Rivers transport sediment to the coast, but how much gets offshore is a mystery. A new study shows that deltas retain 28% of the global riverine sediment discharge with most trapped in large deltas.
M. Bayani Cardenas
Editor, AGU Advances
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Models Reveal Imprint of Tectonics and Climate on Alluvial Terraces
Mechanistic models are used to show how different drivers, including sediment and water supply, uplift and subsidence, and sea-level variations, affect the shapes and formation of extensive terraces.
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Education Lies Beneath the Clouds of Earth Observation
Cloud-based Earth Observation offers unique opportunities for education, but leveraging this requires new teaching methods that emphasize technical fundamentals, ethics, and stakeholder engagement.
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Pumping Offshore Groundwater Resources Has Consequences on Land
While vast volumes of fresh groundwater are located offshore, pumping these reserves can also deplete on-shore aquifers and cause land subsidence.
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Fiber Optics Opens Window into Subsurface Deformation
The distributed deformation of buried materials is difficult to map, but a new approach is able to resolve vertical deformation over the length of a fiber optic cable.
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New Geophysical Research Letters Editorial, Revisions Policies
Changes in submittal, editorial, and review policies support high standards and timely publication in the face of the increasing number of papers submitted.