Plant spore walls as a record of long-term changes in ultraviolet-B radiation

Barry H. Lomax, Wesley T. Fraser, Mark A. Sephton, Terry V. Callaghan, Stephen Self, Michael Harfoot, John A. Pyle, Charles H. Wellman & David J. Beerling

doi:10.1038/ngeo278

Published online: 31 August 2008

Full Text - Plant spore walls as a record of long-term changes in ultraviolet-B radiation | PDF (465 KB) - Plant spore walls as a record of long-term changes in ultraviolet-B radiation

Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Biogeochemistry | Climate science | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

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The isotopic signature of the global riverine molybdenum flux and anoxia in the ancient oceans

C. Archer & D. Vance

doi:10.1038/ngeo282

Published online: 31 August 2008

Full Text - The isotopic signature of the global riverine molybdenum flux and anoxia in the ancient oceans | PDF (256 KB) - The isotopic signature of the global riverine molybdenum flux and anoxia in the ancient oceans

Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

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Rapid early Holocene deglaciation of the Laurentide ice sheet

Anders E. Carlson, Allegra N. LeGrande, Delia W. Oppo, Rosemarie E. Came, Gavin A. Schmidt, Faron S. Anslow, Joseph M. Licciardi & Elizabeth A. Obbink

doi:10.1038/ngeo285

Published online: 31 August 2008

Full Text - Rapid early Holocene deglaciation of the Laurentide ice sheet | PDF (642 KB) - Rapid early Holocene deglaciation of the Laurentide ice sheet

Subject Categories: Climate science | Cryospheric science | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

See also: News and Views by Siddall & Kaplan

Oceanic link between abrupt changes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the African monsoon

Ping Chang, Rong Zhang, Wilco Hazeleger, Caihong Wen, Xiuquan Wan, Link Ji, Reindert J. Haarsma, Wim-Paul Breugem & Howard Seidel

doi:10.1038/ngeo218

Published online: 30 May 2008

Full Text - Oceanic link between abrupt changes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the African monsoon | PDF (459 KB) - Oceanic link between abrupt changes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the African monsoon

Subject Categories: Climate science | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Warm saline intermediate waters in the Cretaceous tropical Atlantic Ocean

Oliver Friedrich, Jochen Erbacher, Kazuyoshi Moriya, Paul A. Wilson & Henning Kuhnert

doi:10.1038/ngeo217

Published online: 30 May 2008

Full Text - Warm saline intermediate waters in the Cretaceous tropical Atlantic Ocean | PDF (615 KB) - Warm saline intermediate waters in the Cretaceous tropical Atlantic Ocean

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

See also: News and Views by Voigt

Sedimentary challenge to Snowball Earth

Philip A. Allen & James L. Etienne

doi:10.1038/ngeo355

Published online: 30 November 2008

Full Text - Sedimentary challenge to Snowball Earth | PDF (1,212 KB) - Sedimentary challenge to Snowball Earth

Subject Categories: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography | Cryospheric science

Evidence for a landslide origin of New Zealand's Waiho Loop moraine

D. Santamaria Tovar, J. Shulmeister & T. R. Davies

doi:10.1038/ngeo249

Published online: 29 June 2008

Full Text - Evidence for a landslide origin of New Zealand's Waiho Loop moraine | PDF (1,496 KB) - Evidence for a landslide origin of New Zealand's Waiho Loop moraine

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

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See also: News and Views by Evans

Quaternary tectonic response to intensified glacial erosion in an orogenic wedge

Aaron L. Berger, Sean P. S. Gulick, James A. Spotila, Phaedra Upton, John M. Jaeger, James B. Chapman, Lindsay A. Worthington, Terry L. Pavlis, Kenneth D. Ridgway, Bryce A. Willems & Ryan J. McAleer

doi:10.1038/ngeo334

Published online: 26 October 2008

Full Text - Quaternary tectonic response to intensified glacial erosion in an orogenic wedge | PDF (1,865 KB) - Quaternary tectonic response to intensified glacial erosion in an orogenic wedge

Subject Categories: Geomorphology | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography | Structural geology, tectonics and geodynamics

