Research Highlights

An article in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems finds that chlorite- and serpentine-rich assemblages are most likely to control the frictional properties at subduction zone plate interfaces.

An article in Nature Climate Change reports that emigration will reduce by 10–35% in the lowest income groups, exposing them to subsequent climate impacts.

An article in One Earth finds that local management strategies are a main driving factor for reducing coastal plastic pollution in Australia.

An article in Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics examines the impact of ice-nucleating particles in marine aerosols on an atmospheric river event in the western United States.

An article in Science Advances reports the age of the oldest dated piece of cratonic mantle lithosphere (2.8 Ga), which was found at a mid-ocean ridge.

An article in Global Change Biology finds that ecosystem production and respiration of a 100-year-old aspen forest shows a decreasing sensitivity to temperature over a 21-year period.

An article in JGR Solid Earth uses numerical models to explore the conditions required to form thick, cratonic lithosphere in a relatively hot Archean mantle.

An article in Water Research investigated the rates, microbe types and main drivers of dark carbon fixation within intertidal sediments from the Yangtze Estuary, China.

An article in Monthly Weather Review reports that typhoon-induced sea surface cooling can weaken typhoons and lead to their early termination.

An article in Earth and Planetary Science Letters explores the physical and structural properties of a deep magma ocean during Earth accretion.

An article in Case Studies on Transport Policy quantifies the environmental, social, and governance performances of three ports.

An article in Geology shows how enhanced oxidative weathering could have stimulated the evolution of complex life in the Ediacaran, by increasing nutrient availability and ocean–atmosphere oxygen levels.

An article in Nature Food reveals that surface ozone generates annual crop losses totalling US$63 billion for wheat, maize and rice across East Asia.

An article in Geomorphology details the origins and evolution of Iberian rock glaciers.

An article in Environmental Research Letters evaluates the return on five greenhouse gas reducing investment cases from the agriculture sector.

An article in Atmosphere identified species of bacteria transported by dust particles in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

An article in Water Research tracks monochlorobenzene biodegradation in anoxic canal sediments impacted by legacy pollution.

An article in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology found that modern corals could be losing resilience to ocean acidification compared to fossil corals.

An article in Communications Earth & Environment finds that reduced fuel availability will only moderately dampen projected increases in forest fire area in western USA.

An article in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology describes how high-productivity intervals during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 were related to the influence of freshwater runoff.