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Research Spotlights

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

Satellite view of streaky stratocumulus clouds over the ocean
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Family Trees Clarify Relationships Among Climate Models

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 18 July 202318 July 2023

A new genealogy based on similarities in the computer codes of different climate models could improve studies that combine projections from multiple models.

A close-up image of the Moon showing a single large crater surrounded by a field of smaller craters
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Decrypting Lunar Craters Quickly and Easily

by Saima May Sidik 14 July 202314 July 2023

Machine learning can reveal the stories written in the marks on the Moon.

农作物在试验农场的光伏阵列下生长。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

农业与太阳能的互利共生

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 14 July 202318 July 2023

不断增长的人口需要更多的食物和能源,而这些都在争夺有限的空间……除非能改变这样的竞争局面。

Layers of stacked sedimentary rock of different thicknesses.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Specious Timescales from Sedimentary Layers

by Saima May Sidik 12 July 202322 August 2023

Changing environments can dramatically change how quickly layers form in sedimentary rocks, leading to incorrect time estimates.

View from space of a massive ash and steam plume erupting from a volcano
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Volcanoes’ Future Climate Effects May Exceed Standard Estimates

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 29 June 202310 July 2023

Future releases of sulfur dioxide from volcanoes will likely be higher than the reconstructed historical levels currently used for climate predictions.

A beaver dam made of numerous small branches sits in a small pond, with mountains in the distance.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mapping Beaver Dams with Machine Learning

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 15 June 202315 June 2023

A new model deploys a neural network to spot beavers’ engineering exploits in aerial and satellite imagery, an approach that should aid studies of ecosystem and landscape change.

Una imagen subacuática que muestra a un científico con traje de buzo sobre un coral extrayendo un núcleo de este.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

La química de los corales refleja la expansión económica del sudeste asiático

by Rebecca Dzombak 14 June 20235 July 2023

La erosión del suelo derivada del desarrollo económico mueve sedimentos hacia el mar del sur de China y también hacia los esqueletos de los corales.

一片浅绿色的石松出现在深色岩石和深绿色植物的背景下。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

植物在破坏臭氧层的气体上留下化学指纹

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 12 June 202312 June 2023

一项首开先河的研究表明,同位素分析可以用来确定大气中氯甲烷的源和汇。

Cracked, parched soil in the foreground, with trees and water visible in the distant background
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Climate Change Is Drying Out Earth’s Soils

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 5 June 202324 August 2023

Earth’s land is drying as it warms, but it is not clear how dry is too dry.

这张水下照片展示了一位正在潜水的科学家在钻探一块巨大的白色珊瑚的顶部。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

珊瑚反映东南亚的经济增长

by Rebecca Dzombak 31 May 20231 June 2023

经济发展造成的土壤侵蚀将沉积物送入南中国海,并进入珊瑚骨架。

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