New Paper Nature and others (25/08/26 -01/09/26)

 

Science Advances

Near-term, geospatial opportunity for biomass carbon storage to address the wildfire and climate crises

Leah K. Clayton, Alexander S. Wyckoff, and Sinéad M. Crotty 

PNAS

Weak prestorm submesoscale sea surface temperature gradients conducive to tropical cyclone intensification

Hanrui Liu, Wenju Cai, Shoude Guan, +4 , and Zhengguang Zhang 

Rethinking the origin of life at seafloor hydrothermal vents

Benjamin M. Tutolo

Recent high-severity wildfires in a dry-conifer landscape are unprecedented over five centuries and foretell future forest loss

Andreas P. Wion, Jens T. Stevens, Jonathan D. Coop, +3, and Ellis Q. Margolis 

Major role for internal variability in tropical Pacific warming pattern over satellite era

Shang-Ping Xie  ,  Ayumu Miyamoto   Qihua Peng , and  Matthew T. Luongo

Nature Geoscience

Fan, CS., Sun, C., Xie, Z.  et al.  Hadley circulation drives material isolation and pole-to-pole teleconnection on Mars.  Nat. Geosci.  (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02090-2

Su, Y., Xu, Y., Zhang, X.  et al.  Disturbance characteristics and forest properties regulate surface warming and recovery across Europe.  Nat. Geosci.  (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02071-5

Liu, D., Jiang, F., Hu, K.  et al.  Warming potential of atmospheric black carbon modulated by particulate matter.  Nat. Geosci.  (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02068-0

Nature Communications

Fan, D., Duarte, CM, Wang, F.  et al.  The global distribution of macroalgal carbon burial in coastal sediments.  Nat Commun  (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-77215-7

Namur, O., Charlier, B., Cartier, C.  et al.  Carbon distribution in planet Mercury from magma ocean evolution to graphite crust and core composition.  Nat Commun  17 , 9227 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75458-y

Alcott, LJ, Mills, BJW, Bekker, A.  et al.  A nutrient control on oxygenation dynamics during Earth's Great Oxidation Episode.  Nat Commun  (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76597-y

Larsen, KMH, Eriksdóttir, G., Hansen, B.  et al.  Iceland-Faroe overflow revealed by in-situ observations.  Nat Commun  (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-77220-w

Wang, S., Oppo, DW & Ummenhofer, CC Coupling of Pacific and Indian Ocean variability disrupted by 19th century volcanism.  Nat Commun  17 , 8572 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76705-y

Pondom National Centre

Wang, H., Liu, J., Holden, J. et al. Climate warming drives thermal shocks and accelerated freshwater habitat fragmentation. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02731-9