Contents
1. Press Room
2. Press Conferences
3. Special Events
4. Field Trip
5. Press Releases -- Attention PIOs
6. Who's Coming
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1. Press Room
Press Room: Room 3 Briefing Room: Room 2 (Note: this is a change from our previous advisory)
Press Room Phone: +1 (202) 371-5087
Press Room Fax: +1 (202) 371-5093
Please give these numbers to anyone who might have to reach you during the meeting. There will be up to ten phone lines in the room for use by press registrants, including long distance business calls.
Press Room Hours
Tuesday, May 30 to Friday, June 2 -- 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Saturday, June 3 -- 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon
Continental breakfast and lunch will be served daily in the Press Room.
The Washington Convention Center is located at 900 Ninth Street, N.W. The nearest Metro stations are Metro Center (Red, Blue, Orange Lines) and Gallery Place (Red, Green, Yellow Lines). The Red Line serves Union Station, and the Blue and Yellow Lines serve National Airport (DCA).
Reminder: you will save time by preregistering for Spring Meeting. For a press registration form that can be returned online, or by fax, email, or mail, visit the AGU web site: [http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/sm00pressreg.html]. Eligibility requirements for press registration and other important information are contained in Media Advisory 1 (see Note at top of this message).
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2. Press Conferences
Following are the currently planned press conferences at Spring Meeting, subject to change. Any modifications to this schedule will be announced in the Press Room. All press conferences take place in the Briefing Room, Room 2 of the Washington Convention Center.
TUESDAY, MAY 30
8:00 AM
Overview of Spring Meeting
You will probably want some help in navigating through the hundreds of sessions, comprising thousands of oral and poster presentations, that constitute Spring Meeting. The person with the best overview is Dr. Carol Simpson of Boston University, chair of the Program Committee, which organized the meeting. She will emphasize sessions and events other than press conferences that may be of interest to the media.
The Press Room will open by 7:30 AM, so you can pick up your badge (please preregister, so it will be waiting for you!) and have breakfast prior to this briefing.
10:00 AM
Coasts in Crisis
Is a tsunami coming soon to a neighborhood near you? Coasts are vulnerable to a range of natural hazards including hurricanes, floods, coastal erosion, and tsunamis. In addition, more than half of all Americans live within an hour's drive of the coast, and coastal populations are growing much faster than those of inland areas. These natural and human pressures threaten our coastal environments and the people who live there. The U.S. Geological Survey is increasing its efforts to provide the integrated scientific information that coastal managers need in order to develop enduring solutions based on the natural, social, economic, and political realities of coasts. Science has a critical role in preventing the effects of natural disasters, rather than reacting after they strike.
Panel:
Charles Groat, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
Wilson C. Cooney, Brigadier General (Retired), U.S. Air Force; Chairman Emeritus, Institute for Business and Home Safety, Boston, Massachusetts
William C. Jolly, Environmental Program Manager, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, Olympia, Washington
(Relates to Session OS22B)
12:15 PM
Expanding Polar Clouds Threaten Arctic Ozone
The real culprit in the major ozone loss over the Arctic earlier this year was the ozone-destroying clouds that form in the stratosphere each winter. A recent international research campaign in Sweden, which peered inside these "polar stratospheric clouds" in unprecedented detail, found that they were much more widespread and long-lasting than predicted. Other new results include the first extensive observations of a chemical process thought to be uncommon in the Arctic (denitrification) that could foreshadow greater ozone losses in the future.
Panel:
Brian Toon, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (Toon will make the only opening presentation; he and the other panelists will then take questions)
Michael J. Kurylo, Manager, Upper Atmosphere Research Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Ken Carslaw, Reader in Atmospheric Science, School of the Environment, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Edward V. Browell, Senior Research Scientist, Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Eric Jensen, Research Scientist, Earth Sciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
(Sessions A21A, A22A, A32A)
2:00 PM
Explaining Pollution Highs and Lows Over the Pacific
Scientists investigating the long-range movement of air pollution across the Pacific Ocean and the chemical reactions that both produce and destroy pollutants report new findings from a NASA airborne campaign conducted last year. They found high levels of air pollution in the Northern Hemisphere and extremely clean air in the Southern Hemisphere and gained new insights into how the atmosphere "cleanses" itself of certain types of pollution.
