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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Justyna Kowal-Kasprzyk, Anna Waskowska, Jan Golonka, Michal Krobicki, Petr Skupien, Tadeusz Stomka
Summary: This study focuses on the palaeogeographic reconstruction of shallow-water carbonate deposition in the Outer Western Carpathian Tethys, utilizing global models of plate tectonics for reconstructions of platforms and ridges. Several ridges covered by carbonate platforms developed in the late Jurassic-Palaeogene times, with three main shallow-water facies associations identified. Since the Paleocene, Lithothamnion-bryozoan facies have adapted to unstable conditions in all Western Outer Carpathian sedimentary areas, remaining preserved until the final stage of basin evolution.
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Paleontology
Pascal Neige, Robert Weis, Emmanuel Fara
Summary: This study investigates the early diversification of belemnites and reveals significant variations in rarefied richness between different chronozone, with no clear large-scale provincialism found. The homogeneous spatial distribution of belemnites over time may be attributed to the relatively poorly-documented fossil record of belemnites, especially in Mediterranean localities, and their contrasting dispersal abilities compared to ammonoids.
Article
Ecology
Jasper A. Slingsby, Adam M. Wilson, Brian Maitner, Glenn R. Moncrieff
Summary: Iterative near-term ecological forecasting shows great potential to provide vital information for decision-makers and improve ecological understanding, but there are logistical and fundamental challenges to overcome. Developing regionally focussed sets of ecological forecasts can help address logistical challenges in under-resourced regions, while comparing or coupling models across scales can lead to new fundamental insights.
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xiang-ting Zeng, Feng Cong, Hua-Ping Zhu, Mei-Feng Shi
Summary: The Ora batholith, located in southwest Cambodia, provides valuable insights into the crustal generation of the Palaeo-Tethys orogenic belt in Mainland Southeast Asia. The batholith consists of three types of granite with similar Early Jurassic ages. The second and third groups are fractionated granitoids, while the first group is unfractionated. All groups have positive Hf(t) values, indicating a cogenetic origin from partial melting of the lower crust.
GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Geography, Physical
Madeleine L. Vickers, Iben W. Hougard, Peter Alsen, Clemens V. Ullmann, Mads E. Jelby, Michael Bedington, Christoph Korte
Summary: This study examines the oxygen and carbon isotope records from belemnites in different regions during the Middle and Late Jurassic, and suggests that changes in paleoceanography and climate, as well as ocean current patterns, influenced the isotope signals. The data analysis shows that there were cooling events across the Lower and Middle Jurassic boundary, but the timing and magnitude of these events varied in different regions. The study also finds that a strengthening of southward current may have caused the relatively heavy oxygen isotope values in the Subboreal Province. The uppermost Jurassic records indicate the isolation of the Boreal realm from the lower latitudes.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
David Cunillera-Montcusi, Jordi Bou, Thomas Mehner, Sandra Brucet, Matias Arim, Ana I. I. Borthagaray
Summary: By using satellite images and three centrality metrics, we identified freshwater hotspots in Europe and found differences in the role of landscape configuration in biogeographic diversity patterns and conservation planning.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Saeedeh Senemari, Farah Jalili
Summary: This study investigated the Eocene to Oligocene palaeoenvironmental conditions in the southwest of Izeh, southwestern Iran using data from calcareous nannofossils. The presence of calcareous nannofossils in the upper part of the Pabdeh Formation indicates lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic changes from the Priabonian to the Chattian. The findings suggest that environmental changes, possibly due to basin shallowing and a bio-event, influenced the marine phytoplankton sensitivity to climate fluctuations during the late Eocene to late Oligocene.
JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY-ENGLISH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Efiba Vidda Senkyire Kwarteng, Samuel Ato Andam-Akorful, Alexander Kwarteng, Da-Costa Boakye Asare, Jonathan Arthur Quaye-Ballard, Frank Badu Osei, Alfred Allan Duker
Summary: The occurrence of lymphatic filariasis in northern and southern Ghana is influenced by different combinations of variables, mainly land cover and socioeconomic factors. Understanding the geographic distinctness of risk factors is crucial for developing area-specific transmission control systems for LF elimination in Ghana and globally.
