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Particulate matter sampling to assess air pollution Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Lisbett Susana Materano-Escalona
Lisbett Materano highlights how urban dust samples can be used to identify environmental and health risks from air pollution.
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Arsenic and other geogenic contaminants in global groundwater Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Abhijit Mukherjee, Poulomee Coomar, Soumyajit Sarkar, Karen H. Johannesson, Alan E. Fryar, Madeline E. Schreiber, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Mohammad Ayaz Alam, Prosun Bhattacharya, Jochen Bundschuh, William Burgess, Madhumita Chakraborty, Rachel Coyte, Abida Farooqi, Huaming Guo, Julian Ijumulana, Gh Jeelani, Debapriya Mondal, D. Kirk Nordstrom, Joel Podgorski, David A. Polya, Bridget R. Scanlon, Mohammad
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Projections of an ice-free Arctic Ocean Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Alexandra Jahn, Marika M. Holland, Jennifer E. Kay
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Using multiparameter meters to monitor estuarine water quality Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Sandy Castellano
Sandy Castellano explains how multiparameter meters are a quick and cost-effective method to monitor water quality in estuaries.
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Growing demand for environmental science expertise in the corporate sector Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Alexey K. Pavlov, Daiane G. Faller, Mathilde Erfurt, Tracy Lane, Josh Hasdell, Jane E. Collins
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From academia to a career in geoscience consultancy Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Erin Scott, Tim Armitage
To explore career opportunities outside of academia, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Tim Armitage about their career path from a postdoctoral researcher to a geoscience consultant at the British Geological Survey.
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From academia to a career in strategic water planning Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Erin Scott, Sarah Clancy
To explore career opportunities outside of academia, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Sarah Clancy about their career path from a postdoctoral researcher to a technical policy advisor at Northumbrian Water.
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From academia to a career in the climate tech industry Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Graham Simpkins, Sandra Ó. Snæbjörnsdóttir
To explore career opportunities outside of academia, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Sandra Snæbjörnsdóttir about their career path from postdoctoral researcher to Chief Scientist at Carbfix.
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The value of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystem services Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Natalie Stoeckl, Vanessa Adams, Rachel Baird, Anne Boothroyd, Robert Costanza, Darla Hatton MacDonald, Glenn Finau, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Matt A. King, Ida Kubiszewski, Delphine Lannuzel, Elizabeth Leane, Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Can-Seng Ooi, Mala Raghavan, Valeria Senigaglia, Jing Tian, Satoshi Yamazaki
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean provide numerous ecosystem services that benefit people globally, but many are ‘invisible’ to markets and to some decision makers. A subset of these services — Antarctic tourism, commercial fisheries, and a suite of inter-related regulating services — are conservatively valued at ~US $180 billion annually, highlighting their importance.
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Assessing and addressing the global state of food production data scarcity Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Endalkachew Abebe Kebede, Hanan Abou Ali, Tyler Clavelle, Halley E. Froehlich, Jessica A. Gephart, Sarah Hartman, Mario Herrero, Hannah Kerner, Piyush Mehta, Catherine Nakalembe, Deepak K. Ray, Stefan Siebert, Philip Thornton, Kyle Frankel Davis
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Compact inverse Compton scattering sources to characterize and map radionuclides Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Hao Ding
Hao Ding outlines the use of compact inverse Compton scattering sources to study the characteristics of radionuclides that can damage the environment.
