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Subject: Fwd: Earth Science Week 2013 Theme Announced: "Mapping Our World"
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:24:59 -0600 (CST)
From: Linda R Zellmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Earth Science Week 2013 Theme Announced: "Mapping Our World"

Contact: Geoff Camphire ([log in to unmask])

For Immediate Release

Earth Science Week 2013 Theme Announced: "Mapping Our World"

Alexandria, VA -- The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to
announce that the theme of Earth Science Week 2013 will be "Mapping Our
World."
This year's event will promote awareness of the many exciting uses of
maps and
mapping technologies in the geosciences.

Earth Science Week 2013 materials and activities will engage young
people and
others in learning how geoscientists, geographers, and other mapping
professionals use maps to represent land formations, natural resource
deposits,
bodies of water, fault lines, volcanic activity, weather patterns, travel
routes, parks, businesses, population distribution, our shared geologic
heritage, and more. Maps help show how the Earth systems -- geosphere,
hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere -- interact.

"With this theme, Earth Science Week highlights the ways that Earth
scientists
use maps to understand our planet and how humans use the land," says Geoff
Camphire, AGI's Manager of Outreach. "For centuries, people have relied
on maps
to represent their knowledge of Earth and its systems. From old-world
celestial
maps and nautical charts to the satellite imaging and digital GIS
technology of
the 21st century, map-making provides an interactive way of knowing our
world."

Reaching over 50 million people annually, AGI leads Earth Science Week in
cooperation with its sponsors and the geoscience community as a service
to the
public. Each year, community groups, educators, and interested citizens
organize
celebratory events. Earth Science Week offers the public opportunities to
discover the Earth sciences and engage in re¬sponsible stewardship of
the Earth.
Earth Science Week is supported by the U.S. Geological Survey, the AAPG
Foundation, the National Park Service, NASA, Esri, and the American
Geophysical
Union.

Earth Science Week 2013 will be celebrated October 13-19. For more about
this
week and ways to get in¬volved -- including newsletters, local events, and
classroom activities -- please see the Earth Science Week web site at
http://www.earthsciweek.org/.


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The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of
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
the 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, resiliency to natural hazards, and
interaction with
the environment.

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