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Amazonia and Global Change

Michael Keller, Mercedes Bustamante, John Gash, and Pedro Silva Dias, Editors

This book synthesizes results of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) for scientists and students of Earth system science and global environmental change.

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New AGU Joins MentorNet to Support Young Geoscientists

AGU has joined MentorNet as a partner in a mentoring network that encourages diversity in the engineering and science professions. MentorNet matches protégés and mentors and provides mentoring advice, suggestions, and gentle reminders to keep the exchange going. This partnership makes it possible for AGU to connect student members who would like a mentor in the geosciences with members who want to mentor.

[From the Fall Meeting] Council Direction for AGU's Strategic Plan Development in February

AGU member in the news: AGU Macelwane Medal winner Emily Brodsky is quoted in a recent Wall Street Journal article about the DeRose Vineyards, which straddle the Pacific and North American plates, resting on the San Andreas fault

New AGU Statement Regarding the Recent Release of E-mails Hacked from the Climate Research Unit at University of East Anglia

Tomorrow's AGU: Seeking a new Executive Director [PDF]

Listening to the Earth

Read a recent profile of AGU member Barbara Romanowicz and her research. Romanowicz, professor of Earth and planetary science and director of the Berkeley Seismology Laboratory, uses seismic waves to study Earth's inner structure.

Earth & Space Science News

Giant iceberg spotted south of Australia
SYDNEY (AFP) — A monster iceberg nearly twice the size of Hong Kong island has been spotted drifting towards Australia in what scientists Wednesday called a once-in-a-century event.

NASA releases climate change multimedia resource reel
NASA has prepared an online Climate Essentials multimedia gallery to provide journalists, educators, and the public with copyright-free media content in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

Cassini spots Saturn's northern lights
New video from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the tallest known aurora above the northern latitudes of Saturn. Auroras occur on other planets, including Earth and Jupiter. These new images will allow scientists to better understand how auroras are generated.

USGS Topographic Mapping Program turns 125
On 3 December, the U.S. Geological Survey celebrated 125 years of its national program for topographic mapping (1884–2009).

AGU Meetings & Events

Chapman Conference on Complexity and Extreme Events in Geosciences
15–19 February 2010, Hyderabad, India

2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting
22–26 February 2010, Portland, Oregon

Chapman Conference on the Exploration and Study of Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments (SAE)
15–17 March 2010, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Abstract submission deadline extended to 8 January 2010.

Chapman Conference on Detachments in Oceanic Lithosphere: Deformation, Magmatism, Fluid Flow, and Ecosystems
8–16 May 2010, Cyprus

Chapman Conference on Giant Earthquakes and Their Tsunamis
17–24 May 2010, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, and Valdivia, Chile

Meeting of the Americas
08–13 August 2010, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil

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