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Photograph of the Grosser Aletschgletscher, the largest glacier in the European Alps
Posted inEditors' Vox

Glacier Structures: History Written in the Ice

by S. J. A. Jennings and M. J. Hambrey 8 September 20211 October 2021

As Earth’s climate heats up, glacier structures are being revealed in unprecedented detail, allowing glaciologists to understand how the behavior of glaciers has changed over centuries to millennia.

Research scientists pose in the Himalayas with a GNSS station.
Posted inFeatures

Kristel Chanard: Trekking and Tracking Mountains

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 24 August 202123 March 2023

Researcher has the “coolest job” studying solid Earth and climate.

In the center of a cross-polarized image, a purple-pink grain of muscovite with dark asymmetric kink bands lies within a matrix of much finer grained, rainbow-colored micas, as well as small black, white, and gray feldspar and quartz grains.
Posted inNews

Tiny Kinks Record Ancient Quakes

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 19 July 202114 September 2022

As Earth ruptures, micas kink. These kink bands hide in rocks millions of years old, preserving evidence of past quakes.

Graphic by Rene Gauthier-Butterfield
Posted inEditors' Vox

Call for Papers on Machine Learning and Earth System Modeling

by J. Yuval, M. Pritchard, P. Gentine, L. Zanna and Jiwen Fan 15 July 20219 February 2022

Contributions are invited to a new journal special collection on the use of new machine learning methodologies and applications of machine learning to Earth system modeling.

Posted inAGU News

Willenbring Receives 2020 Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Marguerite T. Williams Award

by AGU 2 July 20213 November 2022

Jane K. Willenbring received the inaugural Marguerite T. Williams Award at AGU’s virtual Fall Meeting 2020. The award is given in recognition of “significant contributions to research and community-building by a mid-career scientist in the field of Earth and planetary surface processes.”

Muchos ecosistemas a lo largo de América Latina no están representados por las redes de observatorios ambientales.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Las brechas en las redes ambientales en América Latina

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 25 June 20216 March 2023

A pesar de su notable influencia en los ciclos globales del carbono y el agua, América Latina representa una proporción relativamente pequeña de sitios FLUXNET, lo que limita la representatividad de la red en la región.

Image of remote sensing of ocean color in the Yellow Sea.
Posted inEditors' Vox

The Earth in Living Color: Monitoring Our Planet from Above

by D. Schimel and Benjamin Poulter 9 June 202111 September 2023

A new special collection invites papers on a new era of remote sensing missions and instruments that will provide insights into human and climate driven changes on planet Earth.

Cars drive through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., as seen from a bridge.
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Growing Healthy City Canopies

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 21 May 202127 October 2021

In our June issue, Eos looks at how scientists and city planners are partnering to protect our vital urban forests.

A group of people listen to a presenter while standing in a dry, rocky canyon.
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Changing the Culture of Fieldwork in the Geosciences

by A. F. Hill, M. Jacquemart, A. U. Gold and Kristy Tiampo 6 May 202122 March 2022

The need to address harassment in field campaigns is growing more urgent. A new workshop provides scientists with a broad set of tools to create more inclusive, safe, and functional field teams.

Graphic illustrating how transdisciplinary, cross-site, collaborative and open science investigations work together to enable next generation innovation in critical zone science
Posted inEditors' Vox

The Future of Critical Zone Science: Call for Papers

by B. Arora, P. Sullivan, S. Kuppel, X. Yang and J. Groh 3 May 20211 October 2021

Contributions are invited to a new cross-journal special collection that describe novel advances in critical zone research, with specific consideration for transferable and broadly applicable science.

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