Ge Liu, Yan Guo, Haoming Xia, Xingya Liu, Hongquan Song, Jia Yang, Yuqing Zhang
{"title":"Increase Asymmetric Warming Rates Between Daytime and Nighttime Temperatures Over Global Land During Recent Decades","authors":"Ge Liu, Yan Guo, Haoming Xia, Xingya Liu, Hongquan Song, Jia Yang, Yuqing Zhang","doi":"10.1029/2024gl112832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl112832","url":null,"abstract":"Diurnal asymmetric warming, a critical feature of climate change, significantly impacts water-carbon exchange in terrestrial ecosystems. This study analyzes the spatiotemporal characteristics and long-term trends of the global diurnal temperature range (DTR) from 1961 to 2022 using ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD). Our results reveal a trend reversal in global averaged DTR around 1988, shifting from a decrease to an increase, affecting 47% of global land areas. Subsequent to the reversal, the most pronounced increases were observed in temperate regions. Seasonal analysis shows earlier reversals in spring and summer, with accelerated change rates following the reversal. Additionally, increased surface solar radiation from reduced cloud cover caused daily maximum (<i>T</i><sub>max</sub>) temperatures to warm faster than the minimum (<i>T</i><sub>min</sub>), leading to a reversal and intensified DTR. These complex patterns underscore the need for targeted climate policies and adaptation strategies to tackle global warming.","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142880145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hesitancy towards parenthood","authors":"Danyang Cheng","doi":"10.1038/s41558-024-02230-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02230-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As climate change increasingly affects the environment, many people are becoming fearful for the future. Climate change considerations may influence fertility decisions and reduce individuals’ willingness to have children, as suggested by existing literature. However, there is a lack of nuanced studies that look into the driving factors and mechanisms behind climate–reproductive concerns.</p><p>Sabrina Helm from the University of Arizona and colleagues from New Zealand conducted an online survey to examine the factors influencing people who are hesitant to have children due to climate change. The study reveals that environmental values and worries are closely tied to a reluctance to have children, while general attitudes towards parenthood and demographic factors such as gender and age have minimal or no impact. Moreover, people hesitant to have children are often more proactive in reducing their carbon footprint and view their choice to remain child-free as part of a broader commitment to climate action. The study underscores the importance of psychological well-being and a positive outlook on the future in shaping fertility intentions.</p>","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nutrients set limits","authors":"Alyssa Findlay","doi":"10.1038/s41558-024-02229-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02229-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Makcim De Sisto and Andrew MacDougall from St. Francis Xavier University used an Earth system model (UVic ESCM) to estimate the impact of both nitrogen and phosphorus limitation on the remaining carbon budget. They find that nutrient limitation lowered terrestrial carbon uptake and thereby also the remaining carbon budget under all model simulations, with the greatest effects observed in model experiments that included both nitrogen and phosphorus limitation. The reduction in the carbon budget was up to 26%, indicating that nutrient limitation is a critical process that needs to be constrained in estimates of the remaining carbon budget.</p><p><b>Original reference:</b> <i>Biogeosciences</i> <b>21</b>, 4853–4873 (2024)</p>","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engaging young generations in climate research","authors":"Danyang Cheng","doi":"10.1038/s41558-024-02226-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02226-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Children and youth are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. However, young generations can also play a crucial role in climate research, to produce scientific knowledge to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis. Unlike senior scholars, who often have established and fixed knowledge systems, young people could bring fresh and innovative ideas to climate research. Furthermore, involving youth ensures a sustainable approach to tackling climate issues, as they will be the ones most affected in the long term.</p><p>While opportunities and programmes such as these aim to bolster their voice, ECRs are still constrained by a lack of funding support, limited access to grant opportunities, substandard laboratory facilities and equipment, and a lack of tenure security. Also, they are often perceived as inexperienced and face limited access to engage in the climate research field compared with senior researchers. For instance, only 6% of journal articles are reviewed by ECRs according to the report <i>Peer Review in 2015: A Global View</i> (https://go.nature.com/4ifeyZ7). It is also worth noting that ECRs often dedicate their unpaid ‘free time’ to enhance their future job prospects. As projects provide only temporary employment, the time invested is crucial for advancing their careers. Some ECRs may feel financial distress due to insufficient financial resources to support themselves. Their contributions and outputs should be fairly recognized and valued.