Panel:
Daniel J. Jacob, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Jacob will make the opening presentation; he and the other panelists will then take questions)
William H. Brune, Head, Department of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Douglas Davis, Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Henry E. Fuelberg, Professor of Meteorology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
(Sessions A31E, A32C)
4:00 PM
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The Science of Verification
In October 1999, the U.S. Senate voted against ratification of the Comprehensive (Nuclear) Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Several Senators claimed that nations might detonate underground nuclear explosions that would not be detected by the treaty's monitoring system. Their statements stand in contrast to an AGU position statement stating that the treaty's verification goals can be met. This press conference will review the current state of monitoring capability and discuss why the views of the scientific community were not more widely accepted by American lawmakers.
Panel:
Lynn R. Sykes, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York
Gregory van der Vink, IRIS Consortium, Washington, D.C.
Richard L. Garwin, Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York
Terry C. Wallace, SASO, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
(Sessions U31A, U32A)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31
9:00 AM
Kyoto Protocol: Modeling the Political and Economic Response
Whether the Kyoto Protocol is ratified or not, the new global awareness of carbon emissions and land use as an important issue may produce political shifts and provide new economic constraints and/or opportunities for all countries. The Protocol calls for significant economic costs and benefits to carbon release versus sequestration, and involves different incentives for industrialized and developing countries. The prospect of placing a dollar value on carbon emissions, with trading between emissions in one place and land use changes in another may create a new "economy" based on carbon. Socioeconomic models can be used to identify key responses to Kyoto, as well as "perverse reactions" such as rapid deforestation, in the next few years. These, along with biogeochemical models, may ultimately be used as prognostic Earth System models.
Panel:
John Kimble, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Lincoln, Nebraska (Kimble will make the only opening presentation; he and the other panelists will then take questions)
Joel R. Brown, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
John M. Reilly, Associate Director for Research, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Leah May Ver, SOEST, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
(Session B32C)
10:00 AM
The Atmosphere: A Major Source of Nutrients and Contaminants in Coastal Waters
Atmospheric inputs via rain, snow and particle/gas deposition can be an important source of chemicals to the coastal environment. Recent studies have focussed on measuring these inputs relative to other sources (urban runoff, riverine inputs) and the processes involved. These studies have shown that for nutrients such as nitrogen and contaminants such as mercury, the amount falling on the Chesapeake Bay and other coastal waters directly from the atmosphere is substantial compared to the amount coming into these waters from other sources.
Panel:
Dr. Robin Dennis, Atmospheric Modeling Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Robert P. Mason, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, Solomons, Maryland
Thomas M. Church, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
(Sessions A32B, A41D)
11:00 AM
Integrated Earth Science and the Cities
In this informal press availability session, USGS Director Groat will address some of the issues raised in the three Union Sessions on this topic. Nearly half the world's population is concentrated in urban areas, and these cities and megacities continue to grow. Decision makers in these complex, highly structured, and interconnected urban areas need integrated natural science information about resources, environment, and hazards. For example, models of urban dynamics allow us not only to see how our cities have changed but also to project these changes into the future (examples include San Francisco and Baltimore/Washington corridor). Multihazard maps, such as those developed for Evansville, Indiana, can be used with socieoeconomic data to estimate spatial vulnerability of societal infrastructure. USGS provides a wide variety of tools and information to support decisions.
Charles Groat, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
(Sessions U32B, U41A, U42A)
12:15 PM
Latest News From Io
The Galileo spacecraft completed its first fully successful close flyby of Jupiter's volcanically active moon, Io, on February 22, 2000. This flyby provided the highest-resolution images of Io's surface, and some of the best infrared images. Also, the flyby provided second looks at rapidly-changing regions observed at high resolution in late 1999, revealing the active volcanic processes and providing stereo views of the topography. New images will be available at [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/] as of May 31. The organizers promise new material beyond recent press conferences and published papers.
Panel:
Rosaly Lopes-Gautier, Research Scientist, Earth and Planetary Sciences Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
John R. Spencer, Astronomer, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona
Alfred S. McEwen, Research Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
(Sessions P31A, P32A)
2:00 PM
IMAGE: Seeing the Invisible
Launched March 25, 2000, NASA's Imager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration, or IMAGE, is the first mission dedicated to obtaining global images of Earth's magnetosphere. The region of space controlled by our planet's magnetic field is populated with extremely tenuous plasmas of both solar and terrestrial origin. IMAGE employs a variety of innovative techniques to image these plasmas, which are invisible to standard astronomical observing techniques, and to learn how their structure and dynamics change in response to variation in the solar wind. Members of the IMAGE science team will present "first light" images from all of IMAGE's instruments. These will include the first-ever global images of the plasmasphere and Earth's proton aurora. Panelists will discuss the implications of these images for our understanding of magnetospheric physics and space weather.
