Geoscientists want to engage communities and policy makers. Colleges and universities can help by embracing five core capacities.
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AGU Should Support Its Members Who Fly Less
By auditing its travel-related conference emissions, adopting more virtual meeting technology, and opening a dialogue with its members, AGU could be an important mitigator of climate change.
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Recognizing an Architect of the Age of Informatics
A look back at the life of Greg Leptoukh, pioneer of informatics, and a look ahead to the field’s future through the annual lecture at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018 dedicated to Leptoukh.
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High School Teaching Is the New Tenure-Track Job
Teaching positions at the K–12 level are easier to land than university professorships, and they offer many of the same benefits, if you know how to claim them.
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Wireless Frequency Sharing May Impede Weather Satellite Signals
The delivery of weather satellite imagery is reliable today, but will it stay that way in the future?
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Millions More Americans Face Flood Risks Than Previously Thought
A different modeling approach fills large gaps in the U.S. government’s flood risk estimates, revealing previously overlooked at-risk areas often surrounding small flood-prone streams.
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Helping Geoscience Students Thrive in Graduate School
Ten factors that help liberal arts undergraduate students succeed could also increase the odds for student success in geoscience graduate programs.
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Human Activities Create Corridors of Change in Aquatic Zones
Canals, dammed reservoirs, irrigation ditches, and pollution are changing species diversity, microbial communities, and nutrient levels in aquatic zones across the planet.
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Preparing Graduate Students for STEM Careers Outside Academia
Most STEM graduates don’t primarily do research or work in academia after they earn a Ph.D. How do we prepare those students for the multitude of other careers they could pursue?
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Solidarity Among World’s Scientists Needed Now More Than Ever
Challenged by widespread nationalism and xenophobia, scientific societies must stand together to insist that scientific collaboration remain international and interdisciplinary.