</p>","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A simple approach to quantifying whole‐lake methane ebullition and sedimentary methane production, and its application to the Canadian Lake Pulse dataset","authors":"Jihyeon Kim, Shoji D. Thottathil, Yves T. Prairie","doi":"10.1002/lno.12767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12767","url":null,"abstract":"Aquatic sediments represent a key component for understanding CH<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> dynamics and emission to the atmosphere. Once produced in the sediments, CH<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> is released either by diffusion at the sediment–water interface or by bubbling out to the atmosphere when total gas pressure in the sediment exceeds local ambient pressure due to high CH<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> production. Although bubbling is one of the dominant CH<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> emission pathways in lakes, direct measurements of this flux are hampered by its high spatiotemporal variability and methodological limitations. Here, we develop a conceptual approach to quantify CH<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> production in lake sediments and particularly its release as bubbles based on simple measurements of bubble gas content and depth. Its main assumptions were empirically tested using > 200 long‐term bubble trap deployments collected from 4 temperate lakes. We then applied the developed methodology to a suite of 408 Canadian lakes to produce the first standardized large‐scale assessment of lakes CH<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> ebullitive flux during summer. Our results show that lake sediments produced CH<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> at a median rate of 3.3 mmol m<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup> d<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> (ranged from 0.2 to 11.8 mmol m<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup> d<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>), releasing 33% via ebullition to the atmosphere. These rates are remarkably similar in magnitude to other regional estimates in the literature. Moreover, our approach revealed that catchment slope was an important determinant of both the lake‐wide ebullitive fluxes and the fraction of sediment CH<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> production released as bubbles.","PeriodicalId":18143,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Gülden Ekmen, Hamza Ekmen, Alan Crivellaro, Barbaros Yaman
{"title":"How humans engineered possibilities of landscape: baskets and basketry materials in İnönü Cave","authors":"F. Gülden Ekmen, Hamza Ekmen, Alan Crivellaro, Barbaros Yaman","doi":"10.1007/s12520-024-02139-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12520-024-02139-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Wood and bark are among the most significant raw materials prehistoric and early historical human communities used to produce tools and goods that shaped their daily life. Since special conditions are required to preserve objects made with these materials until today, we have limited information about how often or how this basic raw material was used. Here, we report evidence of how wood and bark were used in basket crafting and compare them with modern-day uses. On the northwestern coast of Türkiye, Zonguldak-Karadeniz Ereğli İnönü Cave has special conditions for the preservation of wood and other organic materials. In the Late Bronze Age Level III of the cave (1,436–1,123 Cal BC), baskets and evidence of basketry were found among water-filled puddles. These records are valuable for understanding how the environment surrounding archaeological sites was used by its settlers. Analyzes carried out to understand which types of trees in the environment are preferred for basket production highlighted European yew (<i>Taxus baccata</i> L.) and field maple (<i>Acer campestre</i> L.) species. Production techniques and species analyses of basket remains show the knowledge and level of specialization in basket production of the Late Bronze Age settlers of İnönü Cave.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8214,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142870406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wave Resonance Induced Intensification of Mixed Rossby-Gravity Waves by Extratropical Forcing","authors":"Mehak Mehak, E. Suhas","doi":"10.1029/2024gl112579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl112579","url":null,"abstract":"Extratropical disturbances are known to impact the genesis and intensification of Mixed Rossby-Gravity waves (MRGW) in the Western Hemisphere (WH). The study provides observational evidence supporting the wave resonance (WR) theory which attempts to explain the intensification of MRGW by extratropical forcing. Wavenumber-frequency cospectral analysis and a bulk measure of growth of MRGW estimated using reanalysis data reveal that the extratropical forcing manifested in the form of eddy momentum flux convergence can create eddy kinetic energy (EKE) and aid the intensification of MRGW via WR mechanism during boreal winter season. However, the WR mechanism does not hold during boreal summer season as the extratropical forcing tends to dampen the MRGW. The analysis also reveals that the Doppler-shifted eastward propagating MRGW in the WH during boreal winter season are not maintained by extratropical