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Research Spotlights

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

A burned-out car and surrounding trees are in an area that was recently burned by a wildfire.
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What’s Changed—and What Hasn’t—Since the EPA’s Endangerment Finding

by Rebecca Owen 24 June 202524 June 2025

A scientist-authored brief played a role in the 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health. With the finding now up for reconsideration, the same scientists revisit their opinion.

A bright ring of light surrounds the North Pole in a black-and-white composite satellite image over the Northern Hemisphere, with land areas outlined in black.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

U.K. Space Weather Prediction System Goes Operational

by Saima May Sidik 23 June 202523 June 2025

Officials now have access to a suite of models they can use to head off damage to critical infrastructure.

An artist’s depiction of two Martian orbiters. One is sending a signal to the other that looks like a purple light.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Orbiter Pair Expands View of Martian Ionosphere

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 20 June 202519 June 2025

Radio signals sent between two Mars orbiters—rather than between an orbiter and an Earth-based receiver—capture new insights into atmospheric dynamics.

A group of more than a dozen penguins stand on a rocky shoreline. A glacier or snowy mountain is across the water not too far from them.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Where Do Antarctic Submarine Canyons Get Their Marine Life?

by Rebecca Owen 18 June 202518 June 2025

A new study investigates how much of the phytoplankton in the Palmer Deep submarine canyon is homemade and how much is delivered.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Nudging Earth’s Ionosphere Helps Us Learn More About It

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 17 June 202517 June 2025

New observations and simulations capture the physics at play across each of the three main ionospheric regions.

An 8-centimeter-long metric ruler has silhouetted images of the classic “evolution of man.” The ruler is next to a fossil of a leaf.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Early Apes Evolved in Tropical Forests Disturbed by Fires and Volcanoes

by Madeline Reinsel 12 June 202511 June 2025

Fossils discovered at an early Miocene site in Kenya include a new type of early ape and offer clues about the environment inhabited by human ancestors.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Goldilocks Conditions for Wildfires

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 9 June 20259 June 2025

Twenty years of data from around the world show that areas that are not too dry and not too wet are most conducive to wildfire burning.

A burned-down house has only a frame and a chimney remaining. A few burned trees surround the house, and the Sun is rising or setting in a smoky red sky.
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Charting a Path from Fire Features to Health Outcomes

by Saima May Sidik 5 June 20255 June 2025

A new framework aims to better equip scientists, communities, and decisionmakers to characterize data and rapidly respond to wildland-urban interface fires and their effects on public health.

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理解土壤湿度的关键可能在于简化

by Saima May Sidik 5 June 20255 June 2025

一个仅考虑降水和地表净辐射的简化模型似乎可以解决长期存在的问题。

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Former Department of Energy Leader Reflects on a Changing Landscape

by Saima May Sidik 4 June 20254 June 2025

The first person of color and first Earth scientist to serve as director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science reflects on her career as the new administration works to dismantle key diversity programs.

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