See also: News and Views by Brocklehurst

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The subglacial origin of the Lake Agassiz–Ojibway final outburst flood

Patrick Lajeunesse & Guillaume St-Onge

doi:10.1038/ngeo130

Published online: 24 February 2008

Full Text - The subglacial origin of the Lake Agassiz–Ojibway final outburst flood | PDF (1,039 KB) - The subglacial origin of the Lake Agassiz–Ojibway final outburst flood

Subject Categories: Hydrology, hydrogeology and limnology | Cryospheric science | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

See also: News and Views by Jakobsson

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End-Permian ozone shield unaffected by oceanic hydrogen sulphide and methane releases

Michael B. Harfoot, John A. Pyle & David J. Beerling

doi:10.1038/ngeo154

Published online: 23 March 2008

Full Text - End-Permian ozone shield unaffected by oceanic hydrogen sulphide and methane releases | PDF (503 KB) - End-Permian ozone shield unaffected by oceanic hydrogen sulphide and methane releases

Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Abrupt changes in Antarctic Intermediate Water circulation over the past 25,000 years

Katharina Pahnke, Steven L. Goldstein & Sidney R. Hemming

doi:10.1038/ngeo360

Published online: 23 November 2008

Full Text - Abrupt changes in Antarctic Intermediate Water circulation over the past 25,000 years | PDF (685 KB) - Abrupt changes in Antarctic Intermediate Water circulation over the past 25,000 years

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Climate and human influences on global biomass burning over the past two millennia

J. R. Marlon, P. J. Bartlein, C. Carcaillet, D. G. Gavin, S. P. Harrison, P. E. Higuera, F. Joos, M. J. Power & I. C. Prentice

doi:10.1038/ngeo313

Published online: 21 September 2008

Full Text - Climate and human influences on global biomass burning over the past two millennia | PDF (1,327 KB) - Climate and human influences on global biomass burning over the past two millennia

Subject Categories: Climate science | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

See also: News and Views by Scott

Antarctic temperature at orbital timescales controlled by local summer duration

Peter Huybers & George Denton

doi:10.1038/ngeo311

Published online: 21 September 2008

Full Text - Antarctic temperature at orbital timescales controlled by local summer duration | PDF (522 KB) - Antarctic temperature at orbital timescales controlled by local summer duration

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Synchronous basin-wide formation and redox-controlled preservation of a Mediterranean sapropel

Gert J. De Lange, John Thomson, Anja Reitz, Caroline P. Slomp, M. Speranza Principato, Elisabetta Erba & Cesare Corselli

doi:10.1038/ngeo283

Published online: 17 August 2008

Full Text - Synchronous basin-wide formation and redox-controlled preservation of a Mediterranean sapropel | PDF (367 KB) - Synchronous basin-wide formation and redox-controlled preservation of a Mediterranean sapropel

Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

High rates of sea-level rise during the last interglacial period

E. J. Rohling, K. Grant, Ch. Hemleben, M. Siddall, B. A. A. Hoogakker, M. Bolshaw & M. Kucera

doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.28

Published online: 16 December 2007

Full Text - High rates of sea-level rise during the last interglacial period | PDF (547 KB) - High rates of sea-level rise during the last interglacial period

Subject Categories: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography | Oceanography

Australian climate–carbon cycle feedback reduced by soil black carbon

Johannes Lehmann, Jan Skjemstad, Saran Sohi, John Carter, Michele Barson, Pete Falloon, Kevin Coleman, Peter Woodbury & Evelyn Krull

doi:10.1038/ngeo358

Published online: 16 November 2008

Full Text - Australian climate–carbon cycle feedback reduced by soil black carbon | PDF (538 KB) - Australian climate–carbon cycle feedback reduced by soil black carbon

Subject Categories: Climate science | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Recent intensification of tropical climate variability in the Indian Ocean

Nerilie J. Abram, Michael K. Gagan, Julia E. Cole, Wahyoe S. Hantoro & Manfred Mudelsee

doi:10.1038/ngeo357

Published online: 16 November 2008

Full Text - Recent intensification of tropical climate variability in the Indian Ocean | PDF (626 KB) - Recent intensification of tropical climate variability in the Indian Ocean

