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Akinsanola, A. A. et al., 2026. Modeling of precipitation over Africa: Progress, challenges, and prospects. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences 43 (1), pp.59-86. (10.1007/s00376-024-4187-6)
Albrkawy, A. I. and Alves, T. M. 2026. Combined geophysical and tectono-stratigraphic models to characterise Jurassic syn-rift petroleum systems in the Shushan Basin, northern Egypt. Petroleum Geoscience 32 (1) petgeo2024-095. (10.1144/petgeo2024-095)
Andrade, P. R. d. O. et al., 2026. Obliquity variation and polyphase faulting during rifting of the outer high of the Santos basin—offshore Brazil. Basin Research 38 (3) e70118. (10.1111/bre.70118)
Avila, S. P. et al., 2026. Comparing the Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) with the present interglacial period (MIS 1) using a multi dimensional functional diversity analysis : The marine molluscs from Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago, central Atlantic) as a case study. Journal of Quaternary Science 41 (2), pp.333-360. (10.1002/jqs.70041)
Babin, D. P. et al., 2026. Environmental controls on green bands in marine sediments. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 41 (3) e2024PA005072. (10.1029/2024pa005072)
Bartholomew, D. C. et al., 2026. Tropical montane cloud forests have high resilience to five years of severe soil drought. Global Change Biology 32 (1) e70670. (10.1111/gcb.70670)
Bäthge, A. et al., 2026. A global-scale time series dataset for groundwater studies within the earth system. Scientific Data 13 401. (10.1038/s41597-026-06966-1)
Bian, T. et al., 2026. Zircon Hf-O Isotopes and geochemistry of TTG in the basement of the Bohai Bay Basin: Petrogenesis and implications for ∼3.1 Ga crustal growth in the North China Craton. Lithos 540-41 108643. (10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108643)
Blenkinsop, T. 2026. How variations in intraplate stresses affect slip and dilation tendencies of faults: The onshore United Kingdom example. Journal of Structural Geology 202 105571. (10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105571)
Broadwell, E. L. M. et al., 2026. Remote Antarctic island reveals unique algal dynamics in snow and ice. ISME Communications: New Developments in Microbial Ecology 6 (1) ycag100. (10.1093/ismeco/ycag100)
Brown, J. R. et al., 2026. Plutonic xenoliths reveal the influence of cryptic melt-mush reaction processes in the plumbing system beneath St Vincent, Lesser Antilles Arc. Journal of Petrology 67 (2) egag014. (10.1093/petrology/egag014)
Carels, V. et al., 2026. Seasonality and mobility: An Integrative framework for reconstructing Kura-Araxes pastoral systems at Maxta I, Nakhchivan. PLoS ONE 21 (4) e0346108. (10.1371/journal.pone.0346108)
Contreras, D. et al. 2026. Automatic sentiment analysis of citizen comments: the case of the Albania earthquake. GeoHazards 7 (2) 62. (10.3390/geohazards7020062)
Cuthbert, M. O. 2026. What is groundwater?. Hydrogeology Journal (10.1007/s10040-026-03056-9)
de Lima, R. B. et al., 2026. Mapping the density of giant trees in the Amazon. New Phytologist 249 (1), pp.152-168. (10.1111/nph.70634)
De Luca, E. et al., 2026. Public involvement report: Learning the narratives and expectations of health and care needs for older LGBTQ+ people. Social Sciences 15 (2) 83. (10.3390/socsci15020083)
Drevinskas, T. et al., 2026. In situ analytical chemistry laboratory for the exobiology extant life surveyor. ACS Measurement Science Au 6 (2), pp.421-429. (10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.5c00173)
Edwards, D. et al. 2026. The nature and affinities of the enigmatic Silurian–Devonian genus Pachytheca from Britain. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 179 (673), pp.1-87. (10.1080/02693445.2025.2654935)
El Khoury, A. et al., 2026. Reevaluating the nutrient timeline: Francevillian basin geochemistry reveals early permissive conditions for eukaryotic life. Precambrian Research 438 108064. (10.1016/j.precamres.2026.108064)
Faillace, K. et al. 2026. Exploring animal management and site catchment through multi-isotope analysis. In: Powell, A. B. and Higbee, L. eds. Prehistoric Burial, Settlement and Deposition on the King's Gate Development, Amesbury Down, Wiltshire. Wessex Archaeology. , pp.82-89.
