Author Profile: Randy Showstack

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Newt Gingrich offered a blueprint for working with the Trump administration on science and environmental issues.

News 27 January 2017

Gingrich Suggests Ways to Guide Trump on Science and Environment

Former House Speaker urges thoughtful, aggressive, articulate arguments to influence an administration that he says generally lacks its own plan.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 19 January 2017

Trump EPA Pick Scott Pruitt Faces Heated Confirmation Hearing

Republicans tout Oklahoma Attorney General Pruitt as someone who will rein in regulatory overreach, whereas Democrats question his commitment to protecting the environment and public health.

Climate Change

News 17 January 2017

Report Calls for Revised Method to Chart Cost of Climate Change

Proposed changes could improve the calculation's scientific basis and transparency, according to the report.

Science Policy & Funding

Artist's conception of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft exploring asteroid Bennu.

News 11 January 2017

White House Urges Future Science and Technology Priorities

Memos from the departing Obama administration specify science and technology frontiers for investment by President-elect Donald Trump and Congress.

Mathematical Geophysics

A 1941 photograph shows the extent then of the Muir Glacier in Alaska.

News 28 December 2016

Award Highlights Need to Preserve Historic Geoscience Data

The award raises awareness about the importance of preserving and having access to research data, and it showcases a diversity of initiatives to recover and reuse older research data.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

An ice flow slides past the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy in August 2009.

News 23 December 2016

White House Issues Ambitious Arctic Research Plan

The plan focuses on improving the well-being of Arctic residents and better understanding the components of the Arctic system.

Climate Change

News 20 December 2016

Scientists Ponder the Way Forward Under Incoming Administration

Eos asked several attendees of the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting for reactions to the U.S. national election. Here are their thoughts.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

NOAA Climate.gov graph adapted from Figure 3.4 in the 2016 Arctic Report Card.

News 15 December 2016

2016 Arctic Report Card Highlights Dramatic Changes in Region

The report says that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average.

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Climate Change

News 14 December 2016

Fearful of Trump, Hundreds in San Francisco Rally for Science

Speakers called on scientists not to remain silent in the face of what they said are threats to the Earth sciences.

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Climate Change

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News 13 December 2016

Monaco Leader Urges Climate Action, Calls on Trump to Help

HSH Prince Albert II cautioned that the world has to come to terms with the fact that we are facing severe challenges if we don’t move toward a low-carbon global economy.

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