Archived press releases
2008 press releases
- 08-41:
AGU 2008 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 4 [8 December 2008]
- 08-40:
AGU weekly newspaper Eos now online for journalists [2 December 2008]
- 08-39:
AGU 2008 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 3 [26 November 2008]
- 08-38:
AGU 2008 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 2 [10 November 2008]
- 08-37:
Land's greenness affects monsoon rains’ strength [3 November 2008]
- 08-36:
AGU Executive Director A. Fred Spilhaus, Jr. to step down [24 October 2008]
- 08-35:
Potent Greenhouse Gas More Prevalent Than Assumed [23 October 2008]
- 08-34:
New press officer at AGU [15 October 2008]
- 08-33:
Wildfires cause ozone pollution to exceed health standards [9 October 2008]
- 08-32:
Oceans to get noisier as they become more acidic [29 September 2008]
- 08-31:
'Chemical Equator' splits northern from southern air pollution [23 September 2008]
- 08-30:
May '08 China Quake Could Hasten Other Big Shocks [10 September 2008]
- 08-29:
Media Advisory: AGU Seeks Nominations for Sullivan and Perlman Journalism Awards [8 September 2008]
- 08-28:
Drier, Warmer Springs in U.S. Southwest Stem From Human Influence on Winds [19 August 2008]
- 08-27:
AGU 2008 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 1 [18 August 2008]
- 08-26:
Wildfires May Cool Warming Arctic [21 July 2008]
- 08-25:
Earth visualization innovator wins award [16 July 2008]
- 08-24:
Ocean Wind Maps Reveal Possible Energy Sources [9 July 2008]
- 08-23:
Soot From Ships Worse Than Expected [9 July 2008]
- 08-22:
Permafrost threatened by rapid melt of Arctic sea ice [10 June 2008]
- 08-21:
Interfering with the Global Positioning System [9 June 2008]
- 08-20:
2008 Joint Assembly: Media Advisory 5 [30 May 2008]
- 08-19:
2008 Joint Assembly: Media Advisory 4 [28 May 2008]
- 08-18:
2008 Joint Assembly: Media Advisory 3 [22 May 2008]
- 08-17:
Climate models overheat Antarctica [7 May 2008]
- 08-16:
Ocean current “stripes” revealed [24 April 2008]
- 08-15:
Ozone-hole recovery may spur Antarctic warming [24 April 2008]
- 08-14:
Northern lights glimmer with unexpected trait [24 April 2008]
- 08-13:
Arctic ice more vulnerable to sunny weather [21 April 2008]
- 08-12:
2008 Joint Assembly: Media Advisory 2 [14 April 2008]
- 08-11:
Margaret Munro and Dr. Richard Smith Win AGU Journalism Awards [3 April 2008]
- 08-10:
Arctic herds could get help from satellites [18 March 2008]
- 08-09:
Novel spots found on Jupiter [17 March 2008]
- 08-08:
2008 Joint Assembly: Media Advisory 1 [5 March 2008]
- 08-07:
2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting: Media Advisory 2 [27 February 2008]
- 08-06:
Lake Mead could be dry by 2021 [12 February 2008]
- 08-05:
Natural ocean thermostat may protect some coral reefs [7 February 2008]
- 08-04:
Rain takes it easy on weekends, when air is cleaner [1 February 2008]
- 08-03:
AGU Revises Position on Climate Change [24 January 2008]
- 08-02:
2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting: Media Advisory 1 [22 January 2008]
- 08-01:
AGU to Announce New Statement on Climate Change [17 January 2008]
2007 press releases
- 07-25:
AGU 2007 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 4 [3 December 2007]
- 07-24:
AGU 2007 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 3 [26 November 2007]
- 07-23:
AGU 2007 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 2 [2 November 2007]
- 07-22:
Deadline approaches for Sullivan and Perlman journalism awards [11 October 2007]
- 07-21:
Greenhouse gases likely drove near-record U.S. warmth in 2006 [28 August 2007]
