Residual macronutrients in the surface Southern Ocean result from restricted biological
utilization, caused by low wintertime irradiance, cold temperatures, and insufficient …

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world's drylands, are a
vital component of the environment. This is because of their role in biogeochemical cycling …

Holocene climatic change is driven by a plethora of forcing mechanisms acting on different
time scales, including: insolation, internal ocean (eg Atlantic Meridional Overturning …

The interactions between aerosol and cloud play a vital role in global climate change and
associated with one of the largest uncertainties. In last few decades, due to unique …

The distributions of long chain n-alkanes are often utilized as plant-derived
paleoenvironmental proxies. However, there is debate regarding the degree to which …

Wind erosion is an important environmental issue in Central Asia (CA), which includes
Xinjiang, China (XJ-China), and the five CA states of the former Soviet Union (CAS5). Future …

The recent upsurge in research attention to aeolian dust has shown that dust transport
systems operate on very large spatial and temporal scales, and involve much larger …

We are in the grip of global warming: sea levels are rising; glaciers are melting, Arctic sea
ice is thinning, meteorological events are becoming more extreme. But how do these …

Measuring and monitoring controls on wind erosion can facilitate detection and prediction of
soil degradation important for food security. Ground cover is widely recognised as an …

The Southern Ocean is increasingly recognized as a key player in the general ocean
thermohaline circulation and the global climate system during glacial–interglacial …