A Stanford University climate researcher’s $10 million defamation suit could test a First Amendment defense in science litigation.
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Revised AGU Position Statement Addresses Climate Intervention
The American Geophysical Union urges further research and policy development with regard to climate intervention (previously called geoengineering) that considers impacts on society.
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Stefan Rahmstorf Receives 2017 Climate Communication Prize
Stefan Rahmstorf was awarded the 2017 Climate Communication Prize at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 13 December 2017 in New Orleans, La. The Climate Communication Prize is funded by Nature’s Own, a purveyor of fossils, minerals, and handcrafted jewelry in Boulder, Colo. The prize honors an “AGU member-scientist for the communication of climate science, and highlights the importance of promoting scientific literacy, clarity of message, and efforts to foster respect and understanding of science-based values as they relate to the implications of climate change.”
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Courtney Humphries Receives 2017 David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–News
Courtney Humphries received the 2017 David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–News at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 13 December 2017 in New Orleans, La. The award recognizes “a journalist for a news story or series in any medium except books that makes information about the Earth and space sciences accessible and interesting to the general public.”
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Richard Monastersky Receives 2017 Robert C. Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism
Richard Monastersky received the 2017 Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 13 December 2017 in New Orleans, La. The award honors “a journalist or team of journalists who have made significant, lasting, and consistent contributions to accurate reporting on the Earth and space sciences for the general public.”
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Coalition Resurrects Climate Advisory Panel Dissolved by Trump
A partnership between New York State, Columbia University, and others reestablished the panel, which will study how best to deliver climate data to state governments, cities, industries, and more.
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Read Them Again: Eos’s Most Viewed Stories of 2017
From mesmerizing maps to glacial floods and massive earthquakes, here’s a look back on last year’s most popular stories.
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Sketch Your Science: Our Guesses About Your Sketches
Eos staff do their best to guess what scientists were drawing on the Sketch Your Science wall at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting in New Orleans, La.
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Dan Rather’s Vision for Scientists in an Era of “Fake News”
Scientists must embrace communication, and communicators must work harder to tell more nuanced and compelling science stories, the newsman said to an auditorium full of scientists.
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Researchers Explore Carbon Footprints of Superheroes
A tongue-in-cheek exercise about comic book heroes aims to inspire people to consider the amount of greenhouse gas emissions they themselves cause.