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More-frequent extreme rain events are currently occurring in Europe, such as this flood in North Yorkshire, UK, in December 2015.
Posted inScience Updates

Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation

by T. L. Thorarinsdottir and K. de Bruin 7 November 201611 January 2023

Practical and Methodological Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation; Oslo, Norway, 25–26 April 2016

The Eiffel Tower in Paris lights up with the slogan “Action Now.”
Posted inNews

Landmark Paris Climate Accord Comes into Force

by Randy Showstack 4 November 201621 April 2023

Still, much work remains to limit emissions and damage from climate change, said top United Nations and World Bank officials, scientists, and leaders of organizations combating the climate threat.

Technicians at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California inspect one of eight CYGNSS spacecraft on 11 October.
Posted inNews

New NASA Science Head Foresees Progress in Search for Alien Life

by Randy Showstack 4 November 20162 July 2025

Thomas Zurbuchen said other top goals for science and the agency include understanding and protecting life on Earth and probing fundamental aspects of the universe like dark matter and dark energy.

During an early iteration of the Resilience Dialogues, Dubuque officials and residents explored questions about future flooding and other concerns.
Posted inAGU News

AGU's TEX Program to Lead Climate Effort Launched by White House

by Raj Pandya 31 October 20163 June 2022

The Resilience Dialogues program unveiled today fosters discussion, networking, and problem solving among communities with climate-related challenges, scientists, and other experts.

Amy Pope discusses the importance of Alaska’s oil and gas resources at an Arctic policy meeting.
Posted inNews

Administration Official Sees Alaska Offshore Drilling Ahead

by Randy Showstack 31 October 201621 April 2023

At a recent forum, leaders laid out some interdependent energy, environmental, infrastructure, and military issues coming into play in a more navigable Arctic region.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Water Challenges of Megacities

by J. M. Bahr 26 October 20166 February 2023

After attending a groundwater conference this summer in Shenzhen, China, Water Resources Research editor Jean Bahr reports back and summarizes the water management challenges posed by large cities.

AGU has accepted more than half a million dollars from ExxonMobil, a company that systematically attacks climate science.
Posted inOpinions

AGU Should Sever Its Ties with ExxonMobil

by M. E. Mann, N. Oreskes and K. A. Emanuel 24 October 201623 February 2023

AGU and its funders should be held to the same standards of evidence-based scrutiny that it expects of the scientists who publish in its own journals.

Hillary Clinton Debates Trump
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Climate Change Omitted from Presidential Debate Questions

by Randy Showstack 20 October 201621 April 2023

Climate advocates and scientists express dismay that none of the moderators of the three debates brought up the issue of climate change.

Will Clinton and Trump debate climate
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Scientists, Activists Call for Climate Topic in Wednesday’s Debate

by Randy Showstack 18 October 201610 September 2026

As environmentalists petition for climate questions in the final presidential debate, some scientists are urging—and others taking polls about—climate as a topic for politicians to address.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Promoting the Universal Language of Science: Translating Congo Research

by Douglas Alsdorf 14 October 201613 January 2022

Overcoming barriers to broaden scientific discovery in the Congo

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