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Research Spotlights

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

A light green piece of club moss appears against a background of dark rocks and darker green plants.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Plants Leave Chemical Fingerprints on an Ozone-Depleting Gas

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 30 May 202322 August 2023

A first-of-its-kind study suggests that isotope analysis could be used to pinpoint sources and sinks of atmospheric methyl chloride.

سيؤدي تقليل الانبعاثات الناتجة عن حرق الوقود الأحفوري أيضًا إلى تقليل الوفيات الناجمة عن ملوثات الهواء مثل الأوزون. الصورة لـ
Posted inResearch Spotlights, RTL

الفوائد الصحية العالمية من تحقيق مرحلة صفر انبعاثات

by Kirsten Steinke 19 May 202319 May 2023

إن خطط الحد من ظاهرة التغير المناخي ستقلل من تلوث الهواء وهو ما سيفضي إلى إنقاذ مئات آلاف الأرواح في العقود القادمة.

Hollywood road sign hangs above cars along Highway 101. In the distance is the smog-filled skyline of Los Angeles.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Fine-Tuning Air Pollution Models

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 19 May 202322 June 2023

InMAP estimates air pollution within cities, but its predictions are flawed for specific chemicals. Now, scientists are addressing that shortcoming.

Crops grow beneath a photovoltaic array at an experimental farm site.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Symbiosis Between Agriculture and Solar Power

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 18 May 202314 July 2023

A growing population requires more food and energy, which compete for limited space…unless they don’t.

An underwater image shows a diving scientist drilling into a large, white dome of coral.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Coral Chemistry Reflects Southeast Asia’s Economic Expansion

by Rebecca Dzombak 11 May 202322 August 2023

Soil erosion from economic development sent sediments into the South China Sea—and into coral skeletons.

白色的烟雾从灰绿色的水中升起,背景是高耸的黑色岩石。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

火山排放的碳比吸收的多吗?

by Saima May Sidik 11 May 202318 May 2023

火山喷发结束后很长一段时间内缓慢的碳排放可能会在地质时间尺度上影响碳循环。

An aerial view of a river flowing in Crescent Lake in Lake Clark National Park
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Greenhouse Gas Burden of Inland Waters

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 8 May 20238 May 2023

A global collaboration inventoried greenhouse gas emissions from rivers, lakes, and streams.

A view of a low cliff on Mars, showing different layers of rocks
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Origin Story for Mars’s Burns Formation

by Morgan Rehnberg 3 May 20233 May 2023

The Red Planet’s Grasberg and Burns formations have different compositions today, but they may have started out the same way.

Satellite imagery shows Tropical Cyclone Oma in white hovering over the South Pacific in blue, leaving a phytoplankton bloom in its wake.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tropical Cyclone Triggered Record Algal Bloom in the South Pacific

by Kirsten Steinke 2 May 20232 May 2023

In 2019, Tropical Cyclone Oma hovered over the Coral Sea in the South Pacific, leaving a massive algae bloom in its wake.

在一个体育场馆内搭建的临时医院里,病人躺在一排排的病床上。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

COVID-19让你感觉不舒服?也许是天气的问题

by Saima May Sidik 2 May 20232 May 2023

高湿和低温改变了COVID-19在巴西的传播,但影响不大。

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