Fan, S. et al., 2026. A toxicological assessment of airborne microplastics in Beijing. Toxics 14 (4) 312. (10.3390/toxics14040312)
Ferguson, G. et al., 2026. Renewability of fossil groundwaters affected by present-day climate conditions. Nature Geoscience 19 , pp.410-414. (10.1038/s41561-026-01923-4)
Fisher, M. et al., 2026. The effects of lead and manganese in soil on males and females of the dioecious herb Spinacia oleracea. Flora 334 152879. (10.1016/j.flora.2025.152879)
Gill, J. C. 2026. Brief communication: Rejuvenating and strengthening the science-policy interface required to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 26 (1), pp.271-278. (10.5194/nhess-26-271-2026)
Gong, L. et al., 2026. From mountain range to flat plateau in the Qiangtang Block (western China): Insights from low-temperature thermochronology. GSA Bulletin (10.1130/B38637.1)
Guo, S. et al., 2026. Petrogenesis of late carboniferous adakitic dikes and granodiorites in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Implications for lower crustal melting and slab roll-back. Lithos: Journal of Petrology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry 538-53 108597. (10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108597)
Heberlein, M. G. et al., 2026. Oceanographic influences and high productivity recorded in a coastal bay of the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica, during the Holocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 41 (6) e2025PA005410. (10.1029/2025pa005410)
Hicks, S. P. et al., 2026. Fault-mediated magma propagation and triggered seismicity revealed by the 2022 São Jorge Azores unrest. Nature Communications 17 (1) 3531. (10.1038/s41467-026-71668-6)
Hinchey, A. M. et al., 2026. Silurian mafic magmatism related to post-collisional extension, Appalachian orogen, western Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 63 (10.1139/cjes-2025-0016)
Huang, S. et al., 2026. Sediment melting during subduction initiation: Evidence of mantle-hosted S-type granitoids in the Neoproterozoic Fuchuan Ophiolite. Global and Planetary Change 257 105272. (10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.105272)
Huang, S. et al., 2026. Sediment melting during subduction initiation: Evidence of mantle-hosted S-type granitoids in the Neoproterozoic Fuchuan Ophiolite. Global and Planetary Change 257 105272. (10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.105272)
Huang, T. et al., 2026. Multiple origins of hornblende-rich cumulates within a deep magma reservoir from the Late Jurassic Gangdese arc, south Tibet: implications for arc crustal evolution. Journal of Petrology 67 (2) egag006. (10.1093/petrology/egag006)
Huber, D. E. et al., 2026. Global NO2 changes between 2019 and 2024 as observed by TROPOMI in urban areas and emerging hotspots. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 26 (5), pp.3783-3803. (10.5194/acp-26-3783-2026)
Hughes, C. S. et al. 2026. Rapid plasma membrane reorganisation and endocytosis in HER2 breast cancer cells incubated with trastuzumab decorated polymer nanoparticles. RSC Pharmaceutics 3 (2), pp.390-400. (10.1039/d5pm00168d)
Jamy, M. et al., 2026. Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution. Trends in Microbiology 34 (3), pp.242-251. (10.1016/j.tim.2025.08.008)
Jia, J. et al. 2026. Income inequality reduction as a pathway to sustainable and healthy dietary transitions in Brazil. Communications Earth & Environment (10.1038/s43247-026-03568-y)
Julve Lillo, J. et al. 2026. Splay fault permeability governs fluid–structure interaction in accretionary wedges. Geophysical Research Letters 53 (5) e2025GL120143. (10.1029/2025gl120143)
Kamal, M. et al., 2026. Advanced seismic attributes applied on resolution-enhanced 2D seismic data for BSR mapping offshore Makran, Pakistan. Scientific Reports (10.1038/s41598-026-51110-z)
Keith, S. A. et al., 2026. Enhancing motivation to learn marine ecology and increase ocean literacy through virtual reality in higher education. Ecosphere 17 (3) e70565. (10.1002/ecs2.70565)
