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Research Spotlights

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

A new study tracks meteor trails in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking Meteor Trails to Study the Mesosphere

by E. Underwood 9 August 201716 March 2023

Twelve years of radar data reveal new phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere.

Flux towers, such as this one in a Maryland corn field, provide continuous measurements of evapotranspiration.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Blending Satellite Data to Monitor Agricultural Water Use

by Terri Cook 8 August 20172 February 2022

A new technique that merges data gathered by multiple satellites can be used to monitor agricultural water use and improve water quality assessments around the globe.

Offshore turbines in the wind farm Nordsee Ost (North Sea East) near Helgoland, Germany.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Offshore Wind Turbines Can’t Yet Withstand Category 5 Hurricanes

by E. Underwood 8 August 201720 July 2022

A new study suggests that more robust turbine design is needed to weather high winds.

Researchers assess whether Canada’s boreal forests are a carbon sink or source
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Future Hangs in the (Carbon) Balance

by Jenny Lunn 8 August 201724 February 2023

A new study suggests that Canada’s boreal forests could absorb more carbon than they release as climate change progresses.

Researchers unravel the mystery of an anomaly in Earth’s ionosphere
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Auroras May Explain an Anomaly in Earth’s Ionosphere

by E. Underwood 7 August 201723 January 2023

A new study finds that the ionospheric anomaly over the Weddell Sea is likely influenced by proximity to auroral energy input, rather than by tilting magnetic fields.

Researchers draft a new model to better simulate deadly pyroclastic flows.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Promising New Tool for Forecasting Volcanic Hazards

by Terri Cook 3 August 20175 June 2023

A new model that simulates the behavior of surging ash clouds may help scientists to better predict the hazards associated with the deadliest type of volcanic flows.

Cows lounge in a tree-dotted pasture in central Chile
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Are Studies That Evaluate Ecosystem Services Useful?

by S. Witman 2 August 20172 November 2021

Ecologists find flaws in the approach to research that focuses on services ecosystems provide to humans. These flaws limit certain studies’ utility.

Researchers assess how past flooding influences river meanders
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Model for River Meanders

by E. Underwood 2 August 201726 July 2023

A river’s twists and turns are shaped by its past flood events.

An earthworm moves over damp soil.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Follow Earthworm Tracks to Better Simulate Water Flow in Soils

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 1 August 20176 February 2023

Incorporating paths carved by the critters and by tree roots helps scientists align simulations of tropical soils more closely with real-world data.

Satellite image of land surface in South Asia, observed in August 2004, from the Blue Marble data set.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Competing Climate Effects of Elevation and Albedo

by Terri Cook 1 August 20176 July 2022

Variations in surface reflectivity are as important as surface elevation changes in determining regional climate at nonpolar latitudes, according to a new modeling study.

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