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Raychelle Daniel and family on a boat off the Alaskan coast circa 1980.
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Understanding Our Environment Requires an Indigenous Worldview

by R. Daniel 5 December 201921 March 2023

As geoscience and policy-making communities begin to recognize the importance of including Indigenous knowledge into their work, we must place the proper value on it through equitable time and funding.

Students participating in Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory’s Secondary School Field Research Program pose for a photo in Lamont’s marine microbiology laboratory.
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Promoting Racial Diversity in Geoscience Through Transparency

by K. Dutt 3 December 201921 March 2023

Geoscience is notoriously lacking in diversity. Institutions can change this by making recruitment and selection processes transparent and by actively engaging minority students.

A group participating in an accessible geology field trip to the Grand Canyon.
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Creating Spaces for Geoscientists with Disabilities to Thrive

by A. M. Marshall and S. Thatcher 2 December 201921 March 2023

Flexible fieldwork options and more thoughtful recruitment efforts will better open our community to the diverse talent it needs.

Still of Miles Morales and Peter B. Parker swinging through a forest in Into the Spider-Verse
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Why Diversity Matters to AGU

by L. White and R. Bell 1 December 20197 December 2022

A new Eos series from diverse perspectives will show us how to lead our community into a vibrant, inclusive future.

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A Geodata Fabric for the 21st Century

by J. de La Beaujardière 25 November 201925 March 2022

We have the potential to transform our understanding of Earth—if we can just figure out how to harness ever growing data streams.

U.S. Congressman Paul Tonko speaking at the March for Science in 2017 in Albany, New York
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Our Greatest Challenges Require Science, Not Silence

by P. D. Tonko 25 November 201929 September 2021

If we are to face the challenges posed by political misconduct and a changing planet, scientists need to be at the table, and in the streets, to advocate for their work.

An illustration celebrating AGU’s Centennial using drawings from items that represent all the Earth and space science fields forming the number 100.
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The Road Ahead…

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 25 November 201921 March 2023

We’re closing out our Centennial year by celebrating all that our community has accomplished together and getting inspired for what comes next.

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Hearing Explores Resilience to Climate-Related Natural Disasters

by Randy Showstack 22 November 201915 October 2021

Experts call for more tools to help communities mitigate and adapt to climate change to curb the impacts and costs of natural disasters.

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Podcast: A Nuclear Legacy Buried in Ice

Nanci Bompey, assistant director of AGU’s media relations department by N. Bompey 18 November 20196 March 2026

The radioactive remains of nuclear testing during the Cold War and from nuclear disasters like Chernobyl are still with us and can be found in some of the remotest glaciers on Earth.

Students discuss the design of the International Satellite Program in Research and Education Satellite-1.
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Training and Diversifying Space Project Principal Investigators

by D. N. Baker and B. Jakosky 15 November 20193 November 2022

NASA and its partner organizations are working on several fronts to remove barriers to entry into space mission leadership positions.

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