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News 26 December 2017

Asked at Fall Meeting, Scientists React to Trump Science Agenda

Eos surveyed some attendees at the American Geophysical Union’s recent 2017 Fall Meeting in New Orleans, La., about the White House’s science policies and actions. Here are their responses.

Science Policy & Funding

Vaughan Turekian gave a 14 December keynote address AGU’s 2017 Fall Meeting in New Orleans, La.

News 19 December 2017

Restore State Department Science Capacity, Expert Urges

Former State Department science adviser highlights value of science diplomacy and raises concerns about the department’s direction.

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Climate Change

Panelists discuss climate solutions at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting.

News 15 December 2017

Focus on Climate Solutions, Panelists Say

Time remains to prevent dangerous climate change if people take action now and don’t lose hope, climate experts said.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

A collapsed block of ice-rich permafrost sits in shoreline waters in Drew Point, Alaska.

News 13 December 2017

Arctic Is Experiencing a Warmer “New Normal,” NOAA Reports

The acting head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Timothy Gallaudet, says the Trump administration is addressing the findings of the agency’s latest annual update on the Arctic.

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Science Policy & Funding

Veteran journalist Dan Rather speaks to a packed auditorium of AGU meeting attendees.

News 12 December 2017

Dan Rather’s Vision for Scientists in an Era of “Fake News”

Scientists must embrace communication, and communicators must work harder to tell more nuanced and compelling science stories, the newsman said to an auditorium full of scientists.

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Geology & Geophysics

Batman and other characters from the Justice League film ride the London Underground en route to the film’s U.K. premier.

News 11 December 2017

Researchers Explore Carbon Footprints of Superheroes

A tongue-in-cheek exercise about comic book heroes aims to inspire people to consider the amount of greenhouse gas emissions they themselves cause.

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Geohealth

Vortex of coal ash swirls in the Dan River at Danville, Va., following the release of 39,000 tons of ash and 27 million gallons of ash pond water from a leaking buried storm sewer.

News 5 December 2017

Group Touts “Beneficial” Coal Ash Recycling

An industry group says recycling coal ash, the second-largest U.S. waste stream, helps the environment and economy. Recycling has a role but also raises concerns, environmentalists argue.

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Geology & Geophysics

The spotlights of a remotely operated vehicle illuminate carbonate rock spires of the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the Atlantic Ocean.

News 22 November 2017

Deep-Seabed Mining May Come Soon, Says Head of Governing Group

New regulations could open the door for sustainable mining, says the head of the International Seabed Authority. However, he and others pointed to environmental, financial, and technical challenges.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 20 November 2017

Polar Satellite Launch Eases Concerns of Weather Data Gap

Joint Polar Satellite System-1 is the first in a series of planned polar-orbiting satellites to provide critical weather forecasting data. Two follow-on satellites, however, face uncertain funding.

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Science Policy & Funding

Kathleen White, the White House’s choice to chair the Council on Environmental Quality, at a confirmation hearing.

News 9 November 2017

White Draws Fire as Nominee to Head Key Environmental Agency

Kathleen Hartnett White, nominated to chair the White House Council on Environmental Quality, distanced herself from a new climate report and squabbled with Democrats at a Senate confirmation hearing.

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Publications from R. Showstack

Asked at Fall Meeting, Scientists React to Trump Science Agenda

Restore State Department Science Capacity, Expert Urges

Focus on Climate Solutions, Panelists Say

Arctic Is Experiencing a Warmer “New Normal,” NOAA Reports

Dan Rather’s Vision for Scientists in an Era of “Fake News”

Researchers Explore Carbon Footprints of Superheroes

Group Touts “Beneficial” Coal Ash Recycling

Deep-Seabed Mining May Come Soon, Says Head of Governing Group

Polar Satellite Launch Eases Concerns of Weather Data Gap

White Draws Fire as Nominee to Head Key Environmental Agency

Eos on Twitter

AGU News

New Program Enables Scientists to Be Voices for Science

Virtual Mentoring Rewards Scientists at All Career Stages

From AGU Journals

Modeling Amateur Radio Soundings of the Ionospheric Response to the 2017 Great American Eclipse

Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars

Structural and Stratigraphic Control on Salient and Recess Development along a Thrust Belt Front: The Northern Apennines (Po Plain, Italy)

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