In speeches and planned visits to a threatened village and a receding glacier, President Obama makes the case that global warming is happening now and warrants immediate action.
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Africa Awards and William Kaula Award Join Ranks of AGU Union Honors
A pair of new annual Union awards recognizes exceptional research by African early career scientists, and an established publications program award gets Union honor designation.
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Does U.S. Hurricane Rating Scale Get the Danger Right?
Some scientists think it's time to retire the Saffir-Simpson scale and start fresh.
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Reduced Middle East Air Pollution Linked to Societal Disruption
Invasions, armed conflict, sanctions, and economic distress correlate with cleaner air in high-resolution satellite data that reveal air quality at the individual city level.
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Prioritizing Development
The chair of AGU's new Development Board announces the board's members and a fundraising goal for this year: getting 12% of our 60,000+ members to donate to the organization's programs.
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Chinese Cave Inscriptions Tell Woeful Tale of Drought
Researchers use the graffiti to extrapolate future drought risk in central China.
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Student T-Shirt Contest Deadline Extended
Winners of the two student contests will win a free registration to the 2015 Fall Meeting.
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Priorities for Antarctic Research: Glaciers, Genomes, and Cosmic Waves
The next decade of research should focus on the need to understand the changing Antarctic environment and how organisms adapt to it, a high-level report says.
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Joint AGU-ESA Event Brings Together Collaborative Networks
Members of AGU and the Ecological Society of America came together in their first joint event to discuss opportunities for research collaboration.
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Guidelines Updated for Field Trip Guidebooks
A geoscience organization recently revised guidelines for preparing the field trip guidebooks and updated its online searchable database for the guides.