As some people may or may not know, I am a full member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in good standing. The 2014 AGU Fall Meeting is coming up in just over a week, and I hope to attend so that I can cover what is being presented in the world of climate science, while keeping tabs on the antics of people like Michael Mann, Peter Gleick, and some of the other players. Last year when I attended, I produced several reports and videos, plus many, many, live Twitter entries that kept tabs on the politics and the science. This year I hope to do the same.
There’s only one problem. It is VERY expensive to attend.
Add a hotel for 5 days at the typical $150-250 per night rate in SFO, plus incidentals, parking, etc. and the cost to attend easily tops $2000.
While many attendees get the taxpayers (via their Universities) or their NGO’s via donors to pay for such things, WUWT has no such resources, and despite the claims common from detractors, we are still waiting for that ‘big oil check’ to arrive. I’ll drive down to save money rather than take a plane.
So, like I did last year, I thought I’d ask the readership if they can help out so that there will be somebody at AGU to report on climate science that can do so from the skeptic side. It is very important that at least one climate skeptic reporter attend. Otherwise, the media coverage will be completely one-sided. AGU approved my media pass, so now I’m set to attend.
This year, I’m happy to report that AGU management has anticipated my attendance, and they have been pro-active with providing assistance equipment for my hearing impairment. Thanks to Joan Burhman of AGU for her gracious assistance. I expect it will be easier for me this year.
Thanks for your consideration, and most of all thanks for reading WUWT.
Donations toward this effort will be gratefully accepted: here
THANKS TO EVERYONE! – The goal has been met, and exceeded. I’m truly humbled by the show of support. I look forward to reporting from AGU this year. – Anthony
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Thanks to everyone!
Hear, Hear!! 😉
The meeting expenses have been covered, so I went ahead and did a donation toward surface stations project – I believe the site/effort I encountered before “watts up” when I began my earnest investigation into this man-made global warming story nearly a decade ago.
I just filled up my six-cylinder. I have a monthly “zero” budget (all expenses get in a line, and anything not spent on line item goes into savings) and so I see the ebb and flow of gas prices on budget.
The price of a gallon of gas is so low, I have a bit extra in the “gas” envelope this month.
Big Oil is offering me a gallon of premium at about $2.50 rather than $3.50 or $4. I took them up on the offer. Hard to hate them when they help me live such a wonderful life of travel and comfort.
So, donation courtesy of Big Oil.
Just made a small donation of $20. I know you posted that your request had ended, but I do think you should not be forced to do it on a total bare-bones budget so I thought I would make a tiny addition nonetheless. Perhaps you can use it order a drink from a tiny, high-pitched female bartender – I’m sure you’ll understand her this year! 🙂
$100 on way in snail mail, from Michigan, a place that could use some warming, but hey I am going to Florida for January, woo-hoo!
Anthony, if you don’t want the take a train, fly, or drive yourself, then drop me a line and I will travel across the country and give you a personal escort in my very old 4wd SUV. 😉
Just got here after seeing the link from Glenn on Instapundit. Anthony, was going to send some cash your way, but all your awesome readers beat me to the punch. Thrilled at the response and for what it’s worth from a stranger you’ve never met, kudos to all of you in this thread for your generosity and recognizing how important the work is that Anthony does.
Anthony, I know you hit your goal but I sent an extra $20 your way. Use it for a few beers in the evening or turn a hamburger into steak for dinner. Or just use it for site costs, whatever works best.
I know you’ve already met the goal, but I wanted to jump on the band wagon, too.
Question: Could Sou (Sow, Miriam, whatever) raise money from her readers to attend a professional conference?
Don de 20 USD via PayPal depuis la Belgique.
Merci pour tout ce que vous faites pour nous, les climato-sceptiques.
Cordialement
Take your wife if she wants to put up with the conference.
Hoping Dr. S., catches the Frisch presentation whilst he is at the AGU updating the sunspot count series..
“The 2015 Revision of the Sunspot Number”
Monday, December 15, 2014 09:30 AM – 09:45 AM
Moscone West
2011
“Charting the Interstellar Magnetic Field behind the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) Ribbon (Invited)”
Monday, December 15, 2014 05:30 PM – 05:45 PM
Moscone West
2012
Magnetic fields are a key component of the interstellar medium. Starlight polarized by aligned charged interstellar dust grains provided the first evidence of a magnetic field in the solar galactic environment. The IBEX Ribbon of energetic neutral atoms traces the interstellar magnetic field draping over the heliosphere. Magnetic fields thread nearby interstellar clouds, which include both partially-ionized low-density gas, as well as dense gas. Rudimentary maps of the interstellar magnetic field direction in the solar vicinity, based on polarized starlight, show that multiple field directions are found locally. The dominant local magnetic structure has a direction matching that of the magnetic field traced by the IBEX Ribbon. This magnetic structure, and the kinematics of nearby interstellar gas, suggest that the Loop I superbubble extends to the solar vicinity. A separate magnetic filament with intriguing properties has been identified. The structure of the magnetic field within 40 pc is related to the distribution and kinematics of local clouds that are observed through the absorption lines they form in stellar spectra.
(my bold)
Also, Planck sees some coherent Galactic Magnetic Field structures and is likening them to the Parker Spiral..