Research Highlights

An article in Environmental Research Letters models the impact of climate change on future trends in hazardous driving conditions along two important transport systems within the Arctic–Boreal region.

An article in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems uncovers the source, distribution, and concentration of rare earth elements, yttrium and scandium in sea-floor sediments within the South Pacific Gyre.

An article in Global Environmental Change documents the time of, and spatial variability in, transgression of the nitrogen and phosphorus planetary boundaries.

An article in Global Change Biology investigates the relationship between extreme negative anomalies of vegetation growth and climate extremes.

An article in Earth & Planetary Science Letters finds that post-collisional granites can be derived from a modified primary mantle source, rather than recycled lower crust.

An article in JGR Solid Earth explores the events of the 2018 Kīlauea eruption to assess the hazards posed by magma stored and transported quickly through volcanic flanks.

An article in Journal of Climate documents the changing occurrence of compound tropical cyclone–heatwave events in southeastern China.

An article in Geomorphology examines the relationship between wildfires and post-fire debris flows in Southern California.

An article in Science of The Total Environment assesses the variations in flood dependencies affected by urbanization

An article in Earth’s Future describes the role of meltwater and irrigation efficiency in cropland expansion in an arid region of China.

An article in Global Biogeochemical Cycles examines the impact of water abstraction on nitrogen cycling in the USA.

An article in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences quantifies projected heat-related mortality and labour productivity losses

An article in Environmental Science & Technology shows that non-traditional water sources can be mined for green hydrogen.

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.