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Reply to: NO<sub>2</sub> satellite retrievals biased by absorption in water

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 20 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01546-7

Reply to: NO2 satellite retrievals biased by absorption in water

NO<sub>2</sub> satellite retrievals biased by absorption in water

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 20 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01545-8

NO2 satellite retrievals biased by absorption in water

A common precursor for global hotspot lavas

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 19 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01538-7

An investigation of global trace-element data suggests that the parental melts of hotspot lavas are uniform in their elemental composition, consistent with derivation from a common depleted and outgassed mantle reservoir.

Efficacy of China’s clean air actions to tackle PM<sub>2.5</sub> pollution between 2013 and 2020

Wed, 09/18/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 18 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01540-z

China’s second phase of clean air actions proved less effective than the first, highlighting the need to adapt and update policies to enable continued progress, according to an assessment combining chemical transport modelling and emission inventories.

Reducing soil nitrogen losses from fertilizer use in global maize and wheat production

Tue, 09/17/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01542-x

Enhancing nitrogen use efficiency can effectively reduce soil nitrogen losses from fertilizer use in the production of maize and wheat, according to a global analysis of field measurement data on crop-specific soil nitrogen losses.

Reduced productivity and carbon drawdown of tropical forests from ground-level ozone exposure

Thu, 09/12/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 12 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01530-1

Anthropogenic ground-level ozone substantially reduces the productivity of tropical forests and so their carbon drawdown, according to ozone susceptibility experiments and dynamic global vegetation modelling.

Volcanic crystal balls

Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 10 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01509-y

Clinopyroxene offers clues about the inner workings of volcanic systems, as Teresa Ubide explains. Its ability to track where and when magma is stored may also help forecast eruptions.

Finite sand resource needs better governance

Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 10 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01544-9

Sand is an overlooked resource and is being depleted at an alarming rate. Improved management of sand extraction and consumption is imperative to protect sand resources and reduce the impacts of extraction.

Urgent need for greater earthquake resilience in continental Asia

Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 10 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01531-0

Urgent need for greater earthquake resilience in continental Asia

Strong regional trends in extreme weather over the next two decades under high- and low-emissions pathways

Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 09 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01511-4

Large-ensemble simulations suggest that strong regional trends in precipitation and temperature extremes will be common over the next two decades, even under stringent mitigation measures.

The oldest parts of continents are falling apart

Fri, 09/06/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01528-9

The processes that control the deformation and eventual destruction of Earth’s oldest continental crust are unclear. Mantle flow models suggest subduction played a role in the deformation of the North China Craton.

Summer snow on Arctic sea ice modulated by the Arctic Oscillation

Fri, 09/06/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01525-y

Summer snow accumulation and its albedo effect on Arctic sea ice are controlled by the Arctic Oscillation atmospheric circulation pattern, according to a combined modelling and remote sensing analysis.

Craton deformation from flat-slab subduction and rollback

Fri, 09/06/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01513-2

Mesozoic deformation of the North China Craton occurred via lithospheric thickening followed by thinning and extension triggered by flat-slab subduction and rollback, according to four-dimensional mantle flow models of the plate–mantle system.

Spatial heterogeneity in post-fire vegetation productivity recovery and its drivers

Tue, 09/03/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 03 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01521-2

A global analysis of post-fire vegetation productivity recovery reveals that the recovery time shows spatial variations across vegetation types and regions. The dominant factors that influence the recovery time in the majority of the global burned area are the post-fire climate conditions, such as soil moisture, vapour pressure deficit and air temperature.

Graphite preserved in ancient mountain belts linked to supercontinent assembly

Mon, 09/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 02 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01533-y

This study investigates the history of graphitic carbon in two ancient North American mountain belts related to Nuna supercontinent assembly. Using rhenium–osmium and uranium–lead dating, the research reveals that biogenic graphite was hydrothermally remobilized in shear zones during late orogenesis, indicating periodic carbon cycling over 200 million years.

Gold nugget formation from piezoelectric quartz

Mon, 09/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 02 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01529-8

Deformation experiments and piezoelectric modelling show that the electric charge generated by quartz crystals is capable of depositing dissolved gold. These results suggest that the piezoelectric activity of quartz might drive gold nugget formation from hydrothermal solutions in earthquake settings.

Humans modulate the climate sensitivity of Arctic–boreal wildfires

Mon, 09/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 02 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01522-1

Wildfires are a natural disturbance in Arctic and boreal regions, but unprecedented wildfire extremes over the past decade have been linked to climate warming. Tracking fires at high temporal resolution reveals a large spatial variability in Arctic–boreal fire regimes driven by environmental and anthropogenic factors, which also modulate the climate sensitivity of different regions.

Gold nugget formation from earthquake-induced piezoelectricity in quartz

Mon, 09/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 02 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01514-1

Quartz emits a piezoelectric charge during deformation that may promote the formation of gold nuggets within veins in orogenic settings that experience earthquakes, according to a study using quartz deformation experiments and piezoelectric modelling.

Spatial variability in Arctic–boreal fire regimes influenced by environmental and human factors

Mon, 09/02/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 02 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01505-2

Arctic–boreal biomes vary regionally in the sensitivity of their fire regime to climate, according to an analysis of properties of individual fires measured by satellite radiometry.

Upwelling of melt-depleted mantle under Iceland

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 00:00

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 29 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01532-z

The upwelling mantle beneath Iceland underwent melt depletion at least 1 billion years ago and is therefore compositionally buoyant, according to a study of neodymium and hafnium isotope ratios in peridotites from the Charlie Gibbs Transform Zone.

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