American Geophysical Union

AGU IS AN INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION SUPPORTING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENTISTS AND PARTNERS DEDICATED TO DISCOVERY AND SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS SOCIETAL CHALLENGES.

MEETING: AGU HAS A DIVERSE MEETING PORTFOLIO THAT OFFERS MEETINGS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND FORMATS. MOST MEETING PARTICIPANTS PRESENT A POSTER AND/OR A TALK ON THEIR LATEST SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS CONTRIBUTING TO ADVANCING EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE. INDIVIDUALS MUST PAY A REGISTRATION FEE TO PARTICIPATE. THE ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS COVERING THEIR PRESENTATIONS ARE PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM FOR EACH MEETING AND ARE AVAILABLE VIA AGU'S WEBSITE.THE AGU FALL MEETING IS RECOGNIZED AS THE LEADING MEETING IN THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES COMMUNITY WITH PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON INTER- AND MULTIPLE DISCIPLINARY SCIENCES AND POLICY AND SOCIETAL ISSUES. IT IS THE LARGEST MEETING IN THIS FIELD ATTRACTING MORE THAN 20,000 PARTICIPANTS AT THE DECEMBER 2022 MEETING. THE MEETING GENERATES HUNDREDS OF PRESS AND MEDIA STORIES ABOUT EARTH AND SCIENCE IN PROMINENT SOURCES THROUGH DISTRIBUTION ON THE TELEVISION, NEWSPRINT AND THROUGH OTHER ELECTRONIC OUTLETS.THE CHAPMAN CONFERENCES AND AFFILIATED MEETINGS ARE SMALL TOPICAL CONFERENCES THAT FOCUS ON CURRENT AND EMERGING SCIENCE ISSUES. THE ABSCICON MEETING WAS HELD VIRTUALLY AND ONSITE IN ATLANTA, GA, IN MAY 2022 WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,000 ATTENDEES. THE MEETING FOCUSED ON ASTROBIOLOGY, THE SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE. THE FRONTIERS IN HYDROLOGY MEETING WAS HELD IN JUNE 2022 VIRTUALLY AND ONSITE IN PUERTO RICO WITH ALMOST 900 ATTENDEES WITH A FOCUS ON BROAD HYDROLOGIC ISSUES. THE SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE: JUSTICE IN GEOSCIENCE CHAPMAN WAS HELD IN AUGUST 2022 FOR ABOUT 300 ATTENDEES IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND FOCUSED ON FUTURE JUSTICE AND EQUITY ISSUES IN SCIENCE. TWO MORE CHAPMAN CONFERENCES EACH CONVENED FOR 75-90 ATTENDEES: DISTRIBUTED VOLCANISM AND DISTRIBUTED VOLCANIC HAZARDS, IN SEPTEMBER 2022 IN FLAGSTAFF, AZ, AND SOLVING WATER AVAILABILITY CHALLENGES THROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK IN BOULDER, CO, IN SEPTEMBER 2022.

PUBLICATIONS: AGU PUBLISHES 22 JOURNALS PRESENTING PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH PAPERS, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS BOOKS. THESE PUBLICATIONS COVER THE EARTH SCIENCES, PLANETARY SCIENCES, SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL AND SPACE PHYSICS, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. COVERAGE OF THE PAPERS HELP MAKE THESE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND MANY OF THE PAPERS ARE USED IN IMPORTANT ASSESSMENTS SUCH AS THE IPCC. AGU HAS 8 FULLY OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS WHERE CONTENT IS FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE IMMEDIATELY UPON PUBLICATION AND 16 HYBRID JOURNALS WHERE READERS WILL FIND SOME ARTICLES AVAILABLE VIA OPEN ACCESS AND OTHERS ONLY ACCESSIBLE VIA SUBSCRIPTION OR PURCHASE. ALL AGU JOURNAL CONTENT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE WHILE BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND IN PRINT. AGU PUBLICATIONS REACH MANY SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS BEYOND THE AGU MEMBERSHIP, AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THROUGH MORE THAN 5,800 LIBRARIES, AND CONTENT AFTER 1997 AND OLDER THAN 24 MONTHS IS FREELY AVAILABLE. PUBLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN OVER 150 COUNTRIES. AGU PUBLISHES MORE THAN 6,940 ARTICLES ANNUALLY.

COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA, PROGRAMS SEEK TO: 1) BUILD AND MAINTAIN AGU'S REPUTATION AS A LEADER, COLLABORATOR AND SOUGHT AFTER PARTNER WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE COMMUNITY; 2) PROMOTE AGU AND ITS PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES AND SERVICES TO CURRENT AND POTENTIAL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS TO THE BROADER EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE COMMUNITY; AND 3) EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, AT ALL LEVELS AND ACROSS ALL SECTORS, ON THE IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT OF THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO SOCIETAL WELL-BEING.