Nature
1. Late Cretaceous bird from Madagascar reveals unique development of beaks
Patrick M. O’Connor, Alan H. Turner, Joseph R. Groenke, Ryan N. Felice, Raymond R. Rogers, David W. Krause & Lydia J. Rahantarisoa
Science
2. Recent Global decline of CO₂ fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis
Songhan Wang, Yongguang Zhang, Weimin Ju, Jing M. Chen, Philippe Ciais, Alessandro Cescatti, Jordi Sardans, Ivan A. Janssens, Mousong Wu, Joseph A. Berry, Elliott Campbell, Marcos Fernández-Martínez, Ramdane Alkama, Stephen Sitch, Pierre Friedlingstein, William K. Smith, Wenping Yuan, Wei He, Danica Lombardozzi, Markus Kautz, Dan Zhu, Sebastian Lienert, Etsushi Kato, Benjamin Poulter, Tanja G. M. Sanders, Inken Krüger, Rong Wang, Ning Zeng, Hanqin Tian, Nicolas Vuichard, Atul K. Jain, Andy Wiltshire, Vanessa Haverd, Daniel S. Goll, Josep Peñuelas
3. Indian monsoon derailed by a North Atlantic wavetrain
P. J. Borah, V. Venugopal, J. Sukhatme, P. Muddebihal, B. N. Goswami
4. Southern Ocean upwelling, Earth’s obliquity, and glacial-interglacial atmospheric CO2 change
Xuyuan E. Ai, Anja S. Studer, Daniel M. Sigman, Alfredo Martínez-García, François Fripiat, Lena M. Thöle, Elisabeth Michel, Julia Gottschalk, Laura Arnold, Simone Moretti, Mareike Schmitt, Sergey Oleynik, Samuel L. Jaccard, Gerald H. Haug
PNAS
5. Couple impacts of sea ice variability and North Pacific atmospheric circulation on Holocene hydroclimate in Arctic Alaska
Ellie Broadman, Darrell S. Kaufman, Andrew C. G. Henderson, Irene Malmierca-Vallet, Melanie J. Leng, Jack H. Lacey
6. Individualistic evolutionary responses of Central African rain forest plants to Pleistocene climatic fluctuations
Andrew J. Helmstettera, Kevin Bethune, Narcisse G. Kamdem, Bonaventure Sonke, and Thomas L. P. Couvreur
Geology
7. Characterizing strain between rigid crustal blocks in the southern Cascadia forearc: Quaternary faults and folds of the northern Sacramento Valley, California
Stephen Angster, Steven Wesnousky, Paula Figueiredo, Lewis A. Owen and Thomas Sawyer
Nature Geoscience
8. Biogenic particles formed in the Himalaya as an important source of free tropospheric aerosols
F. Bianchi, H. Junninen , A. Bigi, V. A. Sinclair, L. Dada , C. R. Hoyle , Q. Zha, L. Yao, L. R. Ahonen, P. Bonasoni, S. Buenrostro Mazon , M. Hutterli, P. Laj , K. Lehtipalo , J. Kangasluoma, V.-M. Kerminen, J. Kontkanen , A. Marinoni , S. Mirme, U. Molteni , T. Petäjä, M. Riva, C. Rose, K. Sellegri, C. Yan , D. R. Worsnop, M. Kulmala, U. Baltensperger and J. Dommen
Nature Communications
9. The economic costs of planting, preserving, and managing the world’s forests to mitigate climate change
K. G. Austin, J. S. Baker, B. L. Sohngen, C. M. Wade, A. Daigneault, S. B. Ohrel, S. Ragnauth & A. Bean
10. Glacial heterogeneity in Southern Ocean carbon storage abated by fast South Indian deglacial carbon release
Julia Gottschalk, Elisabeth Michel, Lena M. Thöle, Anja S. Studer, Adam P. Hasenfratz, Nicole Schmid, Martin Butzin, Alain Mazaud, Alfredo Martínez-García, Sönke Szidat & Samuel L. Jaccard
11. Weak tides during Cryogenian glaciations
J. A. Mattias Green, Hannah S. Davies, Joao C. Duarte, Jessica R. Creveling & Christopher Scotese
12. Dynamic symbioses reveal pathways to coral survival through prolonged heatwaves
Danielle C. Claar, Samuel Starko, Kristina L. Tietjen, Hannah E. Epstein, Ross Cunning, Kim M. Cobb, Andrew C. Baker, Ruth D. Gates & Julia K. Baum
13. Consistent effects of pesticides on community structure and ecosystem function in freshwater systems
Samantha L. Rumschlag, Michael B. Mahon, Jason T. Hoverman, Thomas R. Raffel, Hunter J. Carrick, Peter J. Hudson, Jason R. Rohr
Nature Climate Change
14. Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink
J. Loisel, A. V. Gallego-Sala, M. J. Amesbury, G. Magnan, G. Anshari, D. W. Beilman, J. C. Benavides, J. Blewett, P. Camill, D. J. Charman, S. Chawchai, A. Hedgpeth, T. Kleinen, A. Korhola, D. Large, C. A. Mansilla , J. Müller, S. van Bellen, J. B. West, Z. Yu, J. L. Bubier, M. Garneau, T. Moore, A. B. K. Sannel, S. Page, M. Väliranta, M. Bechtold, V. Brovkin, L. E. S. Cole, J. P. Chanton, T. R. Christensen, M. A. Davies, F. De Vleeschouwer, S. A. Finkelstein, S. Frolking, M. Gałka31, L. Gandois, N. Girkin, L. I. Harris, A. Heinemeyer, A. M. Hoyt, M. C. Jones, F. Joos , S. Juutinen, K. Kaiser, T. Lacourse, M. Lamentowicz, T. Larmola, J. Leifeld, A. Lohila, A. M. Milner, K. Minkkinen, P. Moss, B. D. A. Naafs, J. Nichols, J. O’Donnell, R. Payne, M. Philben, S. Piilo, A. Quillet, A. S. Ratnayake, T. P. Roland, S. Sjögersten, O. Sonnentag, G. T. Swindles, W. Swinnen, J. Talbot, C. Treat, A. C. Valach and J. Wu
15. Stringent mitigation substantially reduces risk of unprecedented near-term warming rates
Christine M. McKenna, Amanda C. Maycock, Piers M. Forster, Christpher J. Smith, Katarzyna B. Tokarska