Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Piers M. Forster, Christopher J. Smith, Tristram Walsh, William F. Lamb, Robin Lamboll, Mathias Hauser, Aurelien Ribes, Debbie Rosen, Nathan Gillett, Matthew D. Palmer, Joeri Rogelj, Karina von Schuckmann, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Blair Trewin, Xuebin Zhang, Myles Allen, Robbie Andrew, Arlene Birt, Alex Borger, Tim Boyer, Jiddu A. Broersma, Lijing Cheng, Frank Dentener, Pierre Friedlingstein, Jose M. Gutierrez, Johannes Guetschow, Bradley Hall, Masayoshi Ishii, Stuart Jenkins, Xin Lan, June-Yi Lee, Colin Morice, Christopher Kadow, John Kennedy, Rachel Killick, Jan C. Minx, Vaishali Naik, Glen P. Peters, Anna Pirani, Julia Pongratz, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Sophie Szopa, Peter Thorne, Robert Rohde, Maisa Rojas Corradi, Dominik Schumacher, Russell Vose, Kirsten Zickfeld, Valerie Masson-Delmotte, Panmao Zhai
Summary: IPCC assessments are a trusted source of scientific evidence for climate negotiations, but the time gap between report cycles creates an information gap. To fill this gap, we compile monitoring datasets based on IPCC report methods to provide annually updated reliable global climate indicators.
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA
(2023)
Article
Oceanography
Kaushik Srinivasan, Roy Barkan, James C. McWilliams
Summary: This study reveals the dual cascade of submesoscale currents, including fronts and mixed-layer eddies, in a coarse-graining framework. The dual cascade is captured in a simple mathematical form by writing the cross-scale energy flux in the local principal strain coordinate system. The results show that the forward energy flux at fronts is primarily driven by frontogenesis, while the rotational components are responsible for the inverse cascade.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hyeonsoo Cha, Jae-Hong Moon, Taekyun Kim, Y. Tony Song
Summary: The study reveals that global mean sea-level rise is influenced by natural climate variability, with fluctuations in ocean heat storage and hydrology contributing to changes in the rate of sea-level rise.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Oceanography
Anirban Sinha, Joern Callies, Dimitris Menemenlis
Summary: Submesoscale baroclinic instabilities have been found to restratify the surface mixed layer and energize submesoscale turbulence in the upper ocean. This study investigates their impact on the large-scale circulation and stratification of the upper thermocline in the North Atlantic Subtropical Mode Water region. Numerical simulations at varying horizontal grid spacings reveal that an 8-km grid spacing is sufficient to capture the bulk impact of mixed layer instabilities on upper-ocean stratification through enhanced vertical buoyancy flux.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dustin Carroll, Dimitris Menemenlis, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Jonathan M. Lauderdale, Jess F. Adkins, Kevin W. Bowman, Holger Brix, Ian Fenty, Michelle M. Gierach, Chris Hill, Oliver Jahn, Peter Landschuetzer, Manfredi Manizza, Matt R. Mazloff, Charles E. Miller, David S. Schimel, Ariane Verdy, Daniel B. Whitt, Hong Zhang
Summary: The inventory and variability of oceanic dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) are influenced by physical, chemical, and biological processes. Understanding the spatiotemporal variability of these processes is crucial for understanding the ocean carbon sink and its future trajectory.
