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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 19d

Today, AGU recognizes a number of outstanding reviewers for their work in 2024, as selected by the editors of each journal.🎉

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#AGUPubs #PeerReview #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025

In Appreciation of AGU’s Outstanding Reviewers of 2024 - Eos

AGU editors recognize the contributions of peer reviewers in 2024, whose expertise and dedication are integral to the advancement of the Earth and space sciences.

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 22d

You are invited to nominate an impactful dataset most valuable to your research and community to be included in an upcoming commentary published in an AGU journal.

🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/RVRZELs

📆 Nominations are due October 10th!

#AGUPubs #OpenScienceWeek #OpenScience

Nominate an Impactful Dataset
AGU is highlighting and celebrating datasets that support the broad spectrum of research, analysis, and decision making by our community.
Nominations due by October 10th:

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 23d

AGU's volunteer #PeerReviewers help advance the Earth and space sciences and maintain the integrity and accountability of the scientific record. 🌎

If you are interested in joining the AGU pool of reviewers, please fill out our interest form: buff.ly/ZezWxq4

#PRW2025 #AGUPubs #PeerReviewWeek

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JGR: Earth Surface @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social · Aug 21

Check out Peng et al. (2025) to read the full results:

👉 doi.org/10.1029/2025...

#Avalanches #Erosion #MountSegrila #Tibet

JGR: Earth Surface @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social · Aug 21

✨Editor's Pick✨

Using small-scale physical experiments, the mobility of rock-ice avalanches is linked to variability in the earth materials that are encountered along the flow runout path.

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#AGUPubs #Geology #EarthScience

Rock-Ice Avalanche Dynamics: What it Erodes Can Affect How Far it Goes - Eos

Using small-scale physical experiments, the mobility of rock-ice avalanches is linked to variability in the earth materials that are encountered along the flow runout path.

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AGU Advances @aguadvances.bsky.social · Aug 20

"American science has no need to be "Restored" to a "Gold Standard:" American science has already set the "Gold Standard" for scientific research and publishing for over 80 years."

Read the full Editorial by the #AGUPubs Editors-in-Chief: doi.org/10.1029/2025...

#GoldStandardScience

The Executive Order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is Dangerous for America

This EO is an unconstitutional attempt to censor and punish U.S. scientists for publishing science that doesn't fit a political agenda This misleading and false misrepresentation of U.S. scientif...

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · Aug 20

The Administration’s #GoldStandardScience order undermines research integrity & threatens public trust in science.

Read AGU President Brandon Jones’ latest #FromtheProw, & stand with us:

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Eos @eos.org · Jul 2

The behavior of this river in Bangladesh may be more predictable than previously thought.

New @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social research from @yuannli.bsky.social & Ajay Limaye

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Coherent, Not Chaotic, Migration in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna River - Eos

The channel threads in braided river systems may be more predictable than previously thought.

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · Aug 11

🚨 Vote now! AGU's session "Confessions of a Federal Scientist" is up for #SXSW. Help bring this powerful story on science, leadership & integrity to the stage.

Voting ends Aug 24!

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#VoteScienceIn #AGU25 #ScienceMatters
@sxswedu.com @sxsw.com

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JGR: Oceans @jgroceans.bsky.social · Jun 3

📢 Call for Papers 📢

Submit to the #AGUPubs special collection exploring how #ClimateChange relates to storm severity and impacts those residing in coastal regions.

🔗Learn more: bit.ly/CoastalStorm...

#CHOW2025 #ClimateAction #SDG13 @agu.org

Special Collection Call for Papers!
Forcing, response, and impacts of coastal storms in a changing climate
Now open for submissions in JGR Oceans, JGR Earth Surface, Water Resources Research and Earth's Future.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · Apr 14

In Nov 2020 a landslide into a glacial lake in BC triggered a tsunami & glacial lake outburst flood & eventually a large turbidity current in the sea. In this @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social paper, we look at the sea surface turbidity that resulted.
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Location map of Bute Inlet and Elliot Creek, British Columbia, Canada. (a) Acolite corrected Landsat 8 OLI scene from 30 July 2021 showing Bute Inlet and the depositional fan formed at the confluence of Elliot Creek with the Southgate River. The locations of the Homathko and Southgate river gauges, in situ turbidity measurements, and transects used for collecting satellite-derived turbidity measurements are also shown. Aerial photographs of (b) erosion in Elliot Creek (source: Kat Pyne, Hakai Institute) and (c) the depositional fan at the confluence of Elliot Creek and the Southgate River (source: Grant Callegari, Hakai Institute) following the 28 November 2020 outburst flood. Locations and facing directions of (b) and (d) shown in panel (a). (d) Map to show the location of Bute Inlet on the west coast of Canada.

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David Whitfield @dwhit.bsky.social · May 6

🚨 The first publication from my PhD thesis is out now in @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social!

We use force-balance models to estimate grain mobility thresholds for 45 riverbeds across England and Wales

With @edwinbaynes.bsky.social, @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social, @sterice.bsky.social & Elowyn Yager

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The Influence of Gravel‐Bed Structure on Grain Mobility Thresholds: Comparison of Force‐Balance Approaches

Two different novel force-balance models are used to estimate grain mobility thresholds using resistance force and microtopography data An automated point cloud segmentation approach is compared ...

