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A More Sustainable Way to Attend Distant Science Conferences

by Felix Jäger, Luna Bloin-Wibe, Donghe Zhu and Heini Wernli 4 September 20244 November 2024

For AGU’s annual meeting in 2023, a virtual hub in Zürich combined remote presentations and in-person viewing groups to reduce travel but keep in-person interactions.

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Democratizing Science in the Cloud

by Wilson Sauthoff, Tasha Snow, Joanna D. Millstein, James Colliander and Matthew R. Siegfried 30 August 202419 December 2024

CryoCloud opens scientific research and education to a broader range of cryosphere researchers with a cloud-based interactive computing environment, training, and community support.

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Concerns over Lithium, Water, and Climate in Earth’s Two Highest Deserts

by Lan Cuo 27 August 202427 May 2025

Brine mining to meet resource demands amid renewable energy transitions is affecting water resources in South America and China. Hydrologists can help understand how and join the search for solutions.

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Geocientífiques cuir: siendo y construyendo el cambio

by Qiongyu Chong Huang, Akilah K. Alwan, Gaige Hunter Kerr, Alejandro J. Olvera and Elijah T. Johnson 12 August 202421 August 2024

Un panel conjunto de la AGU-AMS destacó cómo las personas, las instituciones y las asociaciones profesionales pueden tomar acción para ampliar las oportunidades para quienes tienen identidades tradicionalmente marginadas.

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The Benefits of Empowering Community College Geoscience Faculty

by Tess Weathers, Sheldon Turner and Kusali Gamage 6 August 202414 November 2024

Creating spaces and partnerships tailored to 2-year-college faculty can improve perceptions of how they fit into the geoscience community and boost diversity in the discipline more broadly.

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How Soil Symbionts Could Unlock Climate-Smart Agriculture

by Uta Paszkowski 5 June 202426 August 2024

By tracing the evolutionary history of beneficial soil microbes, scientists hope to unearth a sustainable solution for producing food to feed a growing global population.

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Empowering Genderqueer Geoscientists: Being and Building the Change

by Qiongyu Chong Huang, Akilah K. Alwan, Gaige Hunter Kerr, Alejandro J. Olvera and Elijah T. Johnson 29 May 202415 November 2024

A joint AGU-AMS panel outlined how individuals, institutions, and professional associations can take action to expand opportunities for those with traditionally marginalized identities.

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Global Change Research for a More Secure World

by Benjamin L. Preston, Hila Levy, Heather Tallis, Rod Schoonover and Jane Lubchenco 14 May 202424 September 2024

Orienting global change science so that it informs national security issues will help us develop interventions that promote social stability and ecological well-being.

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Impulsando el apoyo para estudiantes y profesionales en etapas tempranas de sus carreras

by Paige Becker, Danyka Byrnes, Caitlyn Hall and Yuhan Rao 29 March 202429 March 2024

Los grupos de estudiantes y profesionales en etapas tempranas de sus carreras (E&PETCs) pueden construir comunidades, impulsar cambios equitativos en las instituciones y promover el bienestar de las personas que recorren, los muy a menudo, caminos tortuosos hacia carreras científicas.

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Snapping Science in the Field

by Sabrina Kainz and Andrea Halling 11 March 202423 May 2024

Snapchat, the multimedia messaging app, offers a range of features that make it an unexpectedly useful tool for geoscientists on the go.

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