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⚒️ Article: The frequency of very large hail events increased most in Europe and decreased most in South America between 1950 and 2023
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Contrasting trends in very large hail events and related economic losses across the globe - Nature Geoscience
The frequency of very large hail events between 1950 and 2023 increased most in Europe and decreased most in South America because of variations in atmospheric humidity and instability, according to a...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Article: The frequency of very large hail events increased most in Europe and decreased most in South America between 1950 and 2023
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⚒️ Analysis: Mid-latitude precipitation became less frequent but more intense through the early Paleogene, reflecting a global hydroclimate response to extreme warming
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More intermittent mid-latitude precipitation accompanied extreme early Palaeogene warmth - Nature Geoscience
Mid-latitude precipitation became less frequent but more intense through the early Palaeogene, reflecting a global hydroclimate response to extreme warming, according to a global multi-proxy reconstru...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Analysis: Mid-latitude precipitation became less frequent but more intense through the early Paleogene, reflecting a global hydroclimate response to extreme warming
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⚒️ #AllMineralsConsidered: Hatice Ünal Ercan discusses the broad utility of kaolinite, from porcelain to nanomaterials
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Kaolinite’s many lives - Nature Geoscience
Kaolinite, a clay mineral formed through weathering, has long been used in porcelain and is increasingly valued as a building block of modern nanomaterials. Hatice Ünal Ercan examines the broad utilit...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ #AllMineralsConsidered: Hatice Ünal Ercan discusses the broad utility of kaolinite, from porcelain to nanomaterials
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The administration of US President Donald Trump intends to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a world-leading Earth-science centre in Boulder, Colorado.
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Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science
Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The administration of US President Donald Trump intends to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a world-leading Earth-science centre in Boulder, Colorado.
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Nature research paper: Titan’s strong tidal dissipation precludes a subsurface ocean
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Titan’s strong tidal dissipation precludes a subsurface ocean - Nature
Reanalysis of radiometric data from Cassini indicates that Titan does not contain a subsurface ocean, as strong tidal dissipation observed in its gravity field is not consistent with the presence of a liquid layer.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Nature research paper: Titan’s strong tidal dissipation precludes a subsurface ocean
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Environmental changes in mountains vary with elevation. A Review in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment examines temperature, precipitation, and snowfall trends across mountain regions and the drivers responsible. go.nature.com/4ab3tGK ⚒️ 🧪
December 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Environmental changes in mountains vary with elevation. A Review in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment examines temperature, precipitation, and snowfall trends across mountain regions and the drivers responsible. go.nature.com/4ab3tGK ⚒️ 🧪
Comment: Unearthing autistic voices in geosciences, an overlooked minority hidden in plain sight [free to access (via a free Nature account) for one month]
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December 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Comment: Unearthing autistic voices in geosciences, an overlooked minority hidden in plain sight [free to access (via a free Nature account) for one month]
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The number of glaciers disappearing worldwide each year is projected to sharply increase, peaking at 2,000–4,000 per year around the middle of the century, depending on the level of warming above pre-industrial levels, according to a study in Nature Climate Change. go.nature.com/4pEfbP5 ⚒️ 🧪
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The number of glaciers disappearing worldwide each year is projected to sharply increase, peaking at 2,000–4,000 per year around the middle of the century, depending on the level of warming above pre-industrial levels, according to a study in Nature Climate Change. go.nature.com/4pEfbP5 ⚒️ 🧪
⚒️ Article: Pacific sea surface temperature variability strongly modulates tropical cyclone latitudes and largely determined their poleward migration since 1980
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Poleward migration of tropical cyclones over 1980–2024 is dominated by Pacific variability - Nature Geoscience
A tripolar pattern of Pacific sea surface temperature variability strongly modulates tropical cyclone latitudes and largely determined their poleward migration during the period 1980–2024, according t...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Article: Pacific sea surface temperature variability strongly modulates tropical cyclone latitudes and largely determined their poleward migration since 1980
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December 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I'll be attending #AGU in New Orleans next week. Don't hesitate to reach out if you would like to discuss your research ideas and understand what we are looking for at @natgeosci.nature.com
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Until now, AI models have struggled to forecast extreme weather events that they've never seen before
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This AI model ‘studied’ physics — and learnt to forecast extreme weather
Combining artificial intelligence with a conventional climate model can predict heatwaves faster than the standard model alone.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Until now, AI models have struggled to forecast extreme weather events that they've never seen before
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⚒️ Article: Modern pyrite burial in seafloor sediments exceeds pyrite oxidation on land, indicating the sulphur cycle is out of balance and acts to increase atmospheric oxygen levels
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Sedimentary conditions drive modern pyrite burial flux to exceed oxidation - Nature Geoscience
Modern pyrite burial in seafloor sediments exceeds pyrite oxidation on land, indicating that the sulfur cycle is out of balance, and acts to increase atmospheric oxygen levels, according to a diagenet...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
⚒️ Article: Modern pyrite burial in seafloor sediments exceeds pyrite oxidation on land, indicating the sulphur cycle is out of balance and acts to increase atmospheric oxygen levels
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⚒️ Article: Earthquakes influence the amount of hydrothermal iron entering the ocean over the Australian Antarctic Ridge, which can support phytoplankton blooms by relieving surface iron limitation