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Marcello De Togni, Marco Gattiglio, Stefano Ghignone, Andrea Festa
Summary: This study presents a detailed description of the tectono-stratigraphic architecture of the eclogite-facies Internal Piedmont Zone (IPZ) metaophiolite, which represents the remnant of the Jurassic Alpine Tethys in the Lanzo Valleys of the Western Alps. The deposition in morphological or structural lows and highs resulted in articulated physiography and heterogeneous stratigraphic succession above the exhumed serpentinized mantle. The reconstructed succession and basin floor physiography of the IPZ metaophiolite is comparable to other geological successions and modern slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Karla Juliana Rodriguez-Robayo, Alma L. Trujillo-Miranda, Maria Elena Mendez-Lopez, Luciana Porter-Bolland, Claudia Maria Monzon-Alvarado, Irina Llamas-Torres, Ivet Reyes-Maturano, Jibram Leon-Gonzalez, Lilian Juarez-Tellez, Maria Del Rocio Ruenes-Morales, Mariana Rivera-De Velasco, Nicolas Chan-Chuc
Summary: This article reviews the trends and information gaps in the regional analysis of socioecological conflicts in Mexico, emphasizing the importance of addressing management alternatives, future scenarios, ecosystem services, gender perspectives, and normative frameworks. The study highlights the necessity of using a socioecological approach integrating environmental and social components for a comparative analysis and understanding of the underlying causes of conflicts towards peaceful resolutions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Junsheng Jiang, Shunbao Gao, Bo Bao, Peng Hu, Xin Chen, Kan Tian, Pengcheng Huang, Jian Huang, Xinran Guo
Summary: The Gangdese magmatic rocks in the southern Lhasa terrane are considered to be important for understanding the formation and evolution of the Neo-Tethys oceanic opening, subduction, closure, and India-Eurasian continental collision. This study investigates the petrology, chronology, and geochemistry of granodiorite in the Nuocang district of western Gangdese, southern Lhasa terrane. The results suggest that the Late Jurassic granitoids in this area formed through partial melting of the ancient Lhasa terrane in a continental margin arc environment triggered by the subduction of the Neo-Tethys oceanic crust.
Review
Ecology
Camilo Hernandez, Cristian Echeverria, Cara Nelson
Summary: Research on the ecological impacts of landscape change (LC) has primarily focused on the compositional attributes of biodiversity, analyzing impacts at the community and population levels. Studies have identified gaps in research, such as the lack of studies addressing multiple levels of the ecological hierarchy simultaneously and the linkages between ecological processes and ecosystem services. Place-based research syntheses are crucial to identify research gaps and meet sustainability goals.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Huixiang Zeng, Chen Cheng, Youliang Jin, Qiong Zhou
Summary: Based on a research sample of listed companies in China's heavy pollution industry from 2014 to 2017, this study empirically evaluates the impact of the Pilot System of the Ecological Damage Compensation on corporate environmental investment using a difference-in-differences model. The results show that the implementation of the damage compensation system significantly promotes corporate environmental investment, with the market degree exerting a moderating effect. The findings highlight the importance of constructing the ecological damage compensation system and provide valuable insights for formulating effective environmental policies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Geography, Physical
Xuejiao Wang, Dangpeng Xi, Emanuela Mattioli, Guannan Wang, Xiaoqiao Wan
Summary: The study of calcareous nannofossil assemblages from sediments in western Tarim Basin reveals that the record of the PETM is associated with a transgression-regression cycle. The sea-level change is indicated by the richness and abundance of calcareous nannofossils, with evidence of a gradual increase in sea level and a subsequent regression. Inter-regional correlations show the highest relative sea level in the middle part of NP9a in the Tianshan Mountain area.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jennifer A. Ailshire, Katrina M. Walsemann, Calley E. Fisk
Summary: Recent studies show a decline in dementia prevalence among older adults in the U.S., but there are regional variations. Despite overall trends, the South has the highest dementia prevalence compared to other regions, and in 2012, its prevalence was similar to other regions in 2000. Education and health status play a role in explaining these differences at a subnational level.
SSM-POPULATION HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Steven M. Holland
Review
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Steven M. Holland
ANNUAL REVIEW OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, VOL 48, 2020
(2020)
Article
Geology
Steven M. Holland, Sarah N. Wright
JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Silvia Danise, Gregory D. Price, Matthias Alberti, Steven M. Holland
Article
Geology
Steven M. Holland, Anik K. Regan
JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Paleontology
Joshua B. Zimmt, Steven M. Holland, Seth Finnegan, Charles R. Marshall
Summary: The distribution of last occurrences of fossil taxa in a stratigraphic column are used to infer the pattern, timing and tempo of extinction from the fossil record. Clusters of last occurrences are commonly interpreted as an abrupt pulse of extinction. However, stratigraphic architecture alone can produce clusters of last occurrences that can be misinterpreted as an extinction pulse.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Pedro M. Monarrez, Joshua B. Zimmt, Annaka M. Clement, William Gearty, John J. Jacisin, Kelsey M. Jenkins, Kristopher M. Kusnerik, Ashley W. Poust, Selina V. Robson, Judith A. Sclafani, Kelsey T. Stilson, Shamindri D. Tennakoon, Carmi Milagros Thompson
Summary: The text highlights the importance of understanding the past to anticipate the future for paleontologists and geoscientists as practitioners of historical science. It points out a lack of recognition for the fundamental role that the history of paleontology and geology plays in shaping the structure and culture of these disciplines. The intertwining of Western paleontology and geology with systematic practices of exclusion, oppression, and erasure has hindered meaningful and systematic efforts to address issues affecting marginalized communities.
