Press Release Archives
2011 Press Releases

9 December 2011
11–39: New Award Recognizes Excellence in Space Weather and Nonlinear Waves and Processes Research
7 December 2011
11–38: Release of New Scientific Integrity Policy Commended by International Science Organization
30 November 2011
11–36: AGU 2011 Fall Meeting Media Advisory 4
16 November 2011
11–35: AGU 2011 Fall Meeting Media Advisory 3
18 October 2011
11–34: Inaugural Climate Communications Prize Winner Announced
6 October 2011
11–33: AGU 2011 Fall Meeting Media Advisory 2
27 September 2011
11–32: Senator Jeff Bingaman Honored with USGS Coalition Leadership Award
19 September 2011
11–31: Deforestation reduces rainfall in West African forests
1 September 2011
11–30: Last two winters' warm extremes more severe than their cold snaps
17 August 2011
11–29: AGU Fall Meeting: News Media Registration Opens; Book Hotels Now
11 August 2011
11–28: New press officer at AGU
9 August 2011
11–27: Arctic ice melt could pause in coming decades
9 August 2011
11–26: New AGU Award Recognizes Excellence in Climate Communications
28 July 2011
11–25: NOAA's Draft Integrity Policy Applauded by International Scientific Organization
19 July 2011
11–24:Charles Petit and Steve Connor Win AGU Journalism Awards
12 July 2011
11–23: U.S. West Coast erosion spiked in winter 2009-10, previewing likely future as climate changes
14 June 2011
11–22: Human Activities Emit Way More Carbon Dioxide Than Do Volcanoes
7 June 2011
11–21: Paved surfaces can worsen air quality, study indicates
2 June 2011
11–20: Study may explain extreme algae growth in streams where they should starve
19 May 2011
11–18: Scientists Warn of Public Safety Impact if Weather Satellite Program Remains Unfunded
2 May 2011
11–17: After a three-decade hiatus, sea-level rise may return to the West Coast
11 April 2011
11–16: Yellowstone's electrical conductivity hints volcano plume is bigger than thought
31 March 2011
11–15: Pitting Politics Against Science Is A No-Win Situation
29 March 2011
11–14: Satellites show effect of 2010 drought on Amazon forests
22 March 2011
11–13: New evidence of drought-prone pasts may foretell New York's and Atlanta's futures
21 March 2011
11–12: Ancient trash heaps gave rise to Everglades tree islands
14 March 2011
11–11: Flow rates, fates of Gulf spill contaminants assessed from the air
9 March 2011
11–10: Main Culprit of Deadly Russian Heat Wave? Natural Variability
8 March 2011
11–09: Melting ice sheets becoming largest contributor to sea level rise
14 February 2011
11–08: Science Investments in Obama's 2012 budget request endorsed by Earth and space scientists
8 February 2011
11–07: Weather extremes are growing trend in Northern Australia, corals show
3 February 2011
11–06: New drought record from long-lived Mexican trees may illuminate fates of
past civilizations
1 February 2011
11–05: Earth and Space Scientists Endorse DOI Roadmap for Scientific and
Scholarly Integrity
31 January 2011
11–04: Pakistan floods last summer could have been predicted
26 January 2011
11–03: Earth and space scientists applaud Obama science pledge
14 January 2011
11–02: Improved measurements of sun to advance understanding of climate change
10 January 2011
11–01: Spacecraft catches thunderstorms hurling antimatter into space