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Research Spotlights

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

A rocky landscape with short vegetation in the Canadian tundra
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¿Cómo Afecta el Reverdecimiento del Ártico al Agua Subterránea?

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 13 November 20206 February 2023

Nuevas investigaciones examinan cómo los cambios en la ecología de la superficie influyen en la hidrología subterránea en el Ártico.

Satellite image showing atmospheric gravity waves above the Hokkaido region of Japan
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Modeling Gravity Waves with Machine Learning

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 11 November 202020 December 2022

Researchers used neural networks to better define the parameterizations necessary for modeling the distribution and characteristics of orographic gravity waves.

Jupiter as seen by the Juno spacecraft on 17 February 2020
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Juno Era Model of the Jovian Magnetosphere

by Morgan Rehnberg 9 November 202020 July 2022

Updating a model developed during the Voyager flybys will enable better mission planning and a deeper understanding of Juno data.

A large swirling plankton bloom is seen in the Gulf of Alaska in this satellite image taken in June 2016
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Promising Development for Detecting Ocean Productivity

by Terri Cook 3 November 202027 September 2022

A comparison of primary productivity measurements across the North Pacific Ocean demonstrates the potential for using autonomous instruments to discern effects of climate change on the marine food web.

Close-up satellite view of carbon dioxide ice in Mars’s south polar cap
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A Precise Mosaic View of Mars’s South Pole

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 2 November 2020

A new workflow improves the process of creating massive, accurate mosaics from spacecraft-captured images of a planet’s surface.

Frost covers branches on trees lining a field in Oulu, Finland.
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Predicting the Next Big Frost Quake

by J. Pinson 30 October 202016 February 2022

Frost quakes occur in boreal regions when rapidly expanding ice underground causes frozen soils to fracture. A recent frost quake in Finland has given scientists a rare look into how they form.

View from an aircraft of clouds formed by tropical convection in the eastern Pacific
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New Insights into Uncertainties About Earth’s Rising Temperature

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 30 October 202022 February 2023

A comparison of climate models finds that much of the variation in their predictions of global warming arises from differences in how they simulate the response of convective processes to warming.

A coronal mass ejection is seen in this image captured by the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory spacecraft in 2012.
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The “Complicated” Complexity of Solar Storms

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 29 October 202031 May 2022

Researchers turned to crowdsourced science to identify patterns in coronal mass ejections.

Three dolphins lie in mud and shallow water along a shoreline
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Geomagnetic Storms Probably Don’t Cause Mass Cetacean Strandings

by Morgan Rehnberg 28 October 20207 March 2023

Solar-induced geomagnetic activity and mass strandings of whales and dolphins on shorelines both show seasonal patterns, but the beachings likely result from multiple environmental factors.

Aerial photo showing the extent of the Oso landslide
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Simple Actions Can Help People Survive Landslides

by Jack Lee 27 October 202020 May 2022

New research provides practical advice to minimize landslide risk for individuals before, during, and after an event.

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