Stresses from environmental triggers are leading to more gender-based violence around the world.
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Seeing the Greenland Ice Sheet Through Students’ Eyes
A team of students and faculty advisers revisited the site of pioneering geosciences expeditions from the 1920s, looking to introduce young researchers to polar science.
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Scientific Meetings for All
Two organizations found ways to be more intentional about encouraging participation by a diverse spectrum of attendees at scientific meetings—the scientific community can learn from their experiences.
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Body-Based Jargon Can Be Harassment When It Turns Sexual
Geology terms based on the human body are extremely common, but they can create a culture where sexualized language in the workplace, a type of harassment, is rampant.
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Pre-Inca Canal System Uses Hillsides as Sponges to Store Water
To prepare for a drier future on Peru’s western coast, researchers are turning to techniques of the past.
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Keeping Indigenous Science Knowledge out of a Colonial Mold
A new working model could help scientists design and facilitate research that adheres to both scientific and cultural ethics standards when working with indigenous knowledge about climate and the environment.
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AGU’s Bridge Program Creates Opportunities for Underrepresented Students
In its first year, 20% of the 250 active Earth and space science graduate programs in the United States applied for partnership with the program.
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Understanding Our Environment Requires an Indigenous Worldview
As geoscience and policy-making communities begin to recognize the importance of including Indigenous knowledge into their work, we must place the proper value on it through equitable time and funding.
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Laying Proper Foundations for Diversity in the Geosciences
Diversity constructed on the tenets of justice and accountability will create a truly better community that creates truly better science.
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Lifting Up the Next Generation with Austin Student Travel Grants
Jamie Austin is helping AGU build an endowment for the benefit of our future Earth and space scientists—and you should be part of it.