Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we will be putting the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights roundup. For June, the Divisions we are featuring are: Ocean Science (OS) and Biogeosciences (BG). They are served by the journals: Geoscientific Model Development (GMD), Ocean Sciences (OS), Biogeosciences (BG) and SOIL.
Featured highlights
Effects of Earth system feedbacks on the potential mitigation of large-scale tropical forest restoration – 17 June 2021
Estimates of large-scale tree planting and forest restoration as a carbon sequestration tool typically miss a crucial aspect: the Earth system response to the increased land carbon sink from new vegetation. We assess the impact of tropical forest restoration using an Earth system model under a scenario that limits warming to 2 °C. Almost two-thirds of the carbon impact of forest restoration is offset by negative carbon cycle feedbacks, suggesting a more modest benefit than in previous studies.
FES2014 global ocean tide atlas: design and performance – 7 June 2021
Since the mid-1990s, a series of FES (finite element solution) global ocean tidal atlases has been produced with the primary objective to provide altimetry missions with a tidal de-aliasing correction. We describe the underlying hydrodynamic/data assimilation design and accuracy assessments for the FES2014 release. The FES2014 atlas shows overall improved performance and has consequently been integrated in satellite altimetry and gravimetric data processing and adopted in ITRF standards.
Other highlights
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics:
Captured cirrus ice particles in high definition – 2 June 2021
Uncertainties in the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) emission inventory of greenhouse gases – 10 June 2021
Observing the timescales of aerosol–cloud interactions in snapshot satellite images – 15 June 2021
Heterogeneous interactions between SO2 and organic peroxides in submicron aerosol – 21 June 2021
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques:
Introducing hydrometeor orientation into all-sky microwave and submillimeter assimilation – 4 June 2021
Revision of the World Meteorological Organization Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO/GAW) CO2 calibration scale – 16 June 2021
Captive Aerosol Growth and Evolution (CAGE) chamber system to investigate particle growth due to secondary aerosol formation – 28 June 2021
Snapshots of mean ocean temperature over the last 700 000 years using noble gases in the EPICA Dome C ice core – 9 June 2021
On the phenomenon of the blue sun – 18 June 2021
Development of smart boulders to monitor mass movements via the Internet of Things: a pilot study in Nepal – 11 June 2021
Robust increase of Indian monsoon rainfall and its variability under future warming in CMIP6 models – 10 June 2021
Regional variation in the effectiveness of methane-based and land-based climate mitigation options – 23 June 2021
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences:
Glacier detachments and rock-ice avalanches in the Petra Pervogo range, Tajikistan (1973–2019) – 24 June 2021
