Earth Science Week on Instagram: "Starting off the new year strong with a small but mighty fossil - a foraminiferan! These tiny and adorable single-celled organisms come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and this one just so happens to look like a cloud (and we think that’s adorable!) ☁️ While they’re alive, foraminifera (or “forams” for short) live in marine or brackish waters and build shells (or “tests”). When they die, their tests sink to the sea floor and those are what we see preserved in

It’s Earth Science Week! This year’s theme, “Energy Resources for Our Future,” challenges us all to become informed energy consumers—balancing environmental, economic, and social needs to shape a sustainable tomorrow. At GSA Connects 2025, we’re expanding that conversation through our meeting themes: 🔋 Energy and Resource Innovations in the 21st Century 🌍 Geology without Borders 🌌 From Earth to the Cosmos: Geoscience Beyond Our Planet One session that hits all the right layers? “Faults, Fract