[meteorite-list] Asteroids, Mars and Drought Among NASA News Highlights at AGU Meeting

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 12:00:20 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201112012000.pB1K0KMn011766_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Dec. 1, 2011

Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole at nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-242

ASTEROIDS, MARS AND DROUGHT 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 2011 fall meeting of
the American Geophysical Union. The meeting takes place Dec. 5-9 at
the Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard St., in San Francisco.
Media registration for the event is open.

Media briefings during the meeting will feature topics such as new
results about the asteroid Vesta, the future risk of major droughts,
new discoveries at the edge of our solar system, and the 2011
Japanese tsunami. 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.

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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Received on Thu 01 Dec 2011 03:00:20 PM PST