Fall Meeting 2016: A conversation with California Governor Jerry Brown AGU 2026-09-20 | Fall Meeting 2016: A conversation with California Governor Jerry Brown
Solving for climate: Understanding the “wild” in wildfire AGU 2023-08-07 | Wildfires seem to be happening more often, and in 2020, Colorado experienced the worst fire season in its recorded history. Extreme fire events are often assumed to be caused by climate change, but it is not immediately clear this is the case. Heat, humidity, precipitation and wind speed all play a role in fire risk, and the exact way that these factors combine changes from day to day. Forest management practices and increased human activity in high-risk areas can also increase fire risk, and this makes it more challenging to pinpoint the reason why more fires are occurring. Colorado State University professor Dan Cooley has used multivariate statistical analysis of Fire Weather Index data to demonstrate that climate conditions in northern Colorado have changed in ways that make fires more likely to occur there – even if it is often impossible to attribute individual fires to this climactic shift.This episode was produced by Ty and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Jace Steiner. Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
Solving for climate: The silent killer in your urban backyard AGU 2023-08-07 | The different temperatures humans experience can be as localized as the variance from a suburban area to its urban center. The urban heat island effect – UHI for short – is one such danger. Cities are hotter due to concrete and asphalt absorbing and retaining heat, less tree cover, AC units pumping out hot air, and more. Most worrisome is how hot it remains at night, when bodies are trying to cool down and recover from hot daytime temps. Scientists like Angel Hsu are using data collected by satellites and citizens to translate these urban effects into numbers policymakers can use when leading climate change mitigation efforts on local levels.This episode was produced by Jace Steiner and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Jace Steiner.Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
Solving for climate: Earth’s next top (climate) model AGU 2023-08-07 | We all know the saying “history repeats itself” but to what extent is that true when it comes to Earth’s climate? In order to understand and even predict future climates, transitions from one historical climate state to another can be mathematically modeled by atmospheric scientists like Dr. Matthew Huber. However, there’s something special about how anthropogenic climate change is impacting climate transitions, and it’s Dr. Huber’s job to capture this oddity with math!This episode was produced by Jessica Buser-Young and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Jace Steiner. Find a companion to this episode from our friends over at Carry the Two. Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
Solving for climate: (Health and safety) in (climate) numbers AGU 2023-08-07 | We’ve all probably heard about how climate change is affecting the ice sheets and polar bears, but what about human health? More severe and numerous floods, droughts, and heat waves impact a wide range of health outcomes, and shifting biomes may spread diseases to new places. How do scientists understand which portions of health effects are caused by climate change, and how can health organizations be prepared? To find out, we talked with Kristie Ebi, who founded the Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) at the University of Washington. In addition to the effects of climate change, Kris told us about how many of the mitigations for climate change—e.g. switching from coal to renewable power sources, creating more environmentally-friendly transportation systems, and reducing meat in our diets—will coincidentally improve public health. She also introduced us to the rap stylings of Baba Brinkman, whose song “Climate Hero” summarizes several of the points Kris made in our episode.This episode was produced by Katrina Jackson and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Jace Steiner. Find a companion to this episode from our friends over at Carry the Two. “Climate Hero” and other science raps by Baba Brinkman will be released via Spotify and other streaming services soon on a forthcoming science rap album, which can be previewed here: music.bababrinkman.com/album/rapsodeListen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
Solving for climate: Do go chasing hurricanes AGU 2023-08-07 | Jane Baldwin is a storm chaser, only her mode of chasing is computational modeling using multiple streams of data. As an Assistant Professor of Earth System Science at UC Irvine, she models how hurricanes and other natural hazards respond to atmospheric dynamics. We talked to Jane about the challenge of forecasting not just the damage to buildings from cyclones, but also the economic and social impacts. And how climate change factors into the outcomes.This episode was produced by Devin Reese and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Jace Steiner. Find a companion to this episode from our friends over at Carry the Two. Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
Solving for climate: Coasts in the machine AGU 2023-08-07 | The Earth’s oceans play a crucial role in regulating the planet’s climate by absorbing and storing vast amounts of heat and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. However, due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, the oceans are warming at an alarming rate. This increase in ocean temperature is causing a range of devastating impacts, from more frequent and severe storms to rising sea levels and bleached coral reefs.To better understand the complex interplay between ocean warming and its impact on land, scientists like Maike Sonnewald are using climate models to simulate and predict changes in ocean currents and temperatures. These models allow researchers to analyze how different factors, such as greenhouse gas emissions, ocean circulation patterns, and solar radiation, influence ocean warming and its effects on the Earth’s climate system. Through these efforts, scientists hope to develop strategies to mitigate the harmful consequences of ocean warming and protect vulnerable communities and ecosystems.This episode was produced by Anupama Chandrasekaran, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Jace Steiner. Find a companion to this episode from our friends over at Carry the Two.
