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December issue out now: including content on the 2025 Sagaing earthquake, Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt, Miocene climate of Greenland, and more!
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⚒️ Article: Earthquakes influence the amount of hydrothermal iron entering the ocean over the Australian Antarctic Ridge, which can support phytoplankton blooms by relieving surface iron limitation
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Southern Ocean net primary production influenced by seismically modulated hydrothermal iron - Nature Geoscience
Earthquakes influence the amount of hydrothermal iron entering the ocean over the Australian Antarctic Ridge, which can support phytoplankton blooms by relieving surface iron limitation, according to ...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
⚒️ Article: Earthquakes influence the amount of hydrothermal iron entering the ocean over the Australian Antarctic Ridge, which can support phytoplankton blooms by relieving surface iron limitation
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⚒️ #AllMineralsConsidered: Mayra Manrique-Ortega and colleagues explain why jadeite was important for pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations
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Mesoamerican beliefs sculpted in jadeite - Nature Geoscience
Jadeite is a green jade mineral that forms in unique geological environments. Mayra Manrique-Ortega and colleagues explain its archaeological importance for pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
⚒️ #AllMineralsConsidered: Mayra Manrique-Ortega and colleagues explain why jadeite was important for pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations
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In late November, three tropical cyclones — Senyar, Ditwah and Koto — devastated cities and villages in countries around the Indian Ocean
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The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention
A region unused to tropical cyclones has had three in a week. The world needs to ask why this happened, not look away.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In late November, three tropical cyclones — Senyar, Ditwah and Koto — devastated cities and villages in countries around the Indian Ocean
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By studying caves near his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, geologist Tebogo Makhubela ventures into places people have never been before.
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Home-field advantage: how local research leads to new discoveries
By studying caves near his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, geologist Tebogo Makhubela ventures into places people have never been before.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
By studying caves near his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, geologist Tebogo Makhubela ventures into places people have never been before.
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⚒️ December editorial: Tightening the 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 belt - on the content in this issue on the Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt (in thread)
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Tightening the Sargassum belt - Nature Geoscience
A belt of seaweed has formed across the tropical Atlantic nearly every year since 2011, despite reduction in its extent elsewhere. The causes of this growth are now coming into clearer focus.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
⚒️ December editorial: Tightening the 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 belt - on the content in this issue on the Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt (in thread)
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⚒️ Article: A reassessment of soil radiocarbon profiles suggests that soil organic carbon is similarly responsive to environmental changes regardless of depth
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December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
⚒️ Article: A reassessment of soil radiocarbon profiles suggests that soil organic carbon is similarly responsive to environmental changes regardless of depth
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December issue out now: including content on the 2025 Sagaing earthquake, Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt, Miocene climate of Greenland, and more!
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December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
December issue out now: including content on the 2025 Sagaing earthquake, Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt, Miocene climate of Greenland, and more!
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Nature research paper: Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery
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Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery - Nature
Higher-income neighbourhoods rebuild and improve after disasters while lower-income areas do not return to pre-disaster conditions.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Nature research paper: Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery
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Great to see our perspective in print! Chad, Eva, and I suggest that geological and genomic records support the idea that Earth’s first oxygenated habitats formed on the seafloor, especially in shallow benthic settings along continental shelves
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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 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Great to see our perspective in print! Chad, Eva, and I suggest that geological and genomic records support the idea that Earth’s first oxygenated habitats formed on the seafloor, especially in shallow benthic settings along continental shelves
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A study in Communications Earth & Environement reports that aluminum-rich float rocks from Jezero crater on Mars likely represent some of the wettest intervals of Mars’ history. go.nature.com/4ryEOCc 🔭 🧪
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A study in Communications Earth & Environement reports that aluminum-rich float rocks from Jezero crater on Mars likely represent some of the wettest intervals of Mars’ history. go.nature.com/4ryEOCc 🔭 🧪
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One of our top-rated posts on @altmetric.com this past week was published open access in @natgeosci.nature.com. You can read 'Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid Bennu' here: spklr.io/63321Bg9sT
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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
One of our top-rated posts on @altmetric.com this past week was published open access in @natgeosci.nature.com. You can read 'Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid Bennu' here: spklr.io/63321Bg9sT
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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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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
Nature Geoscience - Fingerprints of stratospheric particle transport and fallout
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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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