Editors’ Vox – Page 2

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

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.

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New Insights into Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Reanalysis

by Roland Baatz, Harrie-Jan Hendricks-Franssen and Harry Vereecken 10 December 202122 December 2021

Reanalysis data, already used to understand terrestrial processes on the physical land surface, the carbon cycle, and the hydrologic cycle, is now being applied to terrestrial ecosystems.

A picture of rainfall in a tropical rainforest.

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Understanding Abrupt Climate Change in the Late Quaternary

by Raymond S. Bradley and Henry F. Diaz 18 November 20218 March 2022

During the late Quaternary period, a series of abrupt climate changes in the tropics and sub-tropics driven by changes in ocean circulation were both dramatic and disruptive.

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

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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.

Photograph of the Sheep Mountain Anticline.

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The Birth, Growth, and Death of Continents

by Rixiang Zhu, Guochun Zhao, Wenjiao Xiao, Ling Chen and Yanjie Tang 28 October 202128 January 2022

There are various explanations for how the Earth’s continents form, develop, and change but challenges remain in fully understanding the driving forces behind plate tectonics on our planet.

Mammatus clouds form as two storm systems come together over the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

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AGU Editors Call for Action to Address Global Climate Crisis

by Paige Wooden, Matt Giampoala and Margaret Moerchen 26 October 202128 October 2021

As global leaders meet to discuss climate change, AGU’s editors in chief make an appeal for urgent action based on years of accumulated climate science research.

A photograph of polar stratospheric clouds near Kiruna, Sweden.

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New Insights into Polar Stratospheric Clouds

by Lamont R. Poole 18 October 2021

New satellite observations of polar stratospheric clouds have advanced our understanding of how, when, and where they form, their composition, and their role in ozone depletion.

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Tools for Improved Drought and Flood Response

by H. Wu, D.P. Lettenmaier, Q. Tang and P.J. Ward 29 September 202130 September 2021

A new book presents recent advances in the modeling and remote sensing of droughts and floods of use to emergency response organizations and policy makers on a global scale.