10/01/2014

Journal Review 24 September – 1 October 2014 (Nature, Science, Geology, Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications)


 NATURE
1. Renewable energy: Wind power tests the waters
Nature 513, 478-480 (25 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/513478a

2. Environment: Social change affects Antarctic priorities
Nick Gales, Phil Trathan & Anthony Worby
Nature 513, 487 (25 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/513487a

3. Earth science: A fresh look at river flow
Nicole M. Gasparini
Nature 513, 490-491 (25 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/513490a

4. Extrasolar planets: Window on a watery world
Eliza M. R. Kempton
Nature 513, 493-494 (25 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/513493a

5. Asian monsoons in a late Eocene greenhouse world
A. Licht, M. van Cappelle, H. A. Abels, J.-B. Ladant, J. Trabucho-Alexandre et al.
Nature 513, 501-506 (25 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/nature13704

6. Placing an upper limit on cryptic marine sulphur cycling
D. T. Johnston, B. C. Gill, A. Masterson, E. Beirne, K. L. Casciotti, A. N. Knapp & W. Berelson
Nature 513, 530-533 (25 Sep 2014) doi: 10.1038/nature13698

SCIENCE
7. Perovskites take lead in solar hydrogen race
Thomas Hamann
Vol. 345 no. 6204 pp. 1566-1567 doi:10.1126/science.1260051

8. Ongoing drought-induced uplift in the western United States
A. A. Borsa, D. C. Agnew, D. R. Catab
Vol. 345 no. 6201 pp. 1173-1177 doi:10.1126/science.1256450

9. The ancient heritage of water ice in the solar system
L. I. Cleeves, E. A. Bergin, C. M. O’D. Alexander, F. Du et al
Vol. 345 no. 6204 pp. 1590-1593 doi:10.1126/science.1258055

GEOLOGY
10. Linking plate tectonics and mantle flow to Earth’s topography
N. Flament
v. 42 p. 927-928 doi:10.1130/focus102014.1

11. Dynamic ups and downs of the Himalaya
L. Husson, M. Bernet, S. Guillot, P. Huyghe, J. Mugnier, A. Replumaz et al.
v. 42 p. 839-842 doi:10.1130/G36049.1

12. Global continental weathering trends across the Early Permian glacial to postglacial transition: Correlating high and low-palaeolatitude sedimentary records
J. Yang, P. A. Cawood, Y. Du, B. Feng & J. Yan
v. 42 p. 835-838 doi:10.1130/G35892.1

NATURE GEOSCIENCE
13. Persistence of carbon release events through the peak of early Eocene global warmth
S. Turner, P. F. Sexton, C. D. Charles & R. D. Norris
Nature Geoscience 7, 748-751 (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2240

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
14. Threshold for sand mobility on Mars calibrated from seasonal variations of sand flux
F. Ayoub, J.-P Avouac, C. E. Newman, M. I. Richardson, A. Lucas, S. Leprince, N. T. Bridges
Nature Communications 5, doi:10.1038/ncomms6096

15. Antarctic contribution to meltwater pulse 1A from reduced Southern Ocean overturning
N. R. Golledge, L. Menviel, L. Carter, C. J. Fogwill, M. H. England, G. Cortese, R. H. Levy
Nature Geoscience 7, 623 (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2242