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Snow precipitation on Mars driven by cloud-induced night-time convection

Nature Geoscience 10, 652 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo3008 Authors: Aymeric Spiga, David P. Hinson, Jean-Baptiste Madeleine, Thomas Navarro, Ehouarn Millour, François Forget & Franck Montmessin Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds

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Hemispheric climate shifts driven by anthropogenic aerosol–cloud interactions

Nature Geoscience 10, 566 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2988 Authors: Eui-Seok Chung & Brian J. Soden Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds

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Holocene warming in western continental Eurasia driven by glacial retreat and greenhouse forcing

Nature Geoscience 10, 430 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2953 Authors: Jonathan L. Baker, Matthew S. Lachniet, Olga Chervyatsova, Yemane Asmerom & Victor J. Polyak Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds

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Microbially driven export of labile organic carbon from the Greenland ice sheet

Nature Geoscience 10, 360 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2920 Authors: Michaela Musilova, Martyn Tranter, Jemma Wadham, Jon Telling, Andrew Tedstone & Alexandre M. Anesio Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds

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Megafaunal extinctions driven by too much moisture

Studies of bones from Ice Age megafaunal animals across Eurasia and the Americas have revealed that major increases in environmental moisture occurred just before many species suddenly became extinct around 11-15,000 years ago. The persistent moisture resulting from melting permafrost … Continue reading

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Enormous dome in central Andes driven by huge magma body beneath it

A new study reveals how magma injected into the crust from below has contributed to the uplift of the spectacular Altiplano-Puna plateau in the central Andes. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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