AGU in the News 2020
December 2020
- Mic.com, Scientists don’t know why one-third of U.S. rivers have turned yellow or green, 30 December
- Journal: The Color of Rivers
- National Geographic, Does lightning strike on Venus? Mysterious flash may help solve puzzle, 28 December
- IFL Science, Neptune’s Mysterious Dark Storm Just Did A Never-Seen-Before U-Turn To Avoid Death, 24 December
- The Washington Post, Scientists descended into Greenland’s perilous ice caverns — and came back with a worrying message, 23 December
- CBC News, Warmer winters causing more ice-free lakes in Northern Hemisphere, study finds, 23 December
- Space.com, NASA’s Juno spacecraft sheds new light on 25-year Jupiter ‘hot spot’ mystery, 22 December
- Science, Slowdown in plate tectonics may have led to Earth’s ice sheets, 22 December
- Forbes, Seismologists Investigate Unexplained Skyquakes, 22 December
- Wired, The Oldest Crewed Deep Sea Submarine Just Got a Big Makeover, 22 December
- KQED, Remembering Science Writer David Perlman: A Legend in His Own Time, 21 December
- Science, LGBTQ researchers say they want to be counted, 18 December
- Live Science, Meet Au-Spot, the AI robot dog that’s training to explore caves on Mars, 17 December
- CNN, Hubble watches massive storm on Neptune reverse course, 17 December
- The Atlantic, Astronomers Are Now Obsessed With a Particular Gas on Venus, 15 December
- Science News, Towering fire-fueled thunderclouds can spew as many aerosols as volcanic eruptions, 15 December
- Live Science, Massive supercontinent will form hundreds of millions of years from now, 14 December
- Scientific American, Wildfires Blast Smoke Corkscrews to the Top of the Atmosphere, 14 December
- Anchorage Daily News, This year’s Arctic report tells an ongoing story of change in the north, 13 December
- The Washington Post, Australia’s severe 2019-20 wildfires acted like a volcanic eruption, slightly cooling the globe, 12 December
- Space.com, The Solar Orbiter is watching a new sun weather cycle begin. Scientists are thrilled, 11 December
- National Geographic, Alaska islands may be part of single, massive volcano, 4 December
- Reuters, Storms that slammed Central America in 2020 just a preview, climate change experts say, 3 December
- IFL Science, This Summer’s Record-Breaking “Godzilla” Dust Cloud Linked To Arctic Warming, 2 December
- Physics World, Lightning ‘superbolts’ have a unique formation mechanism, satellite studies suggest, 2 December
- Physics Today, Ocean acoustics in the changing Arctic, 1 December
November 2020
- The Salt Lake Tribune, Why a Utah cave may hold clues to climate change and a warning about our water future, 30 November
- Science, Witnessing ice habitat collapse in the Arctic, 27 November
- Space.com, STEVE is smearing green ‘streaks’ across the sky, and nobody knows why, November 25
- Los Angeles Times, Fire risk returns to Southern California as Santa Ana winds are forecast for Thanksgiving weekend, 24 November
- Scientific American, Harsh Droughts Can Actually Start Over Oceans, 23 November
- Los Angeles Times, The fossil fuel industry wants you to believe it’s good for people of color, 23 November
- Minnesota Public Radio News, The art of science communications, 19 November
- Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, Resetting the Earth and Space Sciences to be Diverse and Inclusive, 19 November
- Axios, Where Europa’s water lives, 17 November
- Bloomberg, Moderna Vaccine Offers Possible Antidote to Deep-Freeze Problem, 17 November
- Capital Weather Gang – The Washington Post, Lightning ‘superbolts’ can be 1,000 times brighter than ordinary flashes, study finds, 14 November
- CNET, Melting glacier threatens to trigger a catastrophic tsunami in Alaska, 13 November
- Wyoming Public Media, If Healthy, Mountain Meadows Can Be Big Carbon Sinks, Study Shows, 13 November
- New York Daily News, ‘I’ve never seen anything like that.’ The reasons why Eta flooded South Florida so badly, 12 November
- Science News, STEVE may be even less like typical auroras than scientists thought, 12 November
- Earth.com, Scientists have solved the mystery of glacial outburst floods, 7 November
- Fox News, New details of hellish lava planet light-years from Earth discovered, 6 November
