Ricardo HarvinMar 11

We've learned so much about our home and still know so little about this amazing little ball of wonders upon which we live.

"Treetops Emit Ultraviolet Sparkles During Thunderstorms"

#link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/treetops-emit-ultraviolet-sparkles-during-thunderstorms-researchers-just-filmed-it-in-nature-for-the-first-time-180988275

#link: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL119591

#link #smithsonian #magazine #Trees #Leaves #uv #ultraviolet #light #Thunderstorms #forests #sparkles #Research #Science #agu #AmericanGeophysicalUnion

Treetops Emit Ultraviolet Sparkles During Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time

The weather events probably cause the air around leaves to produce weak electrical discharges

Smithsonian Magazine
Rob LarterMar 7, 2025

Good to see the #AGU taking a stand.
#AmericanGeophysicalUnion

https://news.agu.org/press-release/agu-joins-suit-supporting-fired-federal-employees/

AGU joins suit supporting fired federal employees

The case brought by federal employee unions and nonprofit organizations asserts that OPM’s directive to fire probationary employees at the National Science Foundation and other agencies was illegal.

AGU Newsroom
NABGAug 23, 2023

Are you ready for #NABG23 in Washington, DC? Join us at the headquarters of the American Geophysical Union, September 27 -30th, as we move into an era of collaboration to ensure a sustainable and equitable future.
#geoscience #geosciences #geology #NABG23 #NABG42 #NABG #AmericanGeophysicalUnion #BlackInSTEM #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse

https://www.nabg-us.org/conference-registration/

Conference Registration – National Association of Black Geoscientists

Anne Fausto SterlingMar 25, 2023
What's wrong with this picture? A brief, mild, peaceful protest at #AmericanGeophysicalUnion annual meeting sounding the alarm on the climate crisis has lead to a severe reaction. One of the scientists was fired from #OakRidgeNatLabs, their abstracts were removed from meeting, they were expelled from meeting and #professionalmisconduct charges filed. Punishment does not fit the crime. Why? What #powerful_interests does the AGU represent?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00440-3
Outcry as scientists sanctioned for climate protest

Researchers have asked the American Geophysical Union to reverse actions it took against scientists who demonstrated at a December meeting.

The Big Data ClusterMar 7, 2023

Amazing illustration of the #CriticalZone in the #Amazon shared by the #AmericanGeophysicalUnion on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpdX8sJJ5LL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

American Geophysical Union on Instagram: "Illustration of the central Amazon rainforest depicting the relative sizes of the canopy layers, rooting depths, and humans. Artist: Rita Brugger⁠ Ecosystem services (ES) are the benefits that people derive from the natural environment, such as clean water, fertile soil, pollination of crops, and natural climate regulation. These services are important because they support human well-being, food security, and the maintenance of biodiversity. Borma et al. (2022) examine the relationship between ecosystem services and biodiversity with a focus on the tropical humid and subhumid forests of South America. We asked the lead author to give an overview of this relationship, how humans affect it, and what unresolved questions remain. (Link to Editors’ Vox via link in bio) ⁠ ⁠ #AGUPubs #Ecosystem #Biodiversity #Rainforest ⁠"

69 Likes, 0 Comments - American Geophysical Union (@americangeophysicalunion) on Instagram: "Illustration of the central Amazon rainforest depicting the relative sizes of the canopy layers, ..."

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Marc Robinson-RechaviJan 26, 2023
I have signed in my individual capacity the Open letter to the ​#AmericanGeophysicalUnion "Scientists support Dr. Rose Abramoff and Dr. Peter Kalmus" (my name doesn't yet appear on the site?). Dr Abramoff is here  as @ultracricket https://www.aguopenletter.com
Open Letter to AGU

We are living in a climate emergency. Examples of this emergency surround us daily with the catastrophic floods in California, Nigeria and Pakistan and the bare ski slopes of Europe just the latest,...

Open Letter to AGU
The Big Data ClusterJan 22, 2023

Thanks @PlasmaNerd for highlighting that #AmericanGeophysicalUnion SPA fellows nomination was right around the corner. April is right around the corner, on the academic calendar.

Nominate an #EarlyCareer AGU member you know.

https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Section-Awards/Basu-US-Award

#EarthScience #SpaceScience

The Basu U.S. Early Career Award | AGU

The Basu U.S. Early Career for Research Excellence in Sun-Earth Systems Science recognizes an early career scientist from the United States.

SR Denmark has moved serversJan 20, 2023

Rose Abramoff @ultracricket gik på scenen på konferencen i #AmericanGeophysicalUnion (#AGU) for at opfordre forskerne til at "komme ud af laboratoriet og ud på gaden" og gøre opmærksom på #klimakrisen. Selv om hendes demonstration kun varede 15 sekunder, blev hun fyret fra Oak Ridge National Laboratory, og hendes #forskning blev slettet fra AGU's program.

Hun siger, at "#forskerne er virkelig ved at blive desperate": https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2023/01/18/rose-abramoff-science-climate-change-amanpour-protest.cnn

The Big Data ClusterJan 14, 2023

Illustration from Carbonates in the Critical Zone published in the #OpenSource Earth's Future from the #AmericanGeophysicalUnion in December 2022.

University of Arkansas based M. D. Covington and collaborators write "to advance beyond site-specific understanding and develop a more general conceptual framework for the role of carbonates in the #CriticalZone we need integrative studies spanning both the carbonate-silicate spectrum and a range of carbonate settings."

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022EF002765

The Big Data ClusterJan 5, 2023

Blog post about #CriticalZone research presented last year at the #AmericanGeophysicalUnion meeting. #DeepLearning

https://criticalzone.org/news-events/deep-learning-can-fill-gaps-in-temporal-data-reported-on-day-4-of-agu22

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