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Research Spotlights

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

绿油油的森林地面上生长着白色的桦树,许多树都伸出了照片的框架之外。
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科学家公布欧洲新的温室气体收支

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 14 February 202514 February 2025

为欧洲制定的温室气体收支突出了整个大陆的碳源和碳汇,可作为未来几年的基准。

Lush trees and shallow water sit beneath a blue sky, and a Minneapolis skyscraper rises in the background.
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Trees Can Cool Cities, But Only with a Little Help

by Saima May Sidik 14 February 202514 February 2025

To get the benefits of trees, city managers must give greenery what it needs to thrive, says new research.

Gray photo of a crater on the dwarf planet Ceres
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Ceres’s Organics Might Not Be Homegrown After All

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 10 February 202510 February 2025

Scientists have been unable to determine whether the dwarf planet’s organics were produced by its own chemical processes or delivered by asteroids. New evidence implicates asteroids.

田野里,五名身穿彩色服装的妇女手里拿着一捆捆稻草,准备脱粒。
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太阳辐射干预策略如何影响农业?

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 5 February 20255 February 2025

地球工程方法,如平流层气溶胶注入,有望抑制气候变暖,但存在许多潜在风险和担忧,其中它们对农业的影响在很大程度上仍未得到探索。

A rock formation with many layers sits beneath a blue sky.
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Ancient Climate Reconstruction Links Past and Future

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 4 February 20254 February 2025

A new map of climate conditions during the Pliocene epoch—the last time Earth’s carbon dioxide concentrations hit 400 parts per million—could offer clues about possible climatic changes in store for the 21st century.

China’s Yellow River flowing in a large valley
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Tracing Metals from Earth to Water to Life in the Yellow River

by Nathaniel Scharping 29 January 202529 January 2025

The mix of metals in China’s Yellow River stays relatively similar as it moves from the upper continental crust to biological life.

Two mountains beneath a blue sky with clouds are reflected into the body of water beneath them.
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Thawing Permafrost Helped Trigger Ancient Icelandic Landslides

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 22 January 202522 January 2025

New research shows that warming beginning about 13,000 years ago contributed to a proliferation of landslides in Iceland.

An aerial view of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California
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Deep Beneath California’s Sierra Nevada, Earth’s Lithosphere May Be Peeling Away

by Nathaniel Scharping 17 January 202530 April 2025

Evidence for lithospheric foundering, or the process of denser material sinking into the mantle, is emerging.

A group of five women in colorful clothing hold bundles of straw in a field ready for rice threshing.
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How Could Solar Climate Intervention Strategies Affect Agriculture?

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 16 January 202526 February 2025

Geoengineering approaches such as stratospheric aerosol injection hold the promise of limiting warming, but among the many potential risks and concerns, their impacts on agriculture remain largely unexplored.

A series of fossilized tree stumps sticks up from shallow ocean water on a beach. A tree-topped cliff and blue sky are in the background.
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Modeling the Long and Short of Subduction Zones

by Rebecca Owen 10 January 202517 January 2025

A new subduction model could reveal important insights about megathrust earthquakes.

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