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Transboundary impacts of pesticide use in food production 粮食生产中农药使用的跨界影响

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00673-y

Fiona H. M. Tang, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, Zijian Li, Federico Maggi, Vera Silva

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A vertical coring system to sample sea ice 一个垂直取样海冰的取芯系统

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00688-5

Siobhán Johnson

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Ecomorphodynamics of coastal foredune evolution 海岸前沙丘演化的生态形态动力学

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00672-z

Laura J. Moore, Sally D. Hacker, Josh Breithaupt, Sierd de Vries, Thomas Miller, Peter Ruggiero, Julie C. Zinnert

{"title":"Ecomorphodynamics of coastal foredune evolution","authors":"Laura J. Moore, Sally D. Hacker, Josh Breithaupt, Sierd de Vries, Thomas Miller, Peter Ruggiero, Julie C. Zinnert","doi":"10.1038/s43017-025-00672-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43017-025-00672-z","url":null,"abstract":"Globally, along sandy coastlines, foredunes support ecosystem services including provision of habitat and protection of communities from waves and storm surge. In this Review, we discuss the interactions between sand transport and vegetation processes (ecomorphodynamics) that give rise to the foredune-building feedback as illuminated by empirical and modelling studies. Foredune shape and alongshore continuity depend primarily on sand supply, vegetation density and growth form. For instance, low-lying, creeping herbaceous species tend to form short embryo dunes, whereas tall, dense grasses that grow vertically tend to form tall, narrow foredunes. Climate and weather events, herbivory and anthropogenic disturbances of varying scale affect the foredune-building feedback. For example, small local scale disturbances, such as herbivory or trampling, cause local vegetation loss and erosion. Management activities, such as beach nourishment, can increase foredune sand supply, leading to foredune rebuilding, although the presence of infrastructure on the back beach can inhibit foredune development. At a regional scale, hurricanes and tropical storms cause substantial dune erosion and overwash, potentially resetting the foredune-building process. Sea-level rise exacerbates the effects of storms, leading to increased erosion, saltwater intrusion and a potential landward shift in foredune location. Future research should prioritize integrated ecomorphodynamic observations and modelling to fill critical knowledge gaps and address the effects of changing climate on the foredune-building process. Coastal dunes are highly dynamic systems. This Review considers the foredune-building feedback between sand transport and vegetation and how their influence on foredune morphology, size and stability is affected by climate change and anthropogenic disturbances.","PeriodicalId":18921,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Earth & Environment","volume":"6 6","pages":"417-432"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Finding the link between flash drought and bushfires 寻找突发性干旱和森林大火之间的联系

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00675-w

Abhirup Dikshit, Clare Davis

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Emerging contaminants in agricultural systems 农业系统中出现的污染物

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00674-x

Laura Carter, Clare Davis

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Vulnerability of whole-soil carbon in a future warmer world 未来变暖世界中全土壤碳的脆弱性

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00677-8

Biao Zhu, Clare Davis

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Natural hydrogen resource accumulation in the continental crust 大陆地壳天然氢资源聚集

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00670-1

Chris J. Ballentine, Rūta Karolytė, Anran Cheng, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Jon G. Gluyas, Michael C. Daly

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Using cosmogenic nuclide dating to constrain glacier models 使用宇宙核素定年来约束冰川模型

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00684-9

Josep Bonsoms

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Timing of initial collision and suturing processes in the Himalaya and Zagros 喜马拉雅和扎格罗斯地区初始碰撞和缝合过程的时间

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00669-8

Chao Wang, Lin Ding, Zhongyu Xiong, Mark B. Allen, Andrew K. Laskowski, Eduardo Garzanti, Qinghai Zhang, Fulong Cai, Houqi Wang, Peiping Song, Yipeng Li, Fan Ping, Alex Farnsworth, Daniel J. Lunt, Paul J. Valdes, Zhenyu Li, Chen Wu, Muhammad Qasim

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What determines whether an environmental policy is implemented? 什么因素决定环境政策是否得到实施？

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00678-7

Amy Myers Jaffe

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