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class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126062230/http://annualreport.agu.org/">2010 Annual Report Available Online</a></p> <p class="m-date">17 November 2011 </p> <p class="m-story">AGU's 2010 annual report is now accessible on online! Review the annual report to learn more about major initiatives and accomplishments in 2010, and to read profiles of AGU members in action. </p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2011_08_23_quake.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/news/features/2011-08-23_quake.shtml">AGU Shaken, Not Stirred</a></p> <p class="m-date">23 August 2011 </p> <p class="m-story">The 5.9 magnitude earthquake that shook the East Coast on 23 August 2011, has not affected operations for AGU and its staff.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2011_01_14_Total_Irradiance_Monitor.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/news/press/pr_archives/2011/2011-02.shtml">Improved measurements of sun to advance understanding of climate change</a></p> <p class="m-date">14 January 2011</p> <p class="m-story">Scientists have taken a major step toward accurately determining the amount of energy that the sun provides to Earth, and how variations in that energy may contribute to climate change.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2011-01-10_TGF.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/news/press/pr_archives/2011/2011-01.shtml">Spacecraft catches thunderstorms hurling antimatter into space</a></p> <p class="m-date">10 January 2011</p> <p class="m-story">Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/images/home/geology_rocks2.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/images/home/icoVideo.png" alt=""/> Video<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126062230/http://www.aip.org/dbis/AGU/stories/21011.html">Geology Rocks!</a></p> <p class="m-date">1 January 2011</p> <p class="m-story">Richard Alley, a geology professor at Penn State University, uses the gift of song to teach his students about the geosciences. </p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/images/home/girls_science.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/images/home/icoVideo.png" alt=""/> Video<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126062230/http://www.aip.org/dbis/AGU/stories/21000.html">Girls Changing Science</a></p> <p class="m-date">1 January 2011</p> <p class="m-story">Earth scientists, oceanographers and engineers worked with the youngest of scientists on real research contributing to real issues in today's world. </p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/thumb_generic.gif" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/about/presidents_msg/">Message from AGU president Mike McPhaden</a></p> <p class="m-date">21 December 2010</p> <p class="m-story">President's Message from AGU president Mike McPhaden addressing new White House guidelines regarding scientific integrity. See links at the bottom of the message for additional information.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2010-12-13_JamesJournal.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/pubs/pdf/Eos_JAMES.pdf">AGU Publishes <em>JAMES</em></a> [PDF]</p> <p class="m-date">13 December 2010</p> <p class="m-story">AGU is the new publisher for the <a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/journals/ms/"><em>Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems</em></a>, a peer-reviewed, open-access, all-electronic journal.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2010-12-01_PR-wetlands.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/news/press/pr_archives/2010/2010-41.shtml">Many Coastal Wetlands likely to Disappear this Century </a></p> <p class="m-date">1 December 2010</p> <p class="m-story">Many coastal wetlands worldwide, including several on the U.S. Atlantic coast, may be more sensitive than previously thought to climate change and sea-level rise projections for the 21st century. Scientists engaged in an international research modeling effort have made this conclusion in a paper published today in <em>Geophysical Research Letters</em>, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/thumb_generic.gif" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/news/press/pr_archives/2010/2010-39.shtml">AGU Board adds new members with expertise in science policy and communication</a></p> <p class="m-date">15 November 2010</p> <p class="m-story">The AGU's board of directors has approved two new members who will bring expertise in science policy and communication: policy advisor Floyd DesChamps and author Chris Mooney. Their selection reflects AGU's commitment to applying the results of scientific research to challenges faced by the global community, many of which are based in the geosciences.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2010-11-11-ScienceFestival.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/education/index.shtml#scifestival">View images from the Inaugural USA Science and Engineering Festival</a></p> <p class="m-date">11 November 2010</p> <p class="m-story">The Inaugural US Science and Engineering Festival recently concluded with an Expo on the National Mall and surrounding areas 23 – 24 October 2010.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/images/home/digging_for_earthquakes.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/images/home/icoVideo.png" alt=""/> Video<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126062230/http://www.aip.org/dbis/AGU/stories/20098.html">Digging for Earthquakes</a></p> <p class="m-date">11 November 2010</p> <p class="m-story">Geophysicists are drilling into an earthquake and tsunami origination zone below the ocean floor off the coast of Japan to learn more about what triggers these events. In the largest scientific drilling operation to date, scientists hope to collect samples from the dig to study any changes in tectonic plates that occur as an earthquake starts. Experts will also monitor activity up close with sensors placed deep below the ocean floor. </p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/thumb_generic.gif" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126062230/http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/sep/17/ed-ling17-ar-509578/">Letter to the Editor about dismissal of probe into AGU climate scientist's research</a></p> <p class="m-date">6 October 2010</p> <p class="m-story">This AGU Letter to the Editor applauds the denial of a demand by the Virginia Attorney General for private e-mails and other documents related to the research of climate scientist and former University of Virginia professor Michael Mann. The letter was published on 17 September 2010 by the <em>Richmond Times-Dispatch</em>. (Scroll down to read letter)</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2010-10-28_video_climate_change_AQ.