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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