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Doug Bostrom<p>Hell, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> wouldn't toss Richard Lindzen.</p><p>Hidebound convention supported by a vapor of abstractions suffocates ethics.</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/03/elon-musk-royal-society-science/682018/?gift=w2hbEf3JROTUmsXaSUzB4byB5bYATMe5tEdNpp_hAxY&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/science/archiv</span><span class="invisible">e/2025/03/elon-musk-royal-society-science/682018/?gift=w2hbEf3JROTUmsXaSUzB4byB5bYATMe5tEdNpp_hAxY&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
Rob Larter<p>Good to see the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> taking a stand.<br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AmericanGeophysicalUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanGeophysicalUnion</span></a></p><p><a href="https://news.agu.org/press-release/agu-joins-suit-supporting-fired-federal-employees/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.agu.org/press-release/agu</span><span class="invisible">-joins-suit-supporting-fired-federal-employees/</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Leading Science Organization Makes History With New President <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/784991/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/784991/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AmericanGeophysicalUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanGeophysicalUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BrandonJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrandonJones</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/oceanographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceanographer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
Daniel Pomarède<p>A Dragonfly for Titan</p><p>A new eight-rotor robotic probe will head to the solar system’s most Earth-like moon. Here’s what its team is doing to prepare. </p><p>Check out this extensive paper by Matthew R. Francis for Eos, AGU's science news magazine</p><p><a href="https://eos.org/features/a-dragonfly-for-titan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eos.org/features/a-dragonfly-f</span><span class="invisible">or-titan</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dragonfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dragonfly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Titan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Titan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Saturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saturn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarsystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planetaryscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magazine</span></a></p>
Bill Minarik<p>Considering attending one of the two national <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/geoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoscience</span></a> meeings: the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a> or the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> ? Graphed is the registration cost (member early-bird) for these meetings, compared to the US inflation rate. These meetings are now too costly to attend for many, especially since grants haven't matched the inflation rate.</p><p>This year due to location (GSA: Texas, AGU: Louisiana) there is the added cost of emergency evacuation insurance for those who can't get health care in these states.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GSAConnects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSAConnects</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AGU25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU25</span></a></p>
NABG<p>The <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> Bridge Program aims to advance equitable practices in graduate geoscience departments and to support cohorts of students pursuing advanced degrees in the geosciences. Deadline is March 18th.</p><p><a href="https://www.agu.org/learn-and-develop/learn/travel-research-grants/agu-bridge-program?utm_source=JanFebMarch2025&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=student_applications_2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">agu.org/learn-and-develop/lear</span><span class="invisible">n/travel-research-grants/agu-bridge-program?utm_source=JanFebMarch2025&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=student_applications_2025</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/blackingeoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackingeoscience</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/blackinSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackinSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/geoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoscience</span></a></p>
Eric Roston<p>If you're like me, and I'm almost sure that you are, you'll be spending the balance of this wintry (...) afternoon catching up on recordded <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AGU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AGU</a> sessions you missed!</p>
Nexus Research Group<p>Last week at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AGU24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU24</span></a> Fall Meeting in DC, our colleague David Gampe presented his research on the impact of snow droughts on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarbonCycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonCycle</span></a>. These low-snow events hinder plant growth &amp; carbon uptake through photosynthesis.</p><p>David &amp; team analyzed 1982-2016 data to show how snow droughts are increasing GPP extremes, with hotspots in Central North America, Eastern Europe, &amp; Eastern China. Huge thanks to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> for hosting &amp; to all for the enriching conversations! </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geo</span></a></p>
Greg Spooner<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@ClimateHuman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ClimateHuman</span></a></span> writes in Newsweek about how our society (<a href="https://ohai.social/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a>) is failing to take the most basic step required to address the <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/climateemergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateemergency</span></a>: Stop taking $ from Big Oil and fossil fuel interest.</p><p>bit.ly/3VzOTQO</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/climatehuman.bsky.social/post/3ld2rmkzi722e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/climatehuman.</span><span class="invisible">bsky.social/post/3ld2rmkzi722e</span></a></p>
