• About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Support Eos
Sign Up for Newsletter
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos

Research Spotlights

Research spotlights are plain-language summaries of recent articles published in AGU’s suite of 24 journals.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

History of Storm Surge in Florida Strongly Underestimated

by C. Schultz 28 October 20146 March 2023

Florida’s sediment record reveals surprising new information about the frequency of large hurricanes hitting the state.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Measuring the Faint Glow of the Earth's Thin Exosphere

by C. Schultz 21 October 201426 October 2021

Scientists attempting to understand the Earth’s exosphere use a spectrometer to study different types of hydrogen atoms energized by the sun.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Local Model Better Describes Lunar Gravity

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 21 October 201428 October 2021

Scientists zero in on the Moon’s South Pole to create more accurate models of the lunar surface.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Black Carbon Reductions in the Arctic Tied to Declining Emissions

by C. Schultz 21 October 201417 March 2023

Researchers track the presence of black carbon above the Arctic Circle.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Contribution of Weddell Gyre to Global Overturning Circulation

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 14 October 20148 June 2022

How much does the Weddell Gyre contribute to the Global Overturning Circulation?

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Identifying Biases in Satellite Temperature and Humidity Records

by C. Schultz 7 October 201420 March 2023

Researchers estimated the sampling biases that affect temperature and humidity climatologies derived from detectors on NASA’s Aqua satellite.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mountain Ranges Hold New Clues to Pangaea’s Formation

by C. Schultz 7 October 201417 February 2023

A new tectonic history of the Allegeny-Variscan range.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Observing the Birkeland Currents

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 30 September 201416 November 2021

Scientists use continuous measurements to observe a complicated process in the Earth’s magnetosphere.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Thin Precollision Crust Can Explain Aspects of Indo-Asian Convergence

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 30 September 201416 August 2022

The paradoxical thickness of the Tibetan Plateau has puzzled scientists for decades. Now new research offers up an explanation for this mystery.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Drives Migration of Riverbed Sand Dunes?

by C. Schultz 23 September 201424 July 2015

A new experimental apparatus makes it possible to measure concentrations of suspended and bed load sediments.

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 192 193 194 195 Older posts
A view of a Washington, D.C., skyline from the Potomac River at night. The Lincoln Memorial (at left) and the Washington Monument (at right) are lit against a purple sky. Over the water of the Potomac appear the text “#AGU24 coverage from Eos.”

Features from AGU Publications

Research Spotlights

A Solar Wind Squeeze May Have Strengthened Jovian Aurorae

1 August 20251 August 2025
Editors' Highlights

What Goes Up Must Come Down: Movement of Water in Europa’s Crust

31 July 202531 July 2025
Editors' Vox

JGR: Space Physics Launches New Instrumentation Article Type

23 July 202521 July 2025
Eos logo at left; AGU logo at right

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2025 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved Powered by Newspack