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · May 1

🌍 This afternoon at #EGU25, AGU’s VP of Publications, @mattgiampoala.bsky.social shared powerful insights on advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) within scientific publishing.

Proud to lead and learn as we work toward a more inclusive future in science. #EGU2025 #DEIA

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JGR: Earth Surface @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social · Mar 20

Check out the full #OpenAccess article for free!

👉 doi.org/10.1029/2024...

#RemoteSensing #Drones

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JGR: Earth Surface @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social · Mar 20

✨Editor's Pick✨

A first look at how the surfaces of debris-covered glaciers evolve over time from six years of drone surveys in the Nepal Himalaya.

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#AGUPubs #Himalaya #Nepal #Glaciers

The Complex Evolution of Debris-Covered Glacier Surfaces - Eos

A first look at how the surfaces of debris-covered glaciers evolve over time from six years of drone surveys in the Nepal Himalaya.

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · Mar 19

With the launch of a new DEIA Reviewer Board, AGU Publications reaffirms our commitment to publishing content on equity and inclusion in the geosciences.

Learn more in @eos.org : buff.ly/pU70j98

#AGUPubs #Geoscience #STEM #DEIA #PeerReview

Announcing the AGU Publications DEIA Reviewer Board - Eos

With the launch of a new DEIA Reviewer Board, AGU Publications reaffirms our commitment to publishing content on equity and inclusion in the geosciences.

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · Mar 5

We are delighted to share that Dr. Ann Rowan has taken over as the Editor-in-Chief of JGR: Earth Surface. 🎉

In @eos.org , learn about her research interests and vision for the journal in the coming years: buff.ly/y3pZX8c

#AGUPubs #STEM #geomorphology #EarthScience @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social

Introducing the New EIC of JGR: Earth Surface - Eos

Learn about the person taking the helm of JGR: Earth Surface and their vision for the coming years.

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · Feb 14

AGU stands with federal scientists. Read more on fromtheprow.agu.org/standing-tog...

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JGR: Earth Surface @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social · Feb 14

Fedotova and Magnani (2024) is #OpenAccess and free to read and download!

👉 doi.org/10.1029/2024...

#OpenScience #Glaciers #Geomorphology #EarthScience #Patagonia #AGUPubs

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JGR: Earth Surface @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social · Feb 14

📢Editor's Pick📢

New data from Lago Argentino, Patagonia reveal that glacial erosion occurs in discrete pulses, which challenges previous ideas that erosion rates have increased over time due to #ClimateChange.

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The Pulsed Pace of Glacial Erosion - Eos

New data from Lago Argentino, Patagonia reveal that glacial erosion occurs in discrete pulses, which challenges previous ideas that erosion rates have increased over time due to climate change.

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JGR: Earth Surface @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social · Feb 12

Check out the Fan et al. (2024):

👉 doi.org/10.1029/2024...

#ClimateChange #naturaldisaster #EarthScience #STEM

The Friction Behavior of Rock‐Ice Avalanches in Relation to Rock‐Ice Segregation: Insights From Flume Physical Experiments

Significant particle segregation occurs in the rock-ice avalanches, controlled by rock-ice particle size ratio and ice content Segregation determines the ice spatial distribution, thereby nonline...

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JGR: Earth Surface @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social · Feb 12

✨Editor's Pick✨

Researchers identify a new mechanism that allows #avalanches containing a mixture of rock and ice to travel very long distances.

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#AGUPubs @agu.org

Ice boost! Why Rock Avalanches Containing Ice Travel So Far - Eos

Researchers identify a new mechanism that allows avalanches containing a mixture of rock and ice to travel very long distances.

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · Feb 11

Today, we celebrate all of the incredible #WomenInScience around the world serving as Editors, Associate Editors, and #PeerReviewers for our publications! 🎉

Learn about #AGUPubs efforts to support women in publishing: https://buff.ly/4aXSAGv

#February11 #WomenInSTEM

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JGR: Earth Surface @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social · Feb 10

"Influence of Lithology and Biota on Stream Erosivity and Drainage Density in a Semi-Arid Landscape, Central Chile" by Lodes et al. (2024) is available for free to read and download:

🔗https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007684

#OpenAccess #EarthScience #STEM #Geomorphology

Influence of Lithology and Biota on Stream Erosivity and Drainage Density in a Semi‐Arid Landscape, Central Chile

Quantification of stream erosivity and soil diffusivity in neighboring plutons that vary in composition and grain size Drainage density varies by a factor of two due to differences in stream eros...

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JGR: Earth Surface @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social · Feb 10

📢Editor's Pick📢

A new study in Chile shows how small differences in rock type can drive large differences in erosion, vegetation, and river networks, illuminating the role of mineralogy in shaping landscapes.

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@eos.org: eos.org/editor-highl...

#AGUPubs #Chile

How Rock Type Shapes River Networks and Influences Landscape Evolution - Eos

A new study in Chile shows how small differences in rock type can drive large differences in erosion, vegetation, and river networks, illuminating the role of mineralogy in shaping landscapes.

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