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New Data Aid Estimate of Ocean's Plastic Content

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 18 December 201430 May 2023

Researchers estimate the abundance of plastics churning in the world’s oceans.

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MAVEN Unlocks Secrets of the Martian Atmosphere

by H. Leifert 16 December 201430 May 2023

In its first month, NASA’s orbiter saw effects of the solar wind at low altitude and tracked a plume of gases escaping into space

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Group Calls for More Focus on Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

by Randy Showstack 16 December 201417 January 2023

A declaration from astronauts, scientists, and others calls for dramatically increasing the detection and tracking of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.

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Research Shines Light on Asthenosphere's Contribution to Hot Spots

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 16 December 20149 November 2022

What role does the asthenosphere play in midplate volcanism?

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Theodore Richard Madden (1925–2013)

by E. Williams, N. Madden, J. Madden and H. Madden 15 December 20145 May 2022

Madden, an AGU Fellow and a lifelong professor of geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was fascinated with all things electromagnetic. He died on 11 November 2013 at age 88.

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Countries Worldwide Commit to Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Mohi Kumar headshot by M. Kumar 14 December 201430 May 2023

Although the agreement is a political breakthrough, it falls short of keeping future temperatures from rising more than 2°C above those of pre-industrial times.

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Social Sciences Can Help Meet Climate and Energy Challenges, DOE Head Says

by Randy Showstack 11 December 20148 January 2024

The social sciences have an increasing role in the U.S. Department of Energy’s climate and energy agenda. They can also help meet climate and energy challenges, says Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.

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Report Calls for Balancing Energy Security, Energy Equity, and Environmental Concerns

by Randy Showstack 9 December 201422 March 2023

Report focuses on the energy “trilemma” of energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability.

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Former AGU President Don L. Anderson

by AGU 9 December 201413 January 2022

Remembering AGU members who have passed away

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Report Addresses Timeline for Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

by Randy Showstack 2 December 201416 March 2023

Levels of greenhouse gas emissions need to be limited by midcentury to keep within a 2°C increase, a new United Nations report states.

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