Nature reviews earth & environment
Volume 2 Issue 1, January 2021
The processes leading to large earthquakes remain enigmatic. Using detailed seismic and geodetic data, this Review examines how tectonic deformation and evolving fault behaviour initiate large earthquakes, and proposes an integrated model accounting for the diversity of observations. See Kato and Ben-Zion.
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Editorial
Editorial | 13 January 2021
Around the sun in 12 issues
Join us in celebrating the first anniversary of Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.
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Comment
- David Griggs
- Mark Stafford-Smith
- & Youba Sokona
Comment | 02 December 2020
Use of weather and climate information essential for SDG implementation
Owing to a lack of understanding, and data being unavailable, unusable or unsuitable, weather and climate information is currently underutilized in Sustainable Development Goal implementation. Improvements are essential in knowledge brokering, clarifying responsibilities, multi-institutional and multi-stakeholder governance arrangements and research on systemic risks and decisions.
Research Highlights
- Laura Zinke
- Erin Scott
- Graham Simpkins
- Laura Zinke
Research Highlight | 08 December 2020
Post-mining recoveries
An article in the Journal of Hydrology reports the impact of coal mining on groundwater resources and vegetation greenness in Inner Mongolia, China.
Research Highlight | 17 December 2020
Volcanic Gasometer
An article in Geophysical Research Letters reports that pCO2 levels at the surface of Taal Volcano crater lake can be used to continuously monitor volcanic CO2 flux, which could help provide important insights for eruption monitoring.
Research Highlight | 10 December 2020
The coral volatilome
An article in Global Change Biology characterizes the diversity and abundance of biogenic volatile organic compounds from two coral species.
Research Highlight | 10 December 2020
Wearing down olivine
An article in Chemical Geology reports the use of magnesium and lithium isotopes to track olivine weathering in soils.
Viewpoint
- Wenjia Cai
- Christa Clapp
- & Jessica E. Tierney
- Irasema Alcántara-Ayala
- Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
- & Min Sub Sim
- Shuichi Kodaira
- Maria Seton
- & Helen M. Williams
Viewpoint | 13 January 2021
Reflections on weather and climate research
To celebrate the first anniversary of Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, we asked six researchers investigating weather and climate to outline notable developments within their discipline and provide thoughts on important work yet to be done.
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Viewpoint | 13 January 2021
Reflections on Earth surface research
To celebrate the first anniversary of Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, we asked six researchers investigating Earth surface processes to outline notable developments within their discipline and provide thoughts on important work yet to be done.
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Viewpoint | 13 January 2021
Reflections on solid Earth research
To celebrate the first anniversary of Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, we asked five researchers investigating solid Earth processes to outline notable developments within their discipline and provide thoughts on important work yet to be done.
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Reviews
- Aitaro Kato
- & Yehuda Ben-Zion
- Manoochehr Shirzaei
- Jeffrey Freymueller
- & Philip S. J. Minderhoud
- Eric C. Ferré
- Ilya Kupenko
- […]
- & Carmen Sanchez-Valle
Review Article | 17 November 2020
The generation of large earthquakes
The processes leading to large earthquakes remain enigmatic. Using detailed seismic and geodetic data, this Review examines how tectonic deformation and evolving fault behaviour initiate large earthquakes, and proposes an integrated model accounting for the diversity of observations.
Review Article | 10 December 2020
Measuring, modelling and projecting coastal land subsidence
Measuring coastal subsidence is essential to evaluating hazards associated with sea-level rise. This Review discusses the processes driving coastal subsidence, space-borne and land-based measurement techniques, as well as models for simulating observed subsidence and predicting future trends.
Review Article | 10 November 2020
Magnetic sources in the Earth’s mantle
Although it was assumed for decades that the Earth’s mantle could not be magnetic, recent evidence suggests that parts of the upper mantle have magnetic remanence. This Review critically revisits mantle magnetism, discusses recent magnetic data and identifies unresolved questions about the sources of this magnetism.
Perspectives
- Matthieu A. de Schipper
- Bonnie C. Ludka
- & Thomas. A. Schlacher
Perspective | 24 November 2020
Beach nourishment has complex implications for the future of sandy shores
Beach nourishment is a well-established engineering practice to slow erosion and maintain or expand sandy beaches, but sea level rise, diminishing sand resources and recreational, groundwater and ecological concerns require new assessments and designs of this coastal management technique. This Perspective describes the multidisciplinary aims and impacts of sandy beach nourishment.
Amendments & Corrections
- Manoochehr Shirzaei
- Jeffrey Freymueller
- & Philip S. J. Minderhoud
Publisher Correction | 17 December 2020
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