1/21/2015

New Papers (Nature, Science, etc...) 2015/01/12~2015/01/18

Nature
1. The terrestrial uranium isotope cycle
Morten B. Andersen, Tim Elliott, Heye Freymuth, Kenneth W. W. Sims, Yaoling Niu & Katherine A. Kelley
Nature 517, 356–359 (15 January 2015) doi:10.1038/nature14062

Science
2. Reduced El Niño–Southern Oscillation during the Last Glacial Maximum
Heather L. Ford, A. Christina Ravelo, and Pratigya J. Polissar
Science 16 January 2015: Vol. 347 no. 6219 pp. 255-258
DOI: 10.1126/science.1258437

3. Linked canopy, climate, and faunal change in the Cenozoic of Patagonia
Regan E. Dunn, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, Richard H. Madden, Matthew J. Kohn, and Alfredo A. Carlini
Science 16 January 2015: Vol. 347 no. 6219 pp. 258-261
DOI: 10.1126/science.1260947

4. Agriculture facilitated permanent human occupation of the Tibetan Plateau after 3600 B.P.
F. H. Chen, G. H. Dong, D. J. Zhang, X. Y. Liu, X. Jia, C. B. An, M. M. Ma, Y. W. Xie, L. Barton, X. Y. Ren, Z. J. Zhao, X. H. Wu, and M. K. Jones
Science 16 January 2015: Vol. 347 no. 6219 pp. 248-250
DOI: 10.1126/science.1259172

PNAS
5. Benthic perspective on Earth’s oldest evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis
Stefan V. Lalonde and Kurt O. Konhauser
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1415718112

6. Efficient meltwater drainage through supraglacial streams and rivers on the southwest Greenland ice sheet
Laurence C. Smith, Vena W. Chu, Kang Yang, Colin J. Gleason, Lincoln H. Pitcher, Asa K. Rennermalm, Carl J. Legleiter, Alberto E. Behar, Brandon T. Overstreet, Samiah E. Moustafa, Marco Tedesco, Richard R. Forster, Adam L. LeWinter, David C. Finnegan, Yongwei Sheng, and James Balog
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1413024112

7. Magnetostrophic balance as the optimal state for turbulent magnetoconvection
Eric M. King and Jonathan M. Aurnou
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1417741112

Nature Communications
None

Nature Geoscience
8. Accelerated extension of Tibet linked to the northward underthrusting of Indian crust
Richard Styron, Michael Taylor & Kurt Sundell
Nature Geoscience (2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2336

Nature Climate Change
9. Responding to rising sea levels in the Mekong Delta
A. Smajgl, T. Q. Toan, D. K. Nhan, J. Ward, N. H. Trung, L. Q. Tri, V. P. D. Tri & P. T. Vu
Nature Climate Change (2015) doi:10.1038/nclimate2469

Scientific Reports
10. Supplanting ecosystem services provided by scavengers raises greenhouse gas emissions
Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Juan M. Pérez-García, Marcos Moleón, Francisco Botella, Martina Carrete, Carolina Lazcano, Rubén Moreno-Opo, Antoni Margalida, José A. Donázar   & José A. Sánchez-Zapata
Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 7811 doi:10.1038/srep07811

11. A new tool for predicting drought: An application over India
M. N. Kulkarni
Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 7680 doi:10.1038/srep07680

Geology
None