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Research Spotlights

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

A stream flowing down a valley
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Modeling River Boulders to Improve Hydropower Sustainability

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 30 April 20199 March 2023

Large stones in streams provide crucial habitat for fish. Modeling the boulders and streamflow offers fresh insights into how water engineering projects alter aquatic habitats.

Ocean acidification map of the bottom ocean water layer
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Explaining Ocean Acidification Patterns During Ancient Warming

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 29 April 201912 September 2022

Asymmetrical changes in ocean circulation and the marine carbon cycle could account for different degrees of ocean acidification between the Pacific and Atlantic.

Tracers of ecosystem respiration
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Understanding Stream Metabolism with Reactive Tracers

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 29 April 20197 March 2022

When the blue dye resazurin encounters living microorganisms, it transforms into fluorescent pink resorufin and helps scientists understand ecosystem respiration, but it has its limitations.

JIRAM camera on the Juno spacecraft captured Jupiter’s infrared aurora near its southern pole
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Jupiter’s Northern Lights on Display in Otherworldly Movie

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 26 April 201914 February 2022

The first movie of Jupiter’s infrared aurora gives scientists a new look at the Jovian magnetic field.

The 17 October 2015 landslide at Tyndall Glacier Alaska
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Study of Alaskan Landslide Could Improve Tsunami Modeling

by E. Underwood 26 April 201911 February 2022

A rare submarine landslide provides researchers with a reference point for modeling the biggest tsunamis.

Phytoplankton bloom over the study area in the South Pacific Ocean
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Southern Hemisphere Sediments Show Surprising Pliocene Cyclicity

by Terri Cook 25 April 201926 January 2023

New, high-resolution paleoclimate reconstructions with 100,000-year rhythms may offer insights into how Earth’s climate system operated during a time when the planet was warmer than it is today.

Auroras seen from the International Space Station
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Bringing Clarity to What Drives Auroras

by Mark Zastrow 24 April 201911 August 2022

A new classification scheme helps researchers distinguish what accelerates the electrons that create auroras.

Thóra Árnadóttir setting up GPS instrument in Iceland
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Way of Visualizing Iceland’s Crustal Deformation

by Terri Cook 24 April 20196 October 2021

A novel method of calculating strain rates from GPS data shows the South Iceland Seismic Zone is experiencing rapid deformation, including inflation near the island’s most active volcano.

The Miracle Pine Tree in Tohoku, Japan
Posted inResearch Spotlights

All Types of Large Earthquakes Produce Prompt Gravity Signals

by Terri Cook 23 April 20196 October 2021

New observations of recently discovered gravity perturbations that precede seismic waves have the potential to improve earthquake early-warning systems in California and other tectonic settings.

The Glomar Challenger deep-sea drilling vessel
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Late Cretaceous Extreme Warmth at High Southern Latitudes

by Terri Cook 22 April 2019

New proxy data indicate sea surface temperatures at high southern latitudes reached over 35°C during a period of extreme greenhouse climate that began about 100 million years ago.

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