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

两张图表展示了ENSO的不对称性。左侧标有“日变化”的图表显示,海表温度白天高于夜间。右侧标有“ENSO不对称性”的图表包含两条线,横轴为时间,纵轴为温度。两条线在中间达到峰值,但标有“厄尔尼诺”的红色线条峰值高于标有“拉尼娜”的蓝色线条。
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厄尔尼诺的增温效应强于拉尼娜的降温效应。如何准确模拟这种不对称性?

by Nathaniel Scharping 26 August 202626 August 2026

一项新研究分析了海表温度的每日波动,以期获得新的见解。

A satellite view of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Oceans on 13 August 2026. Most of the Mediterranean and about half of the part of the Atlantic visible in the image are red or dark red, indicating hot sea surface temperature anomalies.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Why Marine Heat Waves and Acidification Strike Together

by Rebecca Dzombak 24 August 202624 August 2026

A chemistry tug-of-war between ocean acidity and carbon in warming oceans determines when and where these damaging events strike.

A view from near the ground of a stretch of soil, marked by a tractor tire, between two rows of crops
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It Takes Three to Model Methane Right

by Rebecca Dzombak 20 August 202620 August 2026

By combining conventional process-based and atmospheric inversion modeling with machine learning, scientists home in on a more realistic methane model.

山坡上交替出现着绿色的波浪。
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冻土图案的形成源于重力和奇特的物理现象

by Rebecca Dzombak 19 August 202626 August 2026

冻土的一个神秘特征,可以用非牛顿流体物理学来部分解释。这就是“奥布雷克”(Oobleck)。

Basil grows underneath the black grid of solar panels in an agrivoltaic farming system in Bar Ilan, Israel.
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Solar Panels Can Cool Crops—and Workers

by Rebecca Owen 19 August 202619 August 2026

A new model simulates the benefits of agrivoltaic farming, in which solar panels and crops share the same land.

A city of pale buildings with a freeway running through it is seen from above.
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Extreme Heat May Drive Asthma Risk in Baltimore, Especially at Night

by Rebecca Owen 12 August 202612 August 2026

A new study paints a fuller picture of how heat affects respiratory health, especially in Baltimore’s socially vulnerable neighborhoods.

A coastal marsh area shows water winding through an area of brown and green grasses. A boat is visible in the waterway.
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The Under-the-Radar Creeks That Are Sweeping Carbon Out of Salt Marshes

by Rebecca Dzombak 11 August 202611 August 2026

Transport via tidal creeks is a “major and often underrecognized” pathway of carbon in the coastal wetlands, and a gap in most blue carbon assessments, new research reports.

New York City residents cross 42nd Street at Grand Central Terminal under orange skies caused by smoke from wildfires in Quebec.
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Many Americans Underestimate Health Risks of Extreme Weather, New Study Finds

by Rebecca Owen 10 August 20261 September 2026

The research examines the “risk perception gap,” or the difference between climate-related mortality estimates and public perceptions of climate risk, across U.S. counties.

Uranus, a small blue circle in the center of the image, is surrounded by its magnetosphere, a vast magnetic field represented by red and blue lines that fill most of the image. On the left, the magnetosphere curves away to the right, representing the bow shock.
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Getting to Know Uranus’s “Breathing” Bow Shock

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 7 August 20267 August 2026

The ice giant’s rotation causes daily expansion and contraction of the boundary where its magnetic field slows the solar wind.

Super-Earth LP 890-9 c is seen in an artist’s concept.
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Super-Earths May Be Solid Deep Inside Their Mantles

by Nathaniel Scharping 6 August 20266 August 2026

New estimates show that a mineral likely common in these rocky planets’ interiors is resistant to melting, even at high temperatures.

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