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When Dr. Helmut Erich Landsberg died on December 6, 1985, just 2 months before his 80th birthday, AGU lost an outstanding leader and one of its biggest contributors. He died suddenly in Geneva, Switzerland, where he was participating in the ninth session of the Commission for Climatology of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).Landsberg had received AGU's highest honor, and Past President A.E. Maxwell, in informing Helmut that he was to be the recipient of the 1978 Bowie Medal, wrote the following: “You were selected for your outstanding contribution to fundamental geophysics and your unselfish cooperation in research. Recognizing your enormous contributions to the AGU over many years, a society that is very much yours is going to take great pride in honoring you

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i019p00457-01

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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One of the first books written about the American continent was by Father José de Acosta. EntitledHistoria Natural y Moral de las Indias (i.e., Natural and Moral History of the Indias), it was published in Seville, Spain, in 1590 (Figure 1). The rapid printing of four editions in Spain in less than 20 yr and the translation of the book into French, Italian, German, Dutch, and Latin less than 15 yr after the first Spanish edition are signs of the rapid popularity that was achieved by this book in Europe.José de Acosta was born in 1539 in Medina del Campo, Spain. He joined the Jesuit Order in 1553 and travelled to America in 1572. He remained there for 15 yr, travelling frequently and visiting the territories that today belong to Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Mexico. During his journeys, he took note of his observations of natural phenomena, many of them related to the geophysical sciences, such as the aspect of the skies, distribution of temperature, rain, and winds, volcanic activity, earthquakes, and a variety of new minerals, plants, and animals, as well as on the social behavior of the inhabitants of those land

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i019p00461

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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A $57.5‐million weather satellite was lost on May 3, 1986, when the unmanned Delta rocket that carried it went out of control 71 s after liftoff and was destroyed by command from the ground. It was the third consecutive launching failure for the U.S. space program, following the losses of the space shuttle Challenger in January and an Air Force Titan rocket in April.AsEoswent to press, a team of officials from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its contractors were meeting at the Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral, Fla.) to review telemetry data from the launch. Two surges of current were found to have occurred in the electrical system of the rocket's main engine just prior to the engine's shutdown; it was this shutdown that caused the rocket to go out of contro

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i019p00462-01

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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When significant scientific uncertainties surround an issue, the development of a consensus among scientists and policy analysts can be extremely difficult. This is especially so when the issue is an international one in which different interests are at stake and in which there could be economic “winners” and “losers” in any policies adopted. It is then rather surprising and encouraging that some real consensus emerged from the International Assessment Conference of the Role of Greenhouse Gases in Climate Variations and Associated Impacts, which was held in Villach, Austria, October 9–15, 1985. This conference, jointly convened by the United National Environment Program (UNEP), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the International Council for Scientific Unions (ICSU), brought together an invited group of about 100 scientists and policy analysts from 29

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i019p00465

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY