15 May 2012

• Mercury's magnetic field measured by MESSENGER orbiter
• Oxygen isotopes improve weather predictability in Niger
• Annual Arctic sea ice less reflective than old ice
• Properties of solitary waves in Lake Constance
• How earthquake properties vary with depth
• Tracking a Jurassic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field

27 April 2012

• Hurricane feedback research may improve intensity forecasts
• Cattle waste tops cars as source of Southern Californian smog compound
• Natural soil pipes release peat carbon to atmosphere
• Seesaw does not explain Antarctic climate change
• Changing pressure drives lake methane emissions
• In calm seas, precipitation drives air-sea gas exchange

16 April 2012

• Active faults newly identified in Pacific Northwest
• In the Greek isles, a volcano has awakened
• Voyager 1 might have farther to go to exit to the heliosheath
• El Niño related to changes in sardine spawning
• Lake Erie's thermal structure and circulation are backward
• Fossilized plant matter points to desertification near Tibetan Plateau

29 March 2012

• Regional models expect drier, stormier western United States
• Declining sea ice to lead to cloudier Arctic
• Improving plume forecasts using Fukushima data
• How did the equatorial ridge on Saturn's moon Iapetus form?
• Thermokarst lakes increased atmospheric methane levels
• North American rivers are a sizable source of atmospheric carbon
• Reforestation efforts reshape Hawaii's soil hydrology

16 March 2012

• Measuring mercury in coastal fog water
• Early Eocene climate warming increased petroleum production
• Unexpected earthquakes within continental plates pose challenges
• Land use changes contribute to climate extremes
• When will warming-induced rainfall changes be perceptible?
• Model describes New Zealand's complex tectonic environment
• Geomagnetic data reveal unusual nature of recent solar minimum

29 February 2012

• Effect of vegetation die-off tested on tidal marshland
• Capsizing icebergs release earthquake-sized energies
• Asian emissions contribute to air pollution in western United States
• Remote sensing of volcanic ash properties
• In Japan, seismic waves slower after rain, large earthquakes
• Molecular oxygen ions confirm exosphere at Saturn's moon Dione

14 February 2012

• Heart Lake holds water for Yellowstone's hydrothermal diversity theory
• Martian carbon dioxide clouds tied to atmospheric gravity waves
• Effects of sea spray geoengineering on global climate
• Abrupt decline in East African long rains
• Small dams need better management
• Improving forecasts of volcanic ash concentrations

31 January 2012

• Fine, jagged ash increased Eyjafjallajökull volcano's influence
• Geological evidence for past earthquakes in Tokyo region
• Much irrigation water comes from non-sustainable sources
• Greenland's pronounced glacier retreat not irreversible
• New record from stalagmites shows climate history in Central Asia
• Io's volcanism influences Jupiter's magnetosphere
• Massive swarm of tunicates tilts ocean's chemical balance

13 January 2012

• Variability of North Atlantic heat transport observed from instrument data
• Methane exceeds nitrous oxide in rivers' contribution to warming
• Waste recycling primary source of energy in deep ocean
• Record Arctic ozone depletion could occur again
• Traveling supraglacial lakes observed on Antarctic ice shelf
• Lunar images alter understanding of impact history