⚒️ Article: Arctic cloud condensation nuclei enhanced by iodine, sulfur and organic precursors www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Europe's forests are losing more biomass than previously thought. A study published in @natgeosci.nature.com and supported by ESA's Climate Change Initiative found that biomass losses per hectare have increased by 46% since 2018, with drought and insect outbreaks driving increasingly severe losses.

Europe’s forests losing more biomass since 2018

Europe’s forests are losing more biomass than previously thought, with disturbances such as drought and pests causing increasingly large losses from some of the oldest forests in Europe. This situatio...

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⚒️ Analysis: Accelerating biomass loss from forest disturbances across Europe @katjakowalski.bsky.social @eoem-tum.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Accelerating biomass loss from forest disturbances across Europe - Nature Geoscience

Satellite observations reveal accelerating aboveground biomass loss across Europe’s forests since 2018, increasingly driven by natural disturbances. These trends weaken the forest carbon sink and chal...

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Salty water flowing through Antarctica’s Blood Falls contains a distinct community of marine-specific microorganisms, providing evidence that the brine system beneath the glacier has a marine origin, according to a paper in Nature Geoscience. go.nature.com/3S6Csxw ⚒️🌎🧪

Salty water flowing through Antarctica’s Blood Falls contains a distinct community of marine-specific microorganisms, providing evidence that the brine system beneath the glacier has a marine origin, says paper in Nature Geoscience: spklr.io/63320Eulop #Geosciences #Geology ⚒️

Molecular evidence for a relict marine community in an Antarctic Dry Valleys subglacial brine-fed system - Nature Geoscience

Eukaryotic microorganisms within a subglacial brine-fed system in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica are largely of marine origin, a legacy of past incursions of seawater into the area, according to RNA sequencing and metatranscriptomic analyses.

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The findings suggest that remnants of ancient seawater ecosystems may still persist beneath the ice today. Published in @natgeosci.nature.com, the study sheds new light on how life survives in extreme environments & offers clues about Antarctica's environmental history. www.jcvi.org/media-center...

Ancient marine life may be hiding in Antarctica’s Blood Falls

LA JOLLA, California—August 3, 2026—Blood Falls has long been one of Antarctica’s strangest landmarks: a red-stained outflow that spills from...

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⚒️ Article: Eukaryotic microbes within a subglacial brine-fed system in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica are largely of marine origin, a legacy of past incursions of seawater @jcvi.org @scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⚒️ Article: Northward movement of the Southern Ocean subtropical front diminished salt transport by Agulhas Leakage in the Late Pliocene, with no apparent impact on AMOC strength www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⚒️ Article: Only about ten percent of organic carbon from thawing Pleistocene permafrost in the Arctic that is buried in marine sediments ends up re-entering the active carbon cycle www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⚒️ Article: Temperature outweighs anthropogenic emissions and actinic flux in controlling seasonal variations in ozone sensitivity over China www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The powerful fires scorching France and Spain are breaking records - and there are still months to go in the fire season go.nature.com/4w1efXp

Fires in Europe are breaking records: here’s what the future holds

Countries such as Spain and France can expect fire regimes more like those of California as climate change favours hot, dry conditions, scientists suggest.

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Deploying ocean iron fertilization — a strategy for carbon dioxide capture — in higher latitudes rather than near the equator could reduce environmental impacts while still achieving removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to a study in Nature. go.nature.com/4hJtalk 🌎🌊🧪

⚒️ Article: Threefold increase in atmospheric-riverine compound heatwaves under climate change www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Threefold increase in atmospheric–riverine compound heatwaves under climate change - Nature Geoscience

Co-occurring atmospheric and river heatwaves have tripled since the 1980s across the USA and Europe, and are projected to become the norm by 2100, according to model simulations.

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Rifts are prominent tectonic features on Venus. A study in Nature Geoscience indicates that rifts on Venus are still, or were recently, active and may have undergone faster extension than usually assumed, potentially because of mantle plume activity. go.nature.com/4bdXot0 ⚒️🔭🧪

“We’re seeing these intense fires and unpredictable behaviours. It definitely feels like an important topic to be researching.” go.nature.com/4yKEdAX

First mission to fly through monstrous ‘fire clouds’ is about to take off

The towering formations appearing over severe wildfires in France and Oregon loft smoke so high they have global consequences.

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Shifting atmospheric circulation patterns over Europe since the 1980s have been the major cause of increasingly severe droughts on the continent, according to a study in Nature Geoscience. go.nature.com/4x1kDPo 🌎🧪

The El Niño climate pattern that is strengthening in the Pacific Ocean is on track to be the largest one in at least 150 years, researchers said today at a briefing. go.nature.com/4fkayak

This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’

Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.

