Nature GeosciencePub Date : 2026-09-01DOI: 10.1038/s41561-026-02079-x
Caroline E. R. Lehmann,Adam J. M. Devenish,Richard D. Bardgett,James M. Bullock,Catherine L. Parr
{"title":"Nature-based solutions in open ecosystems must support biodiversity and people","authors":"Caroline E. R. Lehmann,Adam J. M. Devenish,Richard D. Bardgett,James M. Bullock,Catherine L. Parr","doi":"10.1038/s41561-026-02079-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02079-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"57 1","pages":"995-997"},"PeriodicalIF":18.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148895444","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}
Nature GeosciencePub Date : 2026-09-01DOI: 10.1038/s41561-026-02065-3
Neha Mehta
{"title":"The double life of siderite","authors":"Neha Mehta","doi":"10.1038/s41561-026-02065-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02065-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"29 1","pages":"1008-1008"},"PeriodicalIF":18.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148895447","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":"Multilayer soil moisture depletion intensifies drought impacts on global ecosystems","authors":"Xihui Gu, Ruijie Wang, Deliang Chen, Chiyuan Miao, Sijia Luo, Yansong Guan, Sixiang Wang, Liangwei Li, Tianshun Gu, Chuyu Luo, Jianfeng Li, Shengzhi Huang, Xueying Li, Jiefeng Wu, Xiang Zhang, Lunche Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41561-026-02083-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02083-1","url":null,"abstract":"When soil moisture across all layers of the entire profile is depleted, ecosystems face the highest risk because they lose all vertical buffering capacity against drought. However, these vertically compound soil moisture droughts, in which every soil layer suffers simultaneous water deficits, have been largely ignored because previous monitoring and risk assessments relied on entire-profile mean soil moisture. Here we identify vertically (0–100 cm) compound droughts worldwide during warm seasons of 1981–2020 using multilayer soil moisture products. Their annual duration and ratio have increased across more than half of global lands over the past four decades, with pronounced hotspots in southwestern North America, South America, Africa, mid-latitude Eurasia, southeastern Asia and Australia. Vertically compound droughts cause substantial declines in ecosystem productivity, particularly in forests and croplands, threatening carbon sink stability and food security. By contrast, diagnosing drought solely from entire-profile averages causes an overestimation of vertically compound drought duration by about 128.3% but an underestimation of associated ecosystem losses by about 27.8%. These projections and systematic biases highlight the urgency of developing multilayer monitoring, mitigation and adaptation strategies for vertically compound droughts.","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148899512","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":"Hadley circulation drives material isolation and pole-to-pole teleconnection on Mars","authors":"Chen-Shuo Fan, Cong Sun, Zhiang Xie, Yangcheng Luo, Lixiang Gu, Siteng Fan","doi":"10.1038/s41561-026-02090-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02090-2","url":null,"abstract":"Global-scale circulation dominates material transport in planetary atmospheres, which is thought to account for large-scale compositional mixing on Earth and other planets. However, observations of the Martian atmosphere challenge this picture. The mixing ratios of dust and gas species (H2O, CO, Ar) show large planetary-scale inhomogeneities, yet the mechanism causing this has been difficult to define. Here we investigate particle transport in the Martian atmosphere using a Lagrangian tracking method based on reanalysis data. We find that the coherent structure of the single-cell Hadley circulation on Mars can produce a distinct material transport pattern. Dynamical barriers prevent material mixing between the inside and outside of the Hadley cell and allow pole-to-pole teleconnection. Dimensional analysis indicates this is caused by the combined effect of rapid planetary rotation and the thin atmosphere of Mars. The dominance of the mean circulation over the eddy transport gives rise to this unique transport regime, which is fundamentally distinct from those on Earth and Venus. This finding challenges the conventional view of material mixing from planetary-scale circulations, suggesting planetary atmospheric dynamics can confine materials and restrict redistribution.","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148899596","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}
Nature GeosciencePub Date : 2026-08-25DOI: 10.1038/s41561-026-02071-5
Yang Su, Yidi Xu, Xianglin Zhang, David Makowski, Agnes Pellissier-Tanon, Saverio Francini, Tianqi Shi, Ke Yu, Siyu Liu, Haotian Chen, Haoruo Li, Jinfeng Chang, Songchao Chen, Chaohui Yin, Nikola Besic, Martin Brandt, Alba Viana-Soto, Katja Kowalski, Cornelius Senf, Alexandre d’Aspremont, Philippe Ciais
{"title":"Disturbance characteristics and forest properties regulate surface warming and recovery across Europe","authors":"Yang Su, Yidi Xu, Xianglin Zhang, David Makowski, Agnes Pellissier-Tanon, Saverio Francini, Tianqi Shi, Ke Yu, Siyu Liu, Haotian Chen, Haoruo Li, Jinfeng Chang, Songchao Chen, Chaohui Yin, Nikola Besic, Martin Brandt, Alba Viana-Soto, Katja Kowalski, Cornelius Senf, Alexandre d’Aspremont, Philippe Ciais","doi":"10.1038/s41561-026-02071-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02071-5","url":null,"abstract":"Disturbances that disrupt the structure, composition or functioning of forest ecosystems are increasing in frequency and severity across Europe due to climate change and land-use pressures. Yet their effects on local surface climate remain poorly quantified. Here we combine Landsat-derived summer land-surface temperature estimates with a Europe-wide disturbance record to assess how disturbance attributes and forest properties shape post-disturbance warming and thermal recovery. We find that disturbed forests exhibit higher summer land-surface temperatures, with warming of 1.70 °C relative to adjacent undisturbed forests located 100 to 500 m from disturbance edges. Post-disturbance temperature anomalies are driven primarily by vegetation and canopy-structure loss, with disturbance severity emerging as the strongest predictor. Forest properties further modulate warming, with needleleaf forests warming more strongly than broadleaf forests and plantations more than natural forests. Thermal recovery trajectories shows that more than 82% of disturbance-induced warming dissipates within ten years. Together, these findings identify key biophysical controls on disturbance-driven surface warming across Europe and highlight the potential of forest-management strategies to limit its magnitude, while balancing thermal, ecological and silvicultural goals.","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":18.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148853686","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}