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Southern Ocean net primary production influenced by seismically modulated hydrothermal iron - Nature Geoscience
Earthquakes influence the amount of hydrothermal iron entering the ocean over the Australian Antarctic Ridge, which can support phytoplankton blooms by relieving surface iron limitation, according to ...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
⚒️ Article: Earthquakes influence the amount of hydrothermal iron entering the ocean over the Australian Antarctic Ridge, which can support phytoplankton blooms by relieving surface iron limitation
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⚒️ #AllMineralsConsidered: Mayra Manrique-Ortega and colleagues explain why jadeite was important for pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations
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Mesoamerican beliefs sculpted in jadeite - Nature Geoscience
Jadeite is a green jade mineral that forms in unique geological environments. Mayra Manrique-Ortega and colleagues explain its archaeological importance for pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
⚒️ #AllMineralsConsidered: Mayra Manrique-Ortega and colleagues explain why jadeite was important for pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations
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In late November, three tropical cyclones — Senyar, Ditwah and Koto — devastated cities and villages in countries around the Indian Ocean
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The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention
A region unused to tropical cyclones has had three in a week. The world needs to ask why this happened, not look away.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In late November, three tropical cyclones — Senyar, Ditwah and Koto — devastated cities and villages in countries around the Indian Ocean
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By studying caves near his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, geologist Tebogo Makhubela ventures into places people have never been before.
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Home-field advantage: how local research leads to new discoveries
By studying caves near his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, geologist Tebogo Makhubela ventures into places people have never been before.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
By studying caves near his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, geologist Tebogo Makhubela ventures into places people have never been before.
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⚒️ December editorial: Tightening the 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 belt - on the content in this issue on the Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt (in thread)
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Tightening the Sargassum belt - Nature Geoscience
A belt of seaweed has formed across the tropical Atlantic nearly every year since 2011, despite reduction in its extent elsewhere. The causes of this growth are now coming into clearer focus.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
⚒️ December editorial: Tightening the 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 belt - on the content in this issue on the Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt (in thread)
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⚒️ Article: A reassessment of soil radiocarbon profiles suggests that soil organic carbon is similarly responsive to environmental changes regardless of depth
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December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
⚒️ Article: A reassessment of soil radiocarbon profiles suggests that soil organic carbon is similarly responsive to environmental changes regardless of depth
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December issue out now: including content on the 2025 Sagaing earthquake, Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt, Miocene climate of Greenland, and more!
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December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
December issue out now: including content on the 2025 Sagaing earthquake, Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt, Miocene climate of Greenland, and more!
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Nature research paper: Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery
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Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery - Nature
Higher-income neighbourhoods rebuild and improve after disasters while lower-income areas do not return to pre-disaster conditions.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Nature research paper: Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery
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Great to see our perspective in print! Chad, Eva, and I suggest that geological and genomic records support the idea that Earth’s first oxygenated habitats formed on the seafloor, especially in shallow benthic settings along continental shelves
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⚒️ Perspective: The oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere about 2.45-2.30 billion years ago may have initiated in the oxidised bottom waters of marine shelves
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December 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Great to see our perspective in print! Chad, Eva, and I suggest that geological and genomic records support the idea that Earth’s first oxygenated habitats formed on the seafloor, especially in shallow benthic settings along continental shelves
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A study in Communications Earth & Environement reports that aluminum-rich float rocks from Jezero crater on Mars likely represent some of the wettest intervals of Mars’ history. go.nature.com/4ryEOCc 🔭 🧪
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A study in Communications Earth & Environement reports that aluminum-rich float rocks from Jezero crater on Mars likely represent some of the wettest intervals of Mars’ history. go.nature.com/4ryEOCc 🔭 🧪
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One of our top-rated posts on @altmetric.com this past week was published open access in @natgeosci.nature.com. You can read 'Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid Bennu' here: spklr.io/63321Bg9sT
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Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid Bennu - Nature Geoscience
Samples returned from asteroid Bennu contain bio-essential sugars such as ribose and glucose that may have formed in the parent asteroid from brines containing formaldehyde, according to a geochemical study.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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⚒️ Article: 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 biomass in the North Sargasso Sea drastically declined since 2015, co-occurring with related reductions in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and an expansion of the Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt
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December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
⚒️ Article: 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 biomass in the North Sargasso Sea drastically declined since 2015, co-occurring with related reductions in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and an expansion of the Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt
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