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 section. For August, we are featuring the Natural Hazards (NH), Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (GMPV), and Geodesy (G). They are represented by the journals Solid Earth (SE), Geoscientific Model Development (GMD),and Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS).
Geoscientific Model Development
Rapid Evaluation Framework for the CMIP7 Assessment Fast Track – 13 August 2026
The Rapid Evaluation Framework (REF) is a community-driven platform for benchmarking and performance assessment of Earth system models. Built upon four disparate community evaluation tools, the REF is designed to provide model-data comparisons for the Assessment Fast Track for the Seventh Phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project. The REF will be run at the Earth System Grid Federation to enable model devleopers and scientists to quickly identify model biases and performance issues.
Code accessibility and code quality across phases of the models of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project – 20 August 2026
We studied how accessible and reliable the computer code behind major climate models has been over time. By reviewing different phases of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, we found improvements in transparency and coding practices, but also gaps that limit reproducibility. Our work suggests practical steps to make future climate research more open, traceable, and trustworthy for scientists and society.
Climate change may increase landslide frequency despite generally drier conditions in the Mediterranean area – 10 August 2026
We present a framework linking projected rainfall with hydro-mechanical processes to assess landslide occurrences in a Mediterranean area, under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. Despite generally drier soils, landslide frequency rises because shifts in the timing and intensity of rainfall, altering antecedent soil moisture during triggering events. This counterintuitive result highlights the importance of rainfall patterns in slope stability and informs climate-risk assessment and adaptation planning.
Dune aurora: survey from a citizen science database – 27 August 2026
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
An update to the expression of atmospheric refractivity for GNSS signals – 07 August 2026
Reviews and syntheses: Eddy covariance-based evapotranspiration partitioning – 03 August 2026
AngleCam V2: Predicting leaf inclination angles across taxa from daytime and nighttime photos – 14 August 2026
Quantifying the influence of wood carbon fractions on tree- and forest ecosystem-scale carbon estimation in a temperate forest – 25 August 2026
From regular to random: a unifying framework for step-pool spacing – 26 August 2026
New insights into decadal climate variability in the North Atlantic revealed by data-driven dynamical models – 07 August 2026
Catalogue of strong nonlinear surprises in ocean, sea-ice, and atmospheric variables in CMIP6 – 13 August 2026
Hysteresis and irreversibility in permafrost physical response to increase and decrease of CO2 emissions – 17 August 2026
Towards family-friendly conferences: results from a first survey in the geosciences – 17 August 2026
Editorial: Introducing a new article type: Limitations, Errors, Surprises, Shortcomings and Opportunities for New Science (LESSONS) – 21 August 2026
Water masses in the Atlantic Ocean: water mass ages and ventilation – 27 August 2026
Spatial heterogeneity in post-fire permafrost evolution as revealed by satellite radar observations – 21 August 2026
Forecast-based attribution of the role of stratospheric variability in weather extremes – 17 August 2026
The impact of stochastic sea ice perturbations on seasonal forecasts – 31 August 2026
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