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Short- and long-term variability of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Edward Hanna, Dániel Topál, Jason E. Box, Sammie Buzzard, Frazer D. W. Christie, Christine Hvidberg, Mathieu Morlighem, Laura De Santis, Alessandro Silvano, Florence Colleoni, Ingo Sasgen, Alison F. Banwell, Michiel R. van den Broeke, Robert DeConto, Jan De Rydt, Heiko Goelzer, Alexandra Gossart, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson, Katrin Lindbäck, Bertie Miles, Ruth Mottram, Frank Pattyn, Ronja Reese, Eric Rignot
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Crop traits and production under drought Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Vincent Vadez, Alexandre Grondin, Karine Chenu, Amelia Henry, Laurent Laplaze, Emilie J. Millet, Andrea Carminati
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Cu isotopes as tracers of anthropogenic pollution Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Ana Cristina Vasquez
Ana Cristina Vasquez discusses how Cu isotopes can trace metal pollution sources from anthropogenic activities, such as urban pollution, traffic emissions, mining and smelting
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Drainage divide migration and implications for climate and biodiversity Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Chuanqi He, Jean Braun, Hui Tang, Xiaoping Yuan, Esteban Acevedo-Trejos, Richard F. Ott, Gaia Stucky de Quay
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Monitoring Earth’s climate variables with satellite laser altimetry Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Lori A. Magruder, Sinead L. Farrell, Amy Neuenschwander, Laura Duncanson, Beata Csatho, Sahra Kacimi, Helen A. Fricker
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Using a tethered balloon to monitor atmospheric water vapour dynamics over the Tibetan Plateau Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Gebanruo Chen
Gebanruo Chen explains how tethered air balloons can take high-resolution and high-altitude water vapour measurements to give insights into the atmospheric water cycle
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Sustainable pathways towards universal renewable electricity access in Africa Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Rebecca Peters, Jürgen Berlekamp, Charles Kabiri, Beth A. Kaplin, Klement Tockner, Christiane Zarfl
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The impacts of climate change on coastal groundwater Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 C. M. Richardson, K. L. Davis, C. Ruiz-González, J. A. Guimond, H. A. Michael, A. Paldor, N. Moosdorf, A. Paytan
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Wind-wave climate changes and their impacts Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Mercè Casas-Prat, Mark A. Hemer, Guillaume Dodet, Joao Morim, Xiaolan L. Wang, Nobuhito Mori, Ian Young, Li Erikson, Bahareh Kamranzad, Prashant Kumar, Melisa Menéndez, Yang Feng
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Improving Earth science communication and accessibility with data sonification Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 M. Russo, T. M. Gernon, A. Santaguida, T. K. Hincks
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Drivers of Southern Ocean cooling Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Graham Simpkins
An article in Geophysical Research Letters outlines that a positive trend in the Southern Annular Mode is unlikely to have caused observed cooling in Southern Ocean sea surface temperatures.
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Pre-Cenozoic cyclostratigraphy and palaeoclimate responses to astronomical forcing Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 David De Vleeschouwer, Lawrence M. E. Percival, Nina M. A. Wichern, Sietske J. Batenburg
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Climate change impacts on Antarctic krill behaviour and population dynamics Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 So Kawaguchi, Angus Atkinson, Dominik Bahlburg, Kim S. Bernard, Emma L. Cavan, Martin J. Cox, Simeon L. Hill, Bettina Meyer, Devi Veytia
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Towards scientific forecasting of magmatic eruptions Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Valerio Acocella, Maurizio Ripepe, Eleonora Rivalta, Aline Peltier, Federico Galetto, Erouscilla Joseph
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The physical mechanisms of induced earthquakes Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Mohammad J. A. Moein, Cornelius Langenbruch, Ryan Schultz, Francesco Grigoli, William L. Ellsworth, Ruijia Wang, Antonio Pio Rinaldi, Serge Shapiro
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Disaster risk communication requires dissemination, dialogue and participation Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 I. S. Stewart, E. Sevilla, K. Barragán, E. Yahya Menteşe
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Non-perennial segments in river networks Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Thibault Datry, Andrew J. Boulton, Ken Fritz, Rachel Stubbington, Nuria Cid, Julie Crabot, Klement Tockner
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Controversies of carbon dioxide removal Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Kevin Anderson, Holly Jean Buck, Lili Fuhr, Oliver Geden, Glen P. Peters, Eve Tamme
Various methods of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) are being pursued in response to the climate crisis, but they are mostly not proven at scale. Climate experts are divided over whether CDR is a necessary requirement or a dangerous distraction from limiting emissions. In this Viewpoint, six experts offer their views on the CDR debate.
