Source: Community Science Communities on small islands are on the front lines of worsening flood risks—not just...
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Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: Community Science Two new articles...
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in...
China is a major consumer of Iranian crude oil, with imports reaching a record 1.8 million barrels...
Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: Journal of Advances in Modeling...
Coastal waters worldwide are rapidly losing oxygen, causing declines in marine life and affecting communities who rely...
Historic wildfires broke out in South Korea in late March 2025, killing 32 people, injuring 45, and...
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in...
Source: AGU Advances Hundreds of millions of people live in areas that could be affected by volcanic...
Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid...
Source: Community Science Research shows that communities are best able to mitigate the effects of climate change...
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding...
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding...
A recent investigation found “no evidence” that the Federal Emergency Management Agency under Joe Biden deliberately avoided...
Source: AGU Advances This is an authorized translation of an Eos article. 本文是Eos文章的授权翻译。 人类对地球的改造如此深刻，以至于大气化学家保罗·克鲁岑（Paul Crutzen）和生物学家尤金·斯托默（Eugene Stoermer）在2000年提出，全新世已经结束，“人类世”（Anthropocene）或人类时代已经开始。然而，尽管人类活动引发了如此巨大的变化，国际地质科学联合会（IUGS）去年仍决定不将人类世正式认定为当前的地质时代。现在，参与这一过程的几位科学家发表了一篇评论文章，解释了为什么他们认为应该再给人类世一个被认定为地质时代的机会。 McCarthy等人反驳了针对该提议的两个相关批评：首先，拟议的人类世仅开始于72年前，而每个地质时代通常跨越数百万年；其次，未来不属于地质时间，因此，基于人类将在遥远的未来在地球上留下印记的预期来指定一个时代是不恰当的。 作者认为，人类世的长度无关紧要，因为从功能上讲，地球已经进入了一个前所未有的时期。自20世纪中叶以来，地球的能源消耗量是之前11700年的六倍。由此产生的结果是，全球气温急剧上升，对从海平面到生物多样性再到冰盖等方方面面都产生了广泛的影响。这些变化将是长期的，有些甚至是不可逆转的。作者说，事实上，在如此短的时间内发生如此剧烈的变化，表明地球已经进入了一个新纪元。 一些地层学家认为，划定一个以人类为中心的时代会使地质学变得政治化，但作者认为，忽视数据以维持现状同样具有政治性。同样，有报道称，这个问题在十年内不会被重新讨论，因此我们是否生活在人类世的问题在那之前是确定的，作者对此感到愤慨。“事实并非如此，”他们写道。 —科学撰稿人Saima...
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but can you teach the current generation of Earth...
Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: Journal of Advances in Modeling...
Source: Global Biogeochemical Cycles Glaciers provide a unique opportunity for researchers to measure levels of atmospheric carbon...
Where do meteorites come from? A new analysis of 75 fall events suggests that meteorites with different...
Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: Earth’s Future Coral atoll islands...