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Research Spotlights

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

Tractor spraying pesticides on crops in a field
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Living near Fumigant-Using Farms Could Increase Cancer Risk

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 18 July 202220 September 2022

Analysis of data from 11 western U.S. states found higher cancer rates in people living in areas with elevated gas-based pest control.

San Pablo Bay marsh
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Atmospheric Rivers Help Coastal Wetlands Build Up Sediment

by Alexandra K. Scammell 13 July 202230 January 2024

Accounting for these storms and flooding can help experts predict and respond to rising sea levels.

An artist’s rendering of InSight on the surface of Mars
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Constraining Martian Crustal Thickness with InSight Seismology

by Morgan Rehnberg 12 July 202212 July 2022

The first seismic observations from Mars significantly reduce uncertainty in estimates of the Red Planet’s crustal structure.

SEM images of coccolithophores
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Understanding the Calcium Carbonate Cycle in the North Pacific

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 7 July 20227 July 2022

Using data collected from Hawaii to Alaska, a new study sheds light on calcium carbonate cycling in the ocean, an understudied component of the global carbon cycle.

Aerial photo of San Andreas Fault.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Land Deformation Occurs When Fault Sections Creep

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 1 July 20221 July 2022

Using a physical experiment, researchers show how off-fault deformation occurs along strike-slip faults with different types of motion.

A street in Guthrie, Okla.
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Understanding Earthquakes Triggered by Wastewater Injection

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 27 June 202227 June 2022

A deep dive into a 2015 Oklahoma earthquake reveals new insights into the dynamics of quakes induced by wastewater injection, and could help inform future earthquake hazard modeling.

例如断层蠕变正在使加州大学伯克利分校的体育场墙壁产生变形。
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地震建模专家联合行动比较和改进模型编码

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 24 June 202224 June 2022

国际社会推动的努力为断层滑动模拟提供了信心,同时突出了其中的关键差异。

Smog obscures a jade pagoda in a Beijing Park.
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Despite Improvements, China’s Air Remains Unsafe

by Saima May Sidik 23 June 202212 August 2022

Toxic particulate matter has decreased by about a third over the past decade, but levels are still above what’s considered healthy.

A truck emits a cloud of pollution while driving in Cameroon.
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Side Benefits of Climate Action May Save Millions of Lives in Africa

by Saima May Sidik 21 June 20221 June 2023

Premature deaths due to air pollution would decline across the continent.

Mississippi River levee at Gretna, La.
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Algorithm Detects Thousands of Missing Levees from U.S. Database

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 17 June 202221 February 2023

An existing levee database accounts for just one fifth of the country’s actual total levee count, limiting the study of how these embankments affect riparian ecosystem health in the United States.

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