Review
Fisheries
Mouna Chambon, Sara Minarro, Santiago Alvarez Fernandez, Vincent Porcher, Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Huran Tonalli Drouet, Patrizia Ziveri
Summary: While women make up nearly half of the global fisheries workforce, their contribution to the sector has been overlooked, impacting fisheries management. A systematic review of literature found that women had limited participation in small-scale fisheries (SSF) management, with negative outcomes resulting from their exclusion. Active participation, on the other hand, had positive socio-cultural impacts at multiple scales. The study highlights the need to foster gender perspectives in fisheries research and SSF management for improved social-ecological system management.
REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES
(2023)
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Michelle Francl, Ellis McCarver
Summary: Ellis McCarver and Michelle Francl aim to amplify the voices of marginalized chemists.
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kendall Powell, Adidja Amani
Summary: Having a clear vision and good delegation skills can help women advance in their careers.
News Item
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Adam L. L. MacLean
Summary: An analysis of cell-cell communication between embryonic stem cells, using a combination of experiments and modeling, reveals that cells can transmit important messages over much larger distances than previously thought, displaying quorum-sensing-like behavior.
NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
R. J. Stouffer, J. L. Russell, R. L. Beadling, A. J. Broccoli, J. P. Krasting, S. Malyshev, Z. Naiman
Summary: An idealized study was conducted to investigate the impact of removing continental topography on present-day ocean climate. It was found that removing mountains leads to a weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, cooling of the subpolar North Atlantic, and warming of the western North Pacific Ocean. However, the temperature and salinity response in the ocean interior is relatively small and varies among different models.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2022)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Qiang Wang, Stefano Pierini
Summary: The eddy kinetic energy (EKE) in the Kuroshio Extension (KE) region may be affected by the Kuroshio large meander (KLM) region and the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO). Previous studies have shown that the KLM EKE only affects the EKE in the upstream area of KE, while the NPGO has a remarkable effect on the EKE in both upstream and downstream areas. Changes in KLM EKE impact the advection of eddies and the position of the Kuroshio over the Izu Ridge, causing different EKE levels. The NPGO affects KE EKE through the westward propagation of sea surface height anomalies forced by wind stress anomalies associated with the North Pacific Oscillation.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Lavinia Patara, Claus W. Boening, Toste Tanhua
Summary: Enhanced Southern Ocean ventilation in recent decades is suggested as a relevant modulator of ocean heat and carbon uptake changes. This study focuses on midlatitude ventilation changes in the Southern Ocean from the 1960s to the 2010s, showing a multidecadal fluctuation with a decrease until the 1980s-90s and subsequent increase. Wind stress is identified as the main driver of ventilation changes, while buoyancy forcing modulates its trend and decadal variability.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
Editorial Material
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Abasi Ene Abong, Katrine Bosley, Charlotte Casebourn, Priscilla Chan, Janice Chen, Michael Chen, George Church, John Cumbers, Tomas de Wouters, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Xavier Duportet, Arturo Elizondo, Jeremy Farrar, Bill Gates, Francesco Gatto, Sebastian Giwa, Jernej Godec, Silvia Gold, Emily LeProust, Jeantine Lunshof, Eddie Martucci, Michelle McMurray Heath, Jason Mellad, Veronika Oudova, Neri Oxman, Aviv Regev, Sarah Richardson, Christopher Thomas Scott, Jake Sherkow, Leah Sibener, Teresa Tarrago, Sharon Terry, J. Craig Venter, Spin Wang, Sajith Wickramasekara, Hakim Yadi, Luhan Yang, Bowen Zhao
Summary: Leaders from various biotech fields are invited to look into the future and make predictions for the coming years in the biotechnology sector.
NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Letter
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Shuwen Tan, Andreas M. Thurnherr
Summary: The density stratification in the ocean is directly related to the diapycnal mixing, which drives the abyssal cell of the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC). It is important to understand how stratification has been changing in the world's deep and abyssal oceans under climate change. Using repeat hydrographic data obtained since the 1990s, we find a decreasing stratification associated with changes in the source Antarctica Bottom Water (AABW) properties in its formation basins as well as in basins along its dispersal pathways.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rocio Deanna, Bethann Garramon Merkle, Kwok Pan Chun, Deborah Navarro-Rosenblatt, Ivan Baxter, Nora Oleas, Alejandro Bortolus, Patricia Geesink, Luisa Diele-Viegas, Valeria Aschero, Maria Jose de Leone, Sonia Oliferuk, Rui Zuo, Andrea Cosacov, Mariana Grossi, Sandra Knapp, Alicia Lopez-Mendez, Elina Welchen, Pamela Ribone, Gabriela Auge
Summary: Mentor relationships are crucial for the retention, success, and well-being of women and underrepresented minority scientists in academia. A diverse network of mentors can support the achievement of long-term career goals, advancement, and retention of both mentors and mentees, thereby enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Benjamin Morillon, Luc H. Arnal, Pascal Belin
Summary: Categorizing voices is essential for social interactions based on auditory perception. A recent study investigated the spatiotemporal patterns of neural activity in the associative auditory cortex that lead to voice-specific responses using human intracranial recordings.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Benjamin Davis, Keri Backus, Georg Winter, Roberto Chica, Dan Li, Sang Yup Lee, Chuan He, Amy Weeks, Christopher Overall, Shinya Hagihara, Ben Thuronyi, Siddhesh Kamat, Ling-Ling Chen, Ramon Hurtado Guerrero, Shao Yao, Lara K. Mahal, Christopher Voigt, Christina Woo, Erick Strauss, Kazuya Kikuchi, Timothy Dore, Sheena Radford, Xiang David Li, Won Do Heo, Giulio Superti-Furga, Tara Deans, Vsevolod Belousov, Megan Matthews, Colin Jackson, Shiva Malek, Herbert Waldmann, Anna Rising, Michael Jewett, Dimitrios Stamou, Emily Parker, Mario Murakami, Karen Polizzi, Itaru Hamachi, Tobias Erb, Chirlmin Joo, Motonari Uesugi, Rab Prinjha, Gidi Rechavi, Roberto Solano, Brenda Schulman, Yael David, Rob Oslund
Summary: In the last five years, the most exciting research achievements or technological innovations in chemical biology have garnered attention from many chemical biologists.
NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Trine Skovgaard Kirkfeldt, Catarina Frazao Santos
Summary: This paper assesses how Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) can contribute to achieving the UN SDG 14, highlighting the great potential for MSP to play a role in the accomplishment of the SDG 14 targets and indicators.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Aikaterini Rammou, Clio Berry, David Fowler, Mark Hayward
Summary: Research emphasizes the importance of clinicians assessing distressing voices in youth, but limited literature from adult health services shows that clinicians lack confidence and doubt the appropriateness of systematically assessing voice-hearing.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Prajvala Kurtakoti, Milena Veneziani, Achim Stossel, Wilbert Weijer, Mathew Maltrud
Summary: The study reveals that the formation of larger Weddell Sea polynyas (WSPs) requires a shift from weakly negative to strongly negative wind stress curl, along with the presence of a large heat reservoir at depth and a pronounced Maud Rise Polynya (MRP) as a triggering factor. These conditions lead to the growth of WSPs, impacting the formation of Antarctic Bottom Water.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
