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An aerial oblique photo of the volcanoes in the Islands of Four Mountains, Alaska, taken in July 2014. In the center is the summit of Mount Tana. Behind Tana are (left to right) Herbert, Cleveland, and Carlisle Volcanoes. Credit: John Lyons/USGS.

Cluster of Alaskan islands could be single, interconnected giant volcano

3 December 2020


New research finds the global collapse of frogs and other amphibians exacerbated malaria outbreaks in Costa Rica and Panama during the 1990s and 2000s. Credit: David Mark from Pixabay.

Amphibian die-offs worsened malaria outbreaks in Central America

2 December 2020


California’s Big Creek meets the Pacific Ocean on the rugged stretch of coast known as Big Sur. New research finds steelhead trout in Big Creek accumulate mercury in their bodies when the fish eat roly polies and similar terrestrial bugs that fall into the water. Credit: Dave Rundio.

Roly polies transfer environmental toxins to threatened fish populations in California

1 December 2020


A view of the Howe Ridge Fire in Montana’s Glacier National Park, seen from across Lake McDonald on the night of August 12, 2018, roughly 24 hours after the fire was started by a lightning strike. A new study finds western U.S. forests have seen an 8-fold increase in the amount of area burned by severe fires since 1985, a trend that could make it harder for forests to regenerate. Credit: Glacier National Park.

Area burned by severe fire has increased 8-fold in western U.S. forests over past four decades

30 November 2020


Peterman Island, Antarctica. Credit: McKay Savage

Shift in atmospheric rivers could affect Antarctic sea ice, glaciers

23 November 2020


AGU Fall Meeting: Press event schedule and online media center now live

19 November 2020


New studies shine light on bright lightning superbolts

12 November 2020


AGU honors journalists Maya Wei-Haas and Joshua Sokol for outstanding science reporting

11 November 2020


Extreme rainfall projected to get more severe, frequent with warming

10 November 2020


Ice sheet melt reshaping coastal Greenland

27 October 2020


The deep sea is slowly warming

13 October 2020


Fall Meeting 2020: Scientific program now online

7 October 2020


A photo of Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota taken in winter 2012. New research finds Lake Mendota and more than 100 others in the Northern Hemisphere are experiencing more ice-free years due to climate change. Credit: Sapna Sharma.

Warmer winters are keeping some lakes from freezing

6 October 2020


Anna Rood standing next to a tall, slender precariously balanced rock in Southern California. Cosmogenic surface exposure dating samples have been collected to determine its age, and a 3D model has been made to determine its probability of toppling due to earthquake ground shaking. Credit: Anna Rood & Dylan Rood, Imperial College London

Precariously balanced rocks inform earthquake risk

1 October 2020


American Expeditionary Force victims of the Spanish flu at U.S. Army Camp Hospital no. 45 in Aix-les-Bains, France, in 1918 Uncredited US Army photographer; public domain.

Unusual climate conditions influenced WWI mortality and subsequent Spanish flu pandemic

24 September 2020

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