- 07-20:
AGU 2007 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 1 [20 August 2007]
- 07-19:
Sunspot abundance linked to heavy rains in East Africa [6 August 2007]
- 07-18:
European heat waves double in length since 1880 [3 August 2007]
- 07-17:
Media Advisory: AGU Offers Direct Electronic Access to Selected Papers [30 July 2007]
- 07-16:
Media Advisory: AGU Seeks Nominations for Sullivan and Perlman Journalism Awards [13 July 2007]
- 07-15:
Warm rock keeps North America from drowning [25 June 2007]
- 07-14:
Research tower to be installed tomorrow in D.C. could aid tracking of contaminant plumes [19 June 2007]
- 07-13:
Dangerous summer heat to increase as Mediterranean region warms [14 June 2007]
- 07-12:
Media Advisory 4: 2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico: Press Conference Schedule [18 May 2007]
- 07-11:
Arctic ice retreating more quickly than computer models project [30 April 2007]
- 07-10:
Chinese traffic restrictions yield quick air cleansing [30 April 2007]
- 07-09:
Altered Atlantic winds may hamper hurricanes [18 April 2007]
- 07-08:
Media Advisory 3: 2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico: Abstracts and Sessions Now Online [11 April 2007]
- 07-07:
Sun-warmed air pollution flows east from Asia [14 March 2007]
- 07-06:
Media Advisory 2: 2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico: Hotel booking opens [23 February 2007]
- 07-05:
Kenneth Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling, and Betsy Mason Win AGU Journalism Awards [21 February 2007]
- 07-04:
Media Advisory 1: 2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico: News media registration opens [8 February 2007]
- 07-03:
Dig deeply to seek life on Mars [29 January 2007]
- 07-02:
Scientists analyze corn to map North American carbon dioxide [22 January 2007]
- 07-01:
Media Advisory: AGU Services for the Media [4 January 2007]
2006 press releases
- 06-43:
AGU names Weiss as Public Information Manager [20 December 2006]
- 06-42:
Powerful earthquakes can be detected within two seconds, helping to mitigate their effects in
distant cities [4 December 2006]
- 06-41:
Media Advisory 5: AGU 2006 Fall Meeting: Final Press Conference List, MBARI Field Trip Update
[30 November 2006]
- 06-40:
Seven-year stabilization of methane may slow global warming
[20 November 2006]
- 06-39:
Media Advisory 4: AGU 2006 Fall Meeting: Preliminary press conference list, Field trip itinerary
[13 November 2006]
- 06-38:
Deadline approaches for Sullivan and Perlman journalism awards
[25 October 2006]
- 06-37:
Media Advisory 3, 2006 Fall Meeting:
Abstracts and sessions now online; Gore to speak; MBARI field trip update
[24 October 2006]
- 06-36:
Shrinking ponds signal warmer, dryer Alaska; 50 years of images show dramatic change
[16 October 2006]
- 06-35:
Link discovered between Saharan dust storms and Atlantic hurricane activity
[10 October 2006]
- 06-34:
Strong winds in upper stratosphere trigger increase in ozone-destroying gases
[28 September 2006]
- 06-33:
Fires in Alaska and Canada caused sharp increase in Houston’s ozone level
[21 September 2006]
- 06-32:
Arctic Sea ice diminished rapidly in 2004 and 2005
[13 September 2006]
- 06-31:
Media Advisory 2: AGU 2006 Fall Meeting: news media field trip
[29 August 2006]
- 06-30:
Burning northern wetlands release increased quantities of sequestered mercury
[21 August 2006]
- 06-29:
Establishing a connection between global warming and hurricane intensity
[15 August 2006]
- 06-28:
Media Advisory 1: 2006 Fall Meeting – news media registration opens; book hotels now; U.S.