Solving for climate AGU 2023-08-07 | Are you a math person? Does thinking about math make your head hurt? Well, we hate to break it to you, but we’re all math people! Math is part of our everyday lives, whether we realize it or not. And math is a crucial part of understanding our climate and climate change. In recognition of this reality, we’re kicking off a special collaboration with the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation and their podcast, Carry the Two, exploring how math and climate intersect. Join us every Friday on our feed and then head over to Carry the Two the following Tuesday to hear more from our guest on the mathematical side of things.This episode was produced by Shane M Hanlon, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Karen Romano Young.Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
Steamboat Geysers snowy seismic secret AGU 2023-07-26 | What we learn about geysers and volcanoes depends on when, where, and how we are able to monitor them. In a new paper in AGU's Geophysical Research Letters, researchers present a case study of how snowcover affects data recorded on a seismometer, which is an instrument that measures ground motion. The world's tallest geyser, Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, has intense eruptions that eject water and steam. The eruptions are powerful enough to cause tiny ground motions from sound waves that begin in the air and then transfer into the ground. In the winter, the researchers saw smaller ground motions at two nearby seismometers, which could imply that Steamboat's eruptions are weaker in the winter. But winter in Yellowstone comes with snow, and snow is good at absorbing sound wave energy. The seismometers also showed that smaller ground motions occur when snow depths are greater. This means the strength of ground motions – which reflect the power of the geyser eruptions – should not be used to directly compare eruptions across the seasons. Source: Snow Suppresses Seismic Signals From Steamboat GeyserMara H. Reed, Michael Manga (2023) Geophysical Research Lettersagupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL103904Images: Reed & Manga (2023, James St. John (CC BY 2.0)/Flickr, & CC 0Video editing: Larry O'Hanlon
The Türkiye-Syria double earthquake: What happened underground AGU 2023-07-18 | On 6 February 2023, devastating dual earthquakes with moment magnitude 7.9 and 7.6 struck southern Türkiye near the northern border of Syria. The two earthquakes were only separated about 90 kilometers and about 9 hours. The strong shaking from the two earthquakes damaged and destroyed buildings and caused over 50,000 fatalities in Türkiye and Syria. The source of the quakes is among the network of faults in the region where the Anatolian, Arabian and African tectonic plates meet. Seismologists analyzed the seismic records of the quakes as recorded by seismic stations around the world, combined with the geometry of the faults, to rapidly estimate how the rupture of the two earthquakes evolved. Source: Multi-Scale Rupture Growth With Alternating Directions in a Complex Fault Network During the 2023 South-Eastern Türkiye and Syria Earthquake Doublet (2023) Geophysical Research Letters Ryo Okuwaki, Yuji Yagi, Tuncay Taymaz, Stephen P. Hicksagupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL103480Map: Wikimedia Commons
From Anxiety to Action: Why Strong Data Fails to Inspire Effective Climate Action AGU 2023-07-17 | ...
