUpdate Blog By Grant Smith

Free Access to AAPG's Discovery Series 10 and 15 Full Data Set Tutorials

Courtesy of AAPG and AAPG Datapages, two Discovery Series data sets have been donated free of charge for use as online teaching materials. Discovery Series 10 – Sandstone Petrology: A Tutorial Petrographic Image Atlas 2nd Edition and Discovery Series 15 – Carbonate Petrology: Interactive Petrography Tutorial, both authored by Kitty Milliken, have been posted online for easy accessibility.

Added on 11 May, 2020

wwwUpdate Blog

AAPG 2022 Strategic Planning Survey Results

Results of the 2022 AAPG Member/Customer Planning Survey.

Added on 05 April, 2023

wwwUpdate Blog

Advertise With Us!

AAPG publications are widely read by geologists, geophysicists and reservoir engineers. Are they your target audience? Then take advantage of the many advertising opportunities available in AAPG’s news and journal magazines.

Added on 13 April, 2018

wwwUpdate Blog

Hackbarth Assumes Presidency of AAPG

Claudia J. Hackbarth, a Houston-based geologist who has held a variety of management and leadership positions for the Royal Dutch Shell Group, assumed the presidency of AAPG on July 1.

Added on 30 June, 2023