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Photo of a muddy river.
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Physics and Biology as Likely Stream Bedfellows

Eric Davidson, president-elect of AGU by Eric Davidson 18 November 202415 November 2024

Streambeds are key sites for removal of nutrients and other contaminants through microbial processes, but are limited by diffusion, which can now be modeled from streambed physical properties.

Microphotograph of diatoms of various shapes and sizes.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Machine Learning Enhances Image Analysis in Biogeosciences

by Dork Sahagian 6 November 20245 November 2024

Machine learning can enhance our ability to identify communities of microorganisms and how they change in response to climate change over time.

Gravura em cobre de Lisboa, Portugal, durante o terramoto de 1755.
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Sedimentos Caribenhos Rastreados até o Terremoto e Tsunami Português de 1755

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 29 October 202429 October 2024

Arqueólogos escavando na Martinica encontraram por acaso o primeiro depósito de tsunami do terremoto encontrado no Novo Mundo. Ao que parece, o tsunami deixou um forte rastro, pois a onda passou por cima de um rio.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

California Wildfires and Weather Are Changing Erosion Patterns

by Rebecca Owen 17 October 202417 October 2024

Sediment runoff from the state’s increasingly severe wildfires and heavy rain events may affect ecosystems and water resources downstream.

Field photos of the study area.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Delicate Balance of Permafrost in Arctic River Floodplains

by Susan Trumbore 3 October 20241 October 2024

To evaluate the vulnerability of permafrost in Arctic floodplain landscapes to warming, scientists explore dynamics of its loss and reformation.

一只拥有着白色、黑色和红色羽毛的伶盗龙张开嘴正在奔跑。
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由火山冬天开启的侏罗纪恐龙的统治时期

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 2 October 20242 October 2024

中国西北部的沉积物显示,三叠纪晚期的严寒气候导致了许多生命形式的灭绝——但其中并不包括恐龙。

Las pirámides egipcias de Guiza colindan con la bulliciosa ciudad de El Cairo.
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Encuentran contaminación por cobre de 5,000 años de antigüedad cerca de las pirámides

by Evan Howell 30 September 20244 October 2024

Una nueva investigación geoarqueológica demuestra que la metalurgia en el antiguo Egipto provocó una importante contaminación en un puerto cercano.

在这张江错的照片中,多云的天空在背景中的低矮山丘上投下阴影。中景的湖水呈现灰蓝绿色的色调。前景中,湖岸上生长着一簇簇棕褐色的小草,红色沙地上点缀着棱角分明的深色鹅卵石。
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哺乳动物的粪便保存了青藏高原的人类和气候历史

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 27 September 202427 September 2024

沉积物中的地球化学标记,包括来自人类和动物粪便的有机分子,帮助科学家们追寻吐蕃帝国的兴衰。

Milford Sound in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Earth’s Eighth Continent

by Caryl-Sue Micalizio 24 September 202424 September 2024

Our October issue digs deep into the rich Earth science in and around Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Scientists Are “Gobsmacked” by the Variability of Seafloor Currents

by Andrew Chapman 11 September 202411 September 2024

The speed and direction of deep currents off Mozambique’s coast are more subject to change than scientists expected.

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