Beth N. Orcutt was awarded the 2019 Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 11 December 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The prize is given “for outstanding transdisciplinary research accomplishment in ocean drilling.”
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Andy Green Receives 2019 Africa Award for Research Excellence in Ocean Sciences
Andy Green was awarded the 2019 Africa Award for Research Excellence in Ocean Sciences at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 11 December 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The award is given in recognition of “significant work that shows the focus and promise of making outstanding contributions to research in Earth or ocean sciences.”
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Brian May Receives 2019 Athelstan Spilhaus Award
Brian May was awarded the 2019 Athelstan Spilhaus Award at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 11 December 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The award is given “for the enhancement of the public engagement with Earth and space sciences through devoting portions of their career conveying to the general public the excitement, significance, and beauty of Earth and space science.”
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Michelle F. Thomsen Receives 2019 John Adam Fleming Medal
Michelle F. Thomsen was awarded the 2019 John Adam Fleming Medal at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019 Honors Ceremony, held on 11 December 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics, and/or related sciences.”
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The Layered Legacy of Clyde Wahrhaftig
As the geologist’s beloved guidebook gets a digital makeover, his personal contributions to the field shed light on who he was as a scientist.
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In Appreciation of AGU’s Outstanding Reviewers of 2018
As AGU editors recognize the contributions of reviewers, our journals are providing new online tools, such as a short questionnaire for reviewer feedback, to improve the peer-review process itself.
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Incentivizing Equity and Diversity in AGU Honors Nominations
These five common myths persist about nominating your colleagues. AGU can pursue several methods of ushering in change more quickly.
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Equal Representation in Scientific Honors Starts with Nominations
This AGU section formed a task force to make visible underrepresented scientists deserving of recognition for their work.
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Davis Receives 2018 Science for Solutions Award
Kyle Frankel Davis received the Science for Solutions Award at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held 12 December 2018 in Washington, D. C. The award recognizes a student or postdoctoral scientist “for significant contributions in the application and use of the Earth and space sciences to solve societal problems.”
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Seven New Awardees of Celebrate 100 Grants
These latest creative and far-reaching projects chosen for AGU Centennial support range from a giant map of Mars for display on the U.S. National Mall to a climate science workshop in Puerto Rico.