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Research Spotlights

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

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Predicting Space Weather, Protecting Satellites

Leah Crane by L. Crane 4 August 201613 October 2021

A new model predicts electron and ion fluxes at geosynchronous orbit an hour ahead of time, allowing satellite operators to protect their instruments.

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Going Against the Flow: Documenting Seasonal Current Reversal

Alexandra Branscombe by A. Branscombe 3 August 201618 October 2022

Scientists discover the source of a coastal Korean current that reverses its flow in the summer.

A view from the shores of Palau; near here, the East Asian Sea vanished 10 million years ago
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An Ancient Sea Once Separated the Pacific and Indian Oceans

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 3 August 201623 January 2023

Seafloor under the hypothesized East Asian Sea vanished 10 million years ago as surrounding plates swallowed it up, according to new reconstructions of plate tectonics in the Philippine Sea region.

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Tracking Ions at the Edge of the Atmosphere

Leah Crane by L. Crane 2 August 20165 July 2022

The first results from a recently launched satellite hold promise for studying solar storms, the very top of Earth's ionosphere, and how the atmosphere is evolving.

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Water Subsidies May Not Be Going to Those Who Need Them Most

by L. Strelich 2 August 201631 October 2022

A new study finds a widely used water tariff does not effectively deliver subsidies to intended beneficiaries in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Mapping the Movement of Energy Under Japan

Leah Crane by L. Crane 1 August 20168 July 2024

New research on the energy waves caused by earthquakes provides the most detailed map to date of the subduction zone beneath Japan.

Phytoplankton blooms help to cycle nitrate in the Southern Ocean.
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A New Mechanism for Nitrogen Cycling in the Southern Ocean

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 29 July 201617 August 2022

A nitrite-oxidizing enzyme may work in reverse for some microbes in the Antarctic autumn.

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Tackling the Paris Temperature Targets

Leah Crane by L. Crane 29 July 201623 September 2022

The global temperature targets established in Paris in 2015 are ambitious; new research examines what it would take to achieve those targets.

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How Irrigation in Asia Affects Rainfall in Africa

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 28 July 201619 October 2021

Up to 40% of the total rainfall in arid parts of East Africa may be caused by water vapor from farming practices in South Asia.

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In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the "Blob" Overshadows El Niño

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 27 July 201615 November 2021

Underwater gliders and ocean modeling reveal unexpectedly weak El Niño effects on a major West Coast current.

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