Ice Age Floods Institute (IAFI)
The non-profit Ice Age Floods Institute presents the authoritative story of the
cataclysmic Ice Age Floods across the Pacific Northwest during recent geologic time
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Recent General Interest News
Central Washington University has won two Emmy Awards last summer from the Northwest Chapter of the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences for the popular geological sciences program Nick on the Rocks. The show—which aired on PBS through last year and is … Read more… The International Geodiversity Day was established today by the 41st session of the UNESCO General Conference!! From now on, the 6th of October will be an annual worldwide celebration, raising awareness across society about the importance of non-living nature for … Read more… Wildwood Academy, a small alternate school in Hood River, Oregon, contacted the IAFI Columbia River Gorge Chapter with a request for a Gorge Geology presentation for their younger and older student groups. On a couple of days in November, as … Read more… In celebration of GIS Day, Nov. 16, 2021, the Washington Geological Survey is releasing ten new lidar images featuring geologic landforms from around the State. This exciting batch of images includes ice age floodscapes, volcanoes, earthquake-induced landslides, and winding rivers. … Read more… It is undoubtedly surreal and somewhat amusing to watch a celebrity-voiced CGI dinosaur talk about climate change. There is also something unusually enthralling and unexpectedly poignant about the idea of an extinct species warning about our own demise. Don’t know … Read more… For Coeur du Deluge Chapter President Tony Lewis, an opportunity to lead a Sandpoint 4th grade class in a learning unit on “how Idaho landforms were created” came up suddenly on Oct. 8th. Terese Luikens, the 4th Grade Teacher at … Read more… In August the Ice Age Floods Institute was offered an opportunity to share an exhibitor booth with the Tualatin Ice Age Floods Foundation (TIAFF) at a major geological conference, the October 10-13 Geological Society of America (GSA) Convention in Portland, … Read more… Identifying, Developing, and Preserving America’s Natural Legacy – America is endowed with places that embody a rich geoheritage, from sites where indigenous people subsisted for millennia, to mines that furnished the raw materials that built U.S. industry, to mountain ranges … Read more… Articles in Science Alert and the New York Times report on a well documented age for many sets of human footprints as old as 23,000 years in the ancient lake shore sands of White Sands, New Mexico. “The footprints were … Read more… Revered ‘Nick on the Rocks’ Program Collects Pair of Emmy Awards
October 6th Set as UNESCO International Geodiversity Day
Exploring the Geology of the Gorge with Wildwood Academy
Celebrate GIS Day with new lidar images of Washington’s geologic landforms!
Dinosaur Invades The UN
Ice Age Floods for Southside Elementary 4th Graders
Ice Age Floods Institute at GSA Convention
America’s Geoheritage II
23,000 Year Old Human Footprints Found in New Mexico