By Colleen O’Hanlon
That’s the question being asked at AGU24, the world’s largest gathering of earth scientists, which kicks off in Washington D.C. this week.
The event, which attracts more than 25,000 attendees from more than 100 countries has the ambition of helping scientists, educators, policymakers, journalists and communicators better understand the environment and the planet.
Seequent’s Visible Geology product is the subject of an AGUTV mini documentary as part of a series showcasing impactful initiatives.
AGU24’s list of exhibitors includes an impressive line-up of world’s top educational institutions, including representation from Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge universities, as well as tech giants like Google and NASA.
Seequent will also be at AGU24 to showcase Visible Geology. Seequent launched Visible Geology, a free and immersive web application which aims to help teach earth science students more about how the earth works, in June and now has more than 58,000 users around the world.
Visible Geology is Seequent’s free and immersive web application which aims to help teach earth science students more about how the earth works.
Visible Geology was designed to revolutionise earth science education by introducing young minds to the basics of geology in a three-dimensional interactive way.
Visible Geology is the subject of an AGUTV mini-documentary as part of a series showcasing impactful initiatives (see video above).
Seequent Chief Executive Graham Grant is a vocal advocate of geoscience as a career pathway and recently wrote an article for UK publication Green Business Journal bringing awareness to the shortage of these professionals.
“When you understand how crucial their skills and knowledge are to understanding and helping reduce our impact on the planet – and then realise the profession is in severe decline – you start to see the problem,’’ he wrote.
Seequent Chief Customer Officer Angela Harvey says the company sees an opportunity to help address the shortage of geoscientists.
Seequent Chief Customer Officer Angela Harvey said the eight of the top 10 mining companies in the world and seven of the top 10 environmental consultancies use Seequent products.
“So we feel a responsibility and also an opportunity to educate the next generation of earth scientists.”
Fast facts:
130,000: The number of full-time geoscientists the US is expected to be short of by 2029
58,000: The number of Visible Geology users around the world
16,390: The highest number of Visible Geology users in a single month (Oct 2024)