forcing, marking another highlight of this study.","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mars Nightside Ionospheric Response During the Disappearing Solar Wind Event: First Results","authors":"L. Ram, D. Rout, S. Sarkhel","doi":"10.1029/2024gl113377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl113377","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated, for the first time, the impact of the disappearing solar wind (DSW) event [26–28 December 2022] on the deep nightside ionospheric species using MAVEN data sets. An enhanced plasma density has been observed in the Martian nightside ionosphere during extreme low solar wind density and pressure periods. At a given altitude, the electron density surged by ∼2.5 times, while for ions (NO<sup>+</sup>, O<sub>2</sub><sup>+</sup>, CO<sub>2</sub><sup>+</sup>, C<sup>+</sup>, N<sup>+</sup>, O<sup>+</sup>, and OH<sup>+</sup>), it enhanced by > 10 times, respectively, compared to their typical average quiet-time periods. This investigation suggests that an upward ionospheric expansion likely took place in a direct consequence to the contrasting low dynamic/magnetic pressure and relatively higher nightside ionospheric pressure (by 1–2 orders) causing an increased ionospheric density. Moreover, the day-to-night plasma transport may also be a contributing factor to the increased plasma density. Thus, this study offers a new insight about planetary atmosphere/ionosphere during extreme quiescent solar wind periods.","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmed Elkouk, Yadu Pokhrel, Ben Livneh, Elizabeth Payton, Lifeng Luo, Yifan Cheng, Katherine Dagon, Sean Swenson, Andrew W. Wood, David M. Lawrence, Wim Thiery
{"title":"Toward Understanding Parametric Controls on Runoff Sensitivity to Climate in the Community Land Model: A Case Study Over the Colorado River Headwaters","authors":"Ahmed Elkouk, Yadu Pokhrel, Ben Livneh, Elizabeth Payton, Lifeng Luo, Yifan Cheng, Katherine Dagon, Sean Swenson, Andrew W. Wood, David M. Lawrence, Wim Thiery","doi":"10.1029/2024wr037718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024wr037718","url":null,"abstract":"Crucial to the assessment of future water security is how the land model component of Earth System Models partition precipitation into evapotranspiration and runoff, and the sensitivity of this partitioning to climate. This sensitivity is not explicitly constrained in land models nor the model parameters important for this sensitivity identified. Here, we seek to understand parametric controls on runoff sensitivity to precipitation and temperature in a state-of-the-science land model, the Community Land Model version 5 (CLM5). Process-parameter interactions underlying these two climate sensitivities are investigated using the sophisticated variance-based sensitivity analysis. This analysis focuses on three snow-dominated basins in the Colorado River headwaters region, a prominent exemplar where land models display a wide disparity in runoff sensitivities. Runoff sensitivities are dominated by indirect or interaction effects between a few parameters of subsurface, snow, and plant processes. A focus on only one kind of parameters would therefore limit the ability to constrain the others. Surface runoff exhibits strong sensitivity to parameters of snow and subsurface processes. Constraining snow simulations would require explicit representation of the spatial variability across large elevation gradients. Subsurface runoff and soil evaporation exhibit very similar sensitivities. Model calibration against the subsurface runoff flux would therefore constrain soil evaporation. The push toward a mechanistic treatment of processes in CLM5 have dampened the sensitivity of parameters compared to earlier model versions. A focus on the sensitive parameters and processes identified here can help characterize and reduce uncertainty in water resource sensitivity to climate change.","PeriodicalId":23799,"journal":{"name":"Water Resources Research","volume":"92 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dario Eickhoff, Joachim R. R. Ritter, Felix Hloušek, Stefan Buske
{"title":"Seismic Reflection Imaging of Fluid-Filled Sills in the West Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany","authors":"Dario Eickhoff, Joachim R. R. Ritter, Felix Hloušek, Stefan Buske","doi":"10.1029/2024gl111425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl111425","url":null,"abstract":"We applied state-of-the-art seismic processing and imaging techniques to crustal-scale seismic reflection data from the BELCORP/DEKORP87 lines 1A and 1B. The aim of the presented work was to identify structural evidence in the Earth's crust and upper mantle related to the ongoing magmatic activity in the Quaternary West Eifel Volcanic Field (WEVF) in Central Europe where ca. 70 eruptions happened since 65 ka. Following careful signal-processing, Fresnel volume migration was applied and yielded images with exceptionally strong lithospheric reflectors in the SE of the WEVF. Sparse signal representation revealed numerous reversed polarities. Using petrophysical relations, the corresponding reflections can be interpreted as reflections from melt and/or volatile-bearing (supercritical CO<sub>2</sub>) zones which appear as horizontally elongated lens-shaped sills. Furthermore, we observed reflections with similarly inverted polarities from structural features located around the Moho at of 31 km depth, indicating fluids or melts from the uppermost mantle and supporting magmatic underplating models.","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}