Pub Date : 2025-12-22DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01870-6
Jacob S. Slawson, Piret Plink-Bjorklund, Thomas Reichler, Daniel Baldassare
Warming is pushing Earthʼs system towards unfamiliar climate conditions, complicating predictions. Geological archives of past greenhouse climates provide essential tests for models under extreme forcing. We investigate how precipitation responded to extreme warmth during early Palaeogene global warming events (66–47.8 million years ago)—a period considered a possible analogue for worst-case future scenarios. Here we compile global palaeoclimate data and develop a multi-proxy approach that integrates sedimentary proxies—such as plant fossils, ancient soils and river deposits—providing constraints on global precipitation intermittency (seasonal and interannual variability) and intensity (rainfall rate). The data reveal wet or monsoonal polar regions and aridity punctuated by intense rainfall at mid- and low-latitude continental interiors. This hydroclimate shift occurred 3 million years before and persisted 7 million years after the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum—the warmest period of the Cenozoic Era, suggesting that extreme warmth induces nonlinearities in the hydrological cycle’s sensitivity to temperature increase. Polar humidity and mid-latitude aridity further indicate a departure from the expected wet-gets-wetter and dry-gets-drier response. Shifts towards aridity were decoupled from mean annual precipitation and driven by seasonal and interannual precipitation distribution, such as shorter wet-season lengths and longer interannual rainfall recurrence intervals. This highlights the importance of considering precipitation intermittency and intensity, as similar shifts may occur under future warming despite differences in boundary conditions. Mid-latitude precipitation became less frequent but more intense through the early Palaeogene, reflecting a global hydroclimate response to extreme warming, according to a global multi-proxy reconstruction of precipitation characteristics.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-19DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01892-0
Hatice Ünal Ercan
Kaolinite, a clay mineral formed through weathering, has long been used in porcelain and is increasingly valued as a building block of modern nanomaterials. Hatice Ünal Ercan examines the broad utility of this mineral, first identified in China more than two millennia ago.
{"title":"Kaolinite’s many lives","authors":"Hatice Ünal Ercan","doi":"10.1038/s41561-025-01892-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41561-025-01892-0","url":null,"abstract":"Kaolinite, a clay mineral formed through weathering, has long been used in porcelain and is increasingly valued as a building block of modern nanomaterials. Hatice Ünal Ercan examines the broad utility of this mineral, first identified in China more than two millennia ago.","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"19 1","pages":"9-9"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145950804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-16DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01882-2
Adam John Jeffery, Steven Leslie Rogers, Kelly Louise Ann Jeffery, Mark Lucherini, Jamie Keith Pringle, Martin Griffin
Autism remains an under-recognized and under-represented aspect of inclusivity conversations in geosciences. We highlight an urgent need for support and recognition of autistic learners, alongside a need to integrate autistic voices in learning and teaching practices.
{"title":"Autistic voices are an overlooked minority in geosciences","authors":"Adam John Jeffery, Steven Leslie Rogers, Kelly Louise Ann Jeffery, Mark Lucherini, Jamie Keith Pringle, Martin Griffin","doi":"10.1038/s41561-025-01882-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41561-025-01882-2","url":null,"abstract":"Autism remains an under-recognized and under-represented aspect of inclusivity conversations in geosciences. We highlight an urgent need for support and recognition of autistic learners, alongside a need to integrate autistic voices in learning and teaching practices.","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"19 1","pages":"2-4"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01882-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145771125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-15DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01866-2
Wenyu Zhou, L. Ruby Leung, Chuan-Chieh Chang, Ming Zhao, Huang-Hsiung Hsu, Hsin-Chien Liang, Chia-Ying Tu, Karthik Balaguru, Jian Lu
