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Research Spotlights

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

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

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.

aoraki-mount-cook-new-zealand-alpine-fault
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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.
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.

Electric winds remove the components of water from Venus's upper atmosphere.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

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.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

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.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

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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