Article
Biology
Pedro M. Monarrez, Noel A. Heim, Jonathan L. Payne
Summary: The study explores the differences in selection between background intervals and mass extinctions for animal body size evolution. Most classes show differences in origination and extinction selectivity between the two periods, with stronger selectivity observed during origination after mass extinction compared to extinction during mass extinction events. Mass extinction events not only shift the marine biosphere into a new macroevolutionary regime, but also play a significant role in shaping the biosphere through recovery dynamics.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Steven M. Holland
Summary: This paper presents a coupled model of the nonmarine fossil record, which provides predictions about stratigraphy and fossil occurrences under different sea-level change scenarios. Slow rise in sea level leads to changes in deposition and community composition, while rapid rise in sea level causes increased aggradation rates and shifts in community composition. Sea-level fall results in an unconformity and significant changes in community composition. The main prediction of these models is that the nonmarine fossil record reflects systematic changes in community composition that reflect elevation.
Article
Biology
Erik A. Sperling, Thomas H. Boag, Murray I. Duncan, Cecilia R. Endriga, J. Andres Marquez, Daniel B. Mills, Pedro M. Monarrez, Judith A. Sclafani, Richard G. Stockey, Jonathan L. Payne
Summary: Changes in oxygen levels have had significant impacts on the Earth's history and marine life. Oxygen increase during the Cambrian period facilitated the Cambrian explosion, but remained at low or moderate levels through the early Paleozoic era, contributing to high extinction rates. In the later Paleozoic, oxygen levels rose to modern levels, but ocean deoxygenation and mass extinctions were linked to volcanic carbon inputs. The geologic record shows that rapid CO2 injections consistently cause global warming, ocean acidification, and oxygen loss.
BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN
(2022)
Article
Geology
Anik K. Regan, Raymond R. Rogers, Steven M. Holland
Summary: A study conducted in Montana, USA, shows that there is little difference in the probability of occurrence of higher taxa fossils in channel and floodplain deposits, except for plants. This supports the recent model that suggests organisms are initially buried in floodplain deposits, then exhumed by migrating rivers, and finally buried in channels. Furthermore, it was found that plants have a higher probability of occurrence in high-accommodation systems tracts, while vertebrates have a higher probability of occurrence in channels of the low-accommodation systems tract.
Editorial Material
Clinical Neurology
Shaia Bierman-Chow, Steven M. Holland, Amy P. Hsu, Cindy Palmer, John Lynch, Yair Mina, HyunJoo (Sophie) Cho
Summary: This study characterized the clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings of 10 patients with GATA2 deficiency who presented with early-onset ischemic stroke. The results suggest a link between GATA2 deficiency and stroke, emphasizing the need for further research to understand this unique vulnerability within this patient population.
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Hannah L. Kempf, Hunter C. Olson, Pedro M. Monarrez, Lawrence Bradley, Christopher Keane, Sandra J. Carlson
Summary: This article discusses the historical and current policies governing paleontological research on Native American lands in the United States. It highlights the changes in federal policies towards Native American lands and resources over time, reflecting changing ideologies regarding Native American sovereignty. The article also explores the impact of these policies on paleontological research and provides best practices for conducting such research in accordance with Indigenous Data Governance Principles.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shelly J. Robertson, Olivia Bedard, Kristin L. McNally, Carl Shaia, Chad S. Clancy, Matthew Lewis, Rebecca M. Broeckel, Abhilash I. Chiramel, Jeffrey G. Shannon, Gail L. Sturdevant, Rebecca Rosenke, Sarah L. Anzick, Elvira Forte, Christoph Preuss, Candice N. Baker, Jeffrey M. Harder, Catherine Brunton, Steven Munger, Daniel P. Bruno, Justin B. Lack, Jacqueline M. Leung, Amirhossein Shamsaddini, Paul Gardina, Daniel E. Sturdevant, Jian Sun, Craig Martens, Steven M. Holland, Nadia A. Rosenthal, Sonja M. Best
Summary: Inflammation in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection plays a crucial role in determining the severity of COVID-19 and is influenced by host genetics. Researchers have generated a genetically diverse mouse panel by crossing CC founder strains with human ACE2 transgenic mice, which allows for the modeling of SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility. The findings highlight the importance of early IFN-I and regulated proinflammatory responses in controlling virus replication and disease progression.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Paleontology
Steven M. Holland
Summary: Stratigraphy is the primary control on the fossil record, with sedimentary basins dominating over long temporal and large spatial scales. Predictable changes in the structure of the fossil record occur due to relative rise or fall in sea level. These changes affect the occurrence of fossils and community composition in marine and nonmarine systems. Understanding the stratigraphic controls is crucial for accurately interpreting biological processes in paleontological studies.
BOLLETTINO DELLA SOCIETA PALEONTOLOGICA ITALIANA
(2023)