Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we put the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights roundup. For February, the Divisions we are featuring are: Geodesy (G), and Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (SSP). They are served by the journals: Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) and Solid Earth (SE).
Featured highlights
Geoscientific Model Development:
The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report WGIII climate assessment of mitigation pathways: from emissions to global temperatures – 22 February 2023
Assessing hundreds or thousands of emission scenarios in terms of their global mean temperature implications requires standardised procedures of infilling, harmonisation, and probabilistic temperature assessments. We here present the open-source “climate-assessment” workflow that was used in the IPCC AR6 Working Group III report. The paper provides key insight for anyone wishing to understand the assessment of climate outcomes of mitigation pathways in the context of the Paris Agreement.
Other highlights
Solar wind magnetic holes can cross the bow shock and enter the magnetosheath – 13 February 2023
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics:
Estimating emissions of methane consistent with atmospheric measurements of methane and δ13C of methane – 6 February 2023
Product distribution, kinetics, and aerosol formation from the OH oxidation of dimethyl sulfide under different RO2 regimes – 20 February 2023
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques:
Validation of the Aeolus L2B wind product with airborne wind lidar measurements in the polar North Atlantic region and in the tropics – 8 February 2023
Quantification of blue carbon in salt marshes of the Pacific coast of Canada – 17 February 2023
Upwelled plankton community modulates surface bloom succession and nutrient availability in a natural plankton assemblage – 24 February 2023
Reconstructing Holocene temperatures in time and space using paleoclimate data assimilation – 15 February 2023
Size, shape and orientation matter: fast and semi-automatic measurement of grain geometries from 3D point clouds – 3 February 2023
Evidence of localised Amazon rainforest dieback in CMIP6 models – 1 February 2023
Rapid attribution analysis of the extraordinary heat wave on the Pacific coast of the US and Canada in June 2021 – 10 February 2023
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences:
Global evaluation of the “dry gets drier, and wet gets wetter” paradigm from a terrestrial water storage change perspective – 27 February 2023
EGU science in the news – February 2023
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- New method provides more accurate analysis of old ice (Phys.Org), based on a study published in the EGU journal Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
- Mioara Mandea, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales: The French approach in encouraging research and academic career pursuits (The Diplomat, Bucharest), mentions Mioara’s previous EGU roles as Chair of the Outreach Committee (2018-2022), General Secretary (2012-2016) and President of the Division Earth Magnetism and Rock Physics (2007-2011)
- Does agricultural erosion create a carbon sink or source? (EnviroTech Magazine and Phys.Org among others) reports on a recently issued EGU press release
- Ocean Gases From Phytoplankton Aid in the Formation of Dense Clouds That Reflect Sunlight in Antarctica (Nature World News), based on a study published in the EGU journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
- Global alarm system watches for methane super-emitters (Science), reports on a study (preprint) in the EGU journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
- President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions (the White House) mentions Kim Cobb as the recipient of the EGU Hans Oeschger Medal (2019)