La Palma Islands maverick eruption AGU 2023-07-11 | During the 2021 Tajogaite eruption on La Palma Island in the Canary Islands, different crater vents launched large rocks, ejected ash, fountained lava, and blasted gases at varying rates that changed and alternated from hour to hour, according to a new paper in the AGU journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. While every volcanic eruption on Earth is unique, most fit into a small number of styles. Tajogaite appears to defy that rule. Source: The Explosive Activity of the 2021 Tajogaite Eruption (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain)(2023) Geochemistry, Geophysics, GeosystemsJ. Taddeucci, P. Scarlato, D. Andronico, T. Ricci, R. Civico, E. Del Bello, L. Spina, L. D’Auria, M. Asensio-Ramos, D. Calvo, E. Padrón, P. A. Hernández, N. M. Pérezagupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023GC010946
Climate and Health for Africa: Press Q&A panel AGU 2023-06-28 | How can communities -- local, regional, and global -- prepare for the impacts of a warming world?The conveners of AGU's first Chapman conference on Climate and Health for Africa talk about early warning signs for heat, drought, flooding, infectious disease and other impact of climate change, and policy, community and pan-African action on climate with moderator Josh Weinberg, AGU's VP of Strategic Communications and Marketing.Learn more about the conference, which met 12-15 June 2023 at AGU's net-zero conference center in Washington, D.C. and brought together climate scientists, health scientists and professionals, policy makers, and program managers to address the current status and future potential of climate-informed forecasts. agu.org/Chapmans-Climate-and-HealthPanelists:• Dr. Wassila Thiaw, Research Meteorologist and head of the International Desk at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, USA • Dr. Nafissatou Oumar Touré, Professor and Head of Pulmonology, Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal • Dr. Susan Rumisha, Senior Research Officer for The Malaria Atlas Project, Telethon Kids Institute in Perth, Australia • Dr. Mercedes Pascual, Louis Block Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago, USAFrench-English translator: Yannick Bayingana
Webinar: Uplifting Transgender & Gender Non-conforming Geoscientists Through Allyship & Empowerment AGU 2023-06-21 | AGU president Lisa Graumlich (she/they) and AMS president Brad Colman (he/him) led an engaging panel discussion for 🏳️🌈 #PrideMonth2023 with panelists Akilah Alwan (she/they), Lucas Johansen (he/him) and Mika Tosca (she/her). Together, they discussed everything from the power of the #LGBTQ+ in STEM community to the urgent need for sincere allies. The event was organized by AGQ and AMS Braid. You can join the conversation by answering this panel question: How does your identity inform the kind of science or scholarship that you do? Comment below.
Tongas Hunga Volcano produced most intense lightning ever recorded AGU 2023-06-20 | More than 200,000 lightning flashes, shown as blue dots, occurred throughout the duration of the eruption at Tonga’s Hunga Volcano on January 15, 2022. New analyses of the eruption’s lightning intensity revealed the volcanic storm was the most intense ever recorded and provided new insights into the eruption’s progression. Credit: AGU/Van Eaton et al. (2023), Geophysical Research LettersThe link to the paper will be: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GL102341Editing: Larry O'Hanlon
Geodesy Webinar: Models of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment and Their Use in Geodesy and Tectonics AGU 2023-06-13 | ...
Mentor for CLIMATE. Become a mentor for Mentoring365 today! AGU 2023-06-12 | Early career scientists and science professionals will soon be on the front lines of climate change.Mentor for DISCOVERYMentor for SOLUTIONSMentor for PUBLIC HEALTHMentor for COMMUNITYMentor for CLIMATEBe a guiding presence for the next generation of climate scientists and advocates.mentoring365.chronus.com/p/p1
Remember the first time you published your research? Become a mentor for Mentoring365 today! AGU 2023-06-12 | Remember the first time you published your research?Do you wish you'd been given more guidance?Do you wish you'd been given more feedback?Do you wish you'd been given more support?Support from a trusted leader in your field?Guide a student or early career researcher through their first paper.Be a mentor.Mentoring365mentoring365.chronus.com/p/p1
Using a GoPro to see volcano infrasound AGU 2023-05-31 | When a volcano's telltale eruptive noises are below the range of human hearing, researchers can try looking instead of listening to monitor its activity. In a new study, researchers used consumer-grade cameras and video processing to observe infrasound waves passing through the mists after explosions at Vanuatu's Yasur Volcano. Infrasound data (black lines on the graphs) were collected at a station located within Yasur's crater along with simultaneous video (and audio) from a GoPro HERO5 Black camera (orange lines). Specialized infrasound microphones can pick up the sub-hearing sounds, but video cameras are easier to source and less expensive. Source: Volcano Opto-Acoustics: Mapping the Infrasound Wavefield at Yasur Volcano (Vanuatu)Geophysical Research Letters (2023) J. B. Johnson, T. Boyer, L. M. Watson, J. F. Andersonagupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GL102029Editing & narration: Larry O'Hanlon