Panel:
James L. Burch, Principal Investigator, IMAGE; Vice President, Instrumentation and Space Research Division, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
James L. Green, Deputy Project Scientist, IMAGE; Chief, Space Science Data Operations Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Patricia H. Reiff, IMAGE Education and Public Outreach Team; Professor, Physics and Astronomy Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas
(Session SM51C)
5:30 PM
The Earth Around Us: Press Reception and Program
We begin with a wine and cheese reception in the Press Room, an opportunity to chat with old and new friends. Then, at 6:30 PM, we will move into the Briefing Room for a discussion based on Jill Schneiderman's new book, The Earth Around Us: Maintaining a Livable Planet (W.H. Freeman, 2000).
The editor and other contributors to this collection of thirty-one essays on the importance of earth science in securing a livable future on Earth will describe briefly their contributions to the book. David Applegate will focus on federal public lands; Jill Schneiderman will comment on metropolitan water supplies and environmental justice; Allison Macfarlane will propose an alternative to long-term radioactive waste storage at Yucca Mountain; and Cathryn Manduca will describe an unusual county-wide geological atlas used to prevent groundwater degradation.
Panel:
Jill S. Schneiderman, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
David Applegate, Director of Government Affairs & Acting Editor, Geotimes, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, Virginia
Allison Macfarlane, Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Foundation Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cathryn A. Manduca, Director, Keck Geology Consortium, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
(Session U32B)
THURSDAY, JUNE 1
8:00 AM
Incorporating Place and Culture in Geoscience Education
All ethnic minority groups in North America are poorly represented in both the academic and professional study and practice of the Earth Sciences. Fortunately, many efforts are underway to increase minority participation in the geosciences. This is most often accomplished through the incorporation of place-based, culturally specific knowledge, and understanding of the local environment and geologic setting into the teaching of Earth Science. The panelists will highlight the successes of these programs, ongoing strategies that are under development, and continuing problems that face minority students in the Earth Sciences.
Panel:
Stephen C. Semken, Director, Navajo Dryland Environments Laboratory, Diné College, Shiprock, Navajo Nation, New Mexico
Eric Riggs, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
(Session ED42A)
9:00 AM
The Integrated Carbon Cycle: Introducing a New National Plan
Panelists will discuss recent advances in understanding regional and global carbon budgets using atmospheric, oceanic, and terrestrial measurements. Highlights will include assessments of oceanic and terrestrial (particularly U.S.) carbon sinks and appraisals of potential future feedbacks between climate change and carbon cycling. These developments will provide technical background for announcing the U.S. Carbon Cycle Research Program. This program began with a grassroots plan developed within the research community to address large uncertainties in the global carbon budget and in the prediction of future trends in atmospheric carbon dioxide. The program calls for increased coordination of Federal funding and research and increased scientific guidance and review in the ongoing development of overall research priorities.
Panel:
D. James Baker, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Silver Spring, Maryland; Co-Chair, Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, National Science and Technology Council
Jorge L. Sarmiento, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; Co-chair, Carbon and Climate Working Group, which wrote the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan
Christopher Field, Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, California; Chair, Science Steering Panel, U.S. Carbon Cycle Research Program
Berrien Moore III, Professor and Director, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire; Chair, U.S. National Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
(Session U51A)
10:00 AM
Opposites Attract to Provide Energy for Auroras and Space Weather
Space physicists have made the first direct observations of magnetic reconnection occurring naturally in the space around Earth. The finding helps settle a 50-year-old debate about how and where space weather and auroras originate. (Imagery will be available at the press conference and on the web as of June 1.)
Panel:
Atsuhiro Nishida, Director (Retired), Institute for Space and Astronautical Science, Tokyo, Japan
Jack D. Scudder, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
W. Jeffrey Hughes, Chairman, Astronomy Department, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
(Sessions SM41C, SM32A, SM42B, SM61A)
2:00 PM
Can Streams be "Restored"?
Stream restoration and rehabilitation have not yet demonstrated much success at broad-scale reversal of human disturbance, particularly in the most degraded (i.e. urban) environments. Those efforts that follow a cookbook approach or that simply focus on specific species enhancement (e.g. under the Endangered Species Act) hold little promise for long-term, sustainable success. In contrast, those with a clear set of limited (but achievable) goals, and that target the most promising localities, can probably make a genuine improvement to aquatic systems. The panel members have focussed on a variety of urban and rural environments.
