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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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What Causes Broadband Electrostatic Noise in Space?

by J. Orwig 25 February 201519 January 2023

Factors that generate electrostatic noise involve how electric fields compress magnetized plasmas.

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Reduced Emissions Lead to Clearer Skies over Alabama

by S. Palus 20 February 201513 February 2023

Aerosol pollutants are on the decline—and so are their effects.

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Changing Patterns in U.S. Air Quality

by C. Schultz 18 February 201513 February 2023

Over the northeast United States, ground-level ozone will peak in the winter rather than the summer thanks to continued reductions of regional nitrogen oxide emissions from smokestacks and tailpipes.

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How a River Gets Its Width

by E. Betz 18 February 201515 March 2023

A new model of deposition and erosion on river banks allows scientists to study how the banks control their stream’s width.

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Exploring How Wind Blows Sand on Dunes

by S. Palus 16 February 201511 February 2022

Sand dunes migrate—so why haven’t some budged in 60 years?

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Radio Blackout! Ham Radio as an Operational and Scientific Instrument

by Mark Zastrow 16 February 201527 January 2022

Monitoring solar activity that disrupts communications can be helped by crowdsourced and automated reports from amateur radio operators.

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Tracking Down a Subduction Zone Earthquake

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 13 February 201524 August 2023

Researchers use computer simulations to find the date and earthquake source of an ancient tsunami that deposited sediment in a Hawaii sinkhole.

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Bank Materials Strongly Influence River Valley Evolution

by J. Rosen 13 February 201511 February 2022

Models suggest that the shape of river valleys depends strongly on how meandering rivers interact with the sediment and bedrock of the banks.

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Wave Ripples Spaced by Flow Downstream of Ripple Peaks

by J. Rosen 12 February 20157 July 2025

The well-known ratio between sand ripple spacing and wave-driven flow oscillations may be dictated by flow dynamics downstream of ripple crests.

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Rapid Gas Hydrate Forms Pockmarks in Nigeria's Seafloor

by J. Orwig 12 February 201531 July 2023

The seafloor in deep water regions off the coast of Nigeria is speckled with pockmarks that scientists suggest were mainly made by the rapid formation of gas hydrate.

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