At the beginning of 1969, it is estimated, industry employed 70 percent of all professional earth scientists. Projected substantial increases in the employment needs of the mining and service industries over the next five years may be markedly offset by the petroleum industry's plans to hire 18 percent fewer earth scientists, particularly…

Thirteen "Learning Activities Packages" for junior high school students focus on earth science and life science. Individual packages can be used with some lecture and films. Each learning activity package lists behavioral objectives and concepts to be used. Lists of reading assignments and references, along with laboratory activities,…

This compendium of lecture notes provides a course of study for persons who may be involved in a variety of specialized meteorological tasks. The course is considered to be advanced and assumes students have had introductory experiences in meteorology and earth science (covered in a similar compendium). The material is presented in seven units…

This report extensively reviews the progress of the United States in space during 1967, the tenth year of the space age. The first chapter of the report summarizes the 1967 space activities; and each of the remaining 13 chapters is devoted to reviewing the space-related activities of a particular federal agency (13 agencies included). Appendices…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 7. SUBJECT MATTER: Earth science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material suggests a time schedule for the major units and gives details of the reference materials referred to in the text. The main text is presented in four columns: topical outline, basic understandings, suggested activities and…

Described are technological considerations affecting storage of energy, particularly electrical energy. The background and present status of energy storage by batteries, water storage, compressed air storage, flywheels, magnetic storage, hydrogen storage, and thermal storage are discussed followed by a review of development trends. Included are…

This is the first article of a two-part series on how research can help reduce the hazards of earthquakes. It deals with attempts to predict quakes so that people can get out of the way. (Author/HM)

Geologists in this field are becoming increasingly involved in studies of land use. (Author/BB)

Developments in clastic sedimentology for 1978 focused on energy, especially petroleum exploration. (BB)

The congress of the International Committee for the History of Geology held in September at Munster, West Germany, had as its theme regional influences on the history of geology. (Author/BB)

The year 1978 marked a continued trend toward practical applications in mathematical geology. Developments included work in interactive computer graphics, factor analysis, the vanishing tons problem, universal kriging, and resource estimating. (BB)

A brief summary of work completed by micropaleontologists in 1978. (BB)

The petroleum industry had a very active year, worldwide, in 1978. Reported on here are explorations undertaken in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the North Sea, the Soviet Union, and the Middle East. (BB)

Seismological research last year was directed toward several fundamental problems. Advances were made in the computation of theoretical seismograms for complex structures and sources. (BB)

Contributions to this field for 1978 are discussed. Of special interest are the jawless marine fishes that were found in marine deposits from Late Cambrian time. (BB)