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AGU's Honors and Recognition Committee announced recipients of its 2011 medals and awards. The 18 individuals honored for their work in advancing Earth and space science will be recognized at an honors ceremony on 7 December during AGU's 2011 Fall Meeting.
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In recognition of the significant impact the Fall Meeting has each year on the City of San Francisco, AGU has been awarded the San Francisco Travel Association's 2011 Crystal Bridge Award. Since 2002, Fall Meeting attendance has doubled. The event also generates direct spending of nearly $28 million.Photo courtesy of the San Francisco Travel Association
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When the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its 25th and final flight in May 2011, AGU member and astronaut Andrew J. Feustel took with him a special bit of cargo: an issue of Eos.Photo credit: Andrew Feustel
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With the 8 July launch of the Atlantis, STS-135, NASA closes its three-decades-old space shuttle program. The 12-day final voyage, will take the four-person crew to the International Space Station, hauling necessary supplies and equipment to sustain the station's operations after the program's end. In the program's 30-year history, shuttles have orbited the Earth 20,873 times, totaling 537,114,016 miles.Image courtesy of NASA
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AGU Expresses Concern over Threats to Science FundingAGU responds to The Washington Post with a letter to the editor expressing concern over threats to federal funding for science. -
National Science Funding in Jeopardy?As debt ceiling negotiations and budget debates continue, lawmakers from both parties struggle to address the nation's economic concerns. Cuts to science funding could prove devastating, not just for the scientific community but also for the American public and economy. -
Volcanic Versus Anthropogenic Carbon DioxideWhich emits more carbon dioxide: Earth's volcanoes or human activities? Despite beliefs widespread among climate change skeptics, studies show that the answer is human activities; in fact, present-day volcanoes emit relatively modest amounts of carbon dioxide, annually about as much as the state of Florida. -
Deadly Tornado Wrecks Joplin Missouri"Cities are bigger now and make bigger targets. Other than that, it is just the roll of the dice that two mid size cities (Joplin and Tuscaloosa) were struck by deadly tornadoes."
The May 22 Joplin twister ranks as the deadliest single U.S. tornado on record, with a death toll of at least 122, according to news reports. Additional tornadoes in other states on May 24-25 have reportedly killed about a dozen people. -
More Than 3 Decades of the Voyager MissionIn exclusive interviews with Eos and during a news briefing at NASA headquarters in Washington, D. C., Voyager project scientist Ed Stone and several others who have worked on the project discussed mission highlights and the probes' journeys through the outer edge of our Solar System.Image courtesy of NASA/Carla Cioffi
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Abstract submission: Closes 4 August 2011
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