Aims & scope

EGU Letters (EL) is a virtual scientific highlight magazine for articles reporting exceptionally important results and major advances in geoscientific research that are of high general interest to the entire geoscientific community and/or to the broader public & media.

Articles included in EL are written in a concise and engaging style. They undergo full peer review and publication as a letter style article in one of the EGU interactive open-access journals. Their inclusion in EL depends upon recommendation by the chief/executive editors of the interactive journal and approval by the interdisciplinary editorial board of the virtual magazine.

Read more about EGU Letters, the characteristics, and the editorial handling.

Participating EGU journals

  • Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics (ACP)
  • Biogeosciences (BG)
  • Earth System Dynamics (ESD)
  • Geoscience Communication (GC)
  • Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (NPG)
  • Ocean Science (OS)

Recent EGU Letters

05 Apr 2023
| ACP Letters
| Highlight paper
Uncertainty in aerosol–cloud radiative forcing is driven by clean conditions
Edward Gryspeerdt, Adam C. Povey, Roy G. Grainger, Otto Hasekamp, N. Christina Hsu, Jane P. Mulcahy, Andrew M. Sayer, and Armin Sorooshian
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 4115–4122, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4115-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4115-2023, 2023
Short summary Executive editor
16 Feb 2023
| BG Letters
| Highlight paper
Reconciling the paradox of soil organic carbon erosion by water
Kristof Van Oost and Johan Six
Biogeosciences, 20, 635–646, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-635-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-635-2023, 2023
Short summary Co-editor-in-chief
13 Feb 2023
| BG Letters
| Highlight paper
Nitrous oxide (N2O) synthesis by the freshwater cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa
Federico Fabisik, Benoit Guieysse, Jonathan Procter, and Maxence Plouviez
Biogeosciences, 20, 687–693, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-687-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-687-2023, 2023
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01 Feb 2023
| ACP Letters
| Highlight paper
Natural marine cloud brightening in the Southern Ocean
Gerald G. Mace, Sally Benson, Ruhi Humphries, Peter M. Gombert, and Elizabeth Sterner
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 1677–1685, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1677-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1677-2023, 2023
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20 Jan 2023
| BG Letters
| Highlight paper
Tropical cyclones facilitate recovery of forest leaf area from dry spells in East Asia
Yi-Ying Chen and Sebastiaan Luyssaert
Biogeosciences, 20, 349–363, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-349-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-349-2023, 2023
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