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jonathan D. Muller, Eyal Rotenberg, Fyodor Tatarinov, Itay Oz, Dan Yakir
Summary: The modulation of leaf energy budget components to maintain optimal temperature is important for plant survival, especially under drying and warming climates. In a study on a semi-arid pine forest, it was found that leaf cooling in droughted trees relied exclusively on sensible energy flux, while in non-droughted trees, both sensible and latent energy fluxes contributed equally. This shift was due to a reduction in leaf aerodynamic resistance. This capacity for a shift in energy flux without increasing leaf temperature is critical for the resilience and productivity of this Mediterranean tree species under drying conditions.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Benoit Meyssignac, Michael Ablain, Adrien Guerou, Pierre Prandi, Anne Barnoud, Alejandro Blazquez, Sebastien Fourest, Victor Rousseau, Pascal Bonnefond, Anny Cazenave, Jonathan Chenal, Gerald Dibarboure, Craig Donlon, Jerome Benveniste, Annick Sylvestre-Baron, Nadya Vinogradova
Summary: Sea-level measurements from radar satellite altimetry have achieved a high level of accuracy and precision, allowing detection of global mean sea-level rise and attribution to greenhouse gas emissions. However, recent research suggests that there is still room for improvement in satellite altimetry performance. Reduced uncertainties would enable regional detection and attribution of sea-level change and improve estimates of ocean heat uptake.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Michael J. Behrenfeld, Laura Lorenzoni, Yongxiang Hu, Kelsey M. Bisson, Chris A. Hostetler, Paolo Di Girolamo, Davide Dionisi, Francesco Longo, Simona Zoffoli
Summary: This article discusses the application and progress of global ocean lidar, as well as the potential uses of lidars in other disciplines. The importance of a global ocean observing network is emphasized, along with the suggestion to create a lidar global ocean climate record.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
D. S. Trossman, R. H. Tyler
Summary: By analyzing the conductivity of seawater using an ocean model, this study reveals a strong relationship between ocean conductivity and ocean heat content, with temperature forcing being the most important mechanism. These findings are significant for understanding the spatio-temporal variations in ocean heat content.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Neil Malan, Moninya Roughan, Colette Kerry
Summary: Recent studies have shown that the intensification of Western boundary currents (WBCs) has led to nonuniform warming of shelf waters, with waters poleward of 32 degrees S warming more than twice as fast as those equatorward of 32 degrees S. The increase in lateral heat advection poleward of the WBC separation is the main driver of this phenomenon, with far-reaching biological implications.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hua Su, Yanan Wei, Wenfang Lu, Xiao-Hai Yan, Hongsheng Zhang
Summary: By comparing different datasets, this study reveals that global ocean warming has been continuously increasing over the past three decades, with more heat being absorbed by the deeper ocean. The OPEN dataset, reconstructed through remote sensing, shows a unique warming pattern in the East Indian Ocean.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Caichun Yin, Wenwu Zhao, Bojie Fu, Michael E. Meadows, Paulo Pereira
Summary: This study identified the major dimensions of Sustainable Development Goals through Principal Component Analysis. It found that resources and ecosystems, the living environment, and well-being and equality are the key dimensions supporting basic needs, governance, and higher needs goals, respectively. The study also revealed that high-income countries have made better progress in basic needs, while most countries are progressing slowly in higher needs. These findings contribute to identifying research priorities and developing effective strategies for achieving the SDGs by 2030.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Dmitrii Bogdanov, Manish Ram, Arman Aghahosseini, Ashish Gulagi, Ayobami Solomon Oyewo, Michael Child, Upeksha Caldera, Kristina Sadovskaia, Javier Farfan, Larissa De Souza Noel Simas Barbosa, Mahdi Fasihi, Siavash Khalili, Thure Traber, Christian Breyer
Summary: The article emphasizes the necessity of a rapid transformation of the global energy system, proposing a specific pathway towards renewable energy systems, which will bring important benefits such as energy savings, universal access to fresh water, and low-cost energy supply.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Taimoor Sohail, Damien B. Irving, Jan D. Zika, Ryan M. Holmes, John A. Church
Summary: The study reveals that the ocean has absorbed a significant amount of heat, which can be traced back to warmer regions, with the cooling bias in the models traced back to inaccuracies in sea surface temperatures and heat fluxes.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Min Yang, Xinyu Guo, Junyong Zheng, Qun Sun
Summary: This study examined the long-term trend and interannual variation of ocean heat content in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, and East China Sea. The results showed an uneven spatial distribution of heat content in these regions, with a considerable amount stored on the outer shelf. Heat transport was mainly influenced by the Taiwan Strait, and the rapid warming on the outer shelf was associated with an increased heat transport located between northeast Taiwan and southwest Kyushu.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Charles X. Light, Brian K. Arbic, Paige E. Martin, Laurent Brodeau, J. Thomas Farrar, Stephen M. Griffies, Ben P. Kirtman, Lucas C. Laurindo, Dimitris Menemenlis, Andrea Molod, Arin D. Nelson, Ebenezer Nyadjro, Amanda K. O'Rourke, Jay F. Shriver, Leo Siqueira, R. Justin Small, Ehud Strobach
Summary: This paper investigates high-frequency variability of precipitation using various models and methods, and finds that high-resolution models yield results closer to observations. Increasing model grid spacing generally increases high-frequency precipitation variance in climate modeling.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ehud Strobach, Patrice Klein, Andrea Molod, Abdullah A. Fahad, Atanas Trayanov, Dimitris Menemenlis, Hector Torres
Summary: Results from a new, global, high-resolution earth system simulation show that recurring intermittent wind events in the Gulf Stream region induce strong latent heat bursts above warm Sea Surface Temperature anomalies, associated with small-scale SST fronts. This study highlights the importance of high-resolution modeling for understanding small-scale air-sea interaction phenomena.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Hector S. Torres, Patrice Klein, Eric D'Asaro, Jinbo Wang, Andrew F. Thompson, Lia Siegelman, Dimitris Menemenlis, Ernesto Rodriguez, Alexander Wineteer, Dragana Perkovic-Martin
Summary: Oceanic fronts with small lateral scales contribute significantly to vertical heat fluxes in the global ocean. Short-term frontal dynamics, which were previously obscured by energetic internal gravity waves, can now be recovered and accurately estimated by separating internal gravity waves and frontal dynamics.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dustin Carroll, Dimitris Menemenlis, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Jonathan M. Lauderdale, Jess F. Adkins, Kevin W. Bowman, Holger Brix, Ian Fenty, Michelle M. Gierach, Chris Hill, Oliver Jahn, Peter Landschuetzer, Manfredi Manizza, Matt R. Mazloff, Charles E. Miller, David S. Schimel, Ariane Verdy, Daniel B. Whitt, Hong Zhang
Summary: The inventory and variability of oceanic dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) are influenced by physical, chemical, and biological processes. Understanding the spatiotemporal variability of these processes is crucial for understanding the ocean carbon sink and its future trajectory.
