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November issue out now: featuring Articles on a record retreat rate of a grounded glacier, carbon transport during drought and a proto-Earth component in the mantle, a Focus on volcanic hazards & risk mitigation since the 1985 Armero disaster, and more!
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Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid Bennu - Nature Geoscience
Samples returned from asteroid Bennu contain bio-essential sugars such as ribose and glucose that may have formed in the parent asteroid from brines containing formaldehyde, according to a geochemical study.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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⚒️ Article: 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 biomass in the North Sargasso Sea drastically declined since 2015, co-occurring with related reductions in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and an expansion of the Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt
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December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
⚒️ Article: 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 biomass in the North Sargasso Sea drastically declined since 2015, co-occurring with related reductions in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and an expansion of the Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt
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⚒️ Perspective: The oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere about 2.45-2.30 billion years ago may have initiated in the oxidised bottom waters of marine shelves
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Perspective: The oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere about 2.45-2.30 billion years ago may have initiated in the oxidised bottom waters of marine shelves
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⚒️ Article: Summer storms cool the Southern Ocean surface mainly by deepening mixing, but turbulence limits heat loss, offsetting the effect
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Southern Ocean summer warming is regulated by storm-driven mixing - Nature Geoscience
Storms cool the Southern Ocean surface in summer mainly by deepening the mixed layer, but increased air–sea turbulent fluxes reduce ocean heat loss and partly offset the cooling, according to glider o...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
⚒️ Article: Summer storms cool the Southern Ocean surface mainly by deepening mixing, but turbulence limits heat loss, offsetting the effect
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Continental rifting erodes mantle roots, transporting enriched material into oceans and driving oceanic volcanism. A study in Nature Geoscience shows that continental break-up reorganizes shallow mantle dynamics, affecting the geosphere and carbon cycle.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Continental rifting erodes mantle roots, transporting enriched material into oceans and driving oceanic volcanism. A study in Nature Geoscience shows that continental break-up reorganizes shallow mantle dynamics, affecting the geosphere and carbon cycle.
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⚒️ Article: Samples from asteroid Bennu contain bio-essential sugars that may have formed in the parent asteroid from brines
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December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Article: Samples from asteroid Bennu contain bio-essential sugars that may have formed in the parent asteroid from brines
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Enkhbayar Erdenetulkhuur works as a field geologist in the Altai mountain range in northwestern Mongolia
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Climbing through the silver mine: my work as a geologist
Enkhbayar Erdenetulkhuur works as a field geologist in the Altai mountain range in northwestern Mongolia.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Enkhbayar Erdenetulkhuur works as a field geologist in the Altai mountain range in northwestern Mongolia
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⚒️ Article: Antarctic Bottom Water progressively filled more of the deep Southern Ocean through the last deglaciation, potentially contributing to the increase in atmospheric CO2
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Expansion of Antarctic Bottom Water driven by Antarctic warming in the last deglaciation - Nature Geoscience
Antarctic Bottom Water progressively filled more of the deep Southern Ocean through the last deglaciation, potentially contributing to the increase in atmospheric CO2, according to neodymium isotope r...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Article: Antarctic Bottom Water progressively filled more of the deep Southern Ocean through the last deglaciation, potentially contributing to the increase in atmospheric CO2
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The Perseverance rover on Mars has serendipitously recorded sounds and electromagnetic signals that are characteristic of lightning in dust storms
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Is there lightning on Mars?
The Perseverance rover on Mars has serendipitously recorded sounds and electromagnetic signals that are characteristic of lightning in dust storms.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The Perseverance rover on Mars has serendipitously recorded sounds and electromagnetic signals that are characteristic of lightning in dust storms
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A study published in Nature Communications shows that global warming may trigger an abrupt shift in the tropical climate system towards stronger and more predictable El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycles, intensifying climate impacts across the globe.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A study published in Nature Communications shows that global warming may trigger an abrupt shift in the tropical climate system towards stronger and more predictable El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycles, intensifying climate impacts across the globe.
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Glacier melt helped maintain water discharge in South America's mountain basins during a recent drought, but future megadroughts could reduce summer runoff from glaciers by 48%, exacerbating water scarcity, according to an analysis in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/3KfNwEH ⚒️ 🧪
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Glacier melt helped maintain water discharge in South America's mountain basins during a recent drought, but future megadroughts could reduce summer runoff from glaciers by 48%, exacerbating water scarcity, according to an analysis in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/3KfNwEH ⚒️ 🧪
⚒️ Article: Velocity and calving response of a major Greenland ice stream to a lake drainage event
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Velocity and calving response of a major Greenland ice stream to a lake drainage event - Nature Geoscience
Drainage of two surface lakes on Greenland’s fastest ice stream caused a pulse of faster flow to propagate downstream and triggered a long calving episode, suggesting the entire stream is strongly cou...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Article: Velocity and calving response of a major Greenland ice stream to a lake drainage event
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A paper in Nature presents evidence of lightning on Mars, detected in sounds and electrical signals captured by NASA’s Perseverance rove. The observations indicate that Mars’s atmosphere is electrically active, which may have implications for future exploration. go.nature.com/49IbPpg 🔭 🧪
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A paper in Nature presents evidence of lightning on Mars, detected in sounds and electrical signals captured by NASA’s Perseverance rove. The observations indicate that Mars’s atmosphere is electrically active, which may have implications for future exploration. go.nature.com/49IbPpg 🔭 🧪
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Did you know that an ecosystem’s memory of past weather can dictate its survival during extreme events?
