Month: July 2024

Science and the Future of the Courts

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The recent United States Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo has profound implications for the Earth and space sciences. The 6-3 decision overturned the 1984 case of Chevron USA v. Natural Resources Defense Council, effectively ending a 40-year-old precedent of deferring to the expertise of U.S. federal agencies when interpreting ambiguous language in congressional … Read more

In Memoriam: Harihar Rajaram

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With deep sadness and an appreciation for his enormous contributions to the Earth and space sciences, AGU shares news of the loss of one of our esteemed, much-loved colleagues, Harihar Rajaram. An AGU Fellow and longtime affiliate of the Hydrology Section, Dr. Rajaram was the Editor-in-Chief of Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) since 2019, a former … Read more