Since 1980, tropical cyclones have migrated poleward, but it remains unclear whether this trend reflects long-term climate change or temporary climate variability. Here we investigate the drivers of this poleward migration using multiple observational datasets and global models that permit tropical cyclones. We show that a tripolar pattern of Pacific sea surface temperature variability strongly modulates the interannual variation of cyclone latitudes and largely drove the poleward migration over 1980–2024. The tripolar pattern influences tropical cyclones more effectively than either the El Niño/Southern Oscillation or the Hadley circulation. When its effects are removed, poleward migration is negligible. When it shows negative trends, the model simulates equatorward migration. As the pattern exhibits alternating multi-decadal trends but no long-term trend since 1970, its recent trend—and the associated poleward migration—is unlikely to persist. In ensemble projections under a warming scenario, tropical cyclone activity decreases overall, leading to fewer occurrences at high latitudes despite the poleward expansion of the Hadley cell. These results indicate that climate variability has played a dominant role in the observed poleward migration of tropical cyclones, and that future changes may differ markedly from the recent multi-decadal trends. A tripolar pattern of Pacific sea surface temperature variability strongly modulates tropical cyclone latitudes and largely determined their poleward migration during the period 1980–2024, according to a data-model analysis.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-12DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01855-5
Cornelia Mertens, Sarah Paradis, Jordon D. Hemingway
Pyrite (iron sulfide) formation and burial in sediments decreases atmospheric CO2 and increases O2 levels. However, the environmental and sedimentological conditions that regulate pyrite burial remain poorly constrained. Here we investigate such controlling mechanisms using a non-dimensional diagenetic model that extracts the natural variables governing pyrite formation rate and sulfur isotopic composition (δ34S). Both properties are controlled by the local ratios of organic carbon content to sulfate concentration and organic carbon reactivity to sedimentation rate; formation rate is additionally sensitive to reactive iron delivery. Using only globally interpolated boundary conditions, our model accurately predicts signals in 216 sediment cores distributed across the modern ocean. Extrapolating this, we estimate a global pyrite burial flux of 7.0 × 1012 mol S yr−1 (sensitivity test range: 2.5 × 1012 to 19.0 × 1012 mol S yr−1) with a weighted-average δ34S value of −4‰ (range: −8 to +3‰). This flux is substantially larger than terrestrial pyrite oxidation, indicating that the sulfur cycle is currently not in steady state but is instead described by net pyrite burial and thus atmospheric O2 accumulation. Finally, we interpret the geologic pyrite δ34S record within this model framework and identify flooded shelf area as the main control on pyrite burial throughout the Phanerozoic Eon. Modern pyrite burial in seafloor sediments exceeds pyrite oxidation on land, indicating that the sulfur cycle is out of balance, and acts to increase atmospheric oxygen levels, according to a diagenetic model validated by sediment cores.
沉积物中黄铁矿(硫化铁)的形成和埋藏减少了大气中的二氧化碳,增加了氧气水平。然而,控制黄铁矿埋藏的环境和沉积条件仍然知之甚少。本文采用无量纲成岩模型,提取控制黄铁矿形成速率和硫同位素组成(δ34S)的自然变量,研究这种控制机制。这两种性质均受局部有机碳含量与硫酸盐浓度之比和有机碳反应性与沉降速率之比的控制;形成速率对活性铁的输送也很敏感。仅使用全球插值的边界条件,我们的模型准确地预测了分布在现代海洋中的216个沉积物岩心的信号。据此推断,我们估计全球黄铁矿埋藏通量为7.0 × 1012 mol S yr - 1(灵敏度测试范围:2.5 × 1012 ~ 19.0 × 1012 mol S yr - 1),加权平均δ34S值为−4‰(范围:−8 ~ +3‰)。这一通量大大大于陆地黄铁矿氧化,表明硫循环目前不是处于稳定状态,而是由净黄铁矿埋藏和大气O2积累来描述。最后,在此模式框架内对黄铁矿δ34S的地质记录进行了解释,确定了显生宙黄铁矿埋藏的主要控制因素为水淹陆架。
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Pub Date : 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01862-6
Casey M. S. Schine, Jens-Erik Lund Snee, Alex Lyford, Gert van Dijken, Kevin R. Arrigo
Iron is the primary limiting nutrient for phytoplankton growth, and consequently CO2 drawdown, in the Southern Ocean. A recurring phytoplankton bloom above the Australian Antarctic Ridge was recently attributed to hydrothermally sourced iron. Here we examine satellite remote-sensing estimates of net primary production, earthquake location catalogues and Lagrangian plume modelling of particle trajectories in surface ocean currents to show that interannual variability in net primary production is related to seismicity and the advective spread of downstream surface waters. By spatially decomposing the relationship between seismicity, advective spread and net primary production, we demonstrate that net primary production at the surface, above the hydrothermal vents, can be predicted by elevated seismicity in the months before the growing season. Farther from the vents, greater advective spread reduces net primary production. We hypothesize that the connection between earthquakes and net primary production is mediated by the link between seismicity and hydrothermal emissions while advective spread controls the dilution of entrained iron; however, the physical mechanism behind the rapid surfacing of hydrothermal iron is still unknown. These findings challenge prevailing views on how geophysical processes influence ocean primary production. Earthquakes influence the amount of hydrothermal iron entering the ocean over the Australian Antarctic Ridge, which can support phytoplankton blooms by relieving surface iron limitation, according to observations combined with surface particle tracking.
