As part of AGU's goal of promoting public understanding of geophysics, AGU operates a press room and holds news conferences at its annual meetings. Also, news releases about research presented at the meeting are made available to reporters in the press room.

If you are presenting research that could be of interest to the general public, we suggest you first contact the public information office at your institution or agency for assistance in writing a news release. For information about scheduling a news conference at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, contact the Ocean Sciences Meeting program committee member for your AGU section or focus group, or Harvey Leifert, Manager, Public Information, AGU, 2000 Florida Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA, Tel: +1-202-777-7507, Fax: +1-202-328-0566.