visa information for international reporters
[2 August 2006]
- 06-27:
AGU seeks nominations for Sullivan and Perlman journalism awards
[13 July 2006]
- 06-26:
Alpine glaciers could all but disappear within this century
[10 July 2006]
- 06-25:
New AGU officers assume duties
[3 July 2006]
- 06-23:
Faster tsunami warnings possible with help of new GPS software
[28 June 2006]
- 06-22:
Tracking Earth’s wobbles down to the size of a cell phone
[26 June 2006]
- 06-21:
Global warming beyond natural cycles fueled 2005 hurricanes, new study concludes
[22 June 2006]
- 06-20:
Hurricanes and the U.S. Gulf Coast: science and sustainable rebuilding
[19 June 2006]
- 06-19:
Beaver dams create healthy downstream ecosystems
[5 June 2006]
- 06-18:
Antarctic ice record warns of greater warming than today’s climate models predict
[22 May 2006]
- 06-17:
Greenhouse gas/temperature feedback mechanism may raise warming beyond previous estimates
[22 May 2006]
- 06-16:
Fabled equatorial African icecaps to disappear
[15 May 2006]
- 06-15:
Media advisory 4: final press conference schedule
[10 May 2006]
- 06-14:
Media advisory 3: press conferences planned
[10 May 2006]
- 06-13:
Sri Lanka water supply still suffers effects of 2004 tsunami
[8 May 2006]
- 06-12:
Tracking ocean slicks using improved satellite seasurements
[11 April 2006]
- 06-11:
Media advisory 2: abstracts and sessions now online; field trip to National Aquarium planned
[6 April 2006]
- 06-10:
Better estimates for future extreme precipitation in Europe
[28 March 2006]
- 06-09:
Tom Siegfried wins AGU’s Cowen Award for sustained achievement in science journalism
[23 March 2006]
- 06-08:
Amazon rainforest greens up in the dry season
[21 March 2006]
- 06-07:
Media advisory 1: 2006 Joint Assembly – news media registration open; hotel rooms at special
rates
[15 March 2006]
- 06-06:
Rare volcanic plumes create uncommonly dangerous ash flows
[15 March 2006]
- 06-05:
The critical importance of mangroves to ocean life
[27 February 2006]
- 06-04:
Dan Vergano, Michelle Nijhuis, Times-Picayune win AGU journalism awards
[13 February 2006]
- 06-03:
Media advisory 4: 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting press conference schedule; dial in for press
conferences
[7 February 2006]
- 06-02:
Media advisory: Capitol Hill briefings on AGU ocean research statement
[3 February 2006]
- 06-01:
Media advisory 3: 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting press conferences planned
[23 January 2006]
2005 press releases
2004 press releases
2003 press releases
2002 press releases
- Media Advisory 4 - 2002 FALL MEETING
[25 November 2002]
- Media Advisory 3 - 2002 FALL MEETING
[13 November 2002]
- Some Cosmic Rays Originate Within Solar System,
Researchers Find [30 October 2002]
- Great Progress Made by Seismologists in Identifying
Violations of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty [23 October 2002].
- Despite Lower Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Diesel Cars
May Promote More Global Warming than Gasoline Cars [21 October 2002]
- Media Advisory 2 - 2002 Fall Meeting in San Francisco,
California [14 October 2002]
- Control of Methane Emissions Would Reduce Both Global
Warming and Air Pollution, Researchers Find [9 October 2002]
- AGU to Launch New Journal on Earth Surface Research
[23 September 2002]
- 50 Years of Climate Change -- and Possible Futures
[19 September 2002]
- Media Advisory 1 - 2002 Fall Meeting Information for
Media Representatives and Press Registration Form [21 August 2002]
- Volcanic Hazard at Proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear
Waste Repository Potentially Greater than Previously Thought, Researchers Say
[31 July 2002]
- Cosmic Rays Linked to Global Warming
[30 July 2002]
- Forecasting Stinging Jellyfish in Chesapeake Bay
[16 July 2002]
- Media Advisory - Plan Ahead for Upcoming AGU Meetings
[10 July 2002]
- Media Advisory - 2002 Western Pacific Geophysics
Meeting in Wellington, New Zealand [19 June 2002]
- Media Advisory - Nominations Sought for 2003 Sullivan
and Perlman Awards [12 June 2002]
- Richmond High School Students to Present Research at
Major Science Meeting [21 May 02]
- Media Advisory 4 - 2002 Spring Meeting in Washington,
D.C. [17 May 02]
- Human Activity Raises Level of Sulfur Gas That
Affects Ozone Layer, Researchers Say [16 May 02]
- Scientists Debate Wisdom of Plan to Save Venice
From Flooding [08 May 02]
- AGU Supports 15% Increase in National Science
Foundation Funding in FY2003 [06 May 02]
- Media Advisory 3 2002 Spring Meeting in
Washington, D.C. [01 May 02]
- Protecting Drinking Water From Disease Transmission
by Means of Zeolite Filters [25 April 02]
- Sea Level Rise Threatens Marshes in Chesapeake and
Delaware Bays [11 April 02]
- OHSU Student Wins Congressional Science Fellowship
[10 April 02]
- Media Advisory 2 - 2002 Spring Meeting in
Washington, D.C. [08 April 02]
- Richard Monastersky and Diane Tennant Win AGU
Journalism Awards [20 March 02]
- 2002 Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.
