Editors' Highlights Archives - Page 75 of 116

Plot showing modelled radiation exposures for aircrew and passengers on seventy Paris to New York flight paths if a severe radiation storm had started four hours after take-off of each flight.

Severe Radiation Storms Pose Health Risk to Air Travel

by Michael A. Hapgood 21 May 20212 February 2022

Simulations of radiation storm fluxes on real flight paths highlight how severe space weather could expose aircrew and passengers on busy transatlantic routes to significant radiation doses.

Two maps of North America showing patterns of CO2 uptake by photosynthesis during the growing season based on two different models of atmospheric CO2 variations.

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How Do Croplands Reduce CO₂ During the Growing Season?

by Susan Trumbore 20 May 202123 March 2023

Regional variations in the seasonal drawdown of atmospheric CO₂ can be used as a benchmark for evaluating models and satellite-derived estimates of land carbon uptake.

Top panel is a world map showing global distribution of submarine volcanoes. Bottom panel is a plot showing types of available recordings of submarine eruptions since the first eruption recorded in 1939.

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A Comprehensive Review of Submarine Volcano Seismoacoustics

by Gregory P. Waite 19 May 202111 May 2022

Although most of Earth’s lava erupts beneath the oceans, submarine volcanoes are comparatively understudied, but a new review of submarine volcano seismoacoustics provides a framework for future work.

Figure showing the evolution of the groundwater reservoirs during the monsoon season.

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Understanding How Himalayan Water Towers Fill and Drain

by Alberto Montanari 18 May 20213 December 2021

Seismic data reveal how water is accumulated and released by Himalayan groundwater reservoirs which are key for predicting future freshwater resources for a large part of South Asia.

Plot showing an example of errors in estimates of thermospheric density derived using a range of different models.

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Better Thermospheric Monitoring is Vital to Space Safety

by Michael A. Hapgood 18 May 202127 July 2022

Better real-time estimates of thermospheric density are vital to the safe management of satellite traffic in Low Earth orbit, ensuring those satellites continue to deliver critical services.

Three maps of the study area showing the probability of a specific density value occurring in different models.

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Understanding Where and How Magma is Stored

by M. Pistolesi 17 May 202112 October 2021

Gravity measurements reveal depth and storage conditions of rhyolitic magma reservoirs beneath the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in Chile.

A series of panels showing the substantial number of new quality data published for the three geomagnetic elements, declination (left), inclination (center), and intensity (right) with geographical distribution on the top row and temporal distribution on the bottom row.

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New Spherical Cap Field Model for Europe and Direct Environs

by Mark J. Dekkers 14 May 202121 July 2022

New data on ancient burnt structures is integrated into a superior spherical cap field model for Europe.

Plot showing magnitude of earthquakes before and after the inferred triggering time in southern California.

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Earthquake Rates Enhanced by Triggered Creep

by Thorsten W. Becker 13 May 202113 January 2022

Analysis of California earthquakes solidifies links between shaking due to remote earthquakes and increased local earthquake activity that persists for times longer than for regular aftershocks.