A new study got a detailed look at the process of glacial calving, including what happens below the surface, where it’s difficult to observe. eos.org/articles/a-f...

“These numbers represent real people who have lost their lives in the last months due to extreme heat,” said Friederike Otto, a climatologist at Imperial College London's Centre for Environmental Policy. “Many of these would not have died if it wasn’t for climate change.”

History made for the ocean: #BBNJ Agreement enters into force, protecting high seas & deep seabed, safeguarding life under water. “Our ocean is the foundation of our very existence. Today we took an important step forward to save our ocean, & to save our future” - ED @ingerandersen.bsky.social

Changes in phytoplankton growth patterns are being observed in the Arctic, such as an increasing occurrence of blooms in fall. Gaffey et al., identify key regional factors driving fall blooms in the Pacific Arctic region 🌊 🐻‍❄️ agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Whilst trace metals influence ocean productivity, there are a paucity of regions where their spatial and temporal variability are well explored. Ortega et al., investigate the drivers of trace metal dynamics in the productive Northern Gulf of Alaska 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Today, AGU recognizes a number of outstanding reviewers for their work in 2024, as selected by the editors of each journal.🎉 🔗 Learn more in @eos.org: buff.ly/06ZNYKS #AGUPubs #PeerReview #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025

All AGU journals now participate in our Co-reviewer Program. This is where a junior researcher is invited to complete a review with a senior researcher. 📝 🔗 Learn more about how to participate and the many benefits: buff.ly/bPVO9tu #PRW2025 #PeerReview #AGUPubs #PeerReviewWeek

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

A new study finds that prescribing Antarctic landfast ice improves realism of coastal polynyas, thickness and summer ice coverage in ice-ocean simulations.🧊 🔗Read the #OpenAccess article by Pirlet et al. for free: doi.org/10.1029/2024... #AGUPubs #Antarctica

Tidal sand dunes influence water flow and sediment transport in estuaries and coastal areas. Porcile et al., use a laboratory flume to investigate how low-angle dunes affect water flow under varying conditions 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

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

Why do some satellite images of the Southern Ocean show large swaths of reflectivity? Scientists investigate in new #AGUPubs research.

Underwater barriers might slow warm currents from melting Greenland’s glaciers, but not without hurting fisheries, @markinchina.bsky.social and colleagues point out in a recent commentary. eos.org/research-spo...

Using a high-resolution regional ocean model for the Indonesian seas, a new study reveals that the local monsoon drives seasonal equilibrium state transition in the Mindanao-New Guinea Confluence.🌊 🔗Learn more: doi.org/10.1029/2024... #AGUPubs #Monsoon #Indonesia

In a new study, Kinne et al. use numerical modeling to take a closer look at the seasonal influences of Greenland's iceberg melts on its fjords.🧊 🔗Check out their results: doi.org/10.1029/2025... #AGUPubs #Glaciers #Greenland #Fjords

A new study suggests that wind-driven mixing is a key, previously overlooked process that shapes #phytoplankton blooms and influences uptake of carbon dioxide in the #SouthernOcean.🌊 🔗Read the #OpenAccess article by Mole et al. (2025): doi.org/10.1029/2025... #AGUPubs @agu.org

✨Editor's Pick✨ A detailed numerical model shows how sediment particles experience wave-driven shear stress inside and above a sea bed with sand ripples. 🔗Learn more in @eos.org : eos.org/editor-highl... #AGUPubs #OceanScience #Seafloor #STEM @agu.org

Mud deposits on the seafloor are difficult to map. A new study traces their evolution over the past 17,000 years. buff.ly/No9rZea Read more: bit.ly/Eos-Sept2025

Know a dataset making an impact for people, planet, or prosperity? 🌎 Nominate it for AGU’s upcoming commentary by 10 Oct. You may be featured! 🔗: buff.ly/XLFfYqM #ImpactfulData #EarthScience

Despite the importance of Antarctic sea ice for water mass transformation, sea ice representation in climate models is variable. Chen et al., compare the contribution of sea ice to water mass transformation in the Southern Ocean in 16 models 🌊 🧊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Melt ponds are a common feature of the Arctic during summer. As high light environments they provide unique microbial habitats. Akino et al, study nutrient dynamics in and under the sea ice driven by melt pond formation 🌊 🐻‍❄️ agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Below Antarctic ice shelves, the tide rises and falls. A new @jgroceans.bsky.social study from @bas.ac.uk shows how each cycle controls the rate of ice melting. eos.org/research-spo...

Check out this @ejreports.bsky.social story on @grist.org about lidar mapping of Tybee Island’s shifting shoreline. eos.org/articles/ins...

✨Editor's Pick✨ Scientists find that the changes in Madden-Julian Oscillation wind can trigger a response in the deep equatorial Pacific and Indian Ocean. 🔗Learn more in @eos.org: eos.org/editor-highl... #AGUPubs #Atmosphere #IndianOcean #PacificOcean

After the Los Angeles fires, scientists rushed to understand how ash and toxic runoff could affect the ocean. eos.org/features/scr...