Korbar, T. et al., 2026. Direct evidence of active tectonics along the offshore sector of the Dinaric Fault System. Scientific Reports 16 2442. (10.1038/s41598-025-32243-z)
Larsson, M. E. et al., 2026. Environmental structuring of mixoplankton functional types within marine protist communities: a global analysis. Ocean Microbiology 2 1. (10.1186/s44375-026-00007-3)
Li, C. et al., 2026. Late cretaceous large-scale melting of the Neo-Tethyan oceanic slab in southern Tibet. Lithos 540-41 108635. (10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108635)
Li, C. et al., 2026. Petrogenesis of Late Triassic adakitic rocks and basalts from the southern Lhasa: Insights into subduction initiation of Neo-Tethys. Lithos: Journal of Petrology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry 530-31 108498. (10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108498)
Liu, J. et al. 2026. Earthquakes act as a capacitor for terrestrial organic carbon. Nature Communications 17 1627. (10.1038/s41467-026-68341-3)
Livingstone, S. J. et al., 2026. Ice dynamic and hydrological response to ice-dammed lake drainages at Isunnguata Sermia, West Greenland. Journal of Glaciology (10.1017/jog.2026.10163)
Maetmueang, C. et al. 2026. De-risking structural traps for carbon capture and storage (CCS) on a magma-rich continental margin. Marine Geoscience and Energy Resources 192 207808. (10.1016/j.marger.2026.207808)
Manfrin, M. S. et al., 2026. Hanging around or moving on up? Multi-proxy perspectives on Bronze Age sheep/goats herding practices in the north-eastern Po Plain (northern Italy). Quaternary Science Reviews 382 109961. (10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109961)
Mathes, F. et al., 2026. Surface sediment microbial communities remain viable, culturable, and metabolically active during sequential heating. Frontiers in Microbiology 17 1840877. (10.3389/fmicb.2026.1840877)
McKinley, E. et al. 2026. Understanding and exploring ocean literacy in South Africa: an initial assessment. Frontiers in Marine Science 13 1764846. (10.3389/fmars.2026.1764846)
McRuer, J. , McKinley, E. and Glithero, D. 2026. Situating the evolving role of ocean literacy research in the ocean decade: case studies at a glance. In: Kennedy, T. J. ed. Ocean Literacy: The Foundation for the Success of the Ocean Decade, Volume II. Vol. 2, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. , pp.15-29. (10.1007/978-3-032-09453-7_2)
Morrison-Evans, B. et al., 2026. Exploring the compositional variability of magmas erupted at La Soufrière volcano, St Vincent, using chemo-stratigraphy and new 40 Ar/ 39 Ar ages. Bulletin of Volcanology 88 (4) 43. (10.1007/s00445-026-01964-y)
Naeem, A. et al., 2026. Petrology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of the dykes from the Zhob Ophiolite, Pakistan. Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences 18 (2), pp.221-246. (10.57647/j.ijes.2025.16948)
Nawaz, M. O. and Henze, D. K. 2026. National climate action can ameliorate, perpetuate, or exacerbate international air pollution inequalities. Nature Communications 17 1649. (10.1038/s41467-026-68827-0)
O'Reilly, C. H. et al., 2026. Evaluating seasonal forecast improvements over the past two decades. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 152 (774) e70036. (10.1002/qj.70036)
Pereira, M. et al., 2026. Edaphic determinants of biomass hyperdominance in large trees of the Amazon. Forests 17 (3) 367. (10.3390/f17030367)
Polák, L. et al., 2026. Neodymium isotope constraints from global carbonatites on the possible presence of a long-lived enriched mantle reservoir. Lithos: Journal of Petrology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry 538-53 108599. (10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108599)
Popov, L. E. et al., 2026. First occurrence of a Silurian linguloid brachiopod with soft tissue preservation in Wales. Lethaia: An International Journal of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 60 , pp.1-11. (10.18261/let.60.1.5)
