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>All the college kids in the 1970s with an interest in geology were >being advised to get geology degrees and head for the oil business >for big bucks. After the slowdown, they were advised to go >elsewhere if they wanted to eat. And this is definitely a different kind of science and scientist than the sort of folk who go into geochemistry-related topics like paleoceanography, global warming, and environmental geology. In academic jobs you likely to spend less time in the field (if any) and more time writing grant proposals (and networking to make sure you are on the right track). >There may have been more new geoscientists in the 1990s than in the >1980s, but I'd be surprised if there were more new geoscientists in >the 1990s than there were in the 1970s. "Geology" morphed into "earth sciences". Not only that, but "ocean sciences" and "environmental sciences" absorbed/employed a lot of people with geology degrees. I know a lot of people with geology degrees who don't know anything about rocks. The name of our department was changed in about 1996 or so. The number of environmental sciences majors is now several times the number of geology majors. Bill -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William P. Chaisson Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627
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