Hot Cities, Ice Volcanoes And California Quakes Among NASA News Highlights At American Geophysical Union Meeting

Dec. 10, 2010

Stephen Cole
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stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov

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HOT CITIES, ICE VOLCANOES AND CALIFORNIA QUAKES AMONG NASA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS AT AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION MEETING

WASHINGTON -- NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide
range of Earth and space science topics at the 2010 fall meeting of
the American Geophysical Union. The meeting takes place Dec. 13-17 at
the Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard St., in San Francisco.

Media briefings during the meeting will feature topics including new
results about the health impacts of urban heat islands; the search
for ice volcanoes on one of Saturn's moons; new observations of solar
eruptions; and earthquake risk in southern California. In addition,
NASA scientists and their colleagues who use NASA research
capabilities will present noteworthy findings during scientific
sessions that are open to registered journalists. Registration is
still open.

For a complete list of NASA-related news briefings at the meeting,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/agu

The website contains detailed information about how reporters can
participate in the briefings, both on-site and remotely. The site
will be updated throughout the week with additional information about
NASA presentations.

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

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