Qi, X. et al., 2026. Coordinated pathways to a low-carbon, healthy, and equitable food system in China. Science Bulletin 71 (7), pp.1771-1785. (10.1016/j.scib.2026.02.018)
Queiroz Azevedo, A. et al., 2026. Deep current variability from a carbonate contourite system in the Agulhas Region from late Miocene to early Pliocene (IODP Site U1475). Evolving Earth 4 100149. (10.1016/j.eve.2026.100149)
Rau, G. C. et al., 2026. Temporally clustered streamflow events control focused groundwater recharge in drylands. Environmental Research Letters 21 (3) 034014. (10.1088/1748-9326/ae3e01)
Rau, G. C. et al., 2026. Hidden flux partitioning in the global water cycle. nature water 4 , pp.14-24. (10.1038/s44221-025-00548-y)
Récalde, N. et al. 2026. Geodynamic controls on mantle differentiation and preservation of long‐term geochemical heterogeneity: focus on the primitive undegassed mantle. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 27 (3) e2025GC012516. (10.1029/2025gc012516)
Rickard, D. 2026. The chemistry of tetragonal FeS. Chemical Reviews 126 (2), pp.799-840. (10.1021/acs.chemrev.5c00763)
Rocha, P. R. et al., 2026. A porous PEDOT:PSS-cyanobacteria biohybrid for electrochemical assessment of photosynthetic activity. Bioelectrochemistry 170 109261. (10.1016/j.bioelechem.2026.109261)
Rovere, A. et al., 2026. Paleo extreme storm waves in the North Atlantic: geological evidence from Sal Island, Cape Verde Archipelago. Geomorphology 493 110076. (10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.110076)
Rui, H. et al., 2026. Melt flow control on lithological and geochemical heterogeneity of the oceanic upper mantle. National Science Review 13 (7) nwag130. (10.1093/nsr/nwag130)
Sasa, G. et al., 2026. Tectonic differentiation and thermal history of the eastern Ordos Basin (central-western China) since the Mesozoic. Geological Magazine 163 e13. (10.1017/S0016756826100545)
Saunders, N. J. et al., 2026. Fractionated nickel isotopic compositions in the subducting slab – implications for mantle heterogeneity. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 674 119740. (10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119740)
Schlumberger, J. et al., 2026. Empowering ECRs to make research projects flourish: lessons from a European research project. Open Research Europe 5 312. (10.12688/openreseurope.21517.2)
Sharmin, T. and Chappell, A. 2026. Detecting the changing impact of urbanisation on urban heat islands in a tropical megacity using local climate zones. Energy and Built Environment 7 (3), pp.602-616. (10.1016/j.enbenv.2025.02.002)
Silva, M. C. et al., 2026. Small understory trees increase growth following sustained drought in the Amazon. New Phytologist 249 (6), pp.2787-2799. (10.1111/nph.70873)
Soltanpour, H. et al., 2026. Multi-hazard susceptibility mapping in a karst context using a machine learning method (MaxEnt). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Song, H. et al., 2026. Changing aerodynamic roughness in WRF reduces bias and improves accuracy in near‐surface wind simulations. Geophysical Research Letters 53 (6) e2025GL120811. (10.1029/2025gl120811)
Spencer, L. M. et al. 2026. A mantle origin for high-Sr late Archean tonalite-trondhjemite granodiorite suites. Geology 54 (5), pp.440-445. (10.1130/g54038.1)
Starr, A. et al., 2026. Southern ocean vertical carbon stratification across the Mid‐Pleistocene Transition. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 41 (3) e2024PA005090. (10.1029/2024pa005090)
Tao, Z. et al., 2026. Cenozoic igneous activity in northern China as a mechanism for Late Oligocene climate warming. Scientific Reports (10.1038/s41598-026-54351-0)
Tavers, J. V. et al., 2026. Family imprint reveals basin-wide patterns of Amazon forest embolism resistance. Nature Communications 17 (1) 2073. (10.1038/s41467-026-69892-1)
