2019 AGU Archives

Biogeosciences

A scientist studies northern fur seals on Pribilof Islands in Alaska.

AGU News 19 April 2019

Podcast: Celebrate Earth Day with Stories from AGU

Enjoy the wonders of our world with special episodes of AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun.

Science Policy & Funding

News 18 April 2019

A United Europe Benefits Global Science, Say EU Geoscientists

“You are the stakeholders of European integration,” former Italian prime minister Mario Monti told an assembly of geoscientists.

Space Science & Space Physics

Scientists point out red Saharan dust in a sediment core drilled from the Atlantic Ocean floor off West Africa.

News 16 April 2019

Podcast: When the Sahara Was Green

Past climate change likely motivated human migrations.

Science Policy & Funding

Three white men and a white woman testify in front of a small bank of microphones.

News 12 April 2019

Space Force Proposal Hits Counterforce in Senate Hearing

Senators agree that the United States needs to be better prepared to defend itself in the space domain, but they are skeptical about a proposed dedicated space force.

Planetary Sciences

News 11 April 2019

Israeli Spacecraft Will Land on Moon Today

Beresheet will be the first privately developed craft to attempt a soft landing on the Moon. The landing will be broadcast live.

Ocean Sciences

News 11 April 2019

Island Building Alters Waters Leagues Away and for Years After

Quantifying the impacts of dredging through satellite remote sensing could serve as a valuable resource in future geopolitical disputes over contested waters.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

News 11 April 2019

The Ice Nurseries of the Arctic Are Melting

Ice formed in coastal nurseries along Russia’s Arctic coast is melting before it can float far offshore. Scientists are worried about what that means for wildlife.

Climate Change

John Kerry and Chuck Hagel testify before Congress.

News 10 April 2019

Fireworks at Hearing on Climate Change and National Security

A Republican committee member hits former secretary of state John Kerry with an ill-informed charge of pseudoscience.

Natural Hazards

News 9 April 2019

NOAA Monitoring Stations Are Off-Line from a GPS Y2K Moment

The outage could last until November for some stations.

Science Policy & Funding

Four young people pose with a middle-aged man and woman

News 5 April 2019

House Climate Crisis Committee Hears Call for Action from Youth

The witnesses and Democrats at the House hearing urge action, but Republicans question the committee’s focus and criticize Democrats on the committee for not working in a bipartisan manner.

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Podcast: Celebrate Earth Day with Stories from AGU

A United Europe Benefits Global Science, Say EU Geoscientists

Podcast: When the Sahara Was Green

Space Force Proposal Hits Counterforce in Senate Hearing

Israeli Spacecraft Will Land on Moon Today

Island Building Alters Waters Leagues Away and for Years After

The Ice Nurseries of the Arctic Are Melting

Fireworks at Hearing on Climate Change and National Security

NOAA Monitoring Stations Are Off-Line from a GPS Y2K Moment

House Climate Crisis Committee Hears Call for Action from Youth

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Podcast: Celebrate Earth Day with Stories from AGU

AGU Honored with the First Clean Energy DC Award

From AGU Journals

Spatial and temporal patterns of global burned area in response to anthropogenic and environmental factors: Reconstructing global fire history for the 20th and early 21st centuries

A Pliocene‐Pleistocene stack of 57 globally distributed benthic δ¹⁸O records

Inhibition of Grain Boundary Sliding in Fine‐Grained Ice by Intergranular Particles: Implications for Planetary Ice Masses

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