- Forbes, This Mineral Could Unlock More Moon And Mars Secrets, 4 November
- Space.com, NASA’s Juno spacecraft spots ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere, 3 November
- Patch.com, Leader In Ocean City Flooding Project Earns Award, 2 November
October 2020
- BBC, Osiris Rex stows asteroid material, 31 October
- Science, Editors’ Choice: Oceans protect circumbinary planets, 30 October
- Smithsonian, Artist Fashions Nike Air Jordan 5s From Trash, 28 October
- Journal: Shoe spill in the North Pacific
- Vox, Why the record low Arctic sea ice this October is so alarming, 28 October
- CNN, Juno mission observes ‘sprites’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere, 28 October
- Esquire, Science Tells Us a Dust Bowl 2.0 Is Yet Another New Reality of Climate Change Neglect, 26 October
- U.S. News & World Report, Study: Climate change could interrupt Yellowstone geysers, 24 October
- Medium, The Historical OSIRIS-REx Mission to the asteroid Bennu, 23 October
- Popular Mechanics, Bad Weather During WWI Made the Spanish Flu Deadlier, 23 October
- Forbes, Secret Location Of Sunken Mauritius Oil Ship Wakashio Found… What A Disaster!, 23 October
- The Guardian, 10 million snowblowers? Last-ditch ideas to save the Arctic ice, 20 October
- Science News, Even the deepest, coldest parts of the ocean are getting warmer, 20 October
- Cape Cod Times, Heat waves on Cape Cod may be tied to slowing ocean current Cape Cod Times, 16 October
- Smithsonian.com, Climate Change Could Make Yellowstone’s Famous Geyser Less Faithful, 13 October
- Science Magazine, Lava lake rises at dangerous African volcano, 13 October
- Gizmodo, After More Than a Year on the Ice, the Biggest Arctic Research Mission Is Complete, 12 October
- Yahoo News, New Study Casts Doubt On The Climate Benefits Of Natural Gas Power Plants, 9 October
- Scientific American, Faraway Magma Reservoirs Complicate Volcano Monitoring, 7 October
- Miami Herald, Cat 4 Hurricane Delta expected to approach the Gulf Coast as large Cat 3 storm, October 6
- CNET,NASA Mars probes discover billion-year-old dune fields frozen in time, 6 October
- Thomson Reuters Foundation, Refugees in their own country as wildfire destroys California town, 2 October 2020
- BBC News, What wobbling rocks can tell us about nuclear safety, 1 October 2020
- Sky & Telescope, Calling on amateur astronomers: Observe Venus!, 1 October 2020
September 2020
- The Columbian, Study links high-intensity fire and accelerating snowmelt in Cascades, 30 September 2020
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Unicorns Of The Sea Share Their Secrets, 29 September 2020
- Sky News, Salty lakes the size of Scotland could be buried beneath Martian pole, 29 September 2020
- CNN, How environmental conditions like cold and wet weather can affect pandemics, and what that means for COVID-19, 28 September 2020
- Science, Curved scour marks trace the directions of ancient quakes, 25 September 2020
- Space.com, China’s Chang’e 3 lunar lander still going strong after 7 years on the moon
- BBC, The daring plan to save the Artic ice with glass, 23 September 2020
- NBC News, Fierce, frequent, climate-fueled wildfires may decimate forests worldwide, 22 September 2020
- Business Insider, New types of polar lights are upending what we know about the aurora. Amateur scientists and interns made the latest discoveries, 20 September 2020
- United Press International, Citizen scientists help improve space weather forecasts, 18 September 2020
- Vox, What wildfires in Brazil, Siberia, and the US West have in common, 17 September 2020
- Reader’s Digest, What Could Happen if an Asteroid Hits Earth, 15 September 2020
- CNN, Washington Post: NOAA taps climate change skeptic to help lead agency, 15 September 2020
- National Geographic, Possible sign of life on Venus stirs up heated debate, 14 September
- The Weather Channel, Lunar Warming: Jupiter’s Icy Moons Are Heating Each Other Up, New Research Finds, 10 September 2020
- Insider, ‘Zombie’ fires smoldered beneath Artic ice all winter then reignited, causing one of the region’s worst fire seasons in history, 9 September 2020
- Futurism, NASA got an up-close look at an asteroid crumbling apart, 9 September 2020
- The New Orleans Advocate, Why did Hurricane Laura rapidly intensify? Mix of weather patterns, a dash of global warming, 7 September 2020
