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News Release 09-196
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee Offers New Vision for the Geosciences
Releases report: "GEO Vision: Unraveling Earth's Complexities through the Geosciences"
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![Cover of the NSF's Advisory Committee for Geosciences GEO Vision report.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision1_f.jpg)
NSF's Advisory Committee for Geosciences has released a new report: GEO Vision.
Credit: NSF Advisory Committee for Geosciences
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![Map of Earth's global electrical conductivity.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision2_f.jpg)
Geoscientists recently mapped Earth's global electrical conductivity in 3-D for the first time.
Credit: Anna Kelbert
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![Illustration showing the interactions between the Sun and the Earth.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision3_f.jpg)
Newly uncovered interactions between the Sun and the Earth affect our climate.
Credit: UCAR
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![Photo of researcher viewing snow-capped mountains.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision4_f.jpg)
Increased desert dust blowing in the wind is altering mountain ecosystems.
Credit: Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
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![Photo of geoscientists using Doppler-on-Wheels to study tornado formation.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision5_f.jpg)
Geoscientists are using instruments like the Doppler-on-Wheels to study tornado formation.
Credit: Josh Wurman, CSWR
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![Photo of ancient fossil leaves.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision6_f.jpg)
Ancient fossil leaves tell a story of sudden loss of biodiversity that may have current parallels.
Credit: John Weinstein, The Field Museum
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![An aerial view of Long Island shows its low-lying shores, vulnerable to rising sea-levels.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision7_f.jpg)
An aerial view of Long Island shows its low-lying shores, vulnerable to rising sea-levels.
Credit: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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![Photo of glacier in background and ice-free areas in foreground.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision8_f.jpg)
The history of glaciers in Peru and around the world is under study by geoscientists.
Credit: Joe Licciardi
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![Photo of the hybrid remotely operated vehicle Nereus and the mother ship.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision9_f.jpg)
The hybrid remotely operated vehicle Nereus may be tethered or untethered to a mother ship.
Credit: WHOI
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![Photo of diver surrounded by jellyfish.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision10_f.jpg)
Jellyfish and other small sea creatures drive large-scale mixing in the oceans.
Credit: John Dabiri, Caltech
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![Artist's rendering showing the solar wind as it streaks by Earth.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision11_f.jpg)
This artist's rendering shows the solar wind as it streaks by Earth.
Credit: NASA
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![The locations of the new Ocean Observatories Initiative are shown in this graphic.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision12_f.jpg)
The locations of the new Ocean Observatories Initiative are shown in this graphic.
Credit: Center for Environmental Visualization, University of Washington
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![Map showing seismic stations across the continent.](/news/mmg/media/images/geovision13_f.jpg)
NSF EarthScope scientists have installed seismic stations across the continent.
Credit: EarthScope
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