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Research Spotlights

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

不同的热应力指标以不同的方式变化,但是气候模型显示出全球范围内热应力增加的明显趋势。
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全球变暖导致热应力指标的不均匀变化

by Morgan Rehnberg 29 April 202128 February 2023

不同的指标以不同的方式变化,但是气候模型显示出一个明显的趋势,那就是热应力的增加。

Hong Kong and Victoria Harbor
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Improving Air Quality in China’s Greater Bay Area

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 28 April 20215 January 2023

New simulations show how reducing residential and agricultural pollution outside the Greater Bay Area could improve public health inside this megalopolis and across China.

View from upslope of a water reservoir situated among mountains
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A Better Way to Understand Drought

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 27 April 202118 February 2022

New models should consider drought a process, not merely a product, and should factor in the huge variety of causes, effects, and feedbacks that play out in the real world.

上行闪电很罕见,但更常见的闪电类型可以增加上行闪电发生的可能性。
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附近闪电事件触发上行闪电

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 26 April 202113 April 2023

雷暴中的闪电以某种方式改变了电磁场,从而引发高层建筑物向上发出闪电。

Schematic showing how ground and groundwater are moving in the Valley of Mexico.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Looming Crisis of Sinking Ground in Mexico City

by L. O’Hanlon 22 April 20219 May 2023

New research reveals the cause of Mexico City’s rapidly sinking and fracturing ground.

The Emme River in Switzerland
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Tracing Water from River to Aquifer

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 20 April 20216 February 2023

A new technique using dissolved noble gas tracers sheds light on how water moves through an aquifer, with implications for water resources and their vulnerability to climate change.

Ocean mixing and the interaction of currents govern oxygen availability and determine how and when it’s used.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking Oxygen in the Sargasso Sea’s 18 Degree Water

by David Shultz 15 April 202122 December 2021

Biogeochemical floats provide an improved picture of ocean mixing and oxygen movement in the North Atlantic Ocean.

拉丁美洲的许多生态系统未能被环境观测网所代表
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拉丁美洲环境观测网络的缺口

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 15 April 20216 March 2023

尽管拉丁美洲对全球碳和水循环具有显著影响,但其在FLUXNET站点中所占的比例相对较小,这限制了该观测网络在该地区的代表性。

Extreme rainfall is more likely to occur in the United States as temperatures rise.
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Extreme Rainfall Statistics May Shift as U.S. Climate Warms

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 12 April 202118 February 2022

Precipitation data and high-resolution modeling suggest that extreme rainfall events under a changing climate will be shorter, more intense, and more widely spread out.

Upward lightning is uncommon, but more common types of lightning can make it more likely to occur.
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Upward Lightning Takes Its Cue from Nearby Lightning Events

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 9 April 202117 August 2022

Lightning in a thunderstorm changes the electromagnetic field in a way that sparks upward lightning from tall structures.

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