Union



The New Generation of Scientists
Primary Convener:  Julio L Betancourt, U.S. Geological Survey, Science and Decisions Center, Reston, VA, United States
Conveners:  Julio L Betancourt, U.S. Geological Survey, Science and Decisions Center, Reston, VA, United States and M Susan Lozier, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Julio L Betancourt, U.S. Geological Survey, Science and Decisions Center, Reston, VA, United States


Water in the Coupled Earth-Human System: Convergent science and decision making


U001
100 years of Technological Advances in the Earth and Space Sciences
Primary Convener:  Jane K Hart, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Michael S Seablom, NASA, Washington, DC, United States, Kirk Martinez, University of Southampton, Electronics and Computer Science, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom and Geoff Bland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Geoff Bland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Greenbelt, MD, United States


U002
250 years of Alexander von Humboldt  | Humboldtian Systems Science in the 21stcentury
Primary Convener:  Claudio Faccenna, Dept. Science Univ. Roma TRE, Roma, Italy; University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States and G-Cubed Editorial team
Conveners:  Marie Edmonds, University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Thorsten W Becker, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States and G-Cubed Editorial team
Primary Liaison:  Claudio Faccenna, Dept. Science Univ. Roma TRE, Roma, Italy; University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States and G-Cubed Editorial team


U003
A Century of Earth and Space Science: The Influence of Technological and Societal Changes on Research
Primary Convener:  Lesley A Wyborn, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Conveners:  Kevin J Murphy, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Helen Glaves, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, United Kingdom and Yasuhiro Murayama, Integrated Science Data System Research Lab., Tokyo, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Lesley A Wyborn, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia


U004
Demonstrating the Value of Earth and Space Science through Community Engagement
Primary Convener:  Erik R Hankin, American Geophysical Union, Talent Pool, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Kelly McCarthy, American Geophysical Union, Washington, United States and Rochelle Holm, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Erik R Hankin, American Geophysical Union, Talent Pool, Washington, DC, United States


U005
Emergent views of the Earth’s deep interior
Primary Convener:  Renata Wentzcovitch, Columbia University of New York, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Department, Palisades, NY, United States
Conveners:  Jeroen Tromp, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, Kei Hirose, Tokyo Inst Tech, Tokyo, Japan and Paul Tackley, ETH Zurich, Department of Earth Sciences,, Zurich, Switzerland
Primary Liaison:  Renata Wentzcovitch, Columbia University of New York, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Department, Palisades, NY, United States


U006
Emotional Well-being and Career Stress in Earth Science: Support to Meet the Needs of the Next Centennial
Primary Convener:  Daniel Gilford, Rutgers University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Erin Robinson, Foundation for Earth Science Information Partners, Boulder, CO, United States, Becky DePodwin, AccuWeather Inc., State College, PA, United States and Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union, Data Programs, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Daniel Gilford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States


U007
(Inter)National Treasures: Advancing Earth, Environmental, & Planetary Sciences Through Access, Accreditation, and Use of Natural History Samples and Collections
Primary Convener:  Kerstin Lehnert, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Convener:  Lindsay A Powers, US Geological Survey, National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program, Denver, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kerstin Lehnert, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, UNITED STATES


U008
AGU-JpGU-EGU Great Debate: What is the Future Earth, Environmental, and Space Science, and Who are the Future Scientists?
Primary Convener:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Robin Elizabeth Bell, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Alberto Montanari, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy and Fumio Inagaki, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States


U009
Data Analytics and Machine Learning Innovation for Climate and Earth Surface Processes
Primary Convener:  Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
Conveners:  James Tremper Randerson, University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States, Jean Braun, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany and Alejandro Tejedor, University of California Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States; Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States


U010
Is Environmental Science serving/failing society? Strategies for rapid progress on CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
Primary Convener:  James M Byrne, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Conveners:  Helen Amanda Fricker, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Gabrielle B Dreyfus, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, Washington, DC, United States and Chris G Rapley, University College London, Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Chris G Rapley, University College London, Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom


U011
I2TK: Intergenerational, Intercultural Transfer of Knowledge -- Diversity and Inclusion in Research, Education and the Science of Storytelling.
Primary Convener:  Bonnie Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
Conveners:  William J Thomas, NOAA Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, United States, M. Kalani Souza, Olohana Foundation, Paauilo, HI, United States and Maraya Ben-Joseph, Olohana.Org, Paauilo, United States
Primary Liaison:  Bonnie Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States


U013
New Generation of Scientists
Primary Convener:  Julio L Betancourt, U.S. Geological Survey, Science and Decisions Center, Reston, VA, United States
Convener:  Steven J Davis, University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Julio L Betancourt, U.S. Geological Survey, Science and Decisions Center, Reston, VA, United States


U014
Probing and modeling reactive transport processes in Earth systems
Primary Convener:  Hang Deng, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Convener:  Jennifer L Druhan, Stanford University, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Hang Deng, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States


U015
Spacecraft at asteroids and comets: journey to the origin of the Earth
Primary Convener:  Seiichiro Watanabe, Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
Conveners:  Masaki Fujimoto, JAXA, Sgamihara, Japan, Lori Sherea Glaze, NASA Headquarters, Planetary Science Division, Washington, DC, United States and Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Auburn University, Aerospace Engineering, Auburn, AL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Seiichiro Watanabe, Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan


U016
Student Engagement to Enhance Development: Outstanding Student Presentation Award Winners from 2018 Fall Meeting
Primary Convener:  Leslie Marasco, American Geophysical Union, Talent Pool, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Kelly Klima, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States and Jenny Riker, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Leslie Marasco, American Geophysical Union, Talent Pool, Washington, DC, United States


U017
The Global Scientific Legacy of the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens—a 40-year Perspective
Primary Convener:  Jon J Major, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA, United States
Conveners:  Cynthia A Gardner, U.S. Geological Survey, Vancouver, WA, United States and Claire J. Horwell, Durham University, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Jon J Major, US Geological Survey, Vancouver, WA, United States


U018
Towards a century of diversity, inclusion and equity in the geosciences: Solutions through innovation and leadership
Primary Convener:  Lisa D White, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States and AGU Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee
Conveners:  Benjamin Andrew Keisling, UMass Amherst-Geosciences, Amherst, MA, United States, Lesley A Wyborn, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia and AGU Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee
Primary Liaison:  Lisa D White, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States and AGU Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee


U019
Water in the Coupled Earth-Human System: Convergent science, decision-making and community action
Primary Convener:  Sarah Freeman, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States
Conveners:  Rajul Pandya, American Geophysical Union, Thriving Earth Exchange, Washington, DC, United States, Gabriel Michael Filippelli, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, United States and Elise Pendall, Western Sydney University, Penrith 2751, NSW, Australia
Primary Liaison:  Sarah Freeman, Oslo


U020
WCRP-Progress in Earth system Climate Science and Predictions by USGCRP
Primary Convener:  Annarita Mariotti, NOAA Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Conveners:  Jin Huang, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD, United States, Renu Joseph, US Department of Energy, Germantown, MD, United States and David B Considine, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Annarita Mariotti, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States


U021
How Space Agencies are Responding to the Grand Challenges in Earth System Science
Primary Convener:  Jérôme Benveniste, European Space Agency (ESA-ESRIN), Earth Observation Programmes, Frascati, Italy
Convener:  Simonetta Cheli, European Space Agency (ESA-ESRIN), Earth Observation Programmes, Frascati, Italy
Primary Liaison:  Jérôme Benveniste, European Space Agency (ESA-ESRIN), Earth Observation Programmes, Frascati, Italy


U012
Joint AGU-AAS session on Frontiers in Exoplanets
Primary Convener:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Kevin B Marvel, American Astronomical Society, Chevy Chase, MD, United States, Lisa Kaltenegger, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States and Cayman T Unterborn, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States


U022
World Climate Research Programme - Climate Research for the 21st Century: from Challenges and Opportunities to Implementation
Primary Convener:  Rixen Michel, World Meteorological Organization, World Climate Research Programme, Geneva, Switzerland
Conveners:  Detlef Stammer, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany and Pavel Kabat, World Meteorological Organization, World Climate Research Programme, Geneva, Switzerland
Primary Liaison:  Rixen Michel, World Meteorological Organization, World Climate Research Programme, Geneva, Switzerland