{"title":"Southern Ocean net primary production influenced by seismically modulated hydrothermal iron","authors":"Casey M. S. Schine, Jens-Erik Lund Snee, Alex Lyford, Gert van Dijken, Kevin R. Arrigo","doi":"10.1038/s41561-025-01862-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41561-025-01862-6","url":null,"abstract":"Iron is the primary limiting nutrient for phytoplankton growth, and consequently CO2 drawdown, in the Southern Ocean. A recurring phytoplankton bloom above the Australian Antarctic Ridge was recently attributed to hydrothermally sourced iron. Here we examine satellite remote-sensing estimates of net primary production, earthquake location catalogues and Lagrangian plume modelling of particle trajectories in surface ocean currents to show that interannual variability in net primary production is related to seismicity and the advective spread of downstream surface waters. By spatially decomposing the relationship between seismicity, advective spread and net primary production, we demonstrate that net primary production at the surface, above the hydrothermal vents, can be predicted by elevated seismicity in the months before the growing season. Farther from the vents, greater advective spread reduces net primary production. We hypothesize that the connection between earthquakes and net primary production is mediated by the link between seismicity and hydrothermal emissions while advective spread controls the dilution of entrained iron; however, the physical mechanism behind the rapid surfacing of hydrothermal iron is still unknown. These findings challenge prevailing views on how geophysical processes influence ocean primary production. Earthquakes influence the amount of hydrothermal iron entering the ocean over the Australian Antarctic Ridge, which can support phytoplankton blooms by relieving surface iron limitation, according to observations combined with surface particle tracking.","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"19 1","pages":"106-112"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145705140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01885-z
Christina M. Patricola-DiRosario, Ping Chang, R. Saravanan
{"title":"Author Correction: Degree of simulated suppression of Atlantic tropical cyclones modulated by flavour of El Niño","authors":"Christina M. Patricola-DiRosario, Ping Chang, R. Saravanan","doi":"10.1038/s41561-025-01885-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41561-025-01885-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"19 1","pages":"128-128"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01885-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145950813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01865-3
Simon L. Harley
Heat-producing elements like uranium and thorium are depleted in the lower crust. The geochemistry of crustal rocks suggests ultrahigh melting temperatures are needed to produce this depletion and may also help stabilize the crust.
{"title":"Refining the crust","authors":"Simon L. Harley","doi":"10.1038/s41561-025-01865-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41561-025-01865-3","url":null,"abstract":"Heat-producing elements like uranium and thorium are depleted in the lower crust. The geochemistry of crustal rocks suggests ultrahigh melting temperatures are needed to produce this depletion and may also help stabilize the crust.","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"18 12","pages":"1189-1190"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145699216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01886-y
A belt of seaweed has formed across the tropical Atlantic nearly every year since 2011, despite reduction in its extent elsewhere. The causes of this growth are now coming into clearer focus.
{"title":"Tightening the Sargassum belt","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41561-025-01886-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41561-025-01886-y","url":null,"abstract":"A belt of seaweed has formed across the tropical Atlantic nearly every year since 2011, despite reduction in its extent elsewhere. The causes of this growth are now coming into clearer focus.","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"18 12","pages":"1181-1181"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01886-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145699208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-08DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01852-8
Mayra D. Manrique-Ortega, Henri N. Bernard, José Luis Ruvalcaba Sil
Jadeite is a green jade mineral that forms in unique geological environments. Mayra Manrique-Ortega and colleagues explain its archaeological importance for pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations.
{"title":"Mesoamerican beliefs sculpted in jadeite","authors":"Mayra D. Manrique-Ortega, Henri N. Bernard, José Luis Ruvalcaba Sil","doi":"10.1038/s41561-025-01852-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41561-025-01852-8","url":null,"abstract":"Jadeite is a green jade mineral that forms in unique geological environments. Mayra Manrique-Ortega and colleagues explain its archaeological importance for pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations.","PeriodicalId":19053,"journal":{"name":"Nature Geoscience","volume":"18 12","pages":"1193-1193"},"PeriodicalIF":16.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145699213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}