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Repacking Accelerates High‐Silica Melts Extraction: Insights From Microstructural Record and Numerical Modeling

Geophysical Research Letters
Repacking enhances crystal mush permeability, accelerating melt extraction. However, identifying microstructural records of repacking is challenging, creating a gap in quantifying its effect on magmatic reservoirs. We identified extracted melt (rhyolite)
Hou‐Bin Chen, Boda Liu, Wei‐Qiang Ji, Shao‐Hua Zhang, Kai Zhao, Fu‐Yuan Wu   +5 more
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Cenozoic Tectonics Ignite Mitochondrial Codon Innovations Propelling Canid Body Size Evolution and Transcontinental Radiations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We decode mitochondrial genomes across all extant canids, revealing lineage‐specific codon optimization driven by altitude, predation, and body size. A tripartite framework integrates geological events, metabolic constraints, and adaptive radiation to explain carnivore evolution.
Xiaoyang Wu, Xibao Wang, Yongquan Shang, Yao Chen, Haotian Cai, Tian Xia, Qinguo Wei, Weilai Sha, Honghai Zhang   +8 more
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Large Megathrust Earthquakes Tend to Sustain an Increasingly Longer Duration Than Expected

Geophysical Research Letters
The moment‐duration (M0‐T) scaling law reveals fundamental earthquake physics across various sizes and tectonic settings. However, the validity of the cubic relation (M0 ∝ T3) inferred for large (Mw ≥ 7) megathrust events has been recently questioned due
Yumin Cui, Shaoyang Li, Ling Chen, Yosuke Aoki   +3 more
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Three-Dimensional Microstructure and Structural Representative Volume Element of the Intact and Remolded Loess

Applied Sciences
On the Loess Plateau of China, the number of projects involving the excavation of mountains and the filling of valleys to create new land is rising. The loess excavated from the mountain is directly used as building material.
Lina Ma, Linxin Zhang, Xiaokun Hou, Songfeng Guo, Shengwen Qi   +4 more
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Gut Microbiota of Gray Snub‐Nosed Monkeys: Adaptation to Seasonal Variations Through Energy Compensation and Thermogenesis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Based on metagenome‐assembled genomes (MAGs), the gut microbiota of the gray snub‐nosed monkeys recovered 1229 non‐redundant MAGs. The gut microbiota showed an enhanced capacity to produce energy substrates with increased conversion activity of these substrates during winter.
Yue Sun, Mingyi Zhang, Xiaochen Wang, Xiaolong Huang, Yanze Yu, Huijuan Pan, Haibo Li, Lei Shi, Wei Yang, Chen Zhang, Bo Ding, Xun Liu, Jianfeng Li, Changjiang Qian, Boxing Cheng, Chao Zhang, Jingcheng Ran, Ming Li   +17 more
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Snake Gut Microbiota as a Source of Anti‐Inflammatory Probiotics: Isolation and Functional Characterization of Two Novel Strains

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study assessed the probiotic potential of intestinal microbiomes from five snake species using metagenomics and in vitro isolation, identifying two promising strains (Lactobacillus johnsonii DA0116 and Limosilactobacillus reuteri DA0218) through comprehensive screening.
Xuena Kang, Lan Hu, Jiarong Song, Zhenjie Zhang, Yi Li, Qingqing Zhang, Cuiling Luo, Yu Pang, Peng Guo, Bisong Yue, Ping Li, Zhenxin Fan   +11 more
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Hidden Losses: Assessing the Risk of Coextinction Among Ectoparasitic Flies and Their Bat Host Species in Brazil

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
The potential impact of bat species extinction on the number of their ectoparasitic fly species, based on interaction data for Brazil. As bat host species are removed over time, more connected species (green) would experience steeper declines and lead to greater ectoparasite losses when compared to a random extinction model (gray).
Nathan Lorenzo de Sena Gotti, Jonathan Ramos Ribeiro, Eder Barbier, Enrico Bernard   +3 more
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Restoring the Missing Late Cretaceous Arc of Iran

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Persistent arc magmatism archives fluid transport and mantle partial melting in subduction zones. However, arc magmatism often exhibits different magmatic records along the strike, as seen in the Tethyan orogenic belt.
Yiyang Lei, Yang Chu, Mark B. Allen, Wei Lin, Bo Wan, Ling Chen, Morteza Talebian, Guangyao Xin, Tanjie Liu, Yilin Guo, Lin Guo   +10 more
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Coinvasional disruptions to island pollinator networks

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biological invasions can adversely affect pollinator diversity by threatening the maintenance of animal‐pollinated plant communities. Although most studies have examined single invasive species, accelerating species introductions driven by global trade highlight the need to understand how multiple co‐occurring invaders jointly influence ...
Marta Quitián, Isaac Planas‐Sitjà, Maki Morooka, Anna Traveset, Simon M. Tierney, Adam L. Cronin   +5 more
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Colonial-era settlements and post-colonial legacies have increased the loss of montane forests in the central highlands of Kenya

Communications Earth & Environment
Long-term historical studies of montane tropical forest loss in eastern Africa have been relatively neglected compared to other world regions, despite ramifications for biodiversity, climate crises, and knock-on effects on the African continent. Moreover,
Peter N. Gitau, Rahab N. Kinyanjui, Patrick Roberts   +2 more
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