Subject Categories: Climate science | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Episodic reductions in bottom-water currents since the last ice age

Summer K. Praetorius, Jerry F. McManus, Delia W. Oppo & William B. Curry

doi:10.1038/ngeo227

Published online: 15 June 2008

Full Text - Episodic reductions in bottom-water currents since the last ice age | PDF (521 KB) - Episodic reductions in bottom-water currents since the last ice age

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Changes in ocean denitrification during Late Carboniferous glacial–interglacial cycles

Thomas Algeo, Harry Rowe, James C. Hower, Lorenz Schwark, Achim Herrmann & Phil Heckel

doi:10.1038/ngeo307

Published online: 14 September 2008

Full Text - Changes in ocean denitrification during Late Carboniferous glacial–interglacial cycles | PDF (579 KB) - Changes in ocean denitrification during Late Carboniferous glacial–interglacial cycles

Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Stepwise transition from the Eocene greenhouse to the Oligocene icehouse

Miriam E. Katz, Kenneth G. Miller, James D. Wright, Bridget S. Wade, James V. Browning, Benjamin S. Cramer & Yair Rosenthal

doi:10.1038/ngeo179

Published online: 13 April 2008

Full Text - Stepwise transition from the Eocene greenhouse to the Oligocene icehouse | PDF (338 KB) - Stepwise transition from the Eocene greenhouse to the Oligocene icehouse

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Persistent summer expansion of the Atlantic Warm Pool during glacial abrupt cold events

Martin Ziegler, Dirk Nürnberg, Cyrus Karas, Ralf Tiedemann & Lucas J. Lourens

doi:10.1038/ngeo277

Published online: 10 August 2008

Full Text - Persistent summer expansion of the Atlantic Warm Pool during glacial abrupt cold events | PDF (924 KB) - Persistent summer expansion of the Atlantic Warm Pool during glacial abrupt cold events

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Atmospheric carbon dioxide linked with Mesozoic and early Cenozoic climate change

Benjamin J. Fletcher, Stuart J. Brentnall, Clive W. Anderson, Robert A. Berner & David J. Beerling

doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.29

Published online: 09 December 2007

Full Text - Atmospheric carbon dioxide linked with Mesozoic and early Cenozoic climate change | PDF (434 KB) - Atmospheric carbon dioxide linked with Mesozoic and early Cenozoic climate change

Subject Categories: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography | Atmospheric science

See also: News and Views by Wallmann

Tree rings and ice cores reveal ¹⁴C calibration uncertainties during the Younger Dryas

R. Muscheler, B. Kromer, S. Björck, A. Svensson, M. Friedrich, K. F. Kaiser & J. Southon

doi:10.1038/ngeo128

Published online: 09 March 2008

Full Text - Tree rings and ice cores reveal 14C calibration uncertainties during the Younger Dryas | PDF (635 KB) - Tree rings and ice cores reveal 14C calibration uncertainties during the Younger Dryas

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

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Increased multidecadal variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation since 1781

Nathalie F. Goodkin, Konrad A. Hughen, Scott C. Doney & William B. Curry

doi:10.1038/ngeo352

Published online: 09 November 2008

Full Text - Increased multidecadal variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation since 1781 | PDF (513 KB) - Increased multidecadal variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation since 1781

Subject Categories: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography | Climate science

See also: News and Views by Timm

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Correlation of Himalayan exhumation rates and Asian monsoon intensity

Peter D. Clift, Kip V. Hodges, David Heslop, Robyn Hannigan, Hoang Van Long & Gerome Calves

doi:10.1038/ngeo351

Published online: 09 November 2008

Full Text - Correlation of Himalayan exhumation rates and Asian monsoon intensity | PDF (1,053 KB) - Correlation of Himalayan exhumation rates and Asian monsoon intensity

Subject Categories: Geomorphology | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography | Structural geology, tectonics and geodynamics

See also: News and Views by West

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Coherent high- and low-latitude control of the northwest African hydrological balance

