Climate Change
The editors of a new book describe how and why weather and climate phenomena are intensifying with climate change.
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Atmospheric Sciences
A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics describes how water vapor isotopic measurements and modeling can improve our understanding of the Earth’s water cycle.
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Uncovering the Hidden Secrets of Water Vapor
Education
New data reveal the prevalence of gender- and race-related harassment in astronomy and planetary sciences.
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Harassment in Astronomy and Planetary Science
Biogeosciences
With thawing permafrost projected to release significant amounts of carbon in response to climate change, one of the editors of JGR: Biogeosciences reflects on the slew of recent papers in this field.
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Thawing Permafrost: Monitored, Quantified, Predicted
Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics discusses how climate change could affect ice streams, ice sheets, ice shelves, and sea ice in Antarctica.
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The Uncertain Future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics discussed how the mineral composition and microfabric of the continental crust influences its seismic properties.
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The Earth’s Elastic Crust
Geology & Geophysics
With this year’s Journal Impact Factors just released, AGU discusses some of the issues with this metric, encourages use of additional metrics, and suggests other means of assessing journal quality.
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Journal Impact Factors with Uncertainties
Education
An editor of Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems reflects on the increase in for-profit journals and the implications for scholarly publishing and scientific integrity.
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The Inherent Conflict of Interest in For-Profit Journals
Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics describes the atmospheric and oceanic processes that are causing ice loss in the Antarctic.
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Warm Waters in West Antarctica
Geology & Geophysics
Highlights from AGU’s joint meeting with the Japan Geophysical Union.
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