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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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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.

Accidental antennae on every screen allow hackers to target electronic gadgets.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Your Phone, Tablet, and Computer Screens Aren't Safe from Hackers

by Mark Zastrow 27 July 201623 September 2022

Cables and circuitry inside your gadgets' screens act as accidental antennae that broadcast screens' contents. A new study says the industry needs to fix this security risk before hackers exploit it.

The ancient megafloods that carved canyons on Earth and Mars may have been smaller—but lasted longer—than previously thought.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Reconstructing Catastrophic Floods on Earth and Mars

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 26 July 201623 February 2023

A new theoretical model suggests that ancient floods that carved canyons on Earth and Mars may have been much smaller but lasted longer than previously thought.

A thermal infrared image of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption shows cooler temperatures at the top of the ash cloud.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Volcanic Eruptions Stir an Already Complex Atmosphere

Leah Crane by L. Crane 25 July 201617 November 2022

A study of Earth's atmospheric response to major volcanic eruptions seeks to reconcile contradictions between observations and climate models.

An enhanced-color view from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment(HiRISE) shows rugged, canyon walls surfaces where Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL) are frequently detected in Coprates Chasma, Valles Marineris
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A Cluster of Water Seeps on Mars?

by Terri Cook 25 July 201628 July 2022

The discovery of dense concentrations of recurring flowlike features in two Valles Marineris chasms could aid in the search for life and influence future exploration of the Red Planet.

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Revising the Displacement History of New Zealand's Alpine Fault

by Terri Cook 22 July 201624 March 2023

A reinterpretation of structural and paleomagnetic data suggests that New Zealand's Alpine Fault accommodates a far greater percentage of geologically recent plate motion than previously thought.

David Mackenzie with a balloon and a camera to survey 1889 earthquake ruptures.
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Tracking Down Elusive Origins of Kazakhstan's 1889 Chilik Quake

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 22 July 20165 October 2022

New fieldwork and satellite data suggest that three faults may have caused a large earthquake near Almaty, Kazakhstan, more than a century ago.

Outflow from Lake Superior to Lake Michigan-Huron through the St. Marys River was high in 2013 and 2014.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Caused Record Water Level Rise in the Great Lakes?

by Terri Cook 21 July 201624 February 2023

A new modeling framework offers insight into how specific lakes' water levels respond to short- and long-term climate trends.

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