{"id":30,"date":"2018-12-16T14:29:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T19:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/?p=30"},"modified":"2019-11-07T14:31:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T19:31:42","slug":"december-agu-a-huge-conference-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/2018\/12\/16\/december-agu-a-huge-conference-in-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"December: AGU, a huge conference in DC."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week I attended the largest conference I\u2019ve ever\nbeen to &#8211; AGU, or the American Geophysical Union, in Washington DC. I was one\nof 20,000 people in attendance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20181211_144111-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" width=\"410\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20181211_144111-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20181211_144111-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><figcaption>The Washington Convention Center: A massive building filled, this week, with scientists<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"974\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/AGU_Conference-Center-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/AGU_Conference-Center-2.png 974w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/AGU_Conference-Center-2-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/AGU_Conference-Center-2-768x274.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><figcaption>The AGU Poster session room; 5000 posters in one place!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Themes at this conference ranged from space, to\nterrestrial ecosystems, to aquatic ecosystems, to ancient ecosystems\u2026 it was\nvery all-encompassing (and a little overwhelming). One day I sat in a session\nabout exploring the search for water on Mars then left to listen to a talk on\npaleoclimate dating procedures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20181211_144122-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20181211_144122-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20181211_144122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20181211_144122-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>My partner created this fun infographic on a giant white-board labeled &#8220;Show your Science!&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My poster session was a four-hour block on Wednesday\nmorning. Based on other conferences I had attended, I was planning on standing\nnear my poster for some of it, and then when things seems to die down, explore\nother posters. Well, I did not leave my poster for the entire 4-hour session!\nWhen I\u2019d finished giving my research pitch to one person, another curious\nperson would arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20181212_105601-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20181212_105601-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20181212_105601-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20181212_105601-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption>I explain my poster to an interested passer-by. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I met a diversity of people studying snow from various\nangles and had the experience of chatting with two people from the institute\nfrom which my research design was based! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards, my advisor Paul Bierman took me out to lunch\nas a congratulations. All in all, an exhausting yet exiting day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I attended the largest conference I\u2019ve ever been to &#8211; AGU, or the American Geophysical Union, in Washington DC. I was one of 20,000 people in attendance. Themes at this conference ranged from space, to terrestrial ecosystems, to aquatic ecosystems, to ancient ecosystems\u2026 it was very all-encompassing (and a little overwhelming). 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