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Biogeosciences
Soil chips help researchers understand how fungi species behave at the microscopic level in soil.

News 13 April 2021

Soil Chips Help Scientists Spy on Fungal Navigation

Soil chips provide a micrometer-resolution window into life underfoot, shedding light on how fungi behave when navigating soil’s mazes.
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Geology & Geophysics
Plot showing seismicity near Mount Rinjani volcanoat Lombok Island, Indonesia, during July-September 2018

Editors' Highlights 7 April 2021

Relating Seismicity and Volcano Eruptions

A global study suggests that volcanic eruption forecasting and detection may be improved by examining earthquake mechanisms and clustering in combination with individual volcano properties.
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Climate Change
Image of a volcanic lake at Ijen volcano in Indonesia

News 30 March 2021

Ancient, Acidic Lakes May Have Harbored Life

A new analysis of South African sediments hints that acidic lakes may have leached minerals necessary for biotic life.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
A group of researchers attend to seismic instruments at Sierra Negra in the Galápagos.

News 26 March 2021

Observing a Galápagos Volcano from Buildup to Eruption

Insights from a 13-year monitoring program of Sierra Negra—one of the many volcanoes that dot the Galápagos Islands—shed light on the volcanic evolution of basaltic eruption.
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Geology & Geophysics
Steam and gas rise from a volcano on the island of Java, Indonesia.

Science Update 24 March 2021

Earth’s Volatile Balancing Act

How do greenhouse gases and water circulate from minerals deep below Earth’s surface into the atmosphere and oceans—and then back again? Our understanding continues to evolve.
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Geology & Geophysics
Aerial view Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia

Science Update 24 March 2021

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Especially for Continents

A decade-long research collaboration has revealed that the split between Africa and North America roughly 200 million years ago was more drawn out than previously thought.
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Geology & Geophysics
Scientists in flight suits stand atop the summit of a volcano with steam rising nearby and a helicopter in the distance

Opinion 24 March 2021

A Successful Model for Interdisciplinary Research

Over the past decade, the GeoPRISMS program has greatly expanded understanding of shoreline-spanning Earth systems processes and fostered a vibrant and increasingly diverse community of researchers.
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Geology & Geophysics
Ethan Baxter walks ahead in Valpelline, a valley in the Western Alps in Italy as part of the 2017 ExTerra Field Institute and Research Endeavor, or EFIRE.

AGU News 24 March 2021

Crossing the Shoreline

As the decade-long GeoPRISMS program comes to an end this spring, Eos’s April issue features just a few its accomplishments.
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Biogeosciences
Two figures comparing organic carbon fluxes in a natural river (top) versus an engineered river with artificial levees (bottom).

Editors' Highlights 23 March 2021

How River Engineering Alters Carbon Cycling

Artificial levees in the Lower Mississippi River bypass floodplain processing and increase delivery of carbon to the ocean.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Looking out from inside Lower Antelope Canyon, with the sky near the top of the frame. Characteristic layering in the sandstone is visible.

Research Spotlight 15 March 2021

The First Angstrom-Scale View of Weathering

Researchers observe how water vapor and liquid alter sedimentary rocks through physical and chemical processes.
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