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Climate change impacts on crop yields Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei, Heidi Webber, Senthold Asseng, Kenneth Boote, Jean Louis Durand, Frank Ewert, Pierre Martre, Dilys Sefakor MacCarthy
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Mitigating ghost fishing Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Erin Scott
An article in Marine Policy assessed the abundance and causes of discarded fishing gear in Kerala, India, to help inform fishing debris management practices.
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Ghost forests stand apart Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Laura Zinke
An article in Soil & Environmental Health finds ghost forests are distinct from freshwater forested wetlands and salt marshes.
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The anthropogenic salt cycle Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Sujay S. Kaushal, Gene E. Likens, Paul M. Mayer, Ruth R. Shatkay, Sydney A. Shelton, Stanley B. Grant, Ryan M. Utz, Alexis M. Yaculak, Carly M. Maas, Jenna E. Reimer, Shantanu V. Bhide, Joseph T. Malin, Megan A. Rippy
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Halloween-like solar storm impacts Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Laura Zinke
An article in Space Weather estimates that an event like the Halloween solar storm of 2003 could cause large economic losses in the aviation sector if it occurred in the present day.
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Environmental impacts and remediation of dye-containing wastewater Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Jiuyang Lin, Wenyuan Ye, Ming Xie, Dong Han Seo, Jianquan Luo, Yinhua Wan, Bart Van der Bruggen
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Mechanisms of tropical Pacific decadal variability Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Antonietta Capotondi, Shayne McGregor, Michael J. McPhaden, Sophie Cravatte, Neil J. Holbrook, Yukiko Imada, Sara C. Sanchez, Janet Sprintall, Malte F. Stuecker, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Mathias Zeller, Riccardo Farneti, Giorgio Graffino, Shijian Hu, Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Yu Kosaka, Fred Kucharski, Michael Mayer, Bo Qiu, Agus Santoso, Andréa S. Taschetto, Fan Wang, Xuebin Zhang, Ryan M. Holmes,
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Genesis and evolution of kimberlites Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Andrea Giuliani, Max W. Schmidt, Trond H. Torsvik, Yana Fedortchouk
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Darkening clouds after restrictions in maritime sulfur emissions Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Erin Scott
An article in Atmos. Chem. Phys. found that reductions in maritime sulfur emissions led to less reflective clouds above a major shipping corridor, with potential implications for regional warming.
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Jointly advancing infrastructure and biodiversity conservation Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 S. Kyle McKay, Seth J. Wenger, Charles B. van Rees, Brian P. Bledsoe, Todd S. Bridges
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Greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation in rice agriculture Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Haoyu Qian, Xiangchen Zhu, Shan Huang, Bruce Linquist, Yakov Kuzyakov, Reiner Wassmann, Kazunori Minamikawa, Maite Martinez-Eixarch, Xiaoyuan Yan, Feng Zhou, Bjoern Ole Sander, Weijian Zhang, Ziyin Shang, Jianwen Zou, Xunhua Zheng, Ganghua Li, Zhenhui Liu, Songhan Wang, Yanfeng Ding, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Yu Jiang
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Slow down for marine mammals Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Laura Zinke
An article in Science Advances models the noise reduction potential of slowing down marine vessels and how this can mitigate impacts on marine mammals.
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Ports at risk Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Laura Zinke
An article in Nature Climate Change analyzes the operational and economic risks of climate-related disruptions at ports.
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Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Michelle T. H. van Vliet, Josefin Thorslund, Maryna Strokal, Nynke Hofstra, Martina Flörke, Heloisa Ehalt Macedo, Albert Nkwasa, Ting Tang, Sujay S. Kaushal, Rohini Kumar, Ann van Griensven, Lex Bouwman, Luke M. Mosley
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Environmental impacts of cotton and opportunities for improvement Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Zhenggui Zhang, Jing Huang, Yuan Yao, Gregory Peters, Ben Macdonald, Angela Daniela La Rosa, Zhanbiao Wang, Laura Scherer
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Insect declines in the Anthropocene Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Nico Blüthgen, Lynn V. Dicks, Matthew L. Forister, Charlotte L. Outhwaite, Eleanor M. Slade
Reports of stark declines in invertebrate biomass prompted attention-grabbing news headlines about an ‘insect apocalypse’, fuelling public and scientific interest in the insect biodiversity crisis. However, substantial discussion has ensued regarding the magnitude and generality of these losses. In this Viewpoint, five researchers offer their views on the insect decline debate.
