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Research Spotlights

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

A research team taking sediment cores on Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa
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Traduciendo Modelos Climáticos al Lenguaje de Datos Paleoclimáticos

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 10 July 202014 March 2023

Un nuevo modelo permitirá a los modelos climáticos interpretar mejor las reconstrucciones paleoclimáticas derivadas de sedimentos de lagos y podrá mejorar las predicciones de las condiciones climáticas futuras.

A beach scene along the Oregon coast
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Land Motion Offers Insights into Cascadia Earthquake Cycle

by David Shultz 7 July 202029 September 2021

Comparing recent GPS data with a longer record of sea level along the western coast of North America allows researchers to home in on interseismic deformation above the Cascadia megathrust.

Close-up view of hands holding a small plant with flowers
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Lending a Hand to Sustainability

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 1 July 202029 September 2021

Handprint thinking, a concept developed about a decade ago, is meant to complement ecological footprints and frame human actions in terms of how much good they can do to promote sustainability.

A rosette water sampler hangs from a cable above the Arctic Ocean surface near some sea ice
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Rastreando Elementos Traza a Través del Océano Ártico

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 29 June 202014 March 2023

Durante la expedición Pan-ártica, los investigadores obtuvieron y utilizaron datos de carbono y elementos traza para comprender mejor cómo el cambio climático afectará la producción primaria en una de las regiones de calentamiento más rápido del mundo.

The toppled remains of a building on the shore of Palu Bay in Indonesia following a 2018 earthquake and tsunami
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Social Media Helps Reveal Cause of 2018 Indonesian Tsunami

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 26 June 202030 August 2022

Videos from Twitter and YouTube helped scientists tease out the physical mechanisms that generated the large tsunami in Palu Bay after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake.

Plumes of ice particles erupt from the surface of Enceladus in an image from the Cassini spacecraft
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Electron Density near Enceladus Shows Orbital Variation

by Morgan Rehnberg 24 June 202010 February 2023

The electron density peaks well after the activity of the moon’s distinctive south polar ice plume reaches its maximum, but the cause of the lag remains puzzling.

A partial skull of the Miocene great ape Lufengpithecus
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Why Did Great Apes Disappear from Southwestern China?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 23 June 202026 January 2023

Periodic pulses of cooler temperatures may have disrupted the warm, humid, late Miocene climate that sustained the region’s great apes long after most species disappeared elsewhere.

Artist’s illustration of the Lagrange mission under consideration by the European Space Agency showing two spacecraft situated between the Sun and Earth
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How to Improve Space Weather Forecasting

by Mark Zastrow 19 June 202022 February 2023

The field of space weather forecasting could take cues from its Earthly counterpart to increase the reliability of models as well as warning times ahead of inbound solar storms.

Two researchers look on as a water-sampling device hangs over the side of a research vessel during a cruise to study nitrous oxide emissions.
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Marine Nitrous Oxide Emissions off Northwest Europe

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 17 June 202023 February 2023

Continental shelves and estuaries are natural sources of nitrous oxide, but current global estimates of these emissions carry a lot of uncertainty, a problem that calls for regional studies.

Aerial photo of the Yongle blue hole in the South China Sea
Posted inResearch Spotlights

El Ciclo del Carbono en el Agujero Azul Más Profundo de la Tierra

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 16 June 20202 September 2022

Científicos encuentran nuevos extremos mientras investigan el ciclo del carbono en el agujero azul de Yongle.

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