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Professor of Earth Science at Cornell University: I study volcanoes, tectonics, glaciers and other planets. All views are my own. he/him
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I was worried about whether they would be sustained even before **all of this**. In my 4 years on AGU council we never really got an answer. They start programs with some external support, but then given their operational deficits, continuing them isn't guaranteed.
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These are both great programs. I think both of these programs are funded in part by NSF (at least to start, but I'm not sure it is is current) Bridge through: igenetwork.org/bridge-progr...
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fromtheprow.agu.org/agu-receives...
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They do have federal funding, but I don't have any insight into why this happened.
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It's terrible. I called to leave voicemail with our Senators and Congressman. Didn't work for Schumer. Will try during business hours tomorrow and going forward. Will email too. They need to add NOAA to this list:
5calls.org/issue/nih-ns...
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I am a strong advocate for interships for grad students and I know many who have had good experiences. EarthScope, USGS, JPL, numerous companies, etc. have summer programs. NSF INTERN program for up to 6 months with multiple options for the host.
www.nsf.gov/geo/outreach...
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There is a link in the article but here is the donation page if you can help. Even small amounts are appreciated, especially while PRI negotiates with the new mortgage holder and other institutions. Sharing helps too!
www.priweb.org/donate
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Good question that we've been discussing. There are several good prospects in the central Andes. Here we suggested Uturuncu was one of them: www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear...
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These are all good points and I hope they are being forwarded to the meeting committee. But the problem is cost. People are already complaining about registration fees.
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I know this is a frustration for AGU staff every year since it is out of their control (depends on state department). Here is what they have done/can do (they register the meeting with state), but I'm sure they are glad to hear advice how to do more: www.agu.org/annual-meeti...
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Is there evidence that AGU is taking any funds from fossil fuel companies? There are no such sponsors listed on this page: www.agu.org/annual-meeting This article seems to be 8 years out of date and I don't think any AGU senior leadership is still around from that time.
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Your work on tidal triggering of earthquakes got a shout out during the Bowie lecture Q & A yesterday from Roland Bürgmann!
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I am open to anything. But the original was set to the state song of Maryland, which happens to be the same tune as O Tannenbaum (also known as Lauriger Horatius)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTfL...
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Back to 2019 levels -- this is number of abstracts and I think 27,000 in 2024 (about 25,000 in person). Costs have risen faster than inflation for these types of meetings.
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Virtual options down due to cost -- they say they are barely breaking even as is. They heard the complaints about registration costs. And the number of virtual registrants is < 5% now (of course coupled to the lack of virtual access)
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In the confirmation mail there is a link to the "Mobile Printing station" at the Westin and Marriott. No line at the Westin, but it is 2 blocks away. I didn't see the line at the Scan and Go counter. In Hall D, the line is out the door for physical registration.
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I'm looking forward to VERITAS! But not the global coverage needed to really find a buch of earthquakes. It is a challenging data volume problem (just doing subaerial global on Earth with NISAR is tough) but I know JPL and others are working on it.
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I have a new goal for the week -- secure the sticker!
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My dream mission is global satellite InSAR mapping that would capture earthquake deformation.