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Mechanisms, detection and impacts of species redistributions under climate change Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jake A. Lawlor, Lise Comte, Gaël Grenouillet, Jonathan Lenoir, J. Alex Baecher, R.M.W.J. Bandara, Romain Bertrand, I-Ching Chen, Sarah E. Diamond, Lesley T. Lancaster, Nikki Moore, Jerome Murienne, Brunno F. Oliveira, Gretta T. Pecl, Malin L. Pinsky, Jonathan Rolland, Madeleine Rubenstein, Brett R. Scheffers, Laura M. Thompson, Brit van Amerom, Fabricio Villalobos, Sarah R. Weiskopf, Jennifer Sunday
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Causes and consequences of the Messinian salinity crisis Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Wout Krijgsman, Eelco J. Rohling, Dan V. Palcu, Fadl Raad, Udara Amarathunga, Rachel Flecker, Fabio Florindo, Andrew P. Roberts, Francisco J. Sierro, Giovanni Aloisi
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The role of biota in the Southern Ocean carbon cycle Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Philip W. Boyd, Kevin R. Arrigo, Mathieu Ardyna, Svenja Halfter, Luis Huckstadt, Angela M. Kuhn, Delphine Lannuzel, Griet Neukermans, Camilla Novaglio, Elizabeth H. Shadwick, Sebastien Swart, Sandy J. Thomalla
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Plant responses to changing rainfall frequency and intensity Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Andrew F. Feldman, Xue Feng, Andrew J. Felton, Alexandra G. Konings, Alan K. Knapp, Joel A. Biederman, Benjamin Poulter
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Replicating real-world microplastics with accelerated physicochemical ageing Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Phuping Sucharitakul
Phuping Sucharitakul explains how artificially aged microplastics can accurately reproduce the properties of microplastics in the environment.
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From academia to a career in scientific publishing Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Graham Simpkins, Clare Davis
To explore career opportunities outside of academia, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Clare Davis about their career path from postdoctoral researcher to senior editor at Communications Earth & Environment.
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Vegetation greenness in 2023 Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Xiangyi Li, Kai Wang, Chris Huntingford, Zaichun Zhu, Josep Peñuelas, Ranga B. Myneni, Shilong Piao
Global greening continued into 2023, reaching near-record values that were dominated by regional enhancement in the mid-western USA, Europe, northern Australia and parts of equatorial Africa. In contrast, climatic events contributed to browning signals in Russia, Canada, Mexico and tropical drylands.
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Chronicling the climate of 2023 Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment launches a new series of articles — Climate Chronicles — that document the characteristics and changes of select climate variables each year.
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Global carbon emissions in 2023 Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Zhu Liu, Zhu Deng, Steven J. Davis, Philippe Ciais
Global CO2 emissions for 2023 increased by only 0.1% relative to 2022 (following increases of 5.4% and 1.9% in 2021 and 2022, respectively), reaching 35.8 Gt CO2. These 2023 emissions consumed 10–66.7% of the remaining carbon budget to limit warming to 1.5°C, suggesting permissible emissions could be depleted within 0.5–6 years (67% likelihood).
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Wildfires in 2023 Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Crystal A. Kolden, John T. Abatzoglou, Matthew W. Jones, Piyush Jain
Wildfires burned 384 Mha of land in 2023, the highest since 2017 but 5% lower than the 2001–2022 average. These fires emitted an estimated 2,524 Tg C, 30% of which came from Canada’s record fire season.
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Sea ice in 2023 Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Lettie A. Roach, Walter N. Meier
Antarctic sea ice extent was the lowest on record in 2023, with an annual mean of 9.81 million km2, beating the previous minimum of 2022. Arctic sea ice extent was also low, with an annual mean of 10.49 million km2, but did not break any records.
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Precipitation extremes in 2023 Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Hayley J. Fowler, Stephen Blenkinsop, Amy Green, Paul A. Davies
2023 saw a multitude of extreme precipitation events across the globe, causing flash flooding, countless fatalities and huge economic losses. Fuelled by a combination of a strong El Niño, record ocean warmth and anthropogenic warming, these events highlight the ongoing risks posed by extreme precipitation in a warming climate.
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Terrestrial water storage in 2023 Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Bailing Li, Matthew Rodell
Global terrestrial water storage (TWS) anomalies reached a record low of –9.94 cm in 2023, decreasing 0.80 cm from 2022. These reductions largely reflect ongoing TWS losses from glacial melt and groundwater use for irrigation, offset by gains in central and eastern Antarctica and La Niña-related tropical wetting.
