Research Highlights

An article in Geophysical Research Letters develops a mathematical model to investigate the influence of saltwater intrusion on permafrost thaw.

An article in JGR Solid Earth identified that basalt-hosted megathrusts are not necessarily the nucleation source of large megathrust earthquakes.

An article in Climatic Change outlines the economic benefits of proactive adaptation for US-based rail, road and coastal infrastructure.

An article in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems established a soil gas monitoring approach to identify hydrogen-fertile regions in the Pyrenean foothills.

An article in Climate Dynamics documents tropical cyclone characteristics in the northern Indian Ocean, revealing marked changes in the Arabian Sea.

An article in JGR Biogeosciences measures ebullitive methane fluxes in an Amazon floodplain.

An article in Nature Geoscience reveals that sedimentary carbon from the Indus Fan was subducted into the Makran Trench and efficiently returned to the near-surface within ~27 million years or less.

An article in Geomorphology predicts more intense storm surges could increase coastal resilience in an estuary in the UK.

An article in Communications Earth & Environment finds that global harmful algal bloom occurrence has not significantly increased.

An article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explored the potential for strike-slip earthquakes to generate large tsunamis in narrow or shallow bays.

An article in Environmental Research Letters documents how end of life strategies impact the carbon emissions associated with a pair of jeans.

A study in JGR Earth Surface examines the link between Hurricane María and sediment mobilization by landslides in Puerto Rico.

An article in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reports detailed magma movement through dikes during a rift episode in 2017 at the Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland.

A study in the Journal of Hydrology explores the connections between climate conditions, intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams across four countries.

An article in Nature Food documents how food systems contribute approximately one-third of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

An article in Nature Communications reports a high-temperature melting curve of MgSiO₃ at pressures > 245 GPa, with implications for mantle melting during the formation of rocky planets

An article in Environmental Research Letters documents how emissions from wetlands in East Africa influenced atmospheric methane growth rates in 2018 and 2019.

A study in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms examines how landscape connectivity influences sediment transport and deposition in the Argentine Andes.

An article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes how glacier–rock interactions could fuel chemosynthetic primary production in Icelandic sediments.

An article in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta reports a Nd-isotope record of terrestrial dust from northern Tibetan Plateau sediments since 52 Ma, revealing insight into regional uplift and climate changes from inland Asia.