Greenland's fjords are the gateways via which the ice sheet interacts with the open ocean. A large fraction of all the ice calved from the ice sheet melts within these regions. Kinne et al., explore how all this melt affects fjord circulation 🌊 🐻‍❄️ agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

The Mindanao-New Guinea Confluence, formed by the Mindanao Current and the New Guinea Coastal Current/Undercurrent, is one of the strongest western boundary current regions. Li et al., model the effects of the monsoon on its seasonality 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2169...

The U.S. Northeast Shelf is a productive marine ecosystem that is warming faster than the global ocean and regularly experiences marine heatwaves. Cirivello et al., constrain regime shifts in thermal conditions over the shelf since 2000 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

🌊Heading to Glasgow for #OSM26? Apply for grants and scholarships to help cover your costs! 💵 💰Funding is available for students and early-career researchers to participate in the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026. 💻Explore all opportunities on our website and apply by 27 August➡️ buff.ly/ePloEt0

In the Arctic, sea ice has a leading impact on ocean surface dynamics, mainly in the regions that are seasonally ice-covered. Supply et al., examine the seasonal cycle of the ocean surface conditions in the seasonal ice zone 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

🌊🌏🧪🏳️‍🌈🙏🏾📚So proud to be standing up for science and scientists with AGU! I did not ask permission to do what is right. When the laws become unjust, the just must become outlaws.

Did the North Atlantic Oscillation kick off the Sargassum surge in the Caribbean or contribute to it? Maybe. Is modeling the tropical Atlantic difficult? Most definitely. buff.ly/3EXJFJU Read more in our August issue: bit.ly/Eos-Aug2025

"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 Administration’s #GoldStandardScience order undermines research integrity & threatens public trust in science. Read AGU President Brandon Jones’ latest #FromtheProw, & stand with us:

Ammonia emitted by penguin poop may help form clouds over Antarctica. buff.ly/H2Qax0I Read more in our August issue: bit.ly/Eos-Aug2025

🚨 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! 🔗 buff.ly/qcKPTMT #VoteScienceIn #AGU25 #ScienceMatters @sxswedu.com @sxsw.com

📢Call for Papers📢 In partnership with ESA, we invite contributions to a cross-society special collection on ecological forecasting across ecosystems and scales. 🔗Learn more about the collection and how to submit: eos.org/editors-vox/... #AGUPubs #esa2025 #ecology @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social

Predatory journals, science fraud, and reviewer burnout are undermining the quality of our science. What can we do? Senior scientists: Evaluate on quality because numbers no longer equate with scientific productivity. Junior scientists: Embrace slow science because your reputation is everything.

Oceanographer Phoebe Lam integrates knowledge from physics, chemistry, biology, and more to understand how elements in the ocean move. buff.ly/BQ0sNba Read more in our August issue: bit.ly/Eos-Aug2025

A nearly permafrost-free Arctic? New research from northern Siberian caves holds clues. eos.org/articles/cav...

Arctic coastal erosion is well-studied, but where does the sediment go after it reaches the ocean? Eidam investigates how waves and currents transport sediments on the Alaskan Beaufort Shelf 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Cold freshwater is flooding the Southern Ocean, but sea ice isn’t bouncing back.

Cabbeling is a process where water parcels of the same density, but different temperatures/salinities, combine to form a new parcel of higher density. McGraw et al., characterize the process along the East Greenland Polar Front 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Using high-resolution satellite sea surface height data, Silver et al. capture subtle seasonal changes within the Gulf Stream velocity, width, surface transport, and structure.🛰️ 🔗Check out their results: doi.org/10.1029/2024... #GulfStream #CapeHatteras #Oceanography #STEM #AGUPubs

The more the climate warms, the more common abrupt shifts will become in climate subsystems, suggests new research.

Surface ice-induced changes in hydrodynamics may have significant implications for coastal hazards such as erosion and flooding. Sogut et al., probe how Lake Superior's hydrodynamics and wave dynamics are influenced by the formation of surface ice 🌊 🧊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

The turbulent waters of the Mozambique Channel move marine life and nutrients, which has major implications for the fishing industry of Mozambique. New research takes a closer look at local currents. buff.ly/15sc94j Read more in our July issue: bit.ly/Eos-Jul2025

In the subtropics, supply of nutrients by deep winter mixing is thought to cause spring phytoplankton blooms after warming restratifies the water column. Sukigara et al., use autonomous profilers to study bloom onset in the western North Pacific 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

See for yourself how investments in marine science are leading to breakthroughs, from coral reefs to currents to carbon storage: eos.org/oceans 🌊

Several AGU members shared this opinion today via @washingtonpost.com that highlights the importance of marine science and the need for federal investments in ocean research www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202....