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Here’s A Peek At Research From This Year’s Massive Geoscience Meeting

Every December, geoscientists descend on San Francisco for the American Geophysical Union annual meeting. It’s the time for announcements big and small over a daunting diversity of topics. Summarizing the breadth of research is an exercise in futility, so instead, here’s a tiny taste of what was shared. Multimedia producer for Stanford’s School of Earth Sciences Miles Traer went cruising the meeting with sketchbook in-hand, taking cartoon-notes on recent discoveries.

AGU 2014: Urban Areas as Seen from Space

The 2014 fall meeting of the American Geological Union (AGU) is more than halfway over. Throughout the week we’ve been enjoying a series of cartoons drawn live at the meeting by Miles Traer, a multimedia producer at Stanford’s School of Earth Sciences, inspired by various sessions.