10/28/2014

New Papers (Nature, Science, etc...) 2014/10/22~2014/10/28

Nature
1. Characterizing and predicting the magnetic environment leading to solar eruptions
Tahar Amari, Aurélien Canou & Jean-Jacques Aly
Nature 514, 465–469 (23 October 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13815

2. Limited impact on decadal-scale climate change from increased use of natural gas
Haewon McJeon, Jae Edmonds, Nico Bauer, Leon Clarke, Brian Fisher, Brian P. Flannery, Jérôme Hilaire, Volker Krey,                Giacomo Marangoni, Raymond Mi, Keywan Riahi, Holger Rogner & Massimo Tavoni
Nature 514, 482–485 (23 October 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13837

3. Pre-Columbian mycobacterial genomes reveal seals as a source of New World human tuberculosis
Kirsten I. Bos, Kelly M. Harkins, Alexander Herbig, Mireia Coscolla, Nico Weber, Iñaki Comas, Stephen A. Forrest, Josephine M. Bryant, Simon R. Harris, Verena J. Schuenemann, Tessa J. Campbell, Kerttu Majander, Alicia K. Wilbur, Ricardo A. Guichon,   Dawnie L. Wolfe Steadman,   Della Collins Cook,      Stefan Niemann, Marcel A. Behr, Martin Zumarraga, Ricardo Bastida, Daniel Huson, Kay Nieselt, Douglas Young, Julian Parkhill, Jane E. Buikstra et al.
Nature 514, 494–497 (23 October 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13591

Science
4. Paleoindian settlement of the high-altitude Peruvian Andes
Kurt Rademaker, Gregory Hodgins, Katherine Moore, Sonia Zarrillo, Christopher Miller, Gordon R. M. Bromley, Peter Leach, David A. Reid, Willy Yépez Álvarez, and Daniel H. Sandweiss
Science 24 October 2014:Vol. 346 no. 6208 pp. 466-469
DOI: 10.1126/science.1258260

PNAS
5. Ultra-high-resolution paleoenvironmental records via direct laser-based analysis of lipid biomarkers in sediment core samples
Lars Wörmer, Marcus Elvert, Jens Fuchser, Julius Sebastian Lipp, Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Matthias Zabel, and Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1405237111

6. Strong influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation on flood risk around the world
Philip J. Ward, Brenden Jongman, Matti Kummu, Michael D. Dettinger, Frederiek C. Sperna Weiland, and Hessel C. Winsemius
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1409822111

7. Direct numerical simulations of aeolian sand ripples
Orencio Durán, Philippe Claudin, and Bruno Andreotti
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1413058111

8. Trait-based diversification shifts reflect differential extinction among fossil taxa
Peter J. Wagner and George F. Estabrook
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1406304111

Nature Communications
9. Subduction of fracture zones controls mantle melting and geochemical signature above slabs
Vlad C. Manea, William P. Leeman, Taras Gerya, Marina Manea & Guizhi Zhu
Nature Communications 5, Article number: 5095 doi:10.1038/ncomms6095

Nature Geoscience
10. Nitrogen speciation in upper mantle fluids and the origin of Earth's nitrogen-rich atmosphere
Sami Mikhail & Dimitri A. Sverjensky
Nature Geoscience (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2271

Nature Climate Change
11. Household electricity access a trivial contributor to CO2 emissions growth in India
Shonali Pachauri
Nature Climate Change (2014) doi:10.1038/nclimate2414

Scientific Reports
12. A tree-ring reconstruction of the South Asian summer monsoon index over the past millennium
Feng Shi, Jianping Li & Rob J. S. Wilson
Scientific Reports 4, Article number: 6739 doi:10.1038/srep06739

Geology
13. Measuring the time and scale-dependency of subaerial rock weathering rates over geologic time scales with ground-based lidar
Amit Mushkin, Amir Sagy, Eran Trabelci, Rivka Amit, and Naomi Porat
Geology, first published on October 17, 2014, doi:10.1130/G35866.1

14. Temperature and leaf wax δ2H records demonstrate seasonal and regional controls on Asian monsoon proxies
Elizabeth K. Thomas, Steven C. Clemens, Warren L. Prell, Timothy D. Herbert, Yongsong Huang, Zhengyu Liu, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Youbin Sun, and Xinyu Wen
Geology, first published on October 17, 2014, doi:10.1130/G36289.1

15. Multi-speleothem record reveals tightly coupled climate between central Europe and Greenland during Marine Isotope Stage 3
Gina E. Moseley, Christoph Spötl, Anders Svensson, Hai Cheng, Susanne Brandstätter, and R. Lawrence Edwards
Geology, first published on October 15, 2014, doi:10.1130/G36063.1

16. Fossil evidence of iron-oxidizing chemolithotrophy linked to phosphogenesis in the wake of the Great Oxidation Event
Chris H. Crosby, Jake V. Bailey, and Mukund Sharma
Geology, first published on October 7, 2014, doi:10.1130/G35922.1

17. Enhanced carbon dioxide outgassing from the eastern equatorial Atlantic during the last glacial
G.L. Foster and P.F. Sexton
Geology, first published on October 7, 2014, doi:10.1130/G35806.1

18. Rainfall conditions, typhoon frequency, and contemporary landslide erosion in Japan
H. Saito, O. Korup, T. Uchida, S. Hayashi, and T. Oguchi
Geology, first published on October 7, 2014, doi:10.1130/G35680.1