Rik Tjallingii, Martin Claussen, Jan-Berend W. Stuut, Jens Fohlmeister, Alexandra Jahn, Torsten Bickert, Frank Lamy & Ursula Röhl

doi:10.1038/ngeo289

Published online: 07 September 2008

Full Text - Coherent high- and low-latitude control of the northwest African hydrological balance | PDF (527 KB) - Coherent high- and low-latitude control of the northwest African hydrological balance

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

See also: News and Views by deMenocal

Alternating Si and Fe deposition caused by temperature fluctuations in Precambrian oceans

Nicole R. Posth, Florian Hegler, Kurt O. Konhauser & Andreas Kappler

doi:10.1038/ngeo306

Published online: 07 September 2008

Full Text - Alternating Si and Fe deposition caused by temperature fluctuations in Precambrian oceans | PDF (314 KB) - Alternating Si and Fe deposition caused by temperature fluctuations in Precambrian oceans

Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Oceanography | Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

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Influence of brine formation on Arctic Ocean circulation over the past 15 million years

Brian A. Haley, Martin Frank, Robert F. Spielhagen & Anton Eisenhauer

doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.5

Published online: 02 December 2007

Full Text - Influence of brine formation on Arctic Ocean circulation over the past 15 million years | PDF (2,332 KB) - Influence of brine formation on Arctic Ocean circulation over the past 15 million years

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

See also: News and Views by Martin

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Palaeoceanography: The briny deep

Ellen Martin

doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.43

Full Text - PalaeoceanographyThe briny deep | PDF (154 KB) - PalaeoceanographyThe briny deep

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Mesozoic climate: Liverworts and all

Klaus Wallmann

doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.67

Full Text - Mesozoic climateLiverworts and all | PDF (150 KB) - Mesozoic climateLiverworts and all

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Palaeoclimate: The riddle of the clays

Gerald R. Dickens

doi:10.1038/ngeo118

Full Text - PalaeoclimateThe riddle of the clays | PDF (196 KB) - PalaeoclimateThe riddle of the clays

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Palaeoclimate: Tree rings floating on ice cores

Paula J. Reimer & Konrad A. Hughen

doi:10.1038/ngeo167

Full Text - PalaeoclimateTree rings floating on ice cores | PDF (173 KB) - PalaeoclimateTree rings floating on ice cores

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

See also: Article by Muscheler et al.

Palaeoclimatology: A tale of two climates

Katharina Billups

doi:10.1038/ngeo191

Full Text - PalaeoclimatologyA tale of two climates | PDF (107 KB) - PalaeoclimatologyA tale of two climates

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

See also: Article by Katz et al.

Palaeoclimate: Marinoan meltdown

Graham Anthony Shields

doi:10.1038/ngeo214

Full Text - PalaeoclimateMarinoan meltdown | PDF (274 KB) - PalaeoclimateMarinoan meltdown

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

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Palaeoceanography: Saline water sinking

Silke Voigt

doi:10.1038/ngeo243

Full Text - PalaeoceanographySaline water sinking | PDF (251 KB) - PalaeoceanographySaline water sinking

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Palaeoceanography: Seeing changes in a changing sea

Justin B. Ries

doi:10.1038/ngeo273

Full Text - PalaeoceanographySeeing changes in a changing sea | PDF (277 KB) - PalaeoceanographySeeing changes in a changing sea

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Palaeoceanography: Bloom without fertilizer

Mitchell Lyle

doi:10.1038/ngeo287

Full Text - PalaeoceanographyBloom without fertilizer | PDF (227 KB) - PalaeoceanographyBloom without fertilizer

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Palaeoclimate: Africa on the edge

Peter B. deMenocal

doi:10.1038/ngeo323

Full Text - PalaeoclimateAfrica on the edge | PDF (161 KB) - PalaeoclimateAfrica on the edge

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

Palaeoclimate: North Atlantic climate swings

Oliver Timm

doi:10.1038/ngeo370

Full Text - PalaeoclimateNorth Atlantic climate swings | PDF (282 KB) - PalaeoclimateNorth Atlantic climate swings

Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography

See also: Letter by Goodkin et al.