Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.34

Author: Ninad Bondre

The hitherto enigmatic lead isotopic composition of oceanic basalts is governed by the transfer of lead from the subducted oceanic crust to the overlying mantle wedge.

Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.40

Author: Ninad Bondre

By slowing down the rate of river incision, large landslides govern a river's response to climatic or tectonic changes and significantly influence landscape evolution.

Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.46

Author: Ninad Bondre

Diamond-bearing rocks from the Dharwar Craton in India were probably sourced from deeper parts of the Earth's mantle than previously thought.

Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.48

Author: Ninad Bondre

Both the continued bulldozing by India and the collapse of the thicker parts of the Eurasian plate towards the circum-Asiatic oceanic plates contribute to the ongoing deformation of the Asian continental interior.

Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.60

Author: Ninad Bondre

Forests in northern Asia had fewer trees at the peak of the last Ice Age compared with their modern counterparts.

Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.59

Author: Heike Langenberg

Although the climate on Venus is very different from that on Earth, many features of the two planets' atmospheric circulations and their lightning regimes are more similar than we thought.

Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.47

Author: Alicia Newton

Melting glaciers in Greenland cause uplift of the underlying crust.

Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.49

Author: Alicia Newton

The iron-rich dust entering the subtropical northeast Atlantic Ocean comes from the Anti-Atlas Mountain belt in Morocco.

Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.33

Author: Alex Thompson

Amazonian fires and the associated emissions of smoke particles to the atmosphere have been much lower in 2006 than was expected from previous years, thanks to a successful international agreement.

Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.45

Author: Alex Thompson

Shrub encroachment into the Arctic tundra could cause early snowmelts and warmer springtime temperatures.

Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.50

Author: Alex Thompson

The peak flow of glacier lake outburst floods — and consequently their potential for devastation — depends on air temperature.

Nature Geoscience1 (2007). doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.61

Author: Alex Thompson

The shift of autumnal colouring of leaves to later in the year is due to high ambient atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and is independent of temperature.