A new #PKUResearch has uncovered this hidden driver:
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A new #PKUResearch has uncovered this hidden driver:
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November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Did you know that an ecosystem’s memory of past weather can dictate its survival during extreme events?
A new #PKUResearch has uncovered this hidden driver:
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New insights into how stratospheric particles travel from the tropics to the poles—and the mechanisms behind their fallout—are reshaping our understanding of atmospheric processes.
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Fingerprints of stratospheric particle transport and fallout - Nature Geoscience
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November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New insights into how stratospheric particles travel from the tropics to the poles—and the mechanisms behind their fallout—are reshaping our understanding of atmospheric processes.
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New publication!! Featuring some of the most gorgeous rocks I’ve ever cored, tremendous work by an international, interdisciplinary team, and interesting implications for marine CDR.
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A geological carbon cycle sink hosted by ocean crust talus breccias - Nature Geoscience
Mass-wasting deposits that accumulated against mid-ocean ridge faults have high porosity in which calcium carbonate precipitated, storing seawater carbon dioxide, as revealed by cores of a 61-million-...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New publication!! Featuring some of the most gorgeous rocks I’ve ever cored, tremendous work by an international, interdisciplinary team, and interesting implications for marine CDR.
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⚒️ Comment: Tropical flash floods are becoming more frequent and widespread but are still underestimated
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Tropical flash floods are becoming more frequent and widespread but are still underestimated - Nature Geoscience
Flash floods must be placed at the heart of Earth system science and global climate adaptation efforts, as they increasingly define hydroclimate risk in a warming world.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Comment: Tropical flash floods are becoming more frequent and widespread but are still underestimated
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Exciting new paper from the #IODP Expedition390/393 Science Team in @natgeosci.nature.com
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⚒️ Article: Mass wasting deposits against mid-ocean ridge faults store seawater carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate
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A geological carbon cycle sink hosted by ocean crust talus breccias - Nature Geoscience
Mass-wasting deposits that accumulated against mid-ocean ridge faults have high porosity in which calcium carbonate precipitated, storing seawater carbon dioxide, as revealed by cores of a 61-million-...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Exciting new paper from the #IODP Expedition390/393 Science Team in @natgeosci.nature.com
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Ice shell thinning on small icy satellites in the outer Solar System can cause subsurface oceans to boil, according to a study in Nature Astronomy. This process may help to explain surface features and geological activity on moons such as Saturn’s Mimas and Enceladus. go.nature.com/3JVCJ2p 🔭 🧪
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Ice shell thinning on small icy satellites in the outer Solar System can cause subsurface oceans to boil, according to a study in Nature Astronomy. This process may help to explain surface features and geological activity on moons such as Saturn’s Mimas and Enceladus. go.nature.com/3JVCJ2p 🔭 🧪
News & Views on the fingerprints of stratospheric particle transport and fallout
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Fingerprints of stratospheric particle transport and fallout - Nature Geoscience
Nature Geoscience - Fingerprints of stratospheric particle transport and fallout
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November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
News & Views on the fingerprints of stratospheric particle transport and fallout
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⚒️ Article: Mass wasting deposits against mid-ocean ridge faults store seawater carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate
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A geological carbon cycle sink hosted by ocean crust talus breccias - Nature Geoscience
Mass-wasting deposits that accumulated against mid-ocean ridge faults have high porosity in which calcium carbonate precipitated, storing seawater carbon dioxide, as revealed by cores of a 61-million-...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Article: Mass wasting deposits against mid-ocean ridge faults store seawater carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate
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A study in Nature Climate Change quantifies the potential for extreme heat events in Europe to generate mass mortality and projects tens of thousands of excess deaths. go.nature.com/483zJc3 🧪
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A study in Nature Climate Change quantifies the potential for extreme heat events in Europe to generate mass mortality and projects tens of thousands of excess deaths. go.nature.com/483zJc3 🧪
⚒️ Article: Long-term extreme events tend to cause larger declines in ecosystem productivity than short-term ones
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Large contribution of antecedent climate to ecosystem productivity anomalies during extreme events - Nature Geoscience
Extreme events driven by long-term variations in precipitation, temperature and vapour pressure deficit often result in greater losses in ecosystem productivity than short-term extremes, according to ...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Article: Long-term extreme events tend to cause larger declines in ecosystem productivity than short-term ones
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A paper in Nature addresses long-standing issues in the global carbon budget estimates and shows that the magnitude of the natural land sink is substantially smaller than previously estimated. go.nature.com/3XH9ymF 🧪
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A paper in Nature addresses long-standing issues in the global carbon budget estimates and shows that the magnitude of the natural land sink is substantially smaller than previously estimated. go.nature.com/3XH9ymF 🧪
⚒️ Article: Extreme daily precipitation events over land could increase by 41% by 2100 with an increase in mesoscale moisture convergence
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Future extreme precipitation amplified by intensified mesoscale moisture convergence - Nature Geoscience
Extreme daily precipitation events over land could increase by about 41% by 2100 under a high-emissions scenario with an increase in mesoscale moisture convergence, according to an ensemble of climate...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
⚒️ Article: Extreme daily precipitation events over land could increase by 41% by 2100 with an increase in mesoscale moisture convergence
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