Jennifer Lynn Bartlett<p>Attending my first <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> meeting! </p><p>Join me at the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SciXCommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SciXCommunity</span></a></span> booth for a demo that will accelerate your <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/heliophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heliophysics</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/planetaryscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryscience</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/earthscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthscience</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/DigitalTransformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTransformation</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openscience</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/AGU24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU24</span></a></p>
Daniel S. Katz<p>I gave a 5-minute talk on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIR</span></a> for machine learning <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAIR4ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIR4ML</span></a> <a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/fair-machine-learning-fair4ml-ig/activity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rd-alliance.org/groups/fair-ma</span><span class="invisible">chine-learning-fair4ml-ig/activity/</span></a> at the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> Open Science Pavilion at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AGU24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU24</span></a> today</p>
Eric Roston<p>People in DC will literally wait for the light to cross the street. I guess I'm the only one in a hurry you get to <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/AGU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AGU</a> !</p>
Steve Crawford<p>I’ll be at the AGU for parts of this week! Let me know if you’d like to connect to chat about NASA, data, open source software, or open science! </p><p>Or come by the session on Friday on A Vision for What’s Next: NASA Evolving Data, Software, and Science</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a></p>
Eric Roston<p>I'll be at <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/AGU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AGU</a> this week and hope to meet you in person!</p>
Marc Oggier<p>Today, Matthew Sturm, an amazing snow-scientist and friend, convinced me to draw, ink, and tint the stratigraphy of some snow pits we observed during last spring field campaign for a <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> poster. Thanks for pushing me out of my boundaries.</p>
Andy Baker<p>Explore AGU Paleo Section Awards: Contribute to&nbsp;Science</p><p>The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (<a href="https://aus.social/tags/AGU24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU24</span></a>) is next week. Which means that it is time for my regular message on behalf of the AGU Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology section to say: please consider nominating someone for one of the section awards in 2025....</p><p><a href="http://andy-baker.org/2024/12/05/explore-agu-paleo-section-awards-contribute-to-science/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">andy-baker.org/2024/12/05/expl</span><span class="invisible">ore-agu-paleo-section-awards-contribute-to-science/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/paleoclimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleoclimate</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AGU24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU24</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/awards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>awards</span></a></p>
Peter Gleick<p>Hey all. Going to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AGU2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU2024</span></a> this year?</p><p>I'm giving the Stephen Schneider Memorial Lecture, Wednesday Dec 11, starting at 2:10pm. See you there!<br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> </p><p>"Recognizing the Urgency of Both Good Science and Effective Science Communication in an Era of Political Polarization"</p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>A how-to for ethical <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/geoengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoengineering</span></a> research<br>How do we do research if there's the risk of unintended consequences? To help guide <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> released guidelines for ensuring geoengineering research is conducted ethically. Even tests could have serious environmental consequences. And many of these things represent best practices for any research with potential public consequences; the fact that they haven't always been pursued is not an excuse to continue to avoid doing them. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/10/a-how-to-for-ethical-geoengineering-research/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2024/1</span><span class="invisible">0/a-how-to-for-ethical-geoengineering-research/</span></a></p>
Nina Davtian<p>I am honored to be a 2023 recipient of the Outstanding <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Reviewer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reviewer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Award" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Award</span></a> for the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/journal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journal</span></a> Geophysical Research Letters. Many thanks to the nominating editor for making this happen.</p><p><a href="https://eos.org/editors-vox/in-appreciation-of-agus-outstanding-reviewers-of-2023" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eos.org/editors-vox/in-appreci</span><span class="invisible">ation-of-agus-outstanding-reviewers-of-2023</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PeerReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerReview</span></a></p>
Bill Minarik<p>Callan Bentley has written a blog post on the Jenner blueschists and eclogites at: <a href="https://mountainbeltway.all-geo.org/2019/12/13/friday-fold-blueschist-eclogite-at-jenner-california/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mountainbeltway.all-geo.org/20</span><span class="invisible">19/12/13/friday-fold-blueschist-eclogite-at-jenner-california/</span></a><br>He also collaborated on AGU's Streetcar2Subduction:<br><a href="https://www.agu.org/learn-and-develop/learn/streetcar2subduction/streetcar2subduction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">agu.org/learn-and-develop/lear</span><span class="invisible">n/streetcar2subduction/streetcar2subduction</span></a></p><p>Check out the Eclogite Block at the Ring Mountain Stop for omphacitic pyroxene goodness.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MinCup24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinCup24</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Omphacite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Omphacite</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGU</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Streetcar2Subduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streetcar2Subduction</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BayArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BayArea</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geology</span></a></p>