Panel:
Derek B. Booth, Center for Urban Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (Booth will make the opening presentation; he and the other panelists will then take questions)
Karen L. Prestegaard, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Robert B. Jacobson, Columbia Environmental Research Center, United States Geological Survey, Columbia, Missouri
Peter Wilock, GWC Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
James Pizzuto, Department of Geology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
(Sessions H52A, H61A)
4:00 PM
Environmental Pressures on Shenandoah National Park
National parks are protected landscapes. However, over the last few decades the increased production of energy and food outside of Shenandoah National Park in eastern United States has increased environmental pressures within the Park. This press conference will present highlights from the meeting session on ozone episodes, acid rain, visibility reductions in the Park, the effects of those occurrences, and an assessment of whether the occurences and effects are increasing with time.
Panel:
James N. Galloway, Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (Galloway will make the only opening presentation; he and the other panelists will then take questions)
Arthur J. Bulger, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Bernard J. Cosby, Research Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Russell R. Dickerson, Professor, Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
William C. Malm, Research Physicist, Air Resources Division, National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado
(Sessions H51D, H52B)
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3. Special Events
Many special events are planned for the meeting, all of which are open to media coverage. A few highlights follow:
TUESDAY, MAY 30
9:00 AM
Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street, N.W. (Opposite Convention Center), Grand Ballroom North
Linking Hydrologic Sciences and Water Policy in the 21st Century
We have not yet managed to assure a supply of safe drinking water to much of the world's population, nor to provide safeguards against disasters caused by extreme hydrological events. Doing so may become even more difficult as the climate changes. We must understand better the water cycle and more closely couple scientific knowledge with management and decision making processes. This approach to hydrologic science could be a significant contribution to achieving sustainable development in the 21st century.
Neal Lane, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House, Washington, D.C.
(Session U21B)
5:30-7:30 PM
Convention Center Room 33
Science on the Campaign Trail 2000
Whether you live inside or outside the Beltway, you will want to hear this discussion, focusing on how the presidential candidates are using or misusing science in their campaigns and how scientists can enhance awareness of good science in the political process. Speakers include Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Michael Rodemeyer of the House Science Committee, George Frampton of the Gore campaign, and a representative of the Bush campaign.
(Session U22B)
5:30 PM
Convention Center Room 32
Beyond the Edge of the Sea: Volcanoes and Life in the Deep Ocean
The Rachel Carson Lecture (open to the public), by Dr. Cindy Lee Van Dover. No deep ocean discovery of the past century surpasses that of active volcanoes, the mid-ocean ridges that circle the globe, and their concomitant hydrothermal systems. The fauna already found in these systems, different in each ocean, are probably just a hint at what is awaiting future discovery in unexplored depths.
(Session OS22C)
THURSDAY, JUNE 1
1:30 PM
Convention Center Room 13
The 400th Anniversary of Gilbert's "De Magnete"
The publication in 1600 of William Gilbert's "De Magnete" marked the beginning of the modern scientific era, the start of the century of Galileo, Kepler and Newton. Gilbert was among the first to recognize what is now a commonplace: that the answers of Nature's riddles lay not in the writings of ancient authorities but in the careful interpretation of experimental evidence. (From one of the abstracts.) This special session will review the impact of Gilbert's study of Earth as a magnetic body and relate it to other advances at the dawn of the scientific Renaissance.
(Session GP42A)
5:15 PM
Convention Center Room 33
NSF at 50: Celebrating Geophysical Research and its Societal Benefits
An examination of how NSF-supported research and education have benefited society through improved understanding of Earth systems (e.g., global climate change, severe weather, space weather) and the development of new capabilities for society and researchers (e.g., telecommunications, urban planning, seismic tools). After a review of the past half century by several speakers, NSF's new Associate Director for Geosciences, Margaret Leinen, will look at the organization's future directions.
(Session U42C)
FRIDAY, JUNE 2
5:30 PM
Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street, N.W. (Opposite Convention Center), Grand Ballroom Central/South
Honors Evening
The 2000 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism--Features will be awarded to Alexandra Witze of The Dallas Morning News during this ceremony, which is followed by a reception. Both the ceremony and the reception are open to all. (The dinner that follows the reception, at 7:00 PM, is a $45 ticketed event. If you wish to attend, contact Harvey Leifert by email: hleifert@agu.org.)
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4. Field Trip for Press Registrants: Washington's Monumental Acid Rain Problem
Rain in our nation's capital is more than ten times as acid as unpolluted rain. What are Washington's historic buildings and monuments made of? How have they fared, and what does it take to restore them? Join Bruce Doe, U.S. Geological Survey Scientist Emeritus, and Tom Dolley, USGS Minerals Information Team, for an on the scene examination of the effects of acid precipitation and other natural and human factors on the capital's built landscape. Recent restoration programs at the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials, and the Washington Monument will also be discussed.
