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Drilling Into Faults Quickly After EarthquakesFor a few years after a major earthquake, the fault that ruptured is observably changing. A quickly drilled deep borehole along this fault can help scientists advance from current empirical models of earthquake initiation and fault slip to a full physics-based understanding of rupture processes.Not a Member? Join AGU
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Gulf Gusher: Oil-spill science has advanced, but data are sparseThe Geohazards blog spoke recently with marine geochemist John Farrington, who studied the Ixtoc oil spill as a member of a shipboard research mission 20 years ago. Farrington was one of a group of scientists assembled by the Consortium for Ocean Leadership at Louisiana State University to make recommendations for how scientists can best respond to the Deepwater Horizon spill.Photo: An oiled salt marsh on the Gulf of Mexico. (Courtesy of Chris Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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Science, Space, and Shuttles: An Interview With Astronaut and AGU Member Piers SellersIn the week before the final launch of space shuttle Atlantis, crew member Piers Sellers discussed the specifics of his mission and his experiences as an astronaut.Not a Member? Join AGU
Image courtesy of NASA Johnson Space Center
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Mount St. Helens 30-year anniversaryThe spectacular eruption of Mount St. Helens on 18 May 1980 remains a seminal historical event—studying it and its aftermath revolutionized the way scientists approach the field of volcanology. Lives lost and the impact of the eruption on people and infrastructure downstream and downwind made it imperative for scientists to work to lessen losses from future eruptions.
Photo Credit: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) photo by R. M. Krimmel.
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When volcanic ash chokes the air (and grounds your airplane)…Scientists are getting better at detecting and predicting volcanic ash eruptions and where the gritty plumes will go. But there's still a lot of work to be done. Grounded in Paris by the ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano and reached there by phone, John Eichelberger, Volcano Hazards Program Coordinator at the USGS (and an AGU member), puts the ash emergency into perspective.
Photo Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA
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Future Scientific Drilling of Oceanic CrustScientific drilling could provide a wealth of new information about crustal processes occurring at mid-ocean ridges.
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Solar wind pressure drives away Mars's atmosphereA new analysis of solar wind data and satellite observations shows how solar wind pulses contribute to the loss of atmosphere from Mars. The study should help scientists better understand the evolution of Mars's atmosphere.
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Research Spotlight: Directly measuring ocean acidificationResearchers have reported the first high-precision, basin-wide, direct observations of recent ocean acidity changes.Not a Member? Join AGU
Photo: Researchers collect seawater samples to measure acidity. (Courtesy of Sabine Mecking).
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A Message from AGU's President: Change, Growth, and the New AGU
AGU Congratulates 2010 Berkner Fellows
AGU 2009 Annual Report Available
The 2009 Annual Report summarizes AGU's many accomplishments during that period and includes some interesting facts and figures.
AGU Fellow named director for the U.S. Global Change Research Program
The White House has named AGU Fellow Tom Karl Director for the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Karl is currently the director of NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. Also, former AGU President Tim Killeen has been nominated Vice Chair for Strategic Planning.
Committee on International Participation Newsletter June 2010, Vol. 2, No. 2
Biogeochemist David L. Valentine is studying how dispersants used to break up the flow in the Gulf oil spill may be affecting microbe populations.
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Climate scientist vilified by sceptics 'relieved, vindicated' and back at CRU
Climate scientist Phil Jones to lead research at CRU after third independent report clears his name and backs his science
Scientists and government officials in L'Aquila, Italy, are being investigated on charges of manslaughter for saying it was “improbable, although not impossible” that a severe earthquake would strike the city, just days before a Mw 6.3 earthquake killed 308 people in the city.
Submit and Vote for Organizational Ideas for a NOAA Climate Service
Congress has charged The National Academy of Public Administration with analyzing organizational options for a Climate Service at NOAA. The Academy will open a website on Monday, 14 June to collect ideas, house discussion, and allow the public to vote on ideas. The website will be open for your submissions for fourteen days. You can also sign up to receive email updates now.
Penn State board of inquiry finds no misconduct by climate scientist Michael Mann
The university found no evidence of suppressed or falsified data, destroyed data or emails, or misused information.
Full Meeting Calendar Upcoming AGU Meeting & Events
Newsmedia Registration deadline: 30 July
Meeting of the Americas, 08–12 August 2010, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil
Geo-Congressional Visits Day
21–22 September, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Earth and space scientists will come to Capitol Hill to support federally funded research through agencies such as the NSF, NOAA, NASA, USGS, and DOE.
2010 Fall Meeting on Facebook 
The 2010 Fall Meeting now has its own Facebook page. Please “fan” it for updates on the scientific program, registration, events, speakers and more!
In June 2007, a gleaming, 30-feet-tall tower was erected on the AGU building's roof, intended to enhance geoscience and national security. A team of researchers installed the tower and outfitted it with weather instruments to be used in a new scientific data-gathering network, known as UrbaNet.
The Washington, D.C.-area network is the first of its kind in the United States. The goal of the network's developers is to refine atmospheric models so that they can predict, neighborhood by neighborhood, where a plume of toxic or radioactive contaminants will go. Such a plume might be released from an accident or terrorist attack.
UrbaNet is a program of the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The research will also serve the Department of Homeland Security.
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