Geoscience professors explain how they use their summertime to get ready for teaching, researching, and mentoring when the school year begins again.
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A Powerful New Tool for Research
A novel interface allows users of MATLAB and GMT, two software packages widely used by the geoscience community, to simultaneously harness the capabilities of both products.
Posted inEditors' Vox
Harassment in Astronomy and Planetary Science
New data reveal the prevalence of gender- and race-related harassment in astronomy and planetary sciences.
Posted inAGU News
Science Societies Update Joint Stance on Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
In a revised statement, the American Geophysical Union and Seismological Society of America reaffirm their view that the capability to monitor the treaty should be expanded, completed, and sustained.
Posted inNews
International Science Group Decries Trump Climate Pact Exit
The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics also criticizes the U.S. withdrawal from the Green Climate Fund as perhaps more damaging than the nation’s exit from the Paris climate agreement.
Posted inEditors' Vox
Journal Impact Factors with Uncertainties
With this year’s Journal Impact Factors just released, AGU discusses some of the issues with this metric, encourages use of additional metrics, and suggests other means of assessing journal quality.
Posted inEditors' Vox
The Inherent Conflict of Interest in For-Profit Journals
An editor of Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems reflects on the increase in for-profit journals and the implications for scholarly publishing and scientific integrity.
Posted inOpinions
Avoiding Predators in Publishing
As the number of publishers that choose profit over ethics grows, find out how to avoid their scams and support organizations promoting best practices in scholarly communication.
Posted inAGU News
In Appreciation of AGU’s Outstanding Reviewers of 2016
Reviewers may receive subscription benefits, discounts on books, and other acknowledgments of their contributions, such as the public citations below from AGU journal editors.
Posted inEditors' Vox
A Sea Change in Paleoceanography
The Editor-in-Chief of Paleoceanography explains that the journal is changing its name to Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology to reflect the evolution of science in this field.