2008 Climate science archive
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2008 Climate science
Climate science: A tale of two ice sheets
Mark Siddall & Michael R. Kaplan
doi:10.1038/ngeo286
Published online: 31 August 2008
Full Text - Climate scienceA tale of two ice sheets | PDF (150 KB) - Climate scienceA tale of two ice sheets
Subject Category: Climate science
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
See also: related Backstory
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
Climate science: Global warming at the poles
Andrew Monaghan & David Bromwich
doi:10.1038/ngeo346
Published online: 30 October 2008
Full Text - Climate scienceGlobal warming at the poles | PDF (215 KB) - Climate scienceGlobal warming at the poles
Subject Category: Climate science
Attribution of polar warming to human influence
Nathan P. Gillett, Dáithí A. Stone, Peter A. Stott, Toru Nozawa, Alexey Yu. Karpechko, Gabriele C. Hegerl, Michael F. Wehner & Philip D. Jones
doi:10.1038/ngeo338
Published online: 30 October 2008
Full Text - Attribution of polar warming to human influence | PDF (515 KB) - Attribution of polar warming to human influence
Subject Category: Climate science
See also: News and Views by Monaghan & Bromwich
Aerobic production of methane in the sea
David M. Karl, Lucas Beversdorf, Karin M. Björkman, Matthew J. Church, Asuncion Martinez & Edward F. Delong
doi:10.1038/ngeo234
Published online: 29 June 2008
Full Text - Aerobic production of methane in the sea | PDF (287 KB) - Aerobic production of methane in the sea
Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Climate science | Oceanography
See also: News and Views by Ingall
Acceleration of Jakobshavn Isbræ triggered by warm subsurface ocean waters
David M. Holland, Robert H. Thomas, Brad de Young, Mads H. Ribergaard & Bjarne Lyberth
doi:10.1038/ngeo316
Published online: 28 September 2008
Full Text - Acceleration of Jakobshavn Isbræ triggered by warm subsurface ocean waters | PDF (814 KB) - Acceleration of Jakobshavn Isbræ triggered by warm subsurface ocean waters
Subject Categories: Cryospheric science | Oceanography | Climate science
Interdependence of groundwater dynamics and land-energy feedbacks under climate change
Reed M. Maxwell & Stefan J. Kollet
doi:10.1038/ngeo315
Published online: 28 September 2008
Full Text - Interdependence of groundwater dynamics and land-energy feedbacks under climate change | PDF (812 KB) - Interdependence of groundwater dynamics and land-energy feedbacks under climate change
Subject Categories: Hydrology, hydrogeology and limnology | Climate science
The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth's temperature to radiation changes
Reto Knutti & Gabriele C. Hegerl
doi:10.1038/ngeo337
Published online: 26 October 2008
Full Text - The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth's temperature to radiation changes | PDF (554 KB) - The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth's temperature to radiation changes
Subject Category: Climate science
Warming maximum in the tropical upper troposphere deduced from thermal winds
Robert J. Allen & Steven C. Sherwood
doi:10.1038/ngeo208
Published online: 25 May 2008
Full Text - Warming maximum in the tropical upper troposphere deduced from thermal winds | PDF (346 KB) - Warming maximum in the tropical upper troposphere deduced from thermal winds
Subject Category: Climate science
Riverine organic matter and nutrients in southeast Alaska affected by glacial coverage
Eran Hood & Durelle Scott
doi:10.1038/ngeo280
Published online: 24 August 2008
Full Text - Riverine organic matter and nutrients in southeast Alaska affected by glacial coverage | PDF (753 KB) - Riverine organic matter and nutrients in southeast Alaska affected by glacial coverage
Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Climate science
High stocks of soil organic carbon in the North American Arctic region
Chien-Lu Ping, Gary J. Michaelson, Mark T. Jorgenson, John M. Kimble, Howard Epstein, Vladimir E. Romanovsky & Donald A. Walker
doi:10.1038/ngeo284
Published online: 24 August 2008
Full Text - High stocks of soil organic carbon in the North American Arctic region | PDF (758 KB) - High stocks of soil organic carbon in the North American Arctic region
Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Climate science
See also: News and Views by Beer
See also: related Backstory
Decreased abundance of crustose coralline algae due to ocean acidification
Ilsa B. Kuffner, Andreas J. Andersson, Paul L. Jokiel, Ku'ulei S. Rodgers & Fred T. Mackenzie
doi:10.1038/ngeo100
Published online: 23 December 2007
Full Text - Decreased abundance of crustose coralline algae due to ocean acidification | PDF (408 KB) - Decreased abundance of crustose coralline algae due to ocean acidification
