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Research Spotlights

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

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.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

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.
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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.

Electric winds remove the components of water from Venus's upper atmosphere.
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Venus's Unexpected, Electrifying Water Loss

by Mark Zastrow 20 July 20164 May 2022

New research shows that an electric field surrounding Venus is stripping its atmosphere of water—and the same phenomenon may plague exoplanets scientists hope might be habitable.

Ocean wave viewed from below.
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The Dance of Surface Waves and Ocean Circulation

Shannon Hall by S. Hall 19 July 20168 June 2022

One mathematical model best describes the complex interplay between an ocean's surface waves and its underlying circulation.

Rain over California’s Owen’s Valley in early May 2016. The 2015–2016 El Niño, which officially ended in late May, was one of the strongest El Niños on record.
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Monster El Niño Not Enough to Quench California Drought

by Lauren Lipuma 15 July 20167 March 2023

New research shows that the Sierra Nevada snowpack will likely not recover from the current drought until 2019.

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Mysteries of the Magnetosphere

by W. Yan 14 July 201616 November 2021

Scientists investigate how dipolarization fronts in Earth's protective magnetosphere interact with the environment around them.

Wedell Sea ice source of Antarctic bottom water
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How Do the Deep Waters of the Antarctic Form?

by W. Yan 12 July 201619 July 2022

Researchers uncover new insights into the life cycle of water in the Antarctic region by measuring noble gas concentrations.

Carbon dioxide frost presence at sunrise on Mars integrated over 1 year; note CO2 frost at low latitudes.
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Carbon Dioxide Frost May Keep Martian Soil Dusty

by David Shultz 8 July 201612 October 2022

Temperature readings acquired from orbit show that Mars's surface gets cold enough at night to allow layers of solid carbon dioxide frost up to several hundred micrometers thick to build up near the equator.

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