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The track of a boulder that tumbled into one of the Moon’s permanently shadowed regions
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Shedding Light on the Darkest Regions of the Moon

by C. Fogerty 21 February 202021 February 2023

An international team of researchers is analyzing boulder tracks to learn more about some of the most elusive regions on the Moon.

Satellite image of Saturn with bright white storm clouds ringing its northern hemisphere
Posted inNews

New Type of Storm Spotted on Saturn

by Javier Barbuzano 30 October 201917 February 2023

In 2018, four massive storms formed near the planet’s north pole, interacting with each other and affecting a full latitudinal band.

Diagrams of modeled plastic particle concentrations in the ocean after 10 simulated years, starting from an initial uniform distribution over the entire globe
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Are Microplastics Transported to Polar Regions?

by Terri Cook 26 September 201916 September 2022

New modeling indicates that global subsurface ocean currents distribute submerged microplastics along very different routes than those traveled by floating plastic debris.

Graphs showing anomalies in the zonal wind in different time periods
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Polar Stratosphere Resolves North Atlantic Jet “Tug of War”

by Alessandra Giannini 25 September 201929 March 2022

Getting the polar stratosphere right is critical in the simulation of North Atlantic climate change, which is shaped by the interaction of Arctic Amplification and tropical upper tropospheric warming.

Map and images of South Polar Layered Deposits on Mars
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Peeling Back the Layers of the Climate of Mars

by A. Dombard 18 July 20198 August 2022

A new study ties layers in the polar deposits of Mars to changes in climate driven by orbital variations, constraining accumulation rates and further deciphering the climate history of the Red Planet.

The Bishop Tuff in California
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Paleomagnetism Indicators May Be Flawed

by Aaron Sidder 3 June 201914 March 2023

A new study finds that magnetism in volcanic ash tuff forms through varied processes, calling into question previously reliable signatures used to study variations in Earth’s magnetic field.

Black-and-white photo of unsmiling white explorers at the South Pole
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Podcast: A Tale of Two Journeys

by Lauren Lipuma 20 May 201920 April 2022

In the latest episode of its Centennial series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun tells the story of two parties journeying to the South Pole in 1911 and the extraordinary impact that weather had on their travels.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Extraordinary Polar Wander During the Late Jurassic?

by Mark J. Dekkers 22 April 201927 January 2023

Small amounts of polar wander have occurred during geological history, but whether larger amounts occurred is still controversial. Did a truly large polar wander event really happen?

An X8.2-class solar flare
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Solar Flares Increase Radiation Risk on Commercial Aircraft

by E. Underwood 18 April 201919 September 2022

A new study quantifies how space weather may affect polar transcontinental flight.

Unusual clouds over South Georgia Island
Posted inEditors' Vox

Atmospheric Gravity Wave Science in the Polar Regions

by T. Moffat-Griffin, M. Taylor, T. Nakamura, D. Murphy, J. V. Bageston and G. Jee 17 April 201929 March 2022

A joint special issue explores the potential of collaboration to help understand atmospheric gravity waves in the Polar Regions and their effect on global circulation.

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