Archive: Earth & environment
Earth & environment 2008 Research Highlights
Climate change: Bacterial benchmark
Tim Reid
Published online: 12 November 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.265
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et al. Bacteria variabilities in a Tibetan ice core and their relations with climate change. Global Biogeochem. Cycles doi:10.1029/2007GB003140 (2008).
Top of pageHabitat destruction: Speed kills
Tim Reid
Published online: 29 October 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.254
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, , , & Extinction of poorest competitors and temporal heterogeneity of habitat destruction. Ecol. Model. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.06.026 (2008).
Top of pageSupercontinents: Heated break–up
Tim Reid
Published online: 08 October 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.235
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et al. The Bikou basalts in the northwestern Yangtze block, South China: Remnants of 820–810 Ma continental flood basalts? Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. doi: 10.1130/B26310.1 (2008).
Top of pageAir pollution: Keeping coal clean
Tim Reid
Published online: 17 September 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.217
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et al. Primary air pollutant emissions of coal-fired power plants in China: Current status and future prediction. Atmos. Environ. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.08.021 (2008).
Top of pageMethane emission: Plants do it too this content is Open !
Jane Qiu
Published online: 10 September 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.211
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et al. Methane emissions by alpine plant communities in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Biol. Lett. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0373 (2008).
Top of pageClimate change: Holding back hail this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 03 September 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.206
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Trends in hail in China during 1960–2005. Geophys. Res. Lett. doi: 10.1029/2008GL034067 (2008).
Top of pageRecycling: From computers to park benches this content is Open !
Jane Qiu
Published online: 20 August 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.194
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A plate produced by nonmetallic materials of pulverized waste printed circuits boards. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42, 5267–5271 (2008).
Top of pageCarbon chemistry: Chain stores
Vicky Cleave
Published online: 13 August 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.190
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CO2 coordination by inorganic polyoxoanion in water. J. Am. Chem. Soc. doi: 10.1021/ja801560t (2008).
Top of pageArtificial photosynthesis: Stored in a tube this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 06 August 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.184
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Multiple-charge separation in nanoscale artificial photosynthetic models. ChemPhysChem doi: 10.1002/cphc.200800191 (2008).
Top of pagePersistent organic pollutants: Bark breakdown this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 30 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.178
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Modeling persistent organic pollutant (POP) partitioning between tree bark and air and its application to spatial monitoring of atmospheric POPs in Mainland China. Environ. Sci. Technol. doi: 10.1021/es800188q (2008).
Top of pageCarbon monoxide oxidation: Gold finds a partner this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 23 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.170
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Au–Cu alloy nanoparticles confined in SBA-15 as a highly efficient catalyst for CO oxidation. Chem. Comm. 27, 3187–3189 (2008).
Top of pageNanowaste: Reduce, reuse, recycle this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 16 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.164
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et al. Treatment of CrVI-containing Mg(OH)2 nanowaste. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. doi: 10.1002/anie.200800172 (2008).
Top of pageAquaculture: Stressful scallops
Felix Cheung
Published online: 16 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.166
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Catecholaminergic responses to environmental stress in the hemolymph of Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri. J. Exp. Zool. 309, 289–296 (2008).
Top of pageGlobal warming: Hotter and hotter
Felix Cheung
Published online: 09 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.160
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Changes of reanalysis derived Northern Hemisphere summer warm extreme indices during 1948–2006 and links with climate variability. Global Planet. Change doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.06.003 (2008).
Top of pageHigh-pressure synthesis: Pressing perovskite
Tim Reid
Published online: 04 June 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.127
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et al. High-pressure synthesis of the cubic perovskite BaRuO3 and evolution of ferromagnetism in ARuO3 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) ruthenates. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 105, 7115–7119 (2008).
Top of pageTibetan plateau: Ancient lakes
Jane Qiu
Published online: 07 May 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.102
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et al. Vast early Miocene lakes of the central Tibetan Plateau. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. doi: 10.1130/B26043.1 (2008).
Top of pageAir pollution: Poisoning the poor
Tim Reid
Published online: 07 May 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.105
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et al. Socioeconomic disparities in air pollution-associated mortality. Environ. Res. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.02.002 (2008).
Top of pageDust storms: Calming with climate
Tim Reid
Published online: 30 April 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.94
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The properties of dust aerosol and reducing tendency of the dust storms in Northwest China. Atmos. Env. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.03.041 (2008).
Top of pageSoil erosion: Pulp fixation
Tim Reid
Published online: 23 April 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.89
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A potential compound for sand fixation synthesized from the effluent of pulp and paper mills. J. Arid Environ. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.02.008 (2008).
Top of pageCoal production: Blue energy this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 16 April 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.84
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et al. Pyrolytic simulation experiments on the role of water in natural gas generation from coal. Int. J. Coal Geol. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2008.02.003 (2008).
Top of pageTsunami impact: Muddy waters
Tim Reid
Published online: 09 April 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.79
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Changes in suspended sediments associated with 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Adv. Space Res. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.03.002 (2008).
Top of pageOrchid conservation: Blooming marvellous
Tim Reid
Published online: 09 April 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.80
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Correlation between numerical dynamics and reproductive behavior in Cypripedium lentiginosum. Acta Ecol. Sinica 28, 111–121 (2008).
Top of pageTibetan Plateau: Central rising this content is Open !
Wei Zeng
Published online: 09 April 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.81
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et al. Constraints on the early uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau. PNAS 105, 4987–4992 (2008).
Top of pageWater purification: In a nutshell this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 02 April 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.71
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Removal of chromium (VI) from aqueous solution using walnut hull. J. Environ. Manage. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.01.011 (2008).
Top of pageCave deposits: Hard rain this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 19 March 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.61
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et al. Millennial- and orbital-scale changes in the East Asian monsoon over the past 224,000 years. Nature 451, 1090–1093 (2008).
Top of pageSand dunes: Light as a feather this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 06 February 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.29
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et al. Pseudo-feathery dunes in the Kumtagh Desert. Geomorphol. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.01.004 (2008).
Top of pageLake sediments: Pollen probes the past this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 16 January 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.8
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Sensitive response of desert vegetation to moisture change based on a near-annual resolution pollen record from Gahai Lake in the Qaidam Basin, northwest China. Glob. Planet. Change doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.12.003 (2008).
Top of pageNitrous oxide: Antarctic emissions
Tim Reid
Published online: 10 January 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.285
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Nitrous oxide flux to the atmosphere from two coastal tundra wetlands in eastern Antarctica. Atmos. Env. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.016 (2007).
Top of pageSupercontinents: Mantle pieces
Tim Reid
Published online: 10 January 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.286
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Ca. 825 Ma komatiitic basalts in South China: First evidence for >1500°C mantle melts by a Rodinian mantle plume. Geology 35, 1103–1106 (2007).
Top of pageExtinction theory: A double episode this content is Open !
Wei Zeng
Published online: 10 January 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2007.288
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et al. Changes in the global carbon cycle occurred as two episodes during the Permian–Triassic crisis. Geology 35, 1083–1086 (2007).
Top of pageOil spills: Going down
Tim Reid
Published online: 10 January 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.2
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Three-dimensional numerical simulation for transport of oil spills in seas. Ocean Eng. doi: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2007.12.001 (2007).
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