- Smithsonian Magazine, Severe Cyclones May Have Played a Role in the Maya Collapse, 3 September
- IFL Science, Europa’s Icy Surface May Have Experienced An Incredible Shift, 1 September
- High Country News, Extreme heat is here, and it’s deadly, 1 September 2020
- Inside Higher Ed, Author discusses new book on how disciplines promote – and don’t promote – equity, 1 September 2020
August 2020
- Science, The world’s deepest freshwater cave just got a whole lot deeper, 31 August 2020
- Yahoo! Finance, Ocean Acidification Causing Coral ‘Osteoporosis’ On Iconic Reefs, 27 August 2020
- Science News, Improved three-week weather forecasts could save lives from disaster, 27 August 2020
- IFL Science, Notre-Dame fire deposited one metric ton of lead into Paris, study shows, 26 August 2020
- Forbes, China’s Coronavirus Lockdowns In February Decreased Some Air Pollution But Not All, 24 August 2020
- CNN, California’s new normal: How the climate crisis is fueling wildfires and changing life in the Golden State, 24 August 2020
- Medium, Ask Ethan: Why Are The Moon And Sun The Same Size In Earth’s Sky?, 21 August 2020
- Washingtonian, Weather Forestcasts Seem Less Accurate Lately? You Might Blame Covid, 19 August 2020
- GreenBiz, Why the District of Columbia is a leader in energy efficiency, 19 August 2020
- Australian Times, Possible world record temperature set in California, 18 August 2020
- Forbes, Northern Lights: Mystery of ‘Glowing Pearl Necklace’ In The Night Sky Solved, Says NASA, 17 August 2020
- The Fresno Bee, A ‘fire tornado’ warning? Weather service issues what could be a first at California Blaze, 15 August 2020
- It’s from a blog, not a journal
- The New York Times, How 14 Elephant Seals Assisted an Antarctic Ice Study, 14 August 2020
- Houston Chronicle, How marsquakes – earthquakes on Mars – help scientists learn what’s beneath the surface, 12 August 2020
- Journal: Autocorrelation Reflectivity of Mars
- Salon, Scientists issue a forecast for Jupiter: Lighting with a chance of mushballs, 10 August 2020
- The News Journal (Delaware), We must do more to drive diversity in the STEM workforce | Opinion, 8 August 2020
- MSN News, At Night, the Martian Sky Pulses and Glows When Viewed in Ultraviolet Light, 8 August 2020
- Yahoo! News, How windy is it on Mars? Sand ‘megaripples’ offer a clue, 7 August 2020
- Journal: Megaripple Migration on Mars
- New York Post, Japan’s space agency captures huge ‘poisonous’ tsunami racing across Venus at 200 mph, 7 August 2020
- New Zealand Herald, Climate change made 2018’s big glacier melt 10 times more likely, 3 August 2020
- Vancouver Sun, Research into Mt. Polley mine dam spill indicates environmental effects on Quesnel Lake, 3 August 2020
July 2020
- Scientific American, With Fires, Heat and a Cyclone, Arctic Breaks Melting Record, 31 July 2020
- New Scientist, We can now predict dangerous solar flares a day before they happen, 30 July 2020
- Bloomberg Green, Hydrogen’s Future May Follow Path Blazed by Natural Gas, 30 July 2020
- Las Vegas Review-Journal, New study may predict ‘worst case’ climate scenario for Nevada, 27 July 2020
- Popular Mechanics, Megaripples Are Moving on Mars, 24 July 2020
- Journal: Megaripple Migration on Mars
- Bloomberg News, Climate Models Are Running Red Hot, and Scientists Don’t Know Why, 22 July 2020
- U.S. News & World Report, Toxic Lead Fallout From Notre Dame Fire May Be Worse Than Thought, 22 July 2020
- The Washington Post, Major new climate study rules out less severe global warming scenarios, 22 July 2020
- Scientific American, Drop in Global Travel May Have Hurt Weather Forecasts, 20 July 2020
- FOX13 News (Salt Lake City), Researchers: The ‘Big One’ could feel even bigger, 16 July 2020
- Study Finds, Yale Environment 360, Climate Models Underestimate CO2 Emissions from Permafrost by 14 Percent, 16 July 2020
- Traditional Building, Lead Fallout From Notre Dame Fire was Likely Overlooked, 14 July 2020
- Carbon Brief, Scientists concerned by ‘record high’ global methane emissions, 14 July 2020
- BBC News, New equation ‘could predict earthquakes better’ say Edinburgh experts, 13 July 2020
- Salon, Notre Dame cathedral fire deposited nearly one ton of lead throughout Paris: report, 10 July 2020
