Experts called for Congress to reauthorize the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program Act. They said the data are key for natural resource development and management.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
The U.S. Forest Service says a directive on groundwater resource management is an innocuous internal directive. However, critics charge the agency with overstepping its bounds.Read More »Mathematical Geophysics
Among other changes, papers now should include a concise statement in the acknowledgments telling the reader where core data supporting the paper’s conclusions can be found.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
An African science symposium at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in August focused on environmental protection, climate change, development, health, technology, and other issues.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Climate change is “the defining issue of our time,” Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said during her 18 June keynote address at the AGU Science Policy Conference in Washington, D. C. Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Explorer and filmmaker James Cameron discusses his interest in ocean science, the relationship between his exploration and filmmaking, and his thoughts on climate change communication. Read More »Science Policy & Funding