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Extreme terrestrial heat in 2023 Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, David Barriopedro, Roshan Jha, Lin Wang, Arpita Mondal, Renata Libonati, Kai Kornhuber
Multiple relentless heatwaves occurred in 2023, with much of the world experiencing at least 20 more heatwave days than the 1991–2020 average. Prominent and record-breaking events included exceptional wintertime and spring heat in South America, large heatwaves over Europe, Africa and Asia, and a prolonged event over south-eastern USA and Central America.
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Climate policy in 2023 Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Leonardo Nascimento, Catrina Godinho, Takeshi Kuramochi, Mia Moisio, Michel den Elzen, Niklas Höhne
In 2023, national and international climate policy advanced in many areas but also faced substantial domestic hurdles in others. Countries agreed on new global initiatives and many major emitters expanded national climate policies. However, others rolled back existing policies and continued to support fossil fuels, slowing down global progress.
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Ocean heat content in 2023 Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Lijing Cheng, Karina von Schuckmann, Audrey Minière, Maria Z. Hakuba, Sarah Purkey, Gavin A. Schmidt, Yuying Pan
In 2023, global full-depth ocean heat content (OHC) reached a record increase of 464 ± 55 ZJ since 1960, with strong heat gain observed in the Southern and Atlantic Oceans. OHC was 16 ± 10 ZJ higher than in 2022, continuing the long-term increasing trend that started in 1960.
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From academia to a career in climate journalism Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Graham Simpkins, Giuliana Viglione
To explore career opportunities outside of academia, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Giuliana Viglione about their career path from a graduate student to a climate journalist at Carbon Brief.
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Climate change impacts and adaptations of wine production Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Cornelis van Leeuwen, Giovanni Sgubin, Benjamin Bois, Nathalie Ollat, Didier Swingedouw, Sébastien Zito, Gregory A. Gambetta
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Trapping atoms of krypton-81 to date groundwater and ice cores Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Hao Li
Hao Li explains how groundwater and ice core samples are dated using krypton-81 atom trap trace analysis.
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Particulate matter sampling to assess air pollution Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Lisbett Susana Materano-Escalona
Lisbett Materano highlights how urban dust samples can be used to identify environmental and health risks from air pollution.
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Arsenic and other geogenic contaminants in global groundwater Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Abhijit Mukherjee, Poulomee Coomar, Soumyajit Sarkar, Karen H. Johannesson, Alan E. Fryar, Madeline E. Schreiber, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Mohammad Ayaz Alam, Prosun Bhattacharya, Jochen Bundschuh, William Burgess, Madhumita Chakraborty, Rachel Coyte, Abida Farooqi, Huaming Guo, Julian Ijumulana, Gh Jeelani, Debapriya Mondal, D. Kirk Nordstrom, Joel Podgorski, David A. Polya, Bridget R. Scanlon, Mohammad
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Projections of an ice-free Arctic Ocean Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Alexandra Jahn, Marika M. Holland, Jennifer E. Kay
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Using multiparameter meters to monitor estuarine water quality Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Sandy Castellano
Sandy Castellano explains how multiparameter meters are a quick and cost-effective method to monitor water quality in estuaries.
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Growing demand for environmental science expertise in the corporate sector Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Alexey K. Pavlov, Daiane G. Faller, Mathilde Erfurt, Tracy Lane, Josh Hasdell, Jane E. Collins
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From academia to a career in geoscience consultancy Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Erin Scott, Tim Armitage
To explore career opportunities outside of academia, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Tim Armitage about their career path from a postdoctoral researcher to a geoscience consultant at the British Geological Survey.
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From academia to a career in strategic water planning Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Erin Scott, Sarah Clancy
To explore career opportunities outside of academia, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Sarah Clancy about their career path from a postdoctoral researcher to a technical policy advisor at Northumbrian Water.
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From academia to a career in the climate tech industry Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Graham Simpkins, Sandra Ó. Snæbjörnsdóttir
To explore career opportunities outside of academia, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Sandra Snæbjörnsdóttir about their career path from postdoctoral researcher to Chief Scientist at Carbfix.
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The value of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystem services Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Natalie Stoeckl, Vanessa Adams, Rachel Baird, Anne Boothroyd, Robert Costanza, Darla Hatton MacDonald, Glenn Finau, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Matt A. King, Ida Kubiszewski, Delphine Lannuzel, Elizabeth Leane, Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Can-Seng Ooi, Mala Raghavan, Valeria Senigaglia, Jing Tian, Satoshi Yamazaki
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean provide numerous ecosystem services that benefit people globally, but many are ‘invisible’ to markets and to some decision makers. A subset of these services — Antarctic tourism, commercial fisheries, and a suite of inter-related regulating services — are conservatively valued at ~US $180 billion annually, highlighting their importance.
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Assessing and addressing the global state of food production data scarcity Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Endalkachew Abebe Kebede, Hanan Abou Ali, Tyler Clavelle, Halley E. Froehlich, Jessica A. Gephart, Sarah Hartman, Mario Herrero, Hannah Kerner, Piyush Mehta, Catherine Nakalembe, Deepak K. Ray, Stefan Siebert, Philip Thornton, Kyle Frankel Davis
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Compact inverse Compton scattering sources to characterize and map radionuclides Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Hao Ding
Hao Ding outlines the use of compact inverse Compton scattering sources to study the characteristics of radionuclides that can damage the environment.
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Short- and long-term variability of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Edward Hanna, Dániel Topál, Jason E. Box, Sammie Buzzard, Frazer D. W. Christie, Christine Hvidberg, Mathieu Morlighem, Laura De Santis, Alessandro Silvano, Florence Colleoni, Ingo Sasgen, Alison F. Banwell, Michiel R. van den Broeke, Robert DeConto, Jan De Rydt, Heiko Goelzer, Alexandra Gossart, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, Katrin Lindbäck, Bertie Miles, Ruth Mottram, Frank Pattyn, Ronja Reese, Eric Rignot
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Crop traits and production under drought Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Vincent Vadez, Alexandre Grondin, Karine Chenu, Amelia Henry, Laurent Laplaze, Emilie J. Millet, Andrea Carminati
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Cu isotopes as tracers of anthropogenic pollution Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Ana Cristina Vasquez
Ana Cristina Vasquez discusses how Cu isotopes can trace metal pollution sources from anthropogenic activities, such as urban pollution, traffic emissions, mining and smelting
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Drainage divide migration and implications for climate and biodiversity Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Chuanqi He, Jean Braun, Hui Tang, Xiaoping Yuan, Esteban Acevedo-Trejos, Richard F. Ott, Gaia Stucky de Quay
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Monitoring Earth’s climate variables with satellite laser altimetry Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Lori A. Magruder, Sinead L. Farrell, Amy Neuenschwander, Laura Duncanson, Beata Csatho, Sahra Kacimi, Helen A. Fricker
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Using a tethered balloon to monitor atmospheric water vapour dynamics over the Tibetan Plateau Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Gebanruo Chen
Gebanruo Chen explains how tethered air balloons can take high-resolution and high-altitude water vapour measurements to give insights into the atmospheric water cycle
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Sustainable pathways towards universal renewable electricity access in Africa Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Rebecca Peters, Jürgen Berlekamp, Charles Kabiri, Beth A. Kaplin, Klement Tockner, Christiane Zarfl
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The impacts of climate change on coastal groundwater Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 C. M. Richardson, K. L. Davis, C. Ruiz-González, J. A. Guimond, H. A. Michael, A. Paldor, N. Moosdorf, A. Paytan
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Wind-wave climate changes and their impacts Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Mercè Casas-Prat, Mark A. Hemer, Guillaume Dodet, Joao Morim, Xiaolan L. Wang, Nobuhito Mori, Ian Young, Li Erikson, Bahareh Kamranzad, Prashant Kumar, Melisa Menéndez, Yang Feng
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Improving Earth science communication and accessibility with data sonification Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 M. Russo, T. M. Gernon, A. Santaguida, T. K. Hincks
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Drivers of Southern Ocean cooling Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Graham Simpkins
An article in Geophysical Research Letters outlines that a positive trend in the Southern Annular Mode is unlikely to have caused observed cooling in Southern Ocean sea surface temperatures.
