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Climate Change

A soldier guards a United Nations peacekeeping base in northern Mali in July 2015.

News 23 September 2016

White House: National Security Plans Must Consider Climate Risks

Along with the new policy directive, the administration released a report on how climate changes—from more extreme weather to sea level rise—can threaten national security.

Biogeosciences

Project Update 23 September 2016

Comprehensive Earth System Models of the Last Glacial Cycle

Much of modern climate science fails to consider millennium-scale processes, many of which may prove to be important for predicting the climate trajectory in the shorter term.

Atmospheric Sciences

News 22 September 2016

Aquatic Plants May Accelerate Arctic Methane Emissions

About two thirds of the gas produced by a study area near Barrow, Alaska, came from increasingly abundant greenery covering only 5% of the landscape, researchers estimate.

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Hazards & Disasters

Biogeosciences

Aerial view of Orakei basin, near Auckland, New Zealand, where a research team took core samples near the center of a maar, an ancient volcanic explosion crater.

Project Update 20 September 2016

Probing the History of New Zealand's Orakei Maar

A team of scientists drilled into the bed within a northern New Zealand explosion crater lake to gain insights into volcanic hazards and past climates.

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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

Editors' Vox 12 September 2016

Volcanic Java and Climate Change

An account of a geophysicist's recent trip to Indonesia wouldn't be complete without intrigue and elucidations about what Java, climate change, and Butch Cassidy all have in common.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

News 9 September 2016

Atmospheric Chemists Should Tackle Risks to Society, Report Says

Protecting public health and the health of the climate and ecosystems warrants more focus from this scientific field, according to the report.

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Natural Resources

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

Editors' Vox 1 September 2016

Data Rules for Water Management, Continental Roots, and More

The importance of relevant and consistent data (as well as more samples) spans discussions of water resources and crustal roots at the IGC.

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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

Editors' Vox 31 August 2016

Resourcing the Future

How do we ensure a supply of needed mineral and other resources while minimizing energy and water use and environmental impacts, as well as recognizing social justice, international equity, and more?

Geology & Geophysics

News 28 July 2016

Tanzanian Volcanoes May Hoard Helium Ready for the Taking

Sweet spots of volcanic heat that are not too close to active eruptions may hold the world's richest reservoirs of the scientifically and medically important gas helium.

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Space & Planets

Planetary Sciences

This image of Pluto’s moon Charon was captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft as it approached Pluto on 14 July 2015.

News 15 September 2016

Scientists Solve Charon's Red Mystery

Why are Charon's poles dusted with reddish material?

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Planetary Sciences

News 13 September 2016

A Flip-Flopping Climate Could Explain Mars's Watery Past

A new hypothesis might reconcile two opposing theories that have tried to explain Mars's mysterious history for more than 40 years.

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Space Science & Space Physics

News 9 September 2016

Scientists Get First Glimpse of Solar Wind as It Forms

Using computer-processed images from Sun-watching satellites, scientists observed solar wind emerging from the Sun's corona.

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Science Policy

Science Policy & Funding

Downsized state budgets mean that state geological surveys need to explore new approaches to survive

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State Budgets, Geological Surveys, and the New Reality

As state geological surveys face budget cuts and reorganizations, scientists must step into political spheres to advocate for what they do.

Climate Change

News 23 September 2016

White House: National Security Plans Must Consider Climate Risks

Along with the new policy directive, the administration released a report on how climate changes—from more extreme weather to sea level rise—can threaten national security.

Science Policy & Funding

News 21 September 2016

Congressional Caucus for Earth and Space Sciences Gets Launched

Organizers of the bipartisan caucus say it will urge sustained federal investments in Earth and space sciences, educate members of Congress, and provide a forum for relevant policy discussions.

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Education

Atmospheric Sciences

Editors' Vox 19 September 2016

Stuff My Reviewers Say

After going through a little more than a decade's worth of reviews, Noah Diffenbaugh shares insights about the peer review process and how reviewer feedback ultimately improved his publications.

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Education

AGU News 4 August 2016

AGU Student Travel Grants Help Underrepresented Groups

Financial support from the American Geophysical Union's travel grants programs increases opportunities for women, underrepresented minorities, and international students to attend Fall Meeting.

Geology & Geophysics

News 29 July 2016