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Research Spotlights

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

Posted inENGAGE, Research Spotlights

众包科学帮助追踪有害蚊子

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 21 December 202127 March 2023

志愿者们通过一款应用程序收集数据,为研究提供支持,并对抗当地的蚊子种群。

Posted inResearch Spotlights

新研究验证青藏高原“果冻三明治”结构

by Morgan Rehnberg 13 December 202113 December 2021

受2008年汶川地震后收集的位置数据的约束的计算机建模表明,下地壳的粘性比其下方的上地幔要小。

The Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit (CORK) borehole monitoring observatory, pictured here, connected to the Ocean Networks Canada cable system.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Faults in Oceanic Crust Contribute to Slow Seismic Waves

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 10 December 202126 January 2022

New high-sampling rate measurements of fluid pressures in oceanic crust reveal unresolved fractures and pathways for fluid flow.

Scientists living in ice camps during an entire year in 1975 (top). Automated instruments attached to sea ice in 2006–2012 (bottom).
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Capturing How Fast the Arctic Ocean Is Gaining Fresh Water

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 8 December 20219 December 2021

A new analysis suggests that models do not accurately capture how fresh Arctic surface waters mix with deeper waters, contributing to underestimation of Arctic surface freshening.

An image of the aftermath of the magnitude 9.2 Great Alaska earthquake in 1964
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Rock Structure Explains Slow Seismic Waves

by Jack Lee 7 December 20217 December 2021

New findings contrast with a prevailing hypothesis for low seismic velocity in subduction zones.

High school running track in Taiwan crossed by the Chelungpu fault
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Faulting and Folding Signals in Seismic Data

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 6 December 202126 January 2022

A novel numerical model simulates folding in Earth’s crust throughout the earthquake cycle.

The sun rises in a pink sky beyond the skyline of lower Manhattan.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Far-Reaching Consequences of Wildfire Smoke Plumes

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 1 December 20211 March 2023

Smoke from wildfires burning in the western United States carries harmful pollutants across the country.

A comparison between (left) earthquake motion derived from daily geodetic observations (blue arrows) and the approach of Golriz et al. (red arrows) and (right )the net difference between these methods.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Improving Coseismic Slip Measurements

by Morgan Rehnberg 29 November 202111 May 2022

A physics-based method estimates the duration of earthquakes’ coseismic phase and can help improve the precision of coseismic slip models and magnitude estimates.

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Tubos de lava terrestres podrían ofrecer información sobre la vida extraterrestre

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 29 November 202129 November 2021

Una nueva investigación encuentra que Actinobacteria en cuevas de lava fijan carbón y sobreviven independientemente de aportes superficiales, ofreciendo una nueva perspectiva en la investigación de la vida fuera de la Tierra.

Aerial view of the Washington Monument and the White House, with city buildings in the background
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Air Pollution Poses Inequitable Health Risks in Washington, D.C.

by Alexandra K. Scammell 23 November 20219 September 2024

Certain health risks are greatest in neighborhoods with higher proportions of people of color and lower levels of income and education.

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