Featured Publications
Learn about the latest cutting-edge research published across AGU’s journals and books, as well as updates from editors and staff.
Research Spotlights

Charting a Path from Fire Features to Health Outcomes
A new framework aims to better equip scientists, communities, and decisionmakers to characterize data and rapidly respond to wildland-urban interface fires and their effects on public health.
5 June 2025
Editors' Highlights

High Relief, Low Relief — Glaciers Do It All
Contrary to conventional wisdom that glaciers just carve landscapes, they can also form low-relief surfaces by sheltering rock from erosion, enriching understanding of how mountain landscapes evolve.
4 June 2025
Editors' Vox

Two Equations that Unlock El Niño
Despite the El Niño–Southern Oscillation’s global reach and complex ocean–atmosphere interactions across timescales, two simple, elegant equations capture its key dynamics and defining properties.
5 June 2025

Decoding Crop Evapotranspiration
6 May 2025

An Air Parcel’s Journey Through the Stratosphere
25 April 2025
Videos

How New Data Transformed Our Understanding of Alaska’s Tectonics: Insights from Leading Researchers
Tectonics and Seismic Structure of Alaska and Northwestern Canada: EarthScope and Beyond explores the impact of data from the EarthScope program on understandings of the region’s subduction zones, crustal deformation, and earthquake risks.

Featured Books
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