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Pre-Cenozoic cyclostratigraphy and palaeoclimate responses to astronomical forcing Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 David De Vleeschouwer, Lawrence M. E. Percival, Nina M. A. Wichern, Sietske J. Batenburg
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Climate change impacts on Antarctic krill behaviour and population dynamics Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 So Kawaguchi, Angus Atkinson, Dominik Bahlburg, Kim S. Bernard, Emma L. Cavan, Martin J. Cox, Simeon L. Hill, Bettina Meyer, Devi Veytia
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Towards scientific forecasting of magmatic eruptions Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Valerio Acocella, Maurizio Ripepe, Eleonora Rivalta, Aline Peltier, Federico Galetto, Erouscilla Joseph
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The physical mechanisms of induced earthquakes Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Mohammad J. A. Moein, Cornelius Langenbruch, Ryan Schultz, Francesco Grigoli, William L. Ellsworth, Ruijia Wang, Antonio Pio Rinaldi, Serge Shapiro
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Disaster risk communication requires dissemination, dialogue and participation Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 I. S. Stewart, E. Sevilla, K. Barragán, E. Yahya Menteşe
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Non-perennial segments in river networks Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Thibault Datry, Andrew J. Boulton, Ken Fritz, Rachel Stubbington, Nuria Cid, Julie Crabot, Klement Tockner
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Controversies of carbon dioxide removal Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Kevin Anderson, Holly Jean Buck, Lili Fuhr, Oliver Geden, Glen P. Peters, Eve Tamme
Various methods of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) are being pursued in response to the climate crisis, but they are mostly not proven at scale. Climate experts are divided over whether CDR is a necessary requirement or a dangerous distraction from limiting emissions. In this Viewpoint, six experts offer their views on the CDR debate.
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Climate change impacts on crop yields Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei, Heidi Webber, Senthold Asseng, Kenneth Boote, Jean Louis Durand, Frank Ewert, Pierre Martre, Dilys Sefakor MacCarthy
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Mitigating ghost fishing Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Erin Scott
An article in Marine Policy assessed the abundance and causes of discarded fishing gear in Kerala, India, to help inform fishing debris management practices.
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Ghost forests stand apart Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Laura Zinke
An article in Soil & Environmental Health finds ghost forests are distinct from freshwater forested wetlands and salt marshes.
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The anthropogenic salt cycle Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Sujay S. Kaushal, Gene E. Likens, Paul M. Mayer, Ruth R. Shatkay, Sydney A. Shelton, Stanley B. Grant, Ryan M. Utz, Alexis M. Yaculak, Carly M. Maas, Jenna E. Reimer, Shantanu V. Bhide, Joseph T. Malin, Megan A. Rippy
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Halloween-like solar storm impacts Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Laura Zinke
An article in Space Weather estimates that an event like the Halloween solar storm of 2003 could cause large economic losses in the aviation sector if it occurred in the present day.
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Environmental impacts and remediation of dye-containing wastewater Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Jiuyang Lin, Wenyuan Ye, Ming Xie, Dong Han Seo, Jianquan Luo, Yinhua Wan, Bart Van der Bruggen
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Mechanisms of tropical Pacific decadal variability Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Antonietta Capotondi, Shayne McGregor, Michael J. McPhaden, Sophie Cravatte, Neil J. Holbrook, Yukiko Imada, Sara C. Sanchez, Janet Sprintall, Malte F. Stuecker, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Mathias Zeller, Riccardo Farneti, Giorgio Graffino, Shijian Hu, Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Yu Kosaka, Fred Kucharski, Michael Mayer, Bo Qiu, Agus Santoso, Andréa S. Taschetto, Fan Wang, Xuebin Zhang, Ryan M. Holmes,
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Genesis and evolution of kimberlites Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Andrea Giuliani, Max W. Schmidt, Trond H. Torsvik, Yana Fedortchouk
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Darkening clouds after restrictions in maritime sulfur emissions Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Erin Scott
An article in Atmos. Chem. Phys. found that reductions in maritime sulfur emissions led to less reflective clouds above a major shipping corridor, with potential implications for regional warming.
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Jointly advancing infrastructure and biodiversity conservation Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 S. Kyle McKay, Seth J. Wenger, Charles B. van Rees, Brian P. Bledsoe, Todd S. Bridges
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Greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation in rice agriculture Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Haoyu Qian, Xiangchen Zhu, Shan Huang, Bruce Linquist, Yakov Kuzyakov, Reiner Wassmann, Kazunori Minamikawa, Maite Martinez-Eixarch, Xiaoyuan Yan, Feng Zhou, Bjoern Ole Sander, Weijian Zhang, Ziyin Shang, Jianwen Zou, Xunhua Zheng, Ganghua Li, Zhenhui Liu, Songhan Wang, Yanfeng Ding, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Yu Jiang