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| ArXives of Earth science p149
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0083-y |
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| Consistency and discrepancy in the atmospheric response to Arctic sea-ice loss across climate models pp155 - 163
James A. Screen, Clara Deser, Doug M. Smith, Xiangdong Zhang, Russell Blackport et al.
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0059-y
Changes in Northern Hemisphere atmospheric temperature, pressure patterns and winds emerge as a consistent response to Arctic sea-ice loss in six coupled climate models. |
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| Cyclonic circulation of Saturn's atmosphere due to tilted convection pp164 - 167
Y. D. Afanasyev & Y. Zhang
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0070-3
Saturn's cyclonic atmospheric circulation may be explained by the dynamics of small-scale convection, suggest laboratory analogue experiments. |
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| Continuous reorientation of synchronous terrestrial planets due to mantle convection pp168 - 172
Jérémy Leconte
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0071-2
Mantle convection in rocky planets in a synchronous orbit around their host stars can induce continuous reorientation, according to an analysis of the efficiency of true polar wander for synchronous exoplanets. |
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| Widespread distribution of OH/H2O on the lunar surface inferred from spectral data pp173 - 177
Joshua L. Bandfield, Michael J. Poston, Rachel L. Klima & Christopher S. Edwards
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0065-0
Hydroxyl produced by space weathering processes may be widespread and persistent on the lunar surface according to analysis of spectral data from the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. |
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| Discrepancy between simulated and observed ethane and propane levels explained by underestimated fossil emissions pp178 - 184
Stig B. Dalsøren, Gunnar Myhre, Øivind Hodnebrog, Cathrine Lund Myhre, Andreas Stohl et al.
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0073-0
Observations of ethane and propane distributions in the atmosphere are reproduced in simulations with an atmospheric chemistry transport model, if fossil emissions are a factor of two to three higher than previously assumed. |
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| Dryland photoautotrophic soil surface communities endangered by global change pp185 - 189
Emilio Rodriguez-Caballero, Jayne Belnap, Burkhard Büdel, Paul J. Crutzen, Meinrat O. Andreae et al.
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0072-1
Biocrust coverage of soils could decrease by 25–40% within 65 years, due to climate and land-use changes. Biocrusts, such as lichens and algae, cover 12% of Earth's land surface but environmental modelling suggests that they are vulnerable to change. |
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| Export of nutrient rich Northern Component Water preceded early Oligocene Antarctic glaciation pp190 - 196
Helen K. Coxall, Claire E. Huck, Matthew Huber, Caroline H. Lear, Alba Legarda-Lisarri et al.
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0069-9
The onset of deep water export from the North Atlantic Ocean preceded the onset of Antarctic glaciation by about one million years, according to sediment geochemistry, and may have been triggered by tectonic changes in the Atlantic basin. |
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| Corrugated megathrust revealed offshore from Costa Rica pp197 - 202
Joel H. Edwards, Jared W. Kluesner, Eli A. Silver, Emily E. Brodsky, Daniel S. Brothers et al.
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0061-4
Mature parts of the shallow megathrust beneath Costa Rica are characterized by striking corrugations that may channel fluids, according to seismic images. Nascent sections of the subduction zone plate boundary appear only weakly corrugated. |
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| Modification of the Western Gondwana craton by plume–lithosphere interaction pp203 - 210
Jiashun Hu, Lijun Liu, Manuele Faccenda, Quan Zhou, Karen M. Fischer et al.
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0064-1
South American and African cratons may have been substantially modified by mantle plumes, according to analyses of seismic images and tectonic records. The results imply that cratons may not be as stable as once thought. |
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| Puzzling features of western Mediterranean tectonics explained by slab dragging pp211 - 216
Wim Spakman, Maria V. Chertova, Arie. van den Berg & Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0066-z
Complex patterns of crustal deformation in the western Mediterranean region may be attributable to movements of the African Plate that drag the subducted Gibraltar slab through the mantle, according to numerical simulations. |
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| Author Correction: Earth's early O2 cycle suppressed by primitive continents p217
Matthijs A. Smit & Klaus Mezger
doi:10.1038/s41561-017-0025-0 |
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| Publisher Correction: Silicate Earth's missing niobium may have been sequestered into asteroidal cores p217
Carsten Münker, Raúl O. C. Fonseca & Toni Schulz
doi:10.1038/s41561-017-0014-3 |
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| Publisher Correction: Increased food production and reduced water use through optimized crop distribution p217
Kyle Frankel Davis, Maria Cristina Rulli, Antonio Seveso & Paolo D'Odorico
doi:10.1038/s41561-017-0021-4 |
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| Publisher Correction: Response of Pacific-sector Antarctic ice shelves to the El Niño/Southern Oscillation p217
F. S. Paolo, L. Padman, H. A. Fricker, S. Adusumilli, S. Howard et al.
doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0067-y |
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