CAREER AS GEOLOGISTS GEOLOGISTS EXPLORE AND DISCOVER IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETYS PROBLEMS PREDICTING BEHAVIOR OF EARTH SYSTEMS AND THE UNIVERSE.

CAREER AS GEOLOGISTS

GEOLOGISTS EXPLORE AND DISCOVER IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETY’S PROBLEMS• PREDICTING BEHAVIOR OF EARTH SYSTEMS AND THE UNIVERSE• FINDING SUPPLIES OF NATURAL RESOURCES • MAINTAINING QUALITY OF WATER SUPPLIES• REDUCING HUMAN SUFFERINGS AND PROPERTY LOSS FROM NATURAL HAZARDS

• DETERMINING GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND HABITATS AND PREDICTING THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON THEM

• UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL CLIMATE PATTERNS

WHAT AREAS GEOLOGISTS DO?• ATMOSPHERIC SCIENTISTS – STUDY WEATHER

PROCESSES; THE GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLLUTION

• ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS - EXPLORE AND DEVELOP MINERAL RESOURCES AND FIND ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE WAYS OF DISPOSING WASTE MATERIALS FROM MINING

• ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGIST S– STUDY THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE GEOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, ATMOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES; WORK TO SOLVE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH POLLUTION, WASTE MANAGEMENT, URBANIZATION AND NATURAL HAZARDS

• HYDROGEOLOGISTS –STUDY THE OCCURRENCE, MOVEMENT, ABUNDANCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND QUALITY OF SUBSURFACE WATERS AND RELATED GEOLOGIC ASPECTS OF SURFACE WATERS

• GLACIAL GEOLOGISTS – STUDY THE PHYSICAL MOVEMENT OF GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS

• PALEONTOLOGISTS – STUDY OF FOSSILS TO UNDERSTAND PAST LIFE FORMS AND THEIR CHANGES OVER TIME AND TO RECONSTRUCT PAST ENVIRONMENT

• VOLCANOLOGISTS – INVESTIGATE VOLCANOES AND VOLCANIC PHENOMENA TO UNDERSTAND THESE NATURAL HAZARDS AND PREDICT ERUPTION

• PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS – EXPLORE FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS RESOURCES

• PLANETARY GEOLOGISTS – STUDY OF PLANETS AND THEIR MOONS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

JOB OUTLOOK• EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES VARY WITH THE

ECONOMIC CLIMATE OF THE COUNTRY• THE LONG-TERM PROSPECTS IS GOOD AT THIS

TIME 1. DECREASING ENERGY, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES 2. INCREASING CONCERNS ABOUT THE ENVIRON- MENT AND NATURAL HAZARDS• ACCORDING TO NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, ABOUT 125,000 GEOSCIENTISTS WORK IN USA

RELATED TO OIL AND GAS, MINING AND MINERALS AND WATER RESOURCES

• EXPERIENCED GEOLOGISTS ARE SELF-EMPLOYED AS GEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS OR WORK WITH CONSULTING FIRMS, TEACHING OR RESEARCH

• GEOLOGISTS WORK IN GOVERNMENT SECTOR• EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ACADEME SALARY SCALE VARY FROM EMPLOYER TO EMPLOYER:

CAREER PATH, LOCATION, QUALIFICATIONS, ECONOMYBUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS – JOBS IN GEOSCIENTISTS WILL

GROW BY 22% BETWEEN 2006 TO 2016, MUCH FASTER INCREASE THAN THE AVERAGE FOR ALL OCCUPATIONS

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