Subject Categories: Oceanography | Biogeochemistry | Climate science
Global and regional climate changes due to black carbon
V. Ramanathan & G. Carmichael
doi:10.1038/ngeo156
Published online: 23 March 2008
Full Text - Global and regional climate changes due to black carbon | PDF (580 KB) - Global and regional climate changes due to black carbon
Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Climate science
Increased cuticular carbon sequestration and lignin oxidation in response to soil warming
Xiaojuan Feng, André J. Simpson, Kevin P. Wilson, D. Dudley Williams & Myrna J. Simpson
doi:10.1038/ngeo361
Published online: 23 November 2008
Full Text - Increased cuticular carbon sequestration and lignin oxidation in response to soil warming | PDF (326 KB) - Increased cuticular carbon sequestration and lignin oxidation in response to soil warming
Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Climate science
See also: News and Views by Prescott
The response of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to recent climate change
C. W. Böning, A. Dispert, M. Visbeck, S. R. Rintoul & F. U. Schwarzkopf
doi:10.1038/ngeo362
Published online: 23 November 2008
Full Text - The response of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to recent climate change | PDF (6,485 KB) - The response of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to recent climate change
Subject Categories: Oceanography | Climate science
See also: related Backstory
Carbon accumulation in European forests
P. Ciais, M. J. Schelhaas, S. Zaehle, S. L. Piao, A. Cescatti, J. Liski, S. Luyssaert, G. Le-Maire, E.-D. Schulze, O. Bouriaud, A. Freibauer, R. Valentini & G. J. Nabuurs
doi:10.1038/ngeo233
Published online: 22 June 2008
Full Text - Carbon accumulation in European forests | PDF (226 KB) - Carbon accumulation in European forests
Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Climate science
Global nitrogen deposition and carbon sinks
Dave S. Reay, Frank Dentener, Pete Smith, John Grace & Richard A. Feely
doi:10.1038/ngeo230
Published online: 22 June 2008
Full Text - Global nitrogen deposition and carbon sinks | PDF (716 KB) - Global nitrogen deposition and carbon sinks
Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Climate science
Terrestrial biosphere: The burning issue
Andrew C. Scott
doi:10.1038/ngeo321
Published online: 21 September 2008
Full Text - Terrestrial biosphereThe burning issue | PDF (213 KB) - Terrestrial biosphereThe burning issue
Subject Category: Climate science
The role of surface heat fluxes in tropical intraseasonal oscillations
Adam H. Sobel, Eric D. Maloney, Gilles Bellon & Dargan M. Frierson
doi:10.1038/ngeo312
Published online: 21 September 2008
Full Text - The role of surface heat fluxes in tropical intraseasonal oscillations | PDF (583 KB) - The role of surface heat fluxes in tropical intraseasonal oscillations
Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Climate science
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
Response of glacier basal motion to transient water storage
Timothy C. Bartholomaus, Robert S. Anderson & Suzanne P. Anderson
doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.52
Published online: 20 December 2007
Full Text - Response of glacier basal motion to transient water storage | PDF (983 KB) - Response of glacier basal motion to transient water storage
Subject Categories: Cryospheric science | Climate science
See also: related Backstory
Satellite measurements of the clear-sky greenhouse effect from tropospheric ozone
Helen M. Worden, Kevin W. Bowman, John R. Worden, Annmarie Eldering & Reinhard Beer
doi:10.1038/ngeo182
Published online: 20 April 2008
Full Text - Satellite measurements of the clear-sky greenhouse effect from tropospheric ozone | PDF (1,533 KB) - Satellite measurements of the clear-sky greenhouse effect from tropospheric ozone
Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Climate science
Increase in hourly precipitation extremes beyond expectations from temperature changes
Geert Lenderink & Erik van Meijgaard
doi:10.1038/ngeo262
Published online: 20 July 2008
Full Text - Increase in hourly precipitation extremes beyond expectations from temperature changes | PDF (539 KB) - Increase in hourly precipitation extremes beyond expectations from temperature changes
Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Climate science | Hydrology, hydrogeology and limnology
See also: Correspondence by Haerter & Berg
Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains
Robert G. Hilton, Albert Galy, Niels Hovius, Meng-Chiang Chen, Ming-Jame Horng & Hongey Chen
doi:10.1038/ngeo333
Published online: 19 October 2008
Full Text - Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains | PDF (299 KB) - Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains
Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Climate science | Hydrology, hydrogeology and limnology
See also: News and Views by Eglinton
Simulated reduction in Atlantic hurricane frequency under twenty-first-century warming conditions
Thomas R. Knutson, Joseph J. Sirutis, Stephen T. Garner, Gabriel A. Vecchi & Isaac M. Held
doi:10.1038/ngeo202
Published online: 18 May 2008
Full Text - Simulated reduction in Atlantic hurricane frequency under twenty-first-century warming conditions | PDF (445 KB) - Simulated reduction in Atlantic hurricane frequency under twenty-first-century warming conditions
Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Climate science
Increased flow speed on a large East Antarctic outlet glacier caused by subglacial floods
Leigh A. Stearns, Benjamin E. Smith & Gordon S. Hamilton
doi:10.1038/ngeo356
Published online: 16 November 2008
Full Text - Increased flow speed on a large East Antarctic outlet glacier caused by subglacial floods | PDF (772 KB) - Increased flow speed on a large East Antarctic outlet glacier caused by subglacial floods
Subject Categories: Cryospheric science | Climate science
See also: News and Views by Fricker
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
Recent Antarctic ice mass loss from radar interferometry and regional climate modelling
Eric Rignot, Jonathan L. Bamber, Michiel R. van den Broeke, Curt Davis, Yonghong Li, Willem Jan van de Berg & Erik van Meijgaard
doi:10.1038/ngeo102
Published online: 13 January 2008
Full Text - Recent Antarctic ice mass loss from radar interferometry and regional climate modelling | PDF (983 KB) - Recent Antarctic ice mass loss from radar interferometry and regional climate modelling
Subject Categories: Climate science | Cryospheric science
High sensitivity of peat decomposition to climate change through water-table feedback
Takeshi Ise, Allison L. Dunn, Steven C. Wofsy & Paul R. Moorcroft
doi:10.1038/ngeo331
Published online: 12 October 2008
Full Text - High sensitivity of peat decomposition to climate change through water-table feedback | PDF (279 KB) - High sensitivity of peat decomposition to climate change through water-table feedback
Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Climate science | Hydrology, hydrogeology and limnology
Mass and volume transport variability in an eddy-filled ocean
Carl Wunsch
doi:10.1038/ngeo126
Published online: 10 February 2008
Full Text - Mass and volume transport variability in an eddy-filled ocean | PDF (252 KB) - Mass and volume transport variability in an eddy-filled ocean
Subject Categories: Climate science | Oceanography
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
See also: related Backstory
Widening of the tropical belt in a changing climate
Dian J. Seidel, Qiang Fu, William J. Randel & Thomas J. Reichler
doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.38
Published online: 02 December 2007
Full Text - Widening of the tropical belt in a changing climate | PDF (260 KB) - Widening of the tropical belt in a changing climate
Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Climate science
Strong transport and mixing of deep water through the Southwest Indian Ridge
J. A. MacKinnon, T. M. S. Johnston & R. Pinkel
doi:10.1038/ngeo340
Published online: 02 November 2008
Full Text - Strong transport and mixing of deep water through the Southwest Indian Ridge | PDF (858 KB) - Strong transport and mixing of deep water through the Southwest Indian Ridge
Subject Categories: Oceanography | Climate science
Climate change: Cool ozone
Drew Shindell
doi:10.1038/ngeo115
Full Text - Climate changeCool ozone | PDF (143 KB) - Climate changeCool ozone
Subject Categories: Atmospheric science | Climate science
Climate science: Predicting dry lands
Alicia Newton
doi:10.1038/ngeo143
Full Text - Climate sciencePredicting dry lands | PDF (151 KB) - Climate sciencePredicting dry lands
Subject Category: Climate science
Carbon cycle: Checking the thermostat
David Archer
doi:10.1038/ngeo194
Full Text - Carbon cycleChecking the thermostat | PDF (164 KB) - Carbon cycleChecking the thermostat
Subject Category: Climate science
See also: Letter by Zeebe & Caldeira
Carbon cycle: Fertilizing change
Gordon Bonan
doi:10.1038/ngeo328
Full Text - Carbon cycleFertilizing change | PDF (208 KB) - Carbon cycleFertilizing change
Subject Category: Climate science
Climate science: The mysteries of Sahel droughts
Kerry H. Cook
doi:10.1038/ngeo320
Full Text - Climate scienceThe mysteries of Sahel droughts | PDF (158 KB) - Climate scienceThe mysteries of Sahel droughts
Subject Category: Climate science
Carbon Cycle: Tempestuous transport
Timothy I. Eglinton
doi:10.1038/ngeo349
Full Text - Carbon CycleTempestuous transport | PDF (240 KB) - Carbon CycleTempestuous transport
Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Climate science
