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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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At the Intersection of Ice and Water

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 9 March 201617 March 2023

Scientists observe ice dynamics in water-terminating glaciers around the world to better understand how the process of subaqueous melt drives ice loss.

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The High Cost of Switching Power Sources

by S. Kelleher 7 March 201614 November 2022

Researchers construct a world where nuclear energy everywhere is replaced with coal, with stark consequences for human health and the environment.

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New GPS Satellite Technique to Monitor Ionospheric Disturbances

by S. Kelleher 7 March 201624 January 2023

Researchers are developing better ways to use satellites to understand space weather events that can interfere with technology.

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How Oceans Could Change If We Reverse Anthropogenic Warming

by David Shultz 4 March 20167 March 2023

A computer simulation shows a net increase in primary production by phytoplankton if climate change were mitigated by 2200 but also indicates big changes in the makeup of those species.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Causes the Strange Pulses in Saturn's Magnetosphere?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 4 March 201627 January 2022

A new model shows that a spiral wave may explain why many phenomena in the gas giant's magnetosphere undergo periodic cycles.

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The North Atlantic Ocean's Missing Heat Is Found in Its Depths

Cody Sullivan by C. Sullivan 3 March 201612 January 2022

In the 2000s, the North Atlantic stopped absorbing as much atmospheric warmth. However, the ocean lost only a little heat—the rest was held deeper below the surface by altered circulation patterns.

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Unknown Tsunami Trigger Hides Along a Creeping Aleutian Fault

Cody Sullivan by C. Sullivan 3 March 201624 January 2023

A seismically quiet part of the Aleutian Subduction Zone may have caused tsunamis in the past—and may cause future tsunamis that could travel across the Pacific Ocean.

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Characterizing Interglacial Periods over the Past 800,000 Years

Cody Sullivan by C. Sullivan 2 March 201618 May 2023

Researchers identified 11 different interglacial periods over the past 800,000 years, but the interglacial period we are experiencing now may last an exceptionally long time.

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Soil Loses Pyrogenic Carbon by an Unexpected Pathway

by S. Kelleher 1 March 20168 March 2023

Fresh insight into pyrogenic carbon disappearance suggests that erosion is not responsible.

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Are Earthquakes Predictable?

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 1 March 20164 October 2021

Researchers have been searching for precursory warning signals for decades with little success.

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