[14 March 02]
- Martian Surface Features Were Eroded by Liquid Carbon
Dioxide, not Running Water, Researchers Say [12 March 02]
- Solar Radio Bursts Can Disrupt Wireless Cell
Communications Several Times per Year [06 March 02]
- Cataclysm That Resurfaced the Earth and Inner
Solar System 3.9 Billion Years Ago Was Caused by Asteroids, Not Comets, Researchers Say
[28 February 02]
- Global Warming Lengthens the Day
[11 February 02]
- John Orcutt Elected President-Elect of AGU
[08 February 02]
- Media Advisory 2 - 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting Press
Conferences Scheduled; How to Participate in Person or by Phone [28 January 02]
- Scientists Describe Century of Human Impact on Global
Surface Temperature [23 January 02]
- Media Advisory 1 - 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Information for Media Representatives and Press Registration Form [08 January 02]
- AGU Endorses Science Education Standards
[04 January 02]
2001 press releases
- AGU Begins "Web First" Journal Publishing in 2002 [12/21/01]
- Southern Ocean Iron May Have Come from the Depths, Not the
Atmosphere, Researchers Conclude [12/19/01]
- Media Advisory 5 - 2001 Fall Meeting Revised Press
Conference Schedule; [12/03/01]
- Media Advisory 4 - 2001 Fall Meeting Complete Press Conference
Schedule [11/30/01]
- Did Life Originate on Earth, Mars, or Elsewhere? Public Invited
to Lecture by Caltech Scientist [11/28/01]
- Media Advisory 3 - 2001 Fall Meeting Press Registration
Information and Form [11/16/01]
- Damage to Buildings Near World Trade Center Towers Caused by
Falling Debris and Air Pressure Wave, Not Ground Shaking, Seismologists Report [11/15/01]
- Faster Employment, Greater Satisfaction for Recent Ph.D.s in Earth
and Space Sciences [11/15/01]
- Media Advisory 2 - 2001 Fall Meeting Press Registration Information
and Form [10/16/01]
- Space Weather Moves From Observation Toward Prediction
[09/10/01]
- Earth Is Becoming a Greener Greenhouse [09/04/01]
- Media Advisory 1 - 2001 Fall Meeting Information for Media
Representatives and Press Registration Form [08/22/01]
- Subsurface Differences Across Fault Lines May Cause Unequal Ground
Movement During Earthquakes [06/29/01]
- Norwegian Sea Proposed as Storage Site for Carbon Dioxide
[06/18/01]
- Satellites Measure Bulging Earth to Map Water Resources
[06/14/01]
- Media Advisory - Nominations sought for 2002 Sullivan and Perlman
Awards: Several rule changes announced [06/11/01]
- Media Advisory 4 - 2001 Spring Meeting Press Conferences
(Full Schedule) and Other Events [05/21/01]
- "Knowledge Partnerships" to improve economies and
stabilize societies in the Americas [05/11/01]
- Media Advisory 3 - 2001 Spring Meeting Press Conferences
(Preliminary List) [05/07/01]
- Media Advisory Watch the Sun Rise Over China (No Visa Necessary)
[04/19/01]
- Media Advisory 2: Spring Meeting Abstracts Now Online, Press
Registration Form [04/18/01]
- Scientists Watch Dark Side of the Moon to Monitor Earth's Climate
[04/17/01]
- Air Pollution Control Efforts Will Add to Global Warming if Carbon
Monoxide is not Curbed Along With Nitrogen Oxides [04/16/01]
- Researchers Achieve Best Global Picture Ever of Climate-modifying
Aerial Particles [04/13/01]
- Glennda Chui and Richard Stone Win AGU Journalism Awards
[04/11/01]
- Media Advisory 1: Spring Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, May 29 -
June 2, 2001 [03/20/01]
- Temperature of Earth's Highest Polar Clouds Measured for the First
Time [03/19/01]