- Texas Public Radio, Texas Needs To Prepare For A ‘Megadrought,’ State Climatologist Warns, 10 July 2020
- New Zealand Herald, More hot days, fewer frosts: How NZ’s climate has already changed, 9 July 2020
- Gizmodo, Climate Change Could Make Arctic Waves Two Stories Higher, 8 July 2020
- Inside Science, Eruptions and Emissions Can Rapidly Alter the Ocean’s Ability to Absorb Carbon, 6 July 2020
- Alaska Native News, New Tools Track Freshwater Fish in Changing Climate, 4 July 2020
- SpaceRef, Mini-‘Marsquakes’ Measured By InSight Lander Show The Effects Of The Sun And Wind, 2 July 2020
- Smithsonian, Record-Breaking Lighting Bolts Spark Excitement, 1 July 2020
- Earth.com, Radar signature will improve tornado forecasting, 1 July 2020
June 2020
- Coastal Review Online, Stormwater Issues Worsen As Climate Warms, 30 June 2020
- Climate News Network, The wetter world ahead will suffer worse droughts, 29 June 2020
- USA Today, World record longest lighting flash of 440 miles confirmed, 25 June 2020
- The Atlantic, A Giant Dust Storm Is Heading Across the Atlantic, 24 June 2020
- The Washington Post, Australia’s fires blew smoke 19 miles into the sky, similar to a predicted nuclear blast, 22 June 2020
- Scientific American, RIP David Perlman, the Dean of American Science Writing, 20 June 2020
- Bloomberg News, Pandemic Travel Patterns Hint at Our Urban Future, 18 June 2020
- The New York Times, The Iciest Waters Around Antarctica Are Less Icy, 17 June 2020
- New York Daily News, Massive Sahara dust plume headed for southeastern U.S., could bring sensational sunsets, 17 June 2020
- Study Finds, Yale Environment 360, Climate Models Underestimate CO2 Emissions from Permafrost y 14 Percent, 16 June 2020
- Science News, Smoke from Australian fires rose higher into the ozone layer than ever before, 15 June 2020
- Chemical & Engineering News, The race to preserve Earth’s historical climate record-its ice,15 June 2020
- Forbes, Scientists Can Now Predict When Our Sun Will Wake-Up And Get Angry. It’s Anytime Now, 13 June 2020
- Scientific American, ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Building Up in the Arctic – and Likely Worldwide, 12 June 2020
- InsideClimate News, A Drop in Sulfate Emissions During the Coronavirus Lockdown Could Intensify Arctic Heatwaves, 8 June 2020
- The Star (Toronto), Global deals to save oceans were in reach. Then COVID-19 hit, 8 June 2020
- Mongabay, Climate conundrum: Could COVID-19 be linked to early Arctic ice melt?, 8 June 2020
- Gizmodo, Surreal Landslide Sweeps Several Homes Into Norwegian Fjord, 5 June 2020
- Yahoo! Finance, World Environment Day 2020: From better air, water quality to wild animal sightings in cities, here’s how COVID-19 lockdown affected environment, 4 June 2020
- The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia among global ‘hot spots’ as droughts worsen in warming world, 1 June 2020
May 2020
- UT report finds, Bull Creek fed in part by Austin-area wastewater pipes, 29 May 2020
- Physics Today, Open-access stakeholders make their case to White House, 28 May
- Miami Herald, Hear the song of shy narwhals swimming through a fjord in Greenland in rare recording, 26 May
- King5 (Seattle), Rare Audio of Narwhal Buzzes, Clicks and Whistles Captured, 26 May 2020
- Forbes, Elusive Narwhals, Once Mistaken For Unicorns And Mermaids, Now Heard On Rare Recordings, 26 May
- Scientific American, Because of Rising CO2, Trees Might Be Warming the Arctic, 24 May
- The Washington Post, Satellite imagery reveals massive scope of Midland, Mich., flood disaster, 22 May 2020
- The San Diego Union-Tribune, UCSD says climate change helped produce San Diego’s huge ocean heat wave in 2018, 21 May 2020
- Live Science, Giant tectonic plate under Indian Ocean is breaking in two, 21 May
- National Geographic, Hidden underwater landslides pose new dangers in the Gulf of Mexico, 19 May 2020
- BBC News, From lockdown to gridlock: Asia’s traffic resumes after fall in pollution, 15 May 2020
- BBC, Ozone layer deal may have led to new contaminant problem, researchers say, 15 May 2020
- Scientific American, Expanding Paved Areas Has an Outsize Effect on Urban Flooding, 15 May 2020
- Gizmodo, Evidence Mounts for Gigantic Water Plumes on Jupiter’s Moon Europa, 13 May 2020
More news:
