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

Un corte de carretera mostrando capas de la Caliza Camp Nelson
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Ciertas formaciones rocosas pueden provocar riesgos de radón en los hogares

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 2 April 202120 September 2022

Investigadores de Kentucky han combinado resultados de kits de pruebas domésticas con el mapa geológico del estado para elaborar un mapa del potencial de radón en interiores basado en la geología subyacente a las viviendas del estado.

硅藻进化到用镉来替代锌
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硅藻是如何进化到利用有毒金属镉代替锌的?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 1 April 20213 May 2022

网络分析表明,锌和镉硫化物在地质史上同步风化,在锌缺乏的情况下,镉可以作为光合途径的合适替代品。

Different heat stress indicators change in different ways, but climate models project a clear trend of increasing heat stress worldwide.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Global Warming Causes Uneven Changes in Heat Stress Indicators

by Morgan Rehnberg 1 April 202122 February 2023

Different indicators change in different ways, but climate models project a clear trend of increasing heat stress.

Many ecosystems across Latin America are not represented by environmental observatory networks
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The Gaps in Environmental Networks Across Latin America

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 29 March 20216 March 2023

Despite its notable influence on global carbon and water cycles, Latin America accounts for a relatively small share of FLUXNET sites, which limits the representativeness of the network in the region.

Researchers discovered a correlation between a mass bird die-off and wildfires.
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Mass Bird Die-Off Linked to Wildfires and Toxic Gases

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 26 March 202118 October 2021

Using observations from crowdsourced science and weather location data, researchers concluded that wildfires caused a mass die-off of birds in the western and central United States in 2020.

在加那利群岛,一列黄道光在繁星满天的夜空中从泰德山向上延伸。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

形成黄道光的太空尘埃可能来自火星

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 26 March 20212 February 2022

朱诺号探测器飞往木星途中的偶然发现表明,形成黄道光的太空尘埃可能来自火星,但这些尘埃是如何从火星或其卫星逃逸出来的仍不得而知。

The atmosphere above remote ocean regions plays an important role in the global methanol budget.
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Improving the Global Budget for Atmospheric Methanol

by David Shultz 25 March 20213 December 2021

New aircraft survey data show that although atmospheric chemistry above remote ocean regions is a considerable source of methanol production, the ocean’s net methanol emission is minor.

Cloud droplets in turbulence (left) and cloud droplets in Earth’s atmosphere (right)
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Atmospheric Turbulence May Promote Cloud Droplet Formation

by Morgan Rehnberg 18 March 20217 March 2022

Turbulence causes local variations in relative humidity, which can push particles past a critical saturation threshold for droplet nucleation.

夜晚,火焰和滚滚浓烟从树上升起。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

多发野火可作为资源压力指标

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 18 March 202113 February 2023

摘要:研究人员发现,在美国西部,同步多发火灾风险的天数与资源分配之间存在着很强的相关性。

Diatoms evolved to substitute cadmium for zinc.
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How Did Diatoms Evolve to Swap Zinc for the Toxic Metal Cadmium?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 17 March 20213 May 2022

New network analysis suggests that zinc and cadmium sulfides weathered simultaneously in geological history, making cadmium a suitable substitute in photosynthetic pathways when zinc was scarce.

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