- Predicting El Niño with the help of a wind trigger
[02/05/01]
- Job outlook brightens for earth science graduates [01/30/01]
- Forensic seismology provides clues to Kursk disaster
[01/22/01]
- Congressional panel to hold public roundtable on El Salvador
earthquake and U.S. natural hazards challenges [01/18/01]
- Expanding Career Options for Young Scientists [01/17/01]
- Martian ice streams, not floods, may have shaped channels
[01/16/01]
- AGU Names Journalism Award for Robert Cowen [01/02/01]
2000 press releases
- Media Advisory 3: FALL MEETING--update - Moscone Convention
Center - Updated Press Conferences,Press Registration, and Other Information [12/08/00]
- Media Advisory 3: FALL MEETING - Moscone Convention Center -
Updated Press Conferences,Press Registration, and Other Information [11/30/00]
- Media Advisory: Highlights service for G3 electronic
journal [11/08/00]
- Media Advisory 2: FALL MEETING - Moscone Convention Center -
Abstracts, Press Conferences, Press Registration [10/19/00]
- Nominations sought for 2001 Sullivan and Perlman Awards
[09/21/00]
- Worsening urban air pollution won't increase global temperature
over next 100 years [09/21/00]
- Satellite imagery pinpoints El Niño's disruption of marine
ecosystem [09/06/00]
- Media Advisory 1: FALL MEETING - Moscone Convention Center -
Information for Media Representatives [08/24/00]
- Media Advisory: Journal Tables of Contents Available by E-mail
[08/15/00]
- A mystery of Earth's wobble solved: it's the ocean [07/17/00]
- Media Advisory: International Ocean Science Day Forum (July 17)
and Oceans for the New Millennium Conference (July 18) [07/06/00]
- Mars may hold twice as much water as previously thought
[06/27/00]
- Congressional Natural Hazards Caucus to hold first forum
[06/16/00]
- Media Advisory: Congressional Briefing on Sustainable Growth in
Great Lakes States [06/12/00]
- AGU Adds Biogeosciences Section [06/08/00]
- AGU President-Elect to Speak at White House Millennium Lecture
[06/06/00]
- Media Advisory 5: Science Policy Issues Take Center Stage at AGU's
2000 Spring Meeting Washington, D.C., Convention Center May 30 -- June 4 [05/23/00]
- Media Advisory 4: 2000 Spring Meeting Washington, D.C., Convention
Center May 30 - June 3 Press Conferences and Other Events (Final) [05/19/00]
- Increasing Carbon Dioxide Threatens Coral Reefs [05/16/00]
- Media Advisory 3: 2000 Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.; May 30
- June 3 [05/03/00]
- Alexandra Witze and Richard Hill win AGU journalism awards
[04/27/00]
- Media Advisory 2: 2000 Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.; May 30 -
June 3 [04/25/00]
- Improving space weather forecasting by detecting active regions on
the far side of the Sun [04/17/00]
- IU scientist urges increased Congressional support for earth and
space sciences [04/10/00]
- UNLV scientist urges Congress to increase funding of earth and
space sciences [04/10/00]
- UW scientist call for increased Congressional support of earth and
space sciences [04/10/00]
- Some Coronal Mass Ejections are Caused by Shock Waves From Solar
Flares in Other Regions of the Sun [04/04/00]
- Media Advisory 1: 2000 Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.: May 30
-- June 3 [3/06/00]
- Record breaking temperatures seen as evidence of faster rate of
global warming [2/22/00]
- Media Advisory: 2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting [1/11/00]
1999 press releases
1998 press releases
1997 press releases
1996 press releases