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/images/home/icoVideo.png" alt=""/> Video<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126062230/http://www.youtube.com/user/AGUvideos#p/u/6/w0xm6UuGDgM">Climate Change and Air Quality </a></p> <p class="m-date">1 September 2010</p> <p class="m-story">Climate change will exacerbate air quality problems, says Jeffrey Stehr, PhD, atmospheric scientist at the University of Maryland. It has also led researchers to collaborate more as they try to understand the interactions between gases and particles that both warm the planet and harm people's health. </p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2010-09_BOD-highlights.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/about/pdf/AGU_BOD-Key-Outcomes-and-Msgs_2010-08.pdf">AGU Board of Directors Meeting 20–21 September: 2010 Key Outcomes and Highlights</a> [78k PDF]</p> <p class="m-date">September 2010</p> <p class="m-story"></p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2010-07_mcPhaden.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/about/presidents_msg/2010-09-01_IPCC.shtml">Message from AGU President Mike McPhaden regarding IAC recommendations for improving the IPCC process.</a></p> <p class="m-date">September 2010</p> <p class="m-story">The American Geophysical Union affirms the basic scientific conclusions of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report and endorses the recommendations of the InterAcademy Council for improving the IPCC process. </p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/images/home/tb_vid_rodent_poop.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/images/home/icoVideo.png" alt=""/> Video<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126062230/http://www.youtube.com/user/AGUvideos#p/u/10/_FT-IyLF5BE">What can fossilized rodent poop tell us about ancient rainfall?</a></p> <p class="m-date">11 August 2010</p> <p class="m-story">Studying past climate in one of the world's driest deserts, the Atacama Desert, is not easy, since there are very few records that researchers can use to reconstruct ancient temperatures and rainfall. But now paleoclimatologists have found a trove of information in the form of fossilized Chinchilla rat feces. </p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2010-08-10_video_rivers_carbon.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/images/home/icoVideo.png" alt=""/> Video<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126062230/http://www.youtube.com/user/AGUvideos#p/u/6/FKmJEIy4SSw">What role do rivers play in the carbon cycle?</a></p> <p class="m-date">10 August 2010</p> <p class="m-story">To better understand and anticipate climate change, scientists are trying to determine where carbon is being absorbed and released, and how much. David Butman is a member of a Yale University team that has analyzed thousands of measurements to determine what role U.S. rivers play in the carbon cycle. </p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/thumb_generic.gif" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126062230/http://m.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-8410">Scott Doney, Nominee for Chief Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)</a></p> <p class="m-date">4 August 2010</p> <p class="m-story">President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate Scott Doney as Chief Scientist at NOAA. Doney is a senior scientist in the Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). His research focuses on marine ecosystem dynamics and the role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle. He returned to WHOI in 2002 following 11 years in the Advanced Study Program and Climate and Global Dynamics Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. <strong>Doney is an AGU Fellow and Macelwane medalist.</strong></p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2010-10-28_video_discovering_galaxies_on_web.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/images/home/icoVideo.png" alt=""/> Video<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126062230/http://www.aip.org/dbis/AGU/stories/20092.html">Discover Galaxies on the Web</a></p> <p class="m-date">1 August 2010</p> <p class="m-story">Astrophysicists created a website that allows anyone around the globe to log in and contribute information about galaxies they observed. The website asks that contributors classify the galaxies by answering a series of questions about the way the galaxy looks. From these efforts, several new galaxies have been discovered.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2010-08_Martinelli-Fellows.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/2010-08-04_Martinelli-Fellows.shtml">AGU Congratulates 2010 Bruno Martinelli Fellows</a></p> <p class="m-date">August 2010</p> <p class="m-story">Outstanding early career scientist and student were selected recipients of AGU's Bruno Martinelli Travel Fellowship to support their attendance at the 2010 Workshop of the European Seismological Commission “Earthquakes and Volcanoes” in Clermont-Ferrand, France, 18–25 September 2010.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2010-07_Berkner-Fellows.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/2010-06-29_Berkner-Fellows.shtml">AGU Congratulates 2010 Berkner Fellows</a></p> <p class="m-date">July 2010</p> <p class="m-story">Outstanding early career scientists and students were selected recipients of AGU's Berkner Travel Fellowship to attend the 2010 Meeting of the Americas in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 08–12 August 2010.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="mediabox"> <div class="thumb-lg"><img src="/web/20120126062230im_/http://www.agu.org/news/archives/thumbs/2010-07_mcPhaden.jpg" class="border" alt="thumb" width="80" height="60"/></div> <div class="m-txt"> <p class="m-title"><a href="/web/20120126062230/http://www.agu.org/about/presidents_msg/2010-07-06_New-AGU.shtml">A Message from AGU's President, Mike McPhaden</a></p> <p class="m-date">July 2010</p> <p class="m-story">Change, Growth, and the New AGU</p> </div> </div>   <p class="cleartop"></p> <div class="inArchiveNav cleartop"> <ul> <li>Archive Page:</li> <li>1</li> <li><a href="index_p2.shtml">2</a> |</li> <li><a href="index_p3.shtml">3</a> |</li> <li><a href="index_p4.shtml">4</a> |</li>  </ul> </div>    </div>  <div id="footer"><p class="copyright">©<script type="text/javascript"> D = new Date(); year = D.getFullYear(); document.write(year); </script>. 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