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ritabrata Thakur, Brian K. Arbic, Dimitris Menemenlis, Kayhan Momeni, Yulin Pan, W. R. Peltier, Joseph Skitka, Matthew H. Alford, Yuchen Ma
Summary: We propose improvements to the modeling of the vertical wavenumber spectrum of internal gravity waves in regional ocean simulations. Our study focuses on the sensitivity of the model to mixing parameters and compares the results to observations. The findings suggest that improving the mixing parameters can enhance the representation of internal wave dynamics.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
B. D. Dushaw, D. Menemenlis
Summary: An unconstrained global ocean simulation in 2020 confirms previous observations of diurnal internal tides by acoustic tomography in the Western North Atlantic. The simulation accurately reproduces the characteristics of K1 and O1 internal-tide standing waves, but shows deviations from observations in terms of barotropic and internal tides. The tomographic data provide a benchmark for improving the representation of tides, internal tides, and dissipation in models.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiangyu Chen, Shiyong Teng, Jinming Li, Xuezhi Qiao, Weidong Zhao, Zhengjie Xue, Xudong Shi, Yuguang Wang, Wensheng Yang, Tie Wang
Summary: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents, such as Magnevist (Gd-DTPA), have limited blood circulation time due to rapid clearance by the kidney, which hinders the improvement of contrast between tumors and normal tissue. To address this issue, a novel MRI contrast agent using deformable mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles (D-MON) incorporating Gd-DTPA is fabricated. In vivo distribution studies show that the D-MON-based contrast agent can prolong blood circulation time and achieve high-contrast imaging in tumor tissue, surpassing the performance of the clinical contrast agent Gd-DTPA.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
C. Bertin, D. Carroll, D. Menemenlis, S. Dutkiewicz, H. Zhang, A. Matsuoka, S. Tank, M. Manizza, C. E. Miller, M. Babin, A. Mangin, V. Le Fouest
Summary: Arctic warming changes the fluxes of nutrients and organic matter from land to sea, affecting air-sea carbon exchange. Using a biogeochemical model, this study examines the role of Mackenzie River discharge in modulating air-sea CO2 fluxes in the southeastern Beaufort Sea from 2000 to 2019. The discharge of six chemical constituents leads to a net CO2 outgassing of 0.13 TgC yr(-1) and a decrease in the coastal carbon sink due to riverine dissolved organic and inorganic carbon. The results indicate that the Mackenzie River influences the capacity of the southeastern Beaufort Sea to act as a sink or source of atmospheric CO2. Accurate representation of land-to-sea biogeochemical coupling is crucial for understanding the Arctic coastal ocean response to the rapidly changing environment.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Hongkang Zhao, Yaping Dai, Jun Yang, Youzhen Fang, Chengjie Mi, Lingchen Yang, Guojian Li
Summary: In order to improve the seismic performance of precast reinforced concrete structures, a superimposed slab shear wall with innovative construction details was proposed. Five innovative superimposed slab shear walls and one cast-in-place concrete shear wall were designed and tested, considering the effect of axial compression. The results showed that the innovative superimposed slab shear walls had a higher strength capacity and lower lateral-resistant stiffness than the cast-in-place concrete shear wall. The peak strength capacity of the superimposed slab shear wall increased obviously with the enlargement in the axial compression ratio, but degraