All That’s Gold Does Not Glitter

At the end of this week, federal agencies will have submitted their plans to the White House outlining implementation of the Administration’s executive order on “Gold Standard Science.” The order and accompanying guidance memo have been met with rightful outrage and grave concern across our Earth and space sciences community.   I am heartened to see … Read more

Registration fees for #AGU22 support a robust hybrid meeting experience

Science Leads the Future AGU22 meeting theme logo

At AGU’s first fully hybrid Fall Meeting, #AGU21, in-person and virtual attendees alike were able to access the robust program of scientific sessions, along with newly created virtual events. This hybrid meeting decreased our carbon footprint and increased attendees’ flexibility to design their own experience.  From all that we have heard, our members want us … Read more

AGU and the Seismological Society of America update comprehensive nuclear-test ban treaty position

View of infrasound station array at infrasound station IS49, Tristan da Cunha, U.K.

In April, AGU’s Board approved minor updates to the position statement entitled, “The capability to monitor the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty (CTBT) should be expanded, completed and sustained,” which was first adopted in 1999 in collaboration with the Seismological Society of America (SSA). The international monitoring system has matured considerably since 1999, with more than 326 … Read more

COVID-19 Updates during AGU Fall Meeting

AGU Fall Meeting 2021

All of these are breakthrough case of fully vaccinated individuals.

After talking with each individual, we have identified and notified those who have been in close contact with them. These close contact individuals are monitoring their health for potential symptoms. All positive and close contact individuals have stopped attending AGU Fall Meeting 2021 in-person.