Nature reviews earth & environment, December
Volume 1 Issue 12, December 2020
Wind energy production has increased in recent years to mitigate climate change. However, climate change may itself modify wind energy resources. This Review discusses the climatic mechanisms influencing current and future wind energy production, finding spatial variability in projected responses and a dominance of internal variability. See Pryor et al.
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Editorial
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Editorial | 07 December 2020
A year in numbers
As the first year of Nature Reviews Earth & Environment draws to an end, we celebrate the successes and reflect on the areas of improvement needed for volume two and beyond. Thank you to all our authors, peer reviewers and readers.
Research Highlights
Research Highlight | 13 November 2020
Fluids at Fault
- Erin Scott
Research Highlight | 04 November 2020
Maize sensitivity to drought
- Graham Simpkins
Research Highlight | 29 October 2020
Decommissioning coal
- Laura Zinke
Reviews
Review Article | 20 October 2020
Climate change impacts on wind power generation
Wind energy production has increased in recent years to mitigate climate change. However, climate change may itself modify wind energy resources. This Review discusses the climatic mechanisms influencing current and future wind energy production, finding spatial variability in projected responses and a dominance of internal variability.
- Sara C. Pryor
- Rebecca J. Barthelmie
- & Koichi Sakaguchi
Review Article | 27 October 2020
Radionuclides from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in terrestrial systems
The 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, released large amounts of radionuclides, including 10 PBq of relatively long-lived radiocaesium, into the atmosphere. This Review details the distribution, migration and impact of fallout radionuclides in the terrestrial environment in the subsequent years.
- Yuichi Onda
- Keisuke Taniguchi
- & Hugh Smith
Review Article | 06 October 2020
The shaping of erosional landscapes by internal dynamics
The morphology of erosional landscapes is often considered to be set by climate and/or tectonics; however, similar topographic features can arise through internal processes and feedbacks. This Review considers how the internal and external processes drive landscapes evolution, and how such processes can be differentiated in topographic and stratigraphic records.
- Joel S. Scheingross
- Ajay B. Limaye
- & Alexander C. Whittaker
Review Article | 03 November 2020
An ice–climate oscillatory framework for Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles
Large changes in Greenland and North Atlantic temperature — termed Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles — have been linked to variations in the strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. However, the mechanisms are debated. This Review proposes an oscillatory framework to explain Dansgaard–Oeschger cyclicity, involving atmosphere–ocean–ice interactions.
- Laurie C. Menviel
- Luke C. Skinner
- & Polychronis C. Tzedakis
Amendments & Corrections
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Author Correction | 11 November 2020
Author Correction: Radionuclides from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in terrestrial systems
- Yuichi Onda
- Keisuke Taniguchi
- & Hugh Smith
Author Correction | 10 November 2020
Author Correction: Carbon dioxide storage through mineral carbonation
- Sandra Ó. Snæbjörnsdóttir
- Bergur Sigfússon
- & Eric H. Oelkers
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