Nature Reviews Earth & Environment May 2021
Volume 2 Issue 5, May 2021
Successful discovery and operation of geothermal resources requires a thorough understanding of the heterogeneous geological subsurface. This Review discusses the key geological factors that contribute to the effective exploration of intermediate- to high-temperature geothermal resources used for power generation and direct use applications. See Jolie et al.
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Research Highlights
Research Highlight | 13 April 2021
Rumbles in Reykjanes
An article in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reports detailed magma movement through dikes during a rift episode in 2017 at the Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland.
- Erin Scott
Research Highlight | 28 April 2021
Hurricanes and landslides
A study in JGR Earth Surface examines the link between Hurricane María and sediment mobilization by landslides in Puerto Rico.
- Laura Zinke
Tools of the Trade | 01 April 2021
Measuring atmospheric trace gases using mass spectrometry
Krystal Vasquez describes chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS) and its use in atmospheric chemistry.
- Krystal Vasquez
Tools of the Trade | 08 April 2021
Using fission track dating to decode the thermal history of minerals
Mónica Ramírez-Calderón outlines the use of fission track dating to provide constraints on the break up of the Pangea supercontinent
- Mónica G. Ramírez-Calderón
Reviews
Review Article | 30 March 2021
Submarine groundwater discharge impacts on coastal nutrient biogeochemistry
Submarine groundwater discharge transports nutrients from terrestrial to marine systems, but is often ignored in coastal biogeochemistry. In this Review, the fluxes, impacts and management implications of this discharge are examined and compared with riverine fluxes globally.
- Isaac R. Santos
- Xiaogang Chen
- Ling Li
Review Article | 06 April 2021
Geological controls on geothermal resources for power generation
Successful discovery and operation of geothermal resources requires a thorough understanding of the heterogeneous geological subsurface. This Review discusses the key geological factors that contribute to the effective exploration of intermediate-temperature to high-temperature geothermal resources used for power generation and direct use applications.
- Egbert Jolie
- Samuel Scott
- Meseret Teklemariam Zemedkun
Review Article | 13 April 2021
Initialized Earth System prediction from subseasonal to decadal timescales
Initialized climate predictions offer distinct benefits for multiple stakeholders. This Review discusses initialized prediction on subseasonal to seasonal (S2S), seasonal to interannual (S2I) and seasonal to decadal (S2D) timescales, highlighting potential for skilful predictions in the years to come.
- Gerald A. Meehl
- Jadwiga H. Richter
- Shang-Ping Xie
Review Article | 20 April 2021
The supercontinent cycle
Repeated amalgamation and dispersal of continents over Earth history is known as the supercontinent cycle; however, the geodynamic processes driving this cyclicity remain debated. This Review synthesizes observations, plate reconstructions and geodynamic models of supercontinent, and older Archaean supercraton, cycles.
- Ross N. Mitchell
- Nan Zhang
- Zheng-Xiang Li
Amendments & Corrections
Author Correction | 28 April 2021
Author Correction: The shaping of erosional landscapes by internal dynamics
- Joel S. Scheingross
- Ajay B. Limaye
- Alexander C. Whittaker
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