9/09/2014

Journal Review 3 – 9 September 2014 (Nature, Science, Geology , Nature Geoscience)


 NATURE
1. The digital toolbox
Nature 513, 6 (04 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/513006b

New section of Nature (http://www.nature.com/toolbox) will collate information on software tools and websites that can help improve efficiency of research.

2. Anthropology: Sahara stopped human mixing
Nature 513, 8-9 (04 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/513008e
Quat. Sci. Rev. 101, 207-216 (2014)

3. Stalled El Niño poised to resurge
Mark Zastrow
Nature 513, 15 (04 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/513015a

4. California quake puts warning system in the spotlight
Alexandra Witze
Nature 513, 18 (04 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/513018a

5. Geodynamics: How plumes help to break plates
Susanne Buiter
Nature 513, 36-37 (04 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/513036a

6. Asymmetric three-dimensional topography over mantle plumes
Evgueni Burov and Taras Gerya
Nature 513, 85-89 (04 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/nature13703

7. Migrations and dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone
Tapio Schneider, Tobias Bischoff and Gerald H. Haug
Nature 513, 45-53 (04 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/nature13636

SCIENCE
8. Greenland temperature response to climate forcing during the last deglaciation
Christo Buizert, Vasileios Gkinis, Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, Feng He, Benoit S. Lecavalier, Philippe Kindler, Markus Leuenberger, Anders E. Carlson, Bo Vinther, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, James W. C. White, Zhengyu Liu, Beete Otto-Bliesner, Edward J. Brook
Vol. 345 no. 6201 pp. 1177-1180 doi:10.1126/science.1254961

9. Multiple nutrient stresses at intersecting Pacific Ocean biomes detected by protein biomarkers
Mak A. Saito, Matthew R. McIlvin, Dawn M. Moran, Tyler J. Goepfert, Giacomo R. DiTullio, Anton F. Post, Carl H. Lamborg
Vol. 345 no. 6201 pp. 1173-1177 doi:10.1126/science.1256450

GEOLOGY
10. Extreme warming of tropical waters during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
T. Aze, P. N. Pearson, A. J. Dickson, M. P. S. Badger, P. R. Bown, R. D. Pancost, S. J. Gibbs, B. T. Huber, M. J. Leng, A. L. Coe, A. S. Cohen and G. L. Foster
v. 42 p. 739-742 doi:10.1130/G35637.1

11. Unstable ice stream in Greenland during the Younger Dryas cold event
Vincent Rinterknecht, Vincent Jomelli, Daniel Brunstein, Vincent Favier, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Didier Bourlès, Laëtitia Leanni and Romain Schläppy
v. 42 p. 759-762 doi:10.1130/G35929.1

12. Evolutionary radiation of shallow-water Lucinidae (Bivalvia with endosymbionts) as a result of the rise of seagrasses and mangroves
Steven M. Stanley
v. 42 p. 803-806 doi:10.1130/G35942.1


NATURE GEOSCIENCE
13. Aerosols: The colour of smoke
Nicolas Bellouin
Nature Geoscience 7, 619-620 (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2226

14. Biogeochemistry: Oxygen burrowed away
Filip J. R. Meysman
Nature Geoscience 7, 620-621 (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2218

15. Carbon sequestration: Tiny potential
Amy Whitchurch
Nature Geoscience 7, 623 (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2242

16. Geomorphology: An ephemeral gorge
Amy Whitchurch
Nature Geoscience 7, 624-625 (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2235

17. Seafloor methane: Atlantic bubble bath
John Kessler
Nature Geoscience 7, 625-626 (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2238

18. Recent Arctic amplification and extreme mid-latitude weather
Judah Cohen, James A. Screen, Jason C. Furtado, Mathew Barlow, David Whittleston, Dim Coumou, Jennifer Francis, Dara Entekhabi, James Overland and Justin Jones
Nature Geoscience 7, 627-637 (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2234

19. Satellite-based estimate of global aerosol-cloud radiative forcing by marine warm clouds
Yi-Chun Chen, Matthew W. Christensen, Graeme L. Stephens and John H. Seinfeld
Nature Geoscience 7, 643-646 (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2214

20. Natural variability, radiative forcing and climate response in the recent hiatus reconciled
Markus Huber and Reto Knutti
Nature Geoscience 7, 651-656 (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2228

21. Persistent link between solar activity and Greenland climate during the Last Glacial Maximum
Florian Adolphi, Raimund Muscheler, Anders Svensson, Ala Aldahan, Göran Possnert, Jürg Beer, Jesper Sjolte, Svante Björck, Katja Matthes and Rémi Thiéblemont
Nature Geoscience 7, 662-666 (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2225