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Climate Change

Research Spotlight 24 November 2020

A Floating Buoy Fleet Could Help Scientists Track Rising Seas

A new observing system to track mean sea level could piggyback on infrastructure already in place and extend the geographic area over which sea level is monitored.

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Climate Change

Research Spotlight 29 October 2020

The “Complicated” Complexity of Solar Storms

Researchers turned to crowdsourced science to identify patterns in coronal mass ejections.

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Biogeosciences

Research Spotlight 26 October 2020

How Long Does Iron Linger in the Ocean’s Upper Layers?

A new study refines our understanding of marine residence times of iron, which supports carbon-sequestering sea life, offering valuable data to inform biogeochemical models.

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Biogeosciences

Research Spotlight 23 September 2020

Records and Risks of Legacy Phosphorus in Streams

A new study quantifies persistent phosphorus in a drainage basin in Sweden and points out risks and oversights to factor in to future stream management.

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Biogeosciences

Research Spotlight 15 September 2020

Dams Alter Nutrient Flows to Coasts

New models indicate how dams worldwide influence the mix of nutrients in river water reaching the ocean. As more dams are built, changing nutrient loads may adversely affect coastal ecosystems.

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Atmospheric Sciences

Research Spotlight 26 August 2020

Ideal Temperatures for Carbon Uptake by Subtropical Plants

Air temperatures in coastal ecosystems of Australia routinely exceed the optimum range for photosynthesis, hindering plants’ ability to take up atmospheric carbon.

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Ocean Sciences

Research Spotlight 16 June 2020

El Ciclo del Carbono en el Agujero Azul Más Profundo de la Tierra

Científicos encuentran nuevos extremos mientras investigan el ciclo del carbono en el agujero azul de Yongle.

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Space Science & Space Physics

Research Spotlight 13 April 2020

How Accurate Are Our Measurements of the Sun’s Energy?

As instruments collecting solar data degrade, researchers must correct for errors. A new study compares several methods to correct solar spectral irradiance measurements.

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Ocean Sciences

Research Spotlight 10 April 2020

Carbon Cycling in the World’s Deepest Blue Hole

Scientists find new extremes as they research carbon cycling in the Yongle blue hole.

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Biogeosciences

Research Spotlight 1 April 2020

Florida Coastlines Respond to Sea Level Rise

For more than a century, carbon burial rates have been increasing on some southern Florida coasts. Scientists now verify this trend and propose an explanation.

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