⚒️ Article: Basalt clasts returned by Chang’e-6 suggest a lunar farside mantle potential temperature that is approximately 100°C cooler than the nearside mantle www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A study in Nature Communications finds a decrease in severe hail across Europe under a high emissions scenario. However, very large hail remains a threat, particularly due to the emergence of tropical-like thunderstorms around the Mediterranean coasts. go.nature.com/46vFhg0 🧪

A paper in Nature Communications identifies 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological pathways channeling large volumes of water under the ice sheet. ⚒️ 🧪

⚒️ Article: Chemistry of a North American river shows drought also exacerbates secondary carbonate formation and atmospheric CO2 emissions www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⚒️ Article: Multidecadal persistence of soil carbon gains on retired cropland following fertilizer cessation www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A more than 30-day earthquake episode that struck Greece in January 2025 could be explained by the volcanoes Santorini and Kolumbo sharing a magma chamber, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4pDboC1 ⚒️ 🧪

⚒️ Article: Enhanced aerobic oxidation of methane in the Arctic Ocean intensified carbon dioxide emissions during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, potentially extending the event www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⚒️ Article: Presence of continental slivers in oceanic transform faults determined by rift inheritance @eth-eaps.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A paper in Nature Communications provides evidence that Silverpit Crater, on the UK continental shelf, has an extraterrestrial impact origin. go.nature.com/4nL7Zz5 ⚒️ 🧪

The risk of extreme water shortages due to climate change is predicted to affect 74% of drought-prone regions by 2100, according to research in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/42FpNDL ⚒️ 🧪

⚒️ Article: Ammonia oxidizers contribute minimally to carbon fixation in the dark ocean despite their abundance at depth @barbarabayer.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⚒️ Article: Accrual of soil carbon from absorptive fine roots exceeds that of leaf litter in forests despite lower productivity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Moon is rusting – and it’s Earth’s fault go.nature.com/3W4XomQ

⚒️ Article: Reduced nickel-rich metal and oxidized nickel carbonate inclusions within diamonds provide evidence of metasomatic redox reactions www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A study in Nature Climate Change shows that the ocean carbon sink unexpectedly declined in 2023 despite record-high sea surface temperatures (SSTs), primarily due to SST-driven outgassing of CO2 in the subtropics. 🌊 🧪

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Nature research paper: Reduced Atlantic reef growth past 2 °C warming amplifies sea-level impacts go.nature.com/3VjkuWL

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⚒️ Article: Direct human impact on land disturbances in the US is declining, while less controllable undirected wild disturbances are increasing www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Over 70% of coral reefs in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean are projected to be in a state of erosion by 2040, increasing to nearly all reefs in 2100 if warming exceeds 2 °C above preindustrial levels, a study in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/48m9Y8F 🌊 🧪

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Dinosaurs promoted open habitats in the Late Cretaceous, and their extinction could have led to a radical reorganization of the landscape and ecosystem structure at the beginning of the Paleogene, according to a study in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/3InFngj #Paleosky 🧪

⚒️ Article: Aerosol deposition onto the surface of the ocean has been underestimated, suggesting that aerosol lifetime over ocean is longer than previously appreciated www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How can countries find out how climate change will affect them at a regional scale? go.nature.com/4gus5LK

Material deep inside Earth — thousands of kilometres down, near the planet’s core — has undergone a mysterious shift go.nature.com/47IdVUY

⚒️ Article: The proposed basal magma ocean within the early Earth may have been contaminated by oxides exsolved from the core, which could explain seismic velocity anomalies observed in the lowermost mantle www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⚒️ #AllMineralsConsidered: Barite is a relatively heavy mineral used in both the medical field and the oil and gas industry www.nature.com/articles/s41...

💥NEW in NATURE GEOSCIENCE💥 Soil carbon sequestration by long-term #nitrogen & #phosphorus fertilization doi.org/10.1038/s415... rdcu.be/eFzmh Increase of C #sequestration by N and P #fertilization in the world-longest 180-year fertilization experiment in Rothamsted #soil #agriculture #CO2

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⚒️ September editorial: Bennu up close and mineralogical - on the samples returned from asteroid Bennu www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nature research paper: Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars go.nature.com/4n0h3Am

Nature research paper: Late fluid flow in a primitive asteroid revealed by Lu–Hf isotopes in Ryugu go.nature.com/4nsDFJz

September issue out now: including content on the India-Eurasia collision, methane production in peatland, samples from asteroid Bennu, and more! www.nature.com/ngeo/volumes...

The emissions of leading fossil-fuel and cement producers have been systematically linked to particular heatwaves. Three scientists discuss the methodology behind the result and its potential impact on climate-liability court cases. go.nature.com/4mdJs4T

Nature research paper: Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors go.nature.com/46gmxjh

The Perseverance rover on Mars has observed unusual minerals associated with organic matter — raising questions about the geochemistry of ancient Mars. go.nature.com/469V1nr

⚒️ Article: Enhanced West Antarctic ice loss triggered by polynya response to meridional winds www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⚒️ Article: Nitrogen and Phosphorus fertilization is an effective pathway to increase soil carbon sequestration www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The recent decline in glacier health and reduced runoff generation in the Northwestern Pamirs is primarily driven by substantially lower snowfall and snow depth since 2018, according to a study in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/3Igax9r ⚒️ 🧪

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Researchers, funders, universities and governments must work together to build scientific collaborations that are resilient to changing geopolitics go.nature.com/3IaNLQc

Prochlorococcus — Earth’s smallest and most abundant photosynthetic organism — may see population reductions of up to 51% in tropical oceans by 2100 under moderate and high warming scenarios, according to a study in Nature Microbiology. go.nature.com/3V3mvGn 🌊 🧪

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Neither #TreePlanting nor a more inclusive #EcosystemRestoration can significantly reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Global strategies should focus on #ClimateChange ADAPTATION (not mitigtion), #Biodiversity conservation and human well-being. 🌱 Check out our paper in @natgeosci.nature.com ‼️👇🏻

Nature research paper: A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage go.nature.com/4p6MvOQ

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An analysis of seismic waves propagating through Mars finds evidence that the planet has a small, solid inner core, which challenges existing planetary models go.nature.com/3JKOTuv

A paper in Nature presents evidence for a solid inner core in Mars, detected by NASA’s InSight mission. go.nature.com/3VCwHpj 🔭 🧪