Tessier, L. et al., 2026. Experimental determination of uranium isotope fractionations during early diagenesis of green rust. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (10.1016/j.gca.2026.04.013)
Toffol, G. et al. 2026. Ultrahigh-temperature laser melting replicates microstructures of natural pseudotachylytes. Geology (10.1130/g54442.1)
Toffol, G. et al. 2026. Earthquakes in wet rocks: competition between thermal pressurization, damage, and frictional melting?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 690 120158. (10.1016/j.epsl.2026.120158)
Trimmis, K. P. et al., 2026. Exploring local and regional dynamics in the Bronze Age Kythera Island, Greece, through an analytical approach on archaeological data from Kataphygadi cave. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 73 105798. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105798)
Turchyn, A. V. et al., 2026. The role of the continental sulfur cycle in the global sulfur and carbon cycles. In: Harlov, D. E. and Pokrovski, G. S. eds. The Role of Sulfur in Planetary Processes: The Role of Sulfur in Planetary Processes. Springer Geochemistry Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. , pp.565-588. (10.1007/978-3-032-07705-9_6)
Wang, J. et al., 2026. International trade reduces emissions through technology transfer led by key emitters. Nature Climate Change 16 , pp.451-459. (10.1038/s41558-026-02595-z)
Wang, M. et al., 2026. Modelling tributary reforestation effects on downstream main channel fluvial geomorphology. Geomorphology 496 110158. (10.1016/j.geomorph.2026.110158)
Ward, P. J. et al., 2026. Reducing risk together: moving towards a more holistic approach to multi-hazard and multi-risk assessment and management. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 26 (3) 1325. (10.5194/nhess-26-1325-2026)
Warren, B. , Cottee, S. and Badger, M. P. 2026. UK’37 is unaffected by IODP repository conditions [Note]. Organic Geochemistry 105228. (10.1016/j.orggeochem.2026.105228)
Yang, Y. et al., 2026. The role of submarine landslides in the initiation and evolution of moat-drift contourite systems. Sedimentology: The Journal of the International Association of Sedimentologists 73 (3), pp.660-678. (10.1111/sed.70079)
Yin, J. et al., 2026. Rapid recycling of sediment-derived granites in accretionary orogens: Implications from the Alataw Mountains, NW China. Chemical Geology 701 123181. (10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.123181)
Zhang, Q. et al. 2026. Stress superposition controls the evolution of radial faults around salt diapirs (Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil). GSA Bulletin (10.1130/B38944.1)
Zhang, W. et al., 2026. Zinc isotope evidence for extensive carbonate recycling in the Arctic asthenosphere. Nature Communications 17 4340. (10.1038/s41467-026-71022-w)
Zhang, X. et al., 2026. Hydrocarbon generation in source rocks with low organic matter as the primary mechanism for overpressure development: a case study from the Yinggehai Basin, South China Sea. Journal of the Geological Society 183 (1) jgs2024-157. (10.1144/jgs2024-157)
Zhao, Z. et al., 2026. Rapid changes of the lava‐delta coastlines formed by the 2021 volcanic eruption on La Palma, Canary Islands. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 51 (6) e70318. (10.1002/esp.70318)
Zhou, Z. et al. 2026. Satellite retrieved soil surface dynamics reduce the extent and frequency of sediment flux with implications for early warning systems. Communications Earth & Environment 7 259. (10.1038/s43247-026-03368-4)
Zhu, H. et al., 2026. Unveiling the hotspot-driven magmatic plumbing system of the Center track, Walvis Ridge (South Atlantic Ocean): Insights from mineral geochemistry and isotopic heterogeneity in basalts from IODP Expedition 391. GSA Bulletin (10.1130/b38890.1)
Zhu, R. et al., 2026. Sanukitoid stable isotopes reveal complex crust-mantle dynamics in the early Earth. Communications Earth & Environment (10.1038/s43247-026-03700-y)