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title: "American Geophysical Union: Standing Up for Science: AGU’s Year of Action for Scientists and Society"
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In 2025, the U.S. government began to reduce support for the global  
 scientific enterprise — repudiating climate science, withdrawing from  
 international science bodies, dismissing federal scientists, and cutting  
 research grants, among many other actions.

In response, the American Geophysical Union (AGU), a global  
 community of over half a million Earth and space science  
 professionals and partners, mobilized a sustained, multi-front  
 response to protect and defend science institutions and the people  
 who sustain them. Rather than retreating, AGU leaned into its  
 role as a convener and advocate, coordinating legal, financial,  
 and communications resources across its membership and partner  
 organizations to meet the moment with urgency and resolve.

The result: federal lawsuits that kept scientists employed, a coalition  
 preserving U.S. climate expertise globally, emergency funding tools  
 and hardship relief for members in crisis, and a public information  
 campaign that reached millions worldwide and mobilized thousands  
 to act and advocate, engaging and educating elected officials at  
 every level of government — a testament to what a unified scientific  
 community can accomplish under pressure.

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