Climate change strategy charged to U.S. Department of the Interior
By secretarial order, the U.S. Department of the Interior is to coordinate the U.S. climate change strategy to address current and future impacts.
Double genius
Two AGU members have been awarded MacArthur fellowships (“genius grants”): Peter Huybers, a climate scientist at Harvard University and a recipient of the 2009 AGU Macelwane Medal, and Daniel Sigman, a biogeochemist at Princeton University and an AGU Fellow.
Peter Huybers
Daniel Sigman
Tomorrow's AGU: Building a foundation for good governance
In May, the AGU Council voted unanimously to create a 16-member board of directors to oversee the business of the Union, and to expand the Council beyond section leadership to include focus group and committee leaders concentrating on matters of science and related Union activities such as AGU publications, meetings, and awards and honors. This fall, the AGU membership will be asked to vote on these important changes.
Upcoming Meetings — Deadlines
Abstract submissions for the AGU Chapman Conference on Complexity and Extreme Events in Geosciences has been extended until 23 October 2009.
2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting
22–26 February 2010, Portland, Oregon
15 Oct — Abstract Submissions
15 Oct — Town Hall Submissions
2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
22–25 June 2010, Taipei, Taiwan
Session Proposals will be open from late August through late October 2009
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On September 29, 2009, the MESSENGER spacecraft flew by Mercury for its third encounter with the Solar System's innermost planet.
