8/10/2014

New papers (Nature, Science, etc…2014/8/4-10)

Nature
1. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: Rubbish is a burning problem
doi:10.1038/512008a

2. Convergence of terrestrial plant production across global climate gradients
Sean T. Michaletz, Dongliang Cheng, Andrew J. Kerkhoff & Brian J. Enquist
doi:10.1038/nature13470

3. A global ocean inventory of anthropogenic mercury based on water column measurements
Carl H. Lamborg, Chad R. Hammerschmidt, Katlin L. Bowman, Gretchen J. Swarr, Kathleen M. Munson, Daniel C. Ohnemus, Phoebe J. Lam, Lars-Eric Heimbürger, Micha J. A. Rijkenberg & Mak A. Saito
doi:10.1038/nature13563

Nature Communications
4. Formation of recent Pb-Ag-Au mineralization by potential sub-surface microbial activity
Fernando Tornos, Francisco Velasco, César Menor-Salván, Antonio Delgado, John F. Slack & Juan Manuel Escobar
doi:10.1038/ncomms5600

Science
5. Centennial changes in North Pacific anoxia linked to tropical trade winds
Curtis Deutsch, William Berelson, Robert Thunell, Thomas Weber, Caitlin Tems, James McManus, John Crusius, Taka Ito, Timothy Baumgartner, Vicente Ferreira, Jacob Mey, and Alexander van Geen
doi: 10.1126/science.1252332

PNAS
6. Footprint of Deepwater Horizon blowout impact to deep-water coral communities
Charles R. Fisher, Pen-Yuan Hsing, Carl L. Kaiser, Dana R. Yoerger, Harry H. Roberts, William W. Shedd, Erik E. Cordes, Timothy M. Shank, Samantha P. Berlet, Miles G. Saunders, Elizabeth A. Larcom, and James M. Brooks
doi:10.1073/pnas.1403492111

7. Testing for ontological errors in probabilistic forecasting models of natural systems
Warner Marzocchi and Thomas H. Jordan
doi:10.1073/pnas.1410183111

8. Large sulfur-isotope anomaly in nonvolcanic sulfate aerosol and its implications for the Archean atmosphere
Robina Shaheen, Mariana M. Abaunza, Teresa L. Jackson, Justin McCabe, Joël Savarino, and Mark H. Thiemens
doi:10.1073/pnas.1406315111

9. Rare events in earth history include the LB1 human skeleton from Flores, Indonesia, as a developmental singularity, not a unique taxon
Robert B. Eckhardt, Maciej Henneberg, Alex S. Weller, and Kenneth J. Hsü
doi:10.1073/pnas.1407385111