American Geophysical Union
The American Geophysical Union (German: American Geophysical Association ) is a non-profit organization of geophysicists , consisting of 58,000 members in 135 countries (2010).
The activities of the Washington, DC-based association focus on the international organization and dissemination of scientific information in the interdisciplinary field of geophysics.
The goals of the AGU are:
- Promote scientific exploration of the earth and disseminate the results
- to promote cooperation between scientific organizations in geophysics and related sciences,
- initiate and promote geophysical research projects,
history
The AGU was established in 1919 by the National Research Council and acted as a non-affiliated subsidiary of the National Academy of Sciences for more than 50 years . In 1972 the AGU was officially registered as an AG in the District of Columbia and opened to scientists and students from all over the world.
Publications
In addition to various scientific journals and the Eos newspaper, the AGU publishes the following scientific journals :
- Earth's Future
- Earth and Space Science
- Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles
- Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
- Paleoceanography
- Radio science
- Reviews of Geophysics
- Space Weather
- Space Weather Quarterly
- Tectonics
- Water Resources Research
Meetings
The AGU holds an annual meeting in San Francisco in December and a joint gathering with other associations such as the Geochemical Society , the Mineralogical Society of America , the Canadian Geophysical Union and the European Geosciences Union in the spring. In addition to these conferences, which cover all areas of geophysics, the AGU also organizes many more specialized conferences that are specifically tailored to the needs of various sub-disciplines.
Position on climate change
In December 2003 the AGU published a position paper on climate change . The statement of this is:
"Human activities are increasingly altering Earth's climate, and that natural influences alone cannot explain the rapid increase in surface temperatures observed during the second half of the 20th century."
"Human actions are increasingly changing the earth's climate and that natural influences alone cannot explain the rapid rise in surface temperature observed in the second half of the 20th century"
The paper was designed by Marvin Geller , John Christy and Ellen Druffel .
Awards and honors
The AGU awards numerous prizes, such as the William Bowie Medal , the James B. Macelwane Medal , the Roger Revelle Medal , the Waldo E. Smith Medal , the Walter H. Bucher Medal , the John Adam Fleming Medal , the Inge Lehmann Medal or the Climate Communication Prize .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Journals. (No longer available online.) Agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com, archived from the original on February 15, 2016 ; accessed on February 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Marvin Geller, John Christy, Ellen Druffel: New AGU Position Statement-Human Impacts on Climate. NOAA (February 28, 2006) AGU Science Policy Alerts ( Memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
