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  • Earth & environment 2009 Research Highlights

    • Oceanography: One trouble after another

      Felix Cheung

      Published online: 25 November 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.225

      Original article citation:

      Gao, K. & Zheng, Y. Combined effects of ocean acidification and solar UV radiation on photosynthesis, growth, pigmentation and calcification of the coralline alga Corallina sessilis (Rhodophyta). Glob. Change Biol. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02113.x (2009).

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    • Geology: When all hell breaks loose this content is Open !

      Felix Cheung

      Published online: 14 October 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.201

      Original article citation:

      Shen, Z. K. et al. Slip maxima at fault junctions and rupturing of barriers during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Nature Geosci. doi:10.1038/ngeo636 (2009).

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    • Climate change: The coming plague this content is Open !

      Felix Cheung

      Published online: 30 September 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.189

      Original article citation:

      Yu, G., Shen, H. & Liu, J. Impacts of climate change on historical locust outbreaks in China. J. Geophys. Res. 114, D18104 (2009).
      

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    • Green chemistry: Treating waste with waste this content is Open !

      Felix Cheung

      Published online: 09 September 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.176

      Original article citation:

      Zhao, D. H., Zhang, Y. L., Wei, Y. P. & Gao, H. W. Facile eco-friendly treatment of a dye wastewater mixture by in situ hybridization with growing calcium carbonate. J. Mater. Chem. doi:10.1039/b911830f (2009).

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    • Environmental chemistry: Solving two crises in one go this content is Open !

      Anne Pichon

      Published online: 19 August 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.164

      Original article citation:

      Cao, X. et al. A new method for water desalination using microbial desalination cells. Environ. Sci. Technol. doi:10.1021/es901950j (2009).

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    • Environmental sciences: Dying sturgeons this content is Open !

      Ai Lin Chun

      Published online: 01 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.137

      Original article citation:

      Hu, J. et al. Malformations of the endangered Chinese sturgeons, Acipenser sinensis, and its causal agent. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 23, 9339–9344 (2009).
      

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    • Palaeogeography: Cold mountain this content is Open !

      Felix Cheung

      Published online: 01 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.138

      Original article citation:

      Bo, S. et al. The Gamburtsev mountains and the origin and early evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Nature doi:10.1038/nature08024 (2009).

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    • Atmospheric chemistry: Radical recycling

      Anne Pichon

      Published online: 24 June 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.132

      Original article citation:

      Hofzumahaus, A. et al. Amplified trace gas removal in the troposphere. Science doi:10.1126/science.1164566 (2009).

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    • Climate science: Desert on the move this content is Open !

      Felix Cheung

      Published online: 03 June 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.121

      Original article citation:

      Wang, X., Yang, Y., Dong, Z. & Zhang, C. Responses of dune activity and desertification in China to global warming in the twenty-first century. Global Planet. Change 67, 167–185 (2009).
      

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    • Greenhouse gases: Hanging in the balance

      Felix Cheung

      Published online: 29 April 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.86

      Original article citation:

      Piao, S. et al. The carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature doi:10.1038/nature07944 (2009).

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    • Microbiology: Under the sea

      Felix Cheung

      Published online: 25 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.58

      Original article citation:

      Wang, F. et al. GeoChip-based analysis of metabolic diversity of microbial communities at the Juan de Fuca Ridge hydrothermal vent. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi:10.1073/pnas.0810418106 (2009).

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    • Agricultural science: Less is more

      Jane Qiu

      Published online: 04 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.38

      Original article citation:

      Ju, X. T. et al. Reducing environmental risk by improving N management in intensive Chinese agricultural systems. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi:10.1073/pnas.0813417106 (2009).

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    • Geochemistry: The Cenozoic cycle

      Tim Reid

      Published online: 04 February 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.15

      Original article citation:

      Li, G., Ji, J., Chen, J. & Kemp, D. B. Evolution of the Cenozoic carbon cycle: The roles of tectonics and CO₂ fertilization. Global Biogeochem. Cycles doi:10.1029/2008GB003220 (2009).

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