News Media Services

Science writers will find on this page AGU press releases and journal highlights for the current year, with links to archives, as well as information on the next major AGU meeting, the Sullivan and Perlman journalism awards, and the Mass Media Fellowship program.

Press Releases

To receive AGU press releases by email, reporters and public information officers should contact Peter Weiss, providing their name, job title, publication/organization, postal address, phone, fax, and email address.

Instructions for accessing cited papers.

08-41: AGU 2008 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 4 [8 December 2008]
08-40: AGU weekly newspaper Eos now online for journalists [2 December 2008]
08-39: AGU 2008 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 3 [26 November 2008]
08-38: AGU 2008 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 2 [10 November 2008]
08-37: Land's greenness affects monsoon rains’ strength [3 November 2008]
08-36: AGU Executive Director A. Fred Spilhaus, Jr. to step down [24 October 2008]
08-35: Potent Greenhouse Gas More Prevalent Than Assumed [23 October 2008]
08-34: New press officer at AGU [15 October 2008]
08-33: Wildfires cause ozone pollution to exceed health standards [9 October 2008]
08-32: Oceans to get noisier as they become more acidic [29 September 2008]
08-31: 'Chemical Equator' splits northern from southern air pollution [23 September 2008]
08-30: May '08 China Quake Could Hasten Other Big Shocks [10 September 2008]
08-29: Media Advisory: AGU Seeks Nominations for Sullivan and Perlman Journalism Awards [8 September 2008]
08-28: Drier, Warmer Springs in U.S. Southwest Stem From Human Influence on Winds [19 August 2008]
08-27: AGU 2008 Fall Meeting: Media Advisory 1 [18 August 2008]
08-26: Wildfires May Cool Warming Arctic [21 July 2008]
08-25: Earth visualization innovator wins award [16 July 2008]
08-24: Ocean Wind Maps Reveal Possible Energy Sources [9 July 2008]
08-23: Soot From Ships Worse Than Expected [9 July 2008]
08-22: Permafrost threatened by rapid melt of Arctic sea ice [10 June 2008]
08-21: Interfering with the Global Positioning System [9 June 2008]
08-20: 2008 Joint Assembly: Media Advisory 5 [30 May 2008]
08-19: 2008 Joint Assembly: Media Advisory 4 [28 May 2008]
08-18: 2008 Joint Assembly: Media Advisory 3 [22 May 2008]
08-17: Climate models overheat Antarctica [7 May 2008]
08-16: Ocean current “stripes” revealed [24 April 2008]
08-15: Ozone-hole recovery may spur Antarctic warming [24 April 2008]
08-14: Northern lights glimmer with unexpected trait [24 April 2008]
08-13: Arctic ice more vulnerable to sunny weather [21 April 2008]
08-12: 2008 Joint Assembly: Media Advisory 2 [14 April 2008]
08-11: Margaret Munro and Dr. Richard Smith Win AGU Journalism Awards [3 April 2008]
08-10: Arctic herds could get help from satellites [18 March 2008]
08-09: Novel spots found on Jupiter [17 March 2008]
08-08: 2008 Joint Assembly: Media Advisory 1 [5 March 2008]
08-07: 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting: Media Advisory 2 [27 February 2008]
08-06: Lake Mead could be dry by 2021 [12 February 2008]
08-05: Natural ocean thermostat may protect some coral reefs [7 February 2008]
08-04: Rain takes it easy on weekends, when air is cleaner [1 February 2008]
08-03: AGU Revises Position on Climate Change [24 January 2008]
08-02: 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting: Media Advisory 1 [22 January 2008]
08-01: AGU to Announce New Statement on Climate Change [17 January 2008]

Press release archive (1996–2007)

AGU Journal Highlights

Instructions for accessing cited papers.

Highlights archive (2003–2007)

AGU Meetings

AGU’s next meeting is the 2009 Joint Assembly in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 24–27 May 2009.

Additional information about program sessions and presentations, speakers, abstract databases, as well as registration, important dates, venues, exhibits and related events will be included as it becomes available.

AGU operates a full service press room to support reporters covering AGU meetings and joint assemblies. For additional information, contact Peter Weiss at pweiss@agu.org.

You and the Media

Download “You and the Media: A researcher’s guide for dealing successfully with the news media.”

AGU Journalism Awards

AGU presents annual awards for excellence in scientific journalism in any medium except books. Nominations are welcome from reporters, editors, publishers, and AGU members.

Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism — Features:: Awarded annually for the best report in any medium, except books, produced lead time of more than one week, that presents geophysical information to the general public.; Nomination information; Past Recipients
David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism — News:: Awarded annually for the best report in any medium, except books, produced under deadline pressure of one week or less, that presents geophysical news to the general public.; Nomination information; Past recipients

Mass Media Fellowships

Each year, AGU sponsors one university student in the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship program, which provides a 10-week summer internship at a newspaper, magazine, broadcast or cable news department, or web site.

AGU Meeting press conference photos

A selection of photos taken at press conferences and other media-related events:

Study of attitudes toward geophysical issues

What do average Americans think about global warming, earthquake dangers, the availability of safe drinking water and other issues of geophysical sciences? And how do they view the scientists who study these and related phenomena? In 1997, AGU’s Public Information Committee commissioned an independent study by Public Agenda to seek some preliminary answers. John Immerwahr of Public Agenda and Villanova University conducted the research and reported the results at 1999 Spring Meeting.

Geophysical attitudes report:: HTML; PDF; WordPerfect