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GLOBE Attends AGU Fall Meeting
The 2023 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) was held in San Francisco from 11-15 December and was a magnet for dozens of people in the GLOBE Community. The world’s largest annual convergence of Earth and Space scientists attracted 27,000 attendees from 110+ countries online and in person with the theme Wide. Open. Science. "The Earth and space sciences are borderless," said Janice Lachance, AGU’s Interim Executive Director at the international reception.
Participation of the global audience was welcomed from day one with the first of three keynote speeches presented by acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh. A native of Bangladesh and resident of Calcutta, India, Ghosh spoke about the changing climate of South Asia and its impact on more than a billion people living in that area. Disruptive climate was the theme of many of the week’s hundreds of sessions in the form of presentations about research into all aspects of Earth and oceans studies, modelling, and data as supporting evidence to inform, inspire and create excitement about ways in which the world can understand and share information that leads to collaborations and solutions. Research on climate presented at the AGU is being mirrored by GLOBE students in the 2024 International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS) and throughout the activities of GLOBE’s Year of Climate and Carbon (YCC) currently underway.
Attending from the GIO were Directors John Ristvey and Tony Murphy as well as GIO and GLOBE Observer staff members, GLOBE sponsors, NASA and NCAR/UCAR scientists and UCAR Community Programs (UCP) staff, and GLOBE US Partners. In addition to presenting at sessions and in the poster hall, they also rotated at the NASA and UCAR booths which attracted large numbers of people interested in knowing more about The GLOBE Program. Former GLOBE Program Manager at NASA, Dr. Allison Leidner, presented about the impact of GLOBE on the NASA Hyperwall, on the stage in the center of the large exhibit hall.
AGU poster sessions provided many opportunities to learn about Earth and space science.
Participants were invited to attend sessions focused on Atmospheric‚ Ocean and Land Biogeochemistry, Climate Change and Solutions-the Anthropocene, Community Science, Diversity‚ Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Environmental Justice, Global Policy and Solutions, Indigenous Science and Integrated Earth System Science.
GLOBE partners at WestEd invited GLOBE staff and other associates to a reception at their offices, only a few blocks from the Moscone Center, mid-week. This was a welcomed opportunity to meet many potential collaborators outside the official venue and GIO extends thanks to our partners at WestEd.
Dr. Lisa Graulic hands over the reins as President of AGU to Dr. Brandon Jones of the National Science Foundation.
The AGU event was overall an exhilarating week, providing many opportunities for learning and sharing, and for strategic planning and robust dialogue. Underpinning the success of this event was the sense that the global scientific community is united in tackling the most pressing issues that our planet is facing; and that cultivating a culture of mutual cooperation and global collaboration on Earth and in space is the key to safeguarding our planet.
Those who attended the AGU can watch recorded sessions on the AGU 2023 app through February 2024.
Presentation about GLOBE by Dr. Allison Leidner on the NASA Hyperwall.
News origin: GLOBE Implementation Office