Gary A. Glatzmaier was awarded the 2014 John Adam Fleming Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 17 December 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics, and related sciences.”
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Bryan L. Isacks Receives 2014 Walter H. Bucher Medal
Bryan L. Isacks was awarded the 2014 Walter H. Bucher Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 17 December 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “original contributions to the basic knowledge of the crust and lithosphere.”
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Dasgupta, Frankenberg, Perron, Shuster, and Tierney Receive 2014 James B. Macelwane Medals
Rajdeep Dasgupta, Christian Frankenberg, J. Taylor Perron, David Lawrence Shuster, and Jessica Erin Tierney were awarded the 2014 James B. Macelwane Medal at the AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 17 December 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “significant contributions to the geophysical sciences by an outstanding early career scientist.”
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Smartphone App Seeks to Make Navigation Safer
The app sends local magnetic field strength along with your phone’s position and orientation to scientists, who use the data to fine-tune magnetic field models.
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Hiroo Kanamori Receives 2014 William Bowie Medal
Hiroo Kanamori was awarded the 2014 William Bowie Medal, AGU’s highest honor.
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Climate Change Predicted to Worsen Spread of Cholera
Coupling satellite data with climate models, scientists are beginning to understand how warming temperatures and increased precipitation will affect cholera outbreaks.
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Interior Department Issues Revised Scientific Integrity Policy
A revised scientific integrity policy issued by the Department of the Interior underscores its commitment to sound science.
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Travel Fellowship Helps Early Career Scientists and Students
Berkner Fellowship opens up opportunities for early career scientists and students.
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Geoscientists Are Key to Reducing Climate Threats, Expert Says
With the world facing a global environmental crisis, Earth scientists can play an important and unique role, according to Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs.
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The Dawn of a New Eos
With the launch of Eos.org on 9 December, Eos marks a historic pivot point in the publication’s history: After 35 years as a weekly newspaper, this is the last tabloid issue.