August 25, 2026
Growing a Global Bench of Science Advocates
By: Liz Landau I am incredibly proud of AGU’s global science policy expansion during the first half of 2026. Our current global Voices for Science cohort is our largest yet, with 14 folks from Africa, Asia, Europe, and more coming together to learn and grow their science policy and communications skills. AGU is supporting them through initiatives such as the science diplomacy panel we hosted in April, where experts from …
Defending Science, One Voice at a Time
By: Michael Villafranca Protecting NCAR When the Trump Administration announced plans to dismantle NCAR in December, AGU’s SPGR team moved quickly. Within weeks, we had launched grassroots tools that generated 36,000 emails and more than 2,300 phone calls to Congress, coordinated with partner societies behind a joint letter to the White House, and submitted a formal organizational response to NSF—all while providing individual members a direct channel to submit their …
August 19, 2026
AGU thanks Senate for action on OMB Rule
On August 3 2026, AGU sent a letter to Senate Appropriations leadership thanking them for including language in their continuing resolution that delays implementation of OMB’s proposed rule on federal financial assistance. On behalf of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and our global community of more than half a million Earth and space scientists and allies, thank you for including language in the fiscal year 2027 continuing resolution that …
August 18, 2026
AGU endorses the Earth MRI Reauthorization Act
On 18 August 2026, AGU sent letters to House and Senate committee leadership expressing support for the Earth MRI Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), an initiative which has filled a long-standing gap in the nation’s geologic record, producing high-resolution mapping, airborne geophysical surveys, and geochemical data across areas of the country that had never been systematically characterized. Read the full letter.
AGU endorses the ReSCUE Oceans Act
On 18 August 2026, AGU sent letters to House and Senate committee leadership expressing support for the ReSCUE Oceans Act, which will help drive research to understand the effectiveness and impacts of marine carbon-dioxide removal technologies, or mCDR. Read the full letter.
August 17, 2026
Building Science Policy Leaders, One Step at a Time
By: Sophie Mangassarian I’ve spent a lot of time this year thinking about what it really takes for someone to become an advocate—and eventually, a leader. It’s rarely one workshop or one congressional meeting. More often, it’s a series of moments where someone gains confidence, learns a new skill, and realizes their scientific expertise belongs in public policy. In a year when it would have been easy for scientists to …
Rising to the Challenge: AGU Defends Science in 2026
2026 has been just as consequential a year for science policy as 2025. Despite attempts to dismantle infrastructure from NCAR to the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), circumvent peer review through OMB rulemaking, and broadly politicize science, our community has once again risen to the challenge. Almost 200 AGU members came to Washington, D.C. to meet with their legislators in the first half of the year. Through our online engagement system, …
July 29, 2026
Voices for Science 2026-2027 cohort
AGU is pleased to welcome our latest Voices for Science cohort! Click through their photos to learn more about these amazing scientists committing to a year of outreach and policy work.
July 16, 2026
Comment of the American Geophysical Union regarding the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed rule to revise the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance
AGU serves as a pathway for scientists to disseminate their research to colleagues and the public through publications, conferences, and collaborations with communities, universities, and NGOs throughout the globe. Our 24 top quality research journals, including Geophysical Research Letters and Earth’s Future and the dedicated professionals who sustain them play a vital role in ensuring high-quality peer review leading to cutting edge research. Our scientific conferences, including the world’s largest …
July 15, 2026
Guest Post: From Research to Community Action: How Science Communication Inspires Better Water and Waste Management
By Okunowo Oluwafemi Olutayo, AGU Voices for Science International Fellow As Earth scientists, we spend countless hours studying the Earth’s systems, collecting data, and developing solutions to environmental challenges. Yet one question continues to shape my work: How do we ensure that scientific knowledge reaches the people whose everyday decisions determine the health of our environment? That question inspired me to organize Voices for Water and Waste Management Sustainability, a …
