AGU Books Archives

Photograph and muographic image of Satsuma-Iwo-jima volcanic island, Japan

High-Definition Imaging of the Subsurface with Cosmic Ray Muons

by László Oláh, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka and Dezső Varga 14 February 202217 February 2022

A new book describes muography, an imaging technique that can be used to visualize the internal density composition of geological structures.

Photograph of scientists installing fiber-optic cables in a trench.

Editors' Vox

Using Sound and Vibration Signals to Understand the Subsurface

by Yingping Li, Martin Karrenbach and Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin 6 January 202216 February 2022

A new book explores Distributed Acoustic Sensing, a technology with a range of applications across geophysics and related fields.

A ditched coastal marsh in the Barn Island Wildlife Management Area in Stonington, CT.

Editors' Vox

Managing Wetlands to Improve Carbon Sequestration

by Ken W. Krauss, Zhiliang Zhu and Camille L. Stagg 16 November 202123 February 2022

A new book examines research on wetlands from around the world to illustrate how environmental management can improve carbon sequestration while improving the health and function of wetlands.

A selection of book covers from the Geophysical Monograph Series, 1956–2020.

Editors' Vox

New Editorial Board for AGU Books Takes Inventory

by A. Keiling and J. Lunn 16 June 20211 February 2022

The new Editorial Board for AGU Books looks back at its historic backfile of books and evaluates how the program has grown and diversified over six decades.

Illustration showing the dayside magnetosphere and its surroundings

Editors' Vox

New Results Concerning Solar Wind Entry into the Magnetosphere

by D. G. Sibeck, Q. Zong, P. Escoubet, G. Le and H. Zhang 28 October 202010 March 2022

A new book describes recent results defining the many pathways and foreshock, bow shock, magnetosheath, and magnetopause phenomena connecting the solar wind to the dayside magnetosphere.

Editors' Vox

The Value of Disaster Damage Data

by D. Molinari, S. Menoni and F. Ballio 21 July 20172 February 2022

The editors of a new book describe the benefits of systematic collection, storage, analysis, and sharing of damage data after flood events.

Total rainfall accumulation over South Asia from May 24 to June 1, 2017 using estimates from NASA's Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) data.

Editors' Vox

How Does Changing Climate Bring More Extreme Events?

by S.-Y. S. Wang, J.-H. Yoon, C. C. Funk and R. R. Gillies 13 July 201725 February 2022

The editors of a new book describe how and why weather and climate phenomena are intensifying with climate change.

Editors' Vox

Reducing Uncertainty in Hazard Prediction

by K. Riley, M. Thompson, P. Webley and K. Hyde 28 April 201720 May 2022

The editors of a new book describe how to characterize uncertainty in natural hazards, the incorporation of uncertainty into modeling, its contribution to better decision-making, and research needs.