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A seaside cliff near the town of Whitby in the United Kingdom
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Timing Matters for Rockfall Estimates

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 9 December 201912 November 2021

Researchers studying an eroding coastal cliff detected 10 times more rockfall events when monitoring surveys were conducted hourly versus monthly.

Bathymetric map of the world’s oceans with continents blacked out
Posted inNews

Momentum Grows for Mapping the Seafloor

by Randy Showstack 9 December 201921 February 2023

Initiatives like the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project can help us better understand the ocean.

Earth and space scientists in white lab coats speak at a rally on the steps of a building.
Posted inNews

Scientists Explore How Best to Communicate About Climate Change

by Randy Showstack 9 December 201915 October 2021

An AGU Fall Meeting session focuses on communicating with appropriate urgency about climate change.

Smartphones lay on a shake table to record accelerometer data.
Posted inNews

How to Turn Your Smartphone into an Earthquake Detector

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 8 December 20197 December 2022

A free smartphone app tracks earthquakes using your phone’s accelerometer. One day, the app could issue emergency warnings to those in danger.

Ring Mountain in California
Posted inAGU News

A Streetcar for the Digital Age

by K. McCarthy 6 December 201910 November 2021

A Streetcar to Subduction for the digital age: AGU revises a classic guidebook using Google Earth.

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Posted inAGU News

AGU’s Bridge Program Creates Opportunities for Underrepresented Students

Chris McEntee, executive director and CEO of AGU by Chris McEntee 5 December 201922 March 2023

In its first year, 20% of the 250 active Earth and space science graduate programs in the United States applied for partnership with the program.

A researcher collects a soil core from a marine coastal ecosystem dominated by the seagrass Posidonia oceanica.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Improving Estimates of Coastal Carbon Sequestration

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 5 December 20199 March 2023

A new two-model approach could reduce uncertainties in calculated rates of “blue carbon” accumulation within soils of seagrass, tidal marsh, and mangrove habitats.

The Queens, N.Y., neighborhood of Rockaway Beach was heavily damaged by flooding exacerbated by extreme storm surges during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Sea Level Science Grapples with Uncertainty and Usability

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 4 December 201915 February 2023

Improved transdisciplinary approaches are needed to ensure that research on rising seas is useful for planning in coastal communities.

Jamie Austin with a group of scientists from the United States, China, and Europe on the north side of Mount Everest in Tibet.
Posted inAGU News

Lifting Up the Next Generation with Austin Student Travel Grants

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 4 December 20197 December 2022

Jamie Austin is helping AGU build an endowment for the benefit of our future Earth and space scientists—and you should be part of it.

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Digging Into 100 Years of AGU Treasures

by E. I. Garcia de Jesus and S. Edwards 4 December 20191 February 2022

AGU staff members spent an afternoon exploring the organization’s archives and unearthing gems from the past.

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