Leif Karlstrom will receive the 2018 Hisashi Kuno Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, to be held 10–14 December in Washington, D. C. This early-career award recognizes “outstanding contributions to the fields of volcanology, geochemistry, and petrology.”
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Bipartisan Legislation Would Put a Price on Carbon
A bill introduced in Congress yesterday could help cut U.S. carbon pollution by 40% in 10 years.
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Ancient Romans Polluted Their Lakes Just Like We Do Today
Sediments from a lake in Switzerland reveal that ancient Romans triggered dead zones caused by the runoff of nutrients. Sound familiar?
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Groups Gear Up to Fight Oil and Gas Development in Arctic Refuge
With Democrats controlling the House of Representatives beginning in January, advocates see an opportunity to try to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas development.
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Van Dinther Receives 2018 Jason Morgan Early Career Award
Ylona van Dinther will receive the 2018 Jason Morgan Early Career Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, to be held 10–14 December in Washington, D. C. The award is for “significant early career contributions to tectonophysics through a combination of research, education, and outreach activities.”
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Deng and Maguire Receive 2018 Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior Award for Graduate Research
Jie Deng and Ross Maguire will receive the 2018 Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior Award for Graduate Research at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, to be held 10–14 December in Washington, D. C. This award is given annually for advances that contribute to the understanding of the deep interior of the Earth or other planetary bodies using a broad range of observational, experimental, and/or theoretical approaches.
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Tool to Capture Marine Biological Activity Gets Coastal Upgrade
Upwelling hinders an efficient method to estimate a key measure of biological productivity in coastal waters, but accounting for surface temperatures could boost accuracy.
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Katamzi-Joseph Receives 2018 Sunanda and Santimay Basu (International) Early Career Award in Sun–Earth Systems Science
Zama T. Katamzi-Joseph will receive the 2018 Sunanda and Santimay Basu (International) Early Career Award in Sun–Earth Systems Science at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, to be held 10–14 December in Washington, D. C. The award recognizes “outstanding contributions to research in Sun–Earth systems science that further the understanding of both plasma physical processes and their applications for the benefit of society.”
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Doherty Receives 2018 Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach (SPARC) Award
Patricia Doherty will receive the 2018 Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach (SPARC) Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, to be held 10–14 December in Washington, D. C. The award is given “for significant and outstanding impact on students’ and the public’s understanding of our science through their education and/or outreach activities.”
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What American Samoan Corals Tell About El Niño’s History
Samoan corals record how patterns of warm/cool and more/less salty in the equatorial Pacific changed in space and time over the last 500 years.