Saturday, June 3
12:00 - 4:30 PM
See Media Advisory 3 [http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/prrl0011.html] for details of the itinerary. Participation in this field trip is open to all press registrants, but space is limited by the capacity of the bus.
If you wish to participate, please send an email message to Harvey Leifert (hleifert@agu.org) so stating. (Please do not return this entire media advisory.) The firm deadline for signing up is May 24. If you have any special needs, e.g., bus with wheelchair access, please let us know.
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5. Press Releases -- Attention PIOs
Public information officers and authors of papers or posters may leave press releases about Spring Meeting presentations in the Press Room. We suggest a minimum of 50 copies. Any video intended for broadcast use should be in Betacam or a digital format (not VHS); 5-10 copies should be sufficient. PIOs not attending the meeting may send press releases to the following address only:
Harvey Leifert (Hold for May 29 arrival)
Washington Renaissance Hotel
999 Ninth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Phone (202) 898-9000
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6. Who's Coming
Following is the press registration list as of May 17.
Bob Althage, Maryland Public Television
Tim Appenzeller, U.S. News & World Report
Pamela Baker-Masson, CORE
Kristina Bartlett, Geotimes
Kelly Beatty, Sky & Telescope
Kellyn Betts, Environmental Science & Technology
Seth Borenstein, Knight Ridder
Lee Bowan, Scripps Howard News Service
Robert Boyd, Knight Ridder
Victoria Bruce, Freelance
Michael Buckley, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Barbara Burnham, Freelance
Chris Cappella, USAToday.com
Mike Carlowicz, NASA/Raytheon
Kris Christen, Environmental Science and Technology
Tom Clarke, Science and Technology News Network
Steve Cole, NASA
Robert Coontz, Science
Robert Cowen, Christian Science Monitor
Rob Cowen, Science News
Ann Marie Cunningham, WNET/Thirteen
Lori Cuthbert, Discovery.com News
Robert Day, Renewable Resources Journal
James Elliott, AMS
Dan Falk, Freelance
Richard Fitzgerald, Physics Today
John Fogarty, Ocean Drilling Program
Donald Frederick, Freelance
Jay Friedlander, NASA Goddard
Laura Garwin, Nature
Kathleen Gohn, USGS
Jana Goldman, NOAA
Shireen Gonzaga, Freelance
Jessica Gorman, Science News
Gus Gribbin, Washington Times
Daniel Grossman, Soundprint
Brooks Hanson, Science
A. R. Hogan, Writers Plus Newsroom
Gemma Hooley, Soundprint
Amber Jones, NSF
Aries Keck, Freelance
Stephanie Kenitzer, AMS
Richard Kerr, Science
Kristen Krapf, Renewable Resources Journal
Hans Lechleitner, ARD-TV
Sally Maran, Smithsonian
Steve Maran, AAS
Hillary Mayell, Environmental News Network
Valerie May, National Geographic
David McAlary, Voice of America
Rory McGee, Inside Science News Service
Rich Monastersky, Chronicle of Higher Education
Madeleine Nash, Time
Diane Noserale, USGS
Cynthia O'Carroll, NASA Goddard
Larry O'Hanlon, Discovery.com
Chad Palmer, USAToday.com
Kristen Paratore, Environment
Paul Recer, Associated Press
Christina Reed, Geotimes
Barbara Richman, Environment
Lisa Ritter, National Geographic
Linda Rowan, Science
Jim Scanlon, Freelance
Phillip Schewe, AIP
Mark Schrope, New Scientist
Bert Schwarzschild, Physics Today
Ben Sherman, Sea Grant College Program
Randy Showstack, Eos
Sarah Simpson, Scientific American
Virginia Sixeas, Environment
Erik Stokstad, Science
Glenn Strait, World & I
Chris Vaccaro, USAToday.com
John VanDecar, Nature
Yolanda Vazquez, Maryland Public Television
Peter Vermij, Het Parol
Julie Wakefield, Smithsonian
Karen Watson, Discovery.com
James West, USAToday.com
Peter West, NSF
Karen Wilkinson, Discovery Channel Canada
Jack Williams, USA Today
Alexandra Witze, Dallas Morning News
Helen Worth, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Corinna Wu, Science Update
Bob Zimmerman, Freelance
Note: This message updates Media Advisory 3 of May 3. It should be read in conjunction with that and earlier advisories. They may be found on the AGU web site:
Media Advisory 1 [http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/prrl0003.html] Media Advisory 2 [http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/prrl0009.html] Media Advisory 3 [http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/prrl0011.html]