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Fern savannahs spread rapidly following the collapse of the forest ecosystem during the end-Triassic mass extinction, setting the conditions for widespread wildfires, according to an analysis reported in Nature Geoscience. go.nature.com/4wmgIg5 🌎🧪

⚒️ Article: Future tropical cyclone rainfall constrained by increased atmospheric dryness www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Future tropical cyclone rainfall constrained by increased atmospheric dryness - Nature Geoscience

Climate model ensembles suggest tropical cyclones will bring more rain as the world warms, but increases may be smaller than expected. Atmospheric dryness reduces how much rain storms produce, offsett...

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⚒️ Article: Rifts on Venus are still, or were recently, active and may have undergone faster extension than usually assumed, potentially because of mantle plume activity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Recent active rifting on Venus revealed by wide rift flank uplifts - Nature Geoscience

Comparisons between thermomechanical models and Venusian rift morphologies indicate that rifts on Venus are still, or were recently, active and may have undergone faster extension than usually assumed...

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⚒️ Article: Deep convection only temporarily intensified by aerosols www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Deep convection only temporarily intensified by aerosols - Nature Geoscience

A sudden rise in aerosols makes clouds more active for about a day. Then the effect fades as the atmosphere adjusts and warms aloft, reducing the contrast that helps clouds grow, according to cloud-re...

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⚒️ Article: Shifting atmospheric circulation patterns over Europe since the 1980s have been the major cause of increasingly severe droughts @sebastian-sippel.bsky.social @anabastos.bsky.social @meteoleipzig.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

European summer drying largely driven by atmospheric circulation changes since the 1980s - Nature Geoscience

Shifting atmospheric circulation patterns over Europe since the 1980s have been the major cause of increasingly severe droughts on the continent, according to nudged circulation climate model simulati...

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⚒️ Article: Fern savannahs especially susceptible to wildfires spread rapidly following the collapse of forest ecosystem during the end-Triassic mass extinction www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Continental-scale fern savannah wildfires during end-Triassic greenhouse warming - Nature Geoscience

Fern savannahs spread rapidly following the collapse of the forest ecosystem during the end-Triassic mass extinction, setting the conditions for widespread wildfires, according to an analysis of the d...

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🚨🚨We have a new paper out in @natgeosci.nature.com led by postdoctoral scholar Na Wang (now @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social), where we identify a last-millennium climate “seesaw” linking extreme #hydroclimate events across both Central Asia & mainland Southeast Asia ☔️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Opposing hydroclimate extremes in Central and mainland Southeast Asia over past millennium - Nature Geoscience

Opposing wet and dry conditions in Central and mainland Southeast Asia over the past millennium were controlled by climate variability over the Pacific and Indian oceans, a pattern likely to become mo...

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⚒️ Article: The Eastern Himalayan orogenic corner (syntaxis) is largely formed by flattening of the Indian slab and shear localization in weak crust, which may affect the development of the orogenic system @eth-eaps.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dust concentrations increased consistently across much of Europe between 2012 and 2021, with some of the largest rises in southern Europe and the Mediterranean region, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/44wcZjO 🌎🧪

⚒️ Article: Krypton and xenon in lunar farside soils are solar wind-derived and suggest deeper penetration because the solar wind is not slowed by Earth’s magnetosphere, unlike the nearside www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Deeper solar wind penetration on the Moon’s farside from noble gas records - Nature Geoscience

Krypton and xenon in lunar farside soils are derived from solar wind and suggest deeper penetration because the solar wind is not slowed by Earth’s magnetosphere. This contrasts with the nearside, acc...

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Evidence for the slowing down of Charon’s spin-period (despinning) is recorded in the tectonic features on the surface of Pluto’s icy moon, according to a modelling study in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4bnQsJE ⚒️🔭🧪

The ocean’s depths are among the ultimate frontiers for scientific exploration go.nature.com/4ylf3sy

The race to explore the deep ocean: four technologies transforming research

Deep-sea drilling ships, sea-floor sensors and repurposed Internet cables are helping scientists to study the last unmapped area on Earth.

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⚒️ Article: Reduced tropical rain-band asymmetry through the seasonal cycle @scrippsocean.bsky.social @uchicagopsd.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reduced tropical rain-band asymmetry through the seasonal cycle - Nature Geoscience

A strong seasonal cycle shifts the tropical rain band towards symmetry by amplifying southern rainfall during austral summer through heating and ocean–atmosphere feedback, helping to explain persisten...

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