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  Ocean Sciences

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  • Mass and volume transport variability in an eddy-filled ocean

    • Carl Wunsch
      Original article citation: Nature Geosci doi:10.1038/ngeo126 (2008)

    • Categories: Ocean Sciences and Climate Impacts
    • Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 02/11/2008 01:18PM GMT
      
      True changes in the North Atlantic ocean circulation due to climate change are nearly impossible to identify, according to Wunsch et al. This is due to the background variability caused by naturally occurring eddies. The findings imply that measurements in three dimensions over several decades would be necessary to determine whether climate change has affected the ocean's circulation.
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  Biodiversity & Ecology

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  • Bacterial carbon processing by generalist species in the coastal ocean

    • Xiaozhen Mou, Shulei Sun, Robert A. Edwards, Robert E. Hodson, Mary Ann Moran
      Original article citation: Nature 451," 708 - 711, (2008).

    • Categories: Biodiversity & Ecology and Ocean Sciences
    • Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 02/07/2008 04:32PM GMT
      
      Mou et al. examine how marine bacteria contribute to the ocean's carbon cycle using an experimental metagenomics approach. This allows them to analyze metabolic capabilities throughout the community of bacteria, rather than characterizing individual taxa.
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  Climate Impacts

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  • Sea level rise projections for current generation CGCMs based on the semi-empirical method

    • Radley Horton, Celine Herweijer, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Jiping Liu, Vivien Gornitz, Alex C. Ruane
      Original article citation: Geophys. Res. Lett. 35," (2008).

    • Categories: Climate Impacts and Anthropogenic change
    • Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 02/04/2008 05:51PM GMT
      
      Here Horton et al. use a new prediction method to drastically revise the IPCC's estimate of global sea level rise by 2100, from 18-59 cm to 54-89 cm. Continuing ice loss in Greenland and West Antarctica could push the predicted rise even higher.
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  Technology

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  • Mechanical gas capture and release in a network solid via multiple single-crystalline transformations

    • Brett D. Chandler, Gary D. Enright, Konstantin A. Udachin, Shane Pawsey, John A. Ripmeester, David T. Cramb, George K. H. Shimizu
      Original article citation: Nat Mater doi:10.1038/nmat2101 (2008)

    • Categories: Technology, Physics, and Mitigation
    • Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 02/04/2008 05:36PM GMT
      
      This proof-of-concept paper highlights a breakthrough in nanotechnology that could allow carbon dioxide emissions to be captured and sealed off by 'molecular nanovalves' - allowing high-density storage without the use of high-pressure tanks.
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  Extreme Events

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  • Large contribution of sea surface warming to recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity

    • Mark A. Saunders, Adam S. Lea
      Original article citation: Nature 451," 557 - 560, (2008).

    • Categories: Extreme Events and Climate Impacts
    • Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 01/31/2008 02:13PM GMT
      
      In this Nature paper, Saunders and Lea quantify the observed relationship between rising sea surface temperatures and North Atlantic hurricane activity, finding that "a 0.5 °C increase in sea surface temperature is associated with a approximately 40% increase in hurricane frequency and activity." Nature News has a Briefing explaining the paper at http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080130/full/news.2008.544.html#comments This is one of three new papers on sea surface temperature and hurricanes that we're featuring in the Journal Club this week. Taken together, what do you think these papers have to say?
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  Extreme Events

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  • Regional model simulation of North Atlantic cyclones: Present climate and idealized response to increased sea surface temperature

    • Tido Semmler, Saji Varghese, Ray McGrath, Paul Nolan, Shiyu Wang, Peter Lynch, Colin O'Dowd
      Original article citation: J. Geophys. Res. 113," (2008).

    • Categories: Extreme Events and Climate Impacts
    • Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 01/31/2008 02:06PM GMT
      
      Semmler et al.'s modelling study predicts increased numbers and intensities of North Atlantic hurricanes in response to a 1-degree rise in sea surface temperature. This is one of three new papers on sea surface temperature and hurricanes that we're featuring in the Journal Club this week. Taken together, what do you think these papers have to say?
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  Extreme Events

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  • Human contribution to rapidly increasing frequency of very warm Northern Hemisphere summers

    • Gareth S. Jones, Peter A. Stott, Nikolaos Christidis
      Original article citation: J. Geophys. Res. 113," (2008).

    • Categories: Extreme Events and Regional Climate
    • Recommended by the Editor: Olive Heffernan on 01/28/2008 06:45PM GMT
      
      In the last 20-40 years, extremely hot summers - such as the 2003 heatwave that killed an estimated 30,000 Europeans - have become more frequent in regions across the Northern Hemisphere, Jones et al. point out. Comparing observed Northern Hemisphere temperatures to the predictions of climate models with or without anthropogenic contributions, they conclude that humans have been the dominant cause. Unsurprisingly, the models indicate that we can expect even more scorching summers in the future.
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  Extreme Events

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  • Global warming and United States landfalling hurricanes

    • Chunzai Wang, Sang-Ki Lee
      Original article citation: Geophys. Res. Lett. 35," (2008).

    • Categories: Extreme Events and Climate Impacts
    • Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 01/28/2008 06:43PM GMT
      
      Focusing on the relationship between sea surface temperature and vertical wind shear, this paper by Wang and Lee "uses observational data to demonstrate that the attribution of the recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity to global warming is premature and that global warming may decrease the likelihood of hurricanes making landfall in the United States." This is one of three new papers on sea surface temperature and hurricanes that we're featuring in the Journal Club this week. Taken together, what do you think these papers have to say?
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  Anthropogenic change

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  • Anthropogenically enhanced fluxes of water and carbon from the Mississippi River

    • Peter A. Raymond, Neung-Hwan Oh, R. Eugene Turner, Whitney Broussard
      Original article citation: Nature 451," 449 - 452, (2008).

    • Categories: Anthropogenic change and Earth Sciences
    • Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 01/25/2008 04:11PM GMT
      
      Here Peter Raymond et al. examine carbon export by the Mississippi River in the form of inorganic carbon, the byproduct of natural rock-weathering processes that consume atmospheric carbon dioxide. Analyzing century-long records from the water-treatment plants of New Orleans, they find that shifting agricultural practices have had a greater impact than climate change on this carbon flux. Emilio Mayagora discussed the paper in a News and Views article (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7177/full/451405a.html), which we reprinted in this month's Nature Reports Climate Change (http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0802/full/451405a.html).
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  Cryosphere

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  • Disequilibrium response of permafrost thaw to climate warming in Canada over 1850–2100

    • Yu Zhang, Wenjun Chen, Daniel W. Riseborough
      Original article citation: Geophys. Res. Lett. 35," (2008).

    • Categories: Cryosphere, Regional Climate, and Climate Impacts
    • Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 01/21/2008 04:41PM GMT
      
      Thawing of permafrost in the Arctic tundra owing to global warming could affect "hydrology, ecosystems, soil biogeochemistry and the stability of buildings and infrastructure in high latitudes", Zhang et al. point out. Here they model permafrost thawing in a simulation that reaches deep underground, beyond the rapidly warming surface.
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