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Science Policy & Funding

News 20 May 2020

NSF Plots a Course for the Next Decade of Earth Sciences Research

Committee members who put together the new report Earth in Time describe this as an “all hands on deck” moment for the field.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

News 7 May 2020

El Sistema de Canales Preincaicos Usa Laderas Como Esponjas para Almacenar Agua

Así se preparan para un futuro más seco en la costa occidental de Perú, los investigadores están recurriendo a técnicas del pasado.

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Education

News 27 April 2020

Bringing Earthquake Education to Schools in Nepal

The Seismology at School in Nepal program aims to prepare rural communities for the next big earthquake.

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Biogeosciences

News 28 February 2020

New England Forests Were Historically Shaped by Climate, Not People

A first-of-its-kind study combining paleoecology and archeology indicates that the New England landscape was not actively managed with fire prior to European arrival.

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Atmospheric Sciences

AGU News 19 February 2020

Edmond Dewan, Citizen Science, and the Mystery of Ball Lightning

In the early 1960s, a physicist enlisted the help of the public to study a rare atmospheric phenomenon.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

News 3 February 2020

Poor Water Management Implicated in Failure of Ancient Khmer Capital

Researchers used remote sensing technologies to map Koh Ker’s buried reservoir and calculate its capacity to hold water during the rainy season.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

News 30 December 2019

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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