One giant leap: For first-generational beginnings & talking rockets! AGU 2023-05-10 | Peter Falcon is an Earth Science communications specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory with an atypical background: behavioral science. As a communications specialist, Peter acts as a liaison between NASA projects – such as the CloudSat program – and students, teachers, and the general public. Peter sits down with us to talk about his academic upbringing, the important role family has played in his life and career, and how every moment builds toward the potential of our character.This episode was produced by Zoe Swiss and Shane M Hanlon, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Karen Romano Young. Interview conducted by Ashley Hamer.Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
One giant leap: For beating the odds and troubleshooting telescopes AGU 2023-05-10 | Hashima Hasan is the program scientist for NASA’s James Webb, IXPE, and NuSTAR telescopes, helping to bring those missions from cradle to grave. Hashima followed the space race closely growing up in India, which inspired her to navigate into the sciences from a world where girls were told that they couldn’t. She talked with us about writing simulation software for Hubble, troubleshooting its first blurry images, and spending 9/11 on lockdown in DC while choosing where the James Webb Space Telescope would one day be built. This episode was produced by Zoe Swiss and Shane M Hanlon, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Karen Romano Young. Interview conducted by Jason Rodriguez.Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
One giant leap: For opening up the sciences AGU 2023-05-10 | Cynthia Hall is the community coordinator for NASA’s Transform to Open Science program, where she works with organizations and communities to build diverse scientific collaborations with NASA. She works to make scientific research and processes more inclusive and accessible to everyone. Cynthia talks with us about open science, her influential NASA Academy internship, and backpacking on the job from Zion National Park to the Ganges River.This episode was produced by Zoe Swiss and Shane M Hanlon, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Karen Romano Young. Interview conducted by Jason Rodriguez.Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
One giant leap: For James Webb and scientists on the silver screen AGU 2023-05-10 | Dr. Alex Lockwood is the project scientist on the science communication team for the James Webb Space Telescope at the Space Telescope Science Institute. While earning her Ph.D. in Planetary Astronomy and Science, Alex had the unique opportunity to star in a movie about the challenges faced by grad students. She discovered a passion for communication through her stint on the silver screen, and now she uses her doctorate to share astronomy with the world as a science communicator. She talks with us about her lifelong love of “looking up,” the obstacles of being a woman in science, and sharing the iconic James Webb Telescope images with the world.This episode was produced by Zoe Swiss and Shane M Hanlon, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Karen Romano Young. Interview conducted by Jason Rodriguez.Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
One giant leap: For space librarians & accessible data AGU 2023-05-10 | When it comes to data archiving, Michele Thornton has you covered. As a Geospatial Data Professional for ORNL-DAAC, Michele ensures that NASA-funded research is accessible not only to researchers out in the field but to a larger user community – archival work that is vital for future researchers. She talks with us about how Jacques-Yves Cousteau inspired her love of science and how her field work as a graduate student has influenced her appreciation of the field data she works with daily.This episode was produced by Zoe Swiss and Shane M Hanlon, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Karen Romano Young. Interview conducted by Ashely Hamer.Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
One giant leap: For meteorology & climate communication AGU 2023-05-10 | As a leading international expert in weather and climate and Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia, James Marshall Shepherd knows a lot about climate, and just as importantly, how to talk about it. We chatted with Marshall about the emerging problem of science delayism, being a black man in science, and obtaining the science EGOT.This episode was produced by Zoe Swiss and Shane M Hanlon, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Karen Romano Young. Interview conducted by Ashely Hamer.Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
One small step…for Third Pod? AGU 2023-05-10 | We’re back! And this time, we’re heading to the moon! Well, not the moon, but to space! Well, that’s not quite true either. But we are starting season two with a series all about folks who work for and with NASA. Join us as we hear from (not-as-seen-on-TV) meteorologists, space librarians (who are on Earth and know a lot about space…the inverse would be really cool), and being a movie star scientist (seriously), and that’s just the start!This episode was produced by Zoe Swiss and Shane M Hanlon, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Karen Romano Young. Interviews conducted by Ashely Hamer and Jason Rodriguez. Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
Seeing Smaller, Larger, Deeper but Thinking Bigger – Imaging the Earth’s Surface AGU 2023-05-08 | ...
Transformative Discoveries, Technological Breakthroughs & Societal Challenges: Lessons from the Past AGU 2023-05-08 | ...
Spaceship Earth AGU 2023-05-05 | What do folks who fight food insecurity with satellites, do outreach about Pluto, and map out the Earth’s gravitational fields have in common? Or What's a common thread between those who study light pollution, create science visualizations, and direct exploration?They all work for NASA!Join us for our final series of season one as we talk with NASA scientists who study everything from Earth, to space (duh), and beyond!This episode was produced by Jason Rodriguez and Shane M Hanlon, and mixed by Collin Warren. Artwork by Karen Romano Young. Interview conducted by Ashely Hamer.Listen to more episodes on your favorite podcasting app or from thirdpodfromthesun.com
Does the Atlantic cool the Arctic? AGU 2023-05-03 | When warmer water from the North Atlantic leaks into the Arctic Ocean, it naturally adds to the heat held in that ocean basin. But sometimes the Atlantic leaks are quite cold and can cool down even Arctic waters, according to a new study in AGU's Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. Researchers simulated the poleward leakage (shown in these videos) and found that sometimes Atlantic waters get intensely cooled in the Barents and Karas Seas, and when that water enters the Arctic, it reduces the amount of heat in the eastern Arctic Ocean. Source: Pulses of Cold Atlantic Water in the Arctic Ocean from an Ocean Model SimulationJGR Oceans (2023) Chuanshuai Fu, Clark Pennelly, Yarisbel Garcia-Quintana, Paul G. Myersagupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JC019663Editing by Larry O'Hanlon
Filaments lead the way in underground fluids AGU 2023-04-26 | How do fluids mix and move underground in the minuscule pores between the grains of rock and soil? To find out, researchers have developed experimental models. Among the things they have learned is that finger-like filaments, seen in these simulation videos at the forefront of the flow from left to right, play an important role.Source:Solute Front Shear and Coalescence Control Concentration Gradient Dynamics in Porous MicromodelOshri Borgman, Régis Turuban, Baudouin Géraud, Tanguy Le Borgne, Yves MéheustGRL (2023)agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GL101407Editing by Larry O'Hanlon
Solving the mystery of the tall, flashy Hawaiian eruption AGU 2023-04-24 | On 20 December 2020, after more than two years without an eruption at Kīlauea Volcano, lava erupted through the debris along the summit crater wall and flowed down into a hot, acidic water lake. The lava quickly heated and boiled the water, generating a volcanic cloud or plume that reached 11 to 13 kilometers above sea level, among the highest plumes on record for Kīlauea. After 90 minutes, the lake had boiled away, leaving behind a new, growing lava lake. In a new study scientists investigated the interaction between the lava and the water lake and the tall plume. Based on observations from weather radar, eyewitnesses, camera footage, acoustic measurements, and computer modeling, they found that (1) the interaction between the lava and water caused no explosions, (2) the plume contained very little ash but carried a lot of water vapor to high enough to form ice and create lightning, and (3) heat from the lava buoyed the water-rich plume much higher than expected for an eruption with so little ash. Source: Dynamics of the December 2020 Ash-Poor Plume Formed by Lava-Water Interaction at the Summit of Kīlauea Volcano, HawaiʻiGeochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems [2023]Ryan C. Cahalan, Larry G. Mastin, Alexa R. Van Eaton, Shaul Hurwitz, Adam B. Smith, Josef Dufek, Stephen A. Solovitz, Matt Patrick, Johanne Schmith, Carolyn Parcheta, Weston A. Thelen, Drew T. Downsagupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GC010718Editing by Larry O'Hanlon
Oceanic power couples AGU 2023-04-19 | Ocean swirls, also known as eddies or vortices, are found throughout the oceans. They often drift together in pairs while rotating in opposite directions. In a new study researchers show how eddy-pairs can interact with different kinds of vortices they encounter in the ocean. In particular, they investigated how a passing eddy-pair temporarily warps a circular single eddy. The first video is from Hughes & Miller (2017) and shows an actual eddy-pair detected from space (circled). The second video shows an eddy-pair modeled in two dimensions. The third video shows an eddy-pair in three dimensions. Because vortex interactions are very common, this study contributes to a better understanding of the oceans.Sources: V. Zoeller, A. Viúdez (2023). Elastic Interaction Between a Mesoscale Eddy-Pair and an Axisymmetrical Eddy. JGR Oceans. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JC019597Hughes, C. W., & Miller, P. I. (2017). Rapid Water Transport by Long-Lasting Modon Eddy Pairs in the Southern Midlatitude Oceans. Geophysical Research Letters agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017GL075198Editing by Larry O'Hanlon
Malaspina glacier fly-over AGU 2023-04-07 | This video captures a Cessna 206 flight over Sít’ Tlein (Malaspina Glacier) on May 31st, 2022, following a repeat lidar survey of the coastal land in front of the glacier. The forested land that separates the world's largest piedmont glacier from the Gulf of Alaska contains buried ice below the surface and is actively thinning and wasting away, creating pathways for ocean water intrusion to the glacier's front margin. In addition to airborne lidar surveys aimed at measuring changes in the surface height, NASA Operation IceBridge mapped the glacier's bed in detail with airborne radio echo sounding. This video clip covers a flight distance of nearly 100 km, which took around 30 minutes to fly in real-time. The video ends shortly after passing Mount Saint Elias, which rises to 5.5 km (18,008 ft) just onshore from Icy Bay. The related AGU journal paper: Comprehensive Radar Mapping of Malaspina Glacier (Sít' Tlein), Alaska—The World's Largest Piedmont Glacier—Reveals Potential for InstabilityJGR Earth Surface [2023]B. S. Tober, J. W. Holt, M. S. Christoffersen, M. Truffer, C. F. Larsen, D. J. Brinkerhoff, S. A. Mooneyhamagupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JF006898UA press release: https://news.arizona.edu/story/3d-radar-scan-provides-clues-about-threats-iconic-alaskan-glacier Video courtesy of Brandon Tober. Used here with permission.Editing by Larry O'Hanlon
AGU Community Poem AGU 2023-04-05 | “Dear Sky, Dear Blue Planet” is the AGU Community Poem that invites YOU to speak to the integration of artistic and scientific modes of inquiry.Choose a prompt on the right in response to the model poem, “Dear Sky, Dear Blue Planet,” by poet Kimberly Blaeser and share your voice on the interactive community poem website. agu.poetsforscience.org
Reconstructing the Philippine Sea AGU 2023-04-03 | For the last 55 million years East Asia has been undergoing a lot of complicated tectonic changes. A new model using the latest geological data has reconstructed the plate movements for that period and has been published in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters. The model shows a smooth movement of the Philippine Sea Plate northwards from the equator to its present position, while it rotated clockwise. The model also suggests that a dense slab of the Earth that has been detected beneath the crust of the South China Sea is likely the leading edge of Pacific Plate that was once being forced below by collision and subduction.Source: Back-Arc Tectonics and Plate Reconstruction of the Philippine Sea-South China Sea Region Since the EoceneJinping Liu, Sanzhong Li, Xianzhi Cao, Hao Dong, Yanhui Suo, Zhaoxia Jiang, Jie Zhou, Xiyao Li, Ruixin Zhang, Lijun Liu, Gillian Rose FoulgerGeophysical Research Letters [2023]agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL102154Editing by Larry O'Hanlon
AGU22 Community Poem AGU 2023-04-03 | “Dear Sky, Dear Blue Planet” is the AGU Community Poem that invites YOU to speak to the integration of artistic and scientific modes of inquiry.Choose a prompt on the right in response to the model poem, “Dear Sky, Dear Blue Planet,” by poet Kimberly Blaeser and share your voice on the interactive community poem website. agu.poetsforscience.org