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Lightning-fixed nitrogen Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Erin Scott
An article in Nature Geoscience uses nitrogen isotope values as a proxy for the availability of lightning-fixed nitrogen over geological time.
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Abiotic reactions on early Earth Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Laura Zinke
Articles in PNAS and Nature Communications describe abiotic reactions that could have produced oxygen and methane on early Earth.
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Earliest record of crustal recycling at 3.8 Ga Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Erin Scott
An article in Science Advances uses Si and O isotopes of Earth’s oldest rocks to identify the onset of crustal recycling, with potential implications for the onset of subduction-like tectonics.
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Earth’s mantle composition revealed by mantle plumes Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Dominique Weis, Karen S. Harpp, Lauren N. Harrison, Maud Boyet, Catherine Chauvel, Cinzia G. Farnetani, Valerie A. Finlayson, Kanani K. M. Lee, Rita Parai, Anat Shahar, Nicole M. B. Williamson
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Coupled iron cycling and organic matter transformation across redox interfaces Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Hailiang Dong, Qiang Zeng, Yizhi Sheng, Chunmei Chen, Guanghui Yu, Andreas Kappler
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Evapotranspiration on a greening Earth Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Yuting Yang, Michael L. Roderick, Hui Guo, Diego G. Miralles, Lu Zhang, Simone Fatichi, Xiangzhong Luo, Yongqiang Zhang, Tim R. McVicar, Zhuoyi Tu, Trevor F. Keenan, Joshua B. Fisher, Rong Gan, Xuanze Zhang, Shilong Piao, Baoqing Zhang, Dawen Yang
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Trace metal availability and the evolution of biogeochemistry Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Donato Giovannelli
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Detailed monitoring reveals the nature of submarine turbidity currents Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Peter J. Talling, Matthieu J. B. Cartigny, Ed Pope, Megan Baker, Michael A. Clare, Maarten Heijnen, Sophie Hage, Dan R. Parsons, Steve M. Simmons, Charlie K. Paull, Roberto Gwiazda, Gwyn Lintern, John E. Hughes Clarke, Jingping Xu, Ricardo Silva Jacinto, Katherine L. Maier
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City cooling from trees Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Graham Simpkins
An article in Global Change Biology quantifies the cooling effects from trees across 800 global cities.
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Green infrastructure can reduce mortality Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Graham Simpkins
An article in The Lancet quantifies changes in urban mortality with expanded green infrastructure.
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Deep learning and a changing economy in weather and climate prediction Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Peter Bauer, Peter Dueben, Matthew Chantry, Francisco Doblas-Reyes, Torsten Hoefler, Amy McGovern, Bjorn Stevens
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Toward impact-based monitoring of drought and its cascading hazards Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Amir AghaKouchak, Laurie S. Huning, Mojtaba Sadegh, Yue Qin, Yannis Markonis, Farshid Vahedifard, Charlotte A. Love, Ashok Mishra, Ali Mehran, Renee Obringer, Annika Hjelmstad, Shrideep Pallickara, Shakil Jiwa, Martin Hanel, Yunxia Zhao, Angeline G. Pendergrass, Mazdak Arabi, Steven J. Davis, Philip J. Ward, Mark Svoboda, Roger Pulwarty, Heidi Kreibich
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Cooling effects of urban trees are strongest in under-resourced neighbourhoods Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Conor Gilligan
An article in Sustainable Cities and Society finds that urban tree cover tends to lower surface temperatures across 44 cities in the USA, with an even larger magnitude of cooling in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
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Harnessing the potential of digital twins in seismology Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. (IF 42.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Luca Dal Zilio, Domenico Giardini, Ramon Carbonell, Stefan Wiemer