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Impact of Annually Variable Dust Activity on the Recession of the Martian South Polar Seasonal Cap

The Astronomical Journal
Suspended dust is a vital component of Martian climatic system and its temporal-spatial variation can influence the recession of the South Polar Seasonal Cap (SPSC).
Zhibin Li, Jianjun Liu, Renhao Tian, Zhaopeng Chen, Qing Zhang, Jingjing Zhang, Wei Yan, Qiang Fu, Shaoran Liu, Nannan Ma   +9 more
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High Tree Species Diversity Promotes Thermal Enhancement Response of Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Predicting soil carbon dynamics under warming is constrained by limited understanding of microbial thermal adaptation, particularly whether microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) can adapt to warming and how plant diversity modulates this response. Using soils from a natural tree species diversity gradient in a subtropical forest, we combined a
Pengpeng Duan, Changqing Ye, Xinyi Yang, Chaoqun Wang, Wolfgang Wanek, Jian‐sheng Ye, Hongzhao Yuan, Hu Du, Kongcao Xiao, Xunyang He, Kelin Wang, Dejun Li   +11 more
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Suppression of Cold Weather Events over High-Latitude Continents in Warm Climates [PDF]

, 2020
Recent studies, using Lagrangian single-column atmospheric models, have proposed that in warmer climates more low clouds would form asmaritime airmasses advect intoNorthernHemisphere high-latitude continental interiors during winter (DJF).
Hu, Zeyuan, Cronin, Timothy Wallace, Tziperman, Eli   +2 more
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Snowball Bistability Vanishes at Moderate Orbital Eccentricity

The Planetary Science Journal
Snowball episodes are associated with increases in atmospheric oxygen and the complexity of life on Earth, and they may be essential for the development of complex life on exoplanets. Sustained, stable Snowball episodes require a Snowball bifurcation and
Xuan Ji, Dorian S. Abbot
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Kaempferol Attenuates Spaceflight‐Associated Knee Cartilage Degradation by Targeting NOX4‐Mediated Mitochondrial Dysfunction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We have shown that both simulated and actual spaceflight contribute to cartilage degradation in the knees of mice. Using RNA sequencing and bioenergetic profiling, we identified NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4) as a key factor driving these changes. Additionally, we found that kaempferol, a naturally occurring flavonoid that binds directly to NOX4, reduces ...
Yuesong Yin, Ruiling Xu, Meagan J. Makarczyk, Jia‐Jun Liu, Silvia Liu, Matthew Z. Shi, Roberta Di Carlo, Michael F. Almeida, Alex Garris, Sarah Day, Rebekah Sanchez‐Hodge, Jonathan C. Schisler, Aleeza H. Zilberman, Noah G. Allen, Angela J. Kubik, Elizabeth A. Blaber, Arnold Z. Olali, Wanqing Xie, Douglas C. Wallace, Christopher E. Mason, Peter G. Alexander, Giuseppe Intini, Afshin Beheshti, Hang Lin   +23 more
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Diagnosing the vertical structure of the eddy diffusivity in real and idealized atmospheres [PDF]

, 2014
The Earth's extratropical troposphere is equilibrated by turbulent eddy fluxes of potential temperature and momentum. The equilibrated state has the remarkable characteristic that isentropic slopes leaving the surface in the subtropics reach the ...
Ferrari, Raffaele, Raffaele Ferrari, Jansen, Malte Friedrich, Malte Jansen   +3 more
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A Global Methane Observation System to Reduce Uncertainty for Anthropogenic and Natural Sources and Sinks for Detecting and Attributing Climate Feedbacks

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Conceptual illustration of a Global Ecosystem Methane Observing System (GEM‐OS) integrating satellites, aircraft, atmospheric networks, and ecosystem measurements to quantify methane emissions from anthropogenic and natural sources. The multi‐scale observing framework improves source attribution, reduces uncertainty in regional methane budgets, and ...
P. Ciais, S. Peng, J. Chang, F. Li, Q. Zhu, K. Yuan, G. Hugelius, H. Li, Y. Cai, F. Chevallier, K. Tibrewal, E. A. Kort, K. Arndt, J. Watts, B. Buma, N. Besic, P. I. Palmer, H. Cadillo‐Quiroz, E. Euskirchen, M. J. Gondwe, A. Hoyt, R. Jackson, S. Malone, D. Monteverde, S. Natali, M. Ramonet, C. Rey‐Sanchez, L. B. Sagang, E. A. G. Schuur, R. Vargas, R. Varner, Z. Zhang, B. Poulter   +32 more
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Planetary Habitability [PDF]

, 1997
This grant was entitled 'Planetary Habitability' and the work performed under it related to elucidating the conditions that lead to habitable, i.e. Earth-like, planets. Below are listed publications for the past two and a half years that came out of this
Kasting, James F.
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The Influence of True Polar Wander on Habitability and Planetary Climates: A New Method

The Astrophysical Journal
The habitability of a planet is tied to its atmosphere. Over long timescales, the planetary climate is controlled by the radiation budget of the star around which the planet orbits.
M. Kiani Shahvandi
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Sporadic Spin-orbit Variations in Compact Multiplanet Systems and Their Influence on Exoplanet Climate

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023
Climate modeling has shown that tidally influenced terrestrial exoplanets, particularly those orbiting M-dwarfs, have unique atmospheric dynamics and surface conditions that may enhance their likelihood to host viable habitats.
Howard Chen, Gongjie Li, Adiv Paradise, Ravi K. Kopparapu   +3 more
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