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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

News 18 November 2020

Agricultura Sustentable Reflejada en Calidad del Agua de Cuba

Las muestras de agua de 25 ríos en el centro de Cuba están dominadas por signos de erosión de las rocas en lugar de la escorrentía de fertilizantes, según muestran investigadores que trabajan en instituciones cubanas y estadounidenses.

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Education

Feature 10 November 2020

Students Learn New Skills with Scientist-in-Training Programs

AGU’s Bright STaRS offers a model for programs to give middle and high school students a taste of what a career in science can offer.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

News 6 November 2020

Powerful Glacial Floods Heave Himalayan Boulders

Many of the house-sized boulders that litter Himalayan river channels were transported thousands of years ago by glacial lake outburst floods, new observations suggest.

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Biogeosciences

News 5 November 2020

Birds Sang a New Song During the Pandemic

White-crowned sparrows in the San Francisco Bay Area sang differently during California’s COVID-19-induced shutdown, recordings have revealed.

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Climate Change

News 14 October 2020

Sediment Layers Pinpoint Periods of Climatic Change

Researchers studying sediment cores from the Gulf of Alaska have pinpointed when the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, now extinct, disgorged icebergs into the Pacific Ocean.

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Biogeosciences

News 13 October 2020

Bat Guano Traces Changes in Agriculture and Hurricane Activity

Researchers hiked and rappeled into two caves in Jamaica to collect over 40 kilograms of excrement.

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Science Policy & Funding

Feature 8 October 2020

Opportunities and Challenges of Virtual Meetings

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic imposed on us a virtual existence, conference attendees and organizers have been living out an experiment that will change how scientists gather in the future.

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Climate Change

News 2 October 2020

Earthquakes Reveal How Quickly the Ocean Is Warming

By timing sound waves set in motion by earthquakes, scientists have estimated that the Indian Ocean is warming by roughly 0.044 K per decade.

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Ocean Sciences

News 22 September 2020

Tropical Cyclones Suppress Rainfall in Their Wakes

Passing storms dredge up colder ocean water, curbing evaporation and decreasing cloud coverage and rainfall for weeks, satellite data reveal.

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Atmospheric Sciences

News 21 September 2020

Decrease in Lightning Recorded over the Lower 48

Researchers mining data from the National Lightning Detection Network found a 32% decrease in lightning counts in May and June 2020 compared with previous years.

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