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

电动汽车在柏林的一个加油站充电
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如果没有个人行动,单靠碳捕获无法解决气候问题

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 12 March 202130 March 2023

像使用电动汽车这样的个人选择将在很大程度上影响巴黎协定气候目标的实现。

A rift in Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf
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Satellite Captures Detaching Iceberg in Near-Real Time

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 10 March 202128 July 2022

NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite recorded the cleaving of a 315-billion-ton iceberg from Amery Ice Shelf in 2019, as well as years of subtle cracking and splitting prior to the calving event.

Yangtze River
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Researchers Home in on the Age of the Yangtze River

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 10 March 202126 January 2023

Findings on the river’s age also have implications for past landscape change in Asia.

Flames and billowing smoke rise from trees at night.
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Widespread Wildfire as a Proxy for Resource Strain

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 4 March 20214 October 2021

Researchers have found a strong correlation between the number of days with widespread, synchronous fire danger and resource allocation across the western United States.

Imagen mostrando bolsas y otros restos de plástico flotando en el océano.
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Rastreando cómo se mueve el plástico en el océano costero

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 3 March 202124 February 2023

Investigadores utilizaron un tanque de olas para estudiar el movimiento de partículas de plástico de forma experimental y comprender el papel de la densidad de partículas en el comportamiento de deriva.

Photo of the Sun shining through a partly cloudy sky
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Ice Age Testing Reveals Challenges in Climate Model Sensitivity

by Morgan Rehnberg 2 March 202122 February 2023

Increased reflection of incoming sunlight by clouds led one current-generation climate model to predict unrealistically cold temperatures during the last ice age.

The Apple Fire burns north of Beaumont, Calif., on the evening of 31 July 2020.
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Uncovering Patterns in California’s Blazing Wildfires

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 1 March 20217 March 2023

A study of trends in wildfire occurrence over the past 30 years shows that environmental, climatic, and human-related factors can point out regions with high fire probabilities.

Aerial view of a wildfire smoke plume rising from a mountainous landscape
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Seeding Ice Clouds with Wildfire Emissions

by David Shultz 26 February 202110 January 2022

Wildfires create airborne plumes of organic and inorganic matter as they burn. These particles can nucleate cloud-forming ice crystals and affect cloud dynamics, precipitation, and climate.

Electric car recharging at a station in Berlin
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Carbon Capture Can’t Solve the Climate Problem Without Individual Actions

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 25 February 202130 March 2023

Individual choices like the adoption of electric vehicles are going to factor heavily in meeting the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement.

Dead pine tree trunks stand amid tall grass.
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Coastal Flooding Enhances Methane Buildup in Forests

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 25 February 20212 November 2021

Increased seawater exposure from flooding and storms is altering how coastal forests cycle methane, leading to more greenhouse gas accumulation in tree stems and soil.

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