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Geohealth

Research Spotlight 27 May 2021

改善粤港澳大湾区空气质量

新的模拟研究显示，减少粤港澳大湾区以外地区的居住和农业污染，可以改善这个特大都市带乃至整个中国的公共健康状况。

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Planetary Sciences

Research Spotlight 19 May 2021

‘Oumuamua May Be an Icy Fragment of a Pluto-Like Exoplanet

Researchers favor nitrogen ice as the most likely material for the mysterious interstellar object’s composition.

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Biogeosciences

Research Spotlight 11 May 2021

First Worldwide View of a Key Phytoplankton Proxy

New insights into the dynamics of ocean features known as deep chlorophyll maxima set the stage for better understanding of their role in carbon cycling.

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Climate Change

Research Spotlight 6 May 2021

A 50,000-Year History of Current Flow Yields New Climate Clues

The first high-resolution historical record of Europe’s Glacial Eastern Boundary Current sheds new light on ocean circulation, ice sheet dynamics, and climate change.

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Geohealth

Research Spotlight 28 April 2021

Improving Air Quality in China’s Greater Bay Area

New simulations show how reducing residential and agricultural pollution outside the Greater Bay Area could improve public health inside this megalopolis and across China.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Research Spotlight 12 April 2021

Extreme Rainfall Statistics May Shift as U.S. Climate Warms

Precipitation data and high-resolution modeling suggest that extreme rainfall events under a changing climate will be shorter, more intense, and more widely spread out.

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Geology & Geophysics

Research Spotlight 7 April 2021

Past Climate Change Affected Mountain Building in the Andes

Increased glaciation in the North Patagonian Andes may have influenced tectonic dynamics over the past 7 million years, suggesting a connection between climate change and mountain-building processes.

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Biogeosciences

Research Spotlight 1 April 2021

硅藻是如何进化到利用有毒金属镉代替锌的?

网络分析表明，锌和镉硫化物在地质史上同步风化，在锌缺乏的情况下，镉可以作为光合途径的合适替代品。

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Planetary Sciences

Research Spotlight 26 March 2021

形成黄道光的太空尘埃可能来自火星

朱诺号探测器飞往木星途中的偶然发现表明，形成黄道光的太空尘埃可能来自火星，但这些尘埃是如何从火星或其卫星逃逸出来的仍不得而知。

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Biogeosciences

Research Spotlight 17 March 2021

How Did Diatoms Evolve to Swap Zinc for the Toxic Metal Cadmium?

New network analysis suggests that zinc and cadmium sulfides weathered simultaneously in geological history, making cadmium a suitable substitute in photosynthetic pathways when zinc was scarce.

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