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Decision making under uncertainty

Two plots showing cash flow and maximum debt for a hydropower utility with three different financial management strategies
Posted inEditors' Highlights

How to Hedge the Risk of Reduced Snowpack for Hydropower

by Jim Hall 11 December 202010 December 2020

A new index insurance contract – a financial product innovation seeking to cope with climatic variability – could help hydropower operators to manage climate risks.

Aerial view of the Green Mountain Reservoir and Heeney, Colo., in 2017
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Different Models, Different Answers in Water Resource Planning

by Terri Cook 19 November 2020

The experimental design used in climate vulnerability assessments can strongly influence the assessments’ findings and skew decisions about which factors are most important for informing adaptation.

Green-hued water laps the shoreline at a beach on Lake Erie
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Remote Sensing of Algal Blooms Can Improve Health and Save Money

by David Shultz 27 August 2020

Using satellites to detect cyanobacterial algal blooms can foster faster decision-making that reduces harm to public health as well as associated costs.

President Donald Trump at mask factory
Posted inNews

No Mask? You May Not Worry About Climate Change, Either

by Jenessa Duncombe 14 May 202028 September 2021

People untroubled by climate change are more likely to forgo masks in public.

Artist’s concept of how Sentinel-5P satellite monitors pollution within the Earth’s atmosphere
Posted inNews

Geoscience Societies Commit to Tackling Global Challenges

by James Dacey 7 May 202028 September 2021

As Europe’s premiere geoscience conference kicks off online, leading Earth and space societies restate their commitments in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Bayside Picnic Area in Queens, New York after Hurricane Sandy in 2012
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Meeting User Requirements for Sea Level Rise Information

by Terri Cook 19 April 2019

A new framework based on decision analysis can help scientists produce practical data that support informed decisions about climate adaptations.

Researchers look at physical mechanisms that increase ice sheet discharge and how they impact sea level projections
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Incorporating Physical Processes into Sea Level Projections

by Terri Cook 5 February 2018

Including the effects of physical mechanisms that can quickly increase ice sheet discharge significantly raises sea level rise projections under high-emission scenarios.

Posted inOpinions

Partnerships Drive Science to Action Across the AGU Community

by J. A. Vano, D. Behar, P. W. Mote, D. B. Ferguson and R. Pandya 7 December 201728 December 2017

Scientists and decision-makers are working together to design, conduct, apply, and share research in ways that maximize value to society. How can AGU foster such partnerships?

Sea cucumber among manganese nodules in the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Natural Resource Exploitation Could Reach New Depths

by J. Lunn 21 July 2017

The deep seafloor could provide humans with supplies of valuable metals, but opinion is divided as to whether sustainable exploitation is possible and worth the ecological and economic risk.

New research unravels how humans can address cognitive biases.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Framework for Decisions on Science and Policy

by B. Bane 28 April 2017

Human reasoning has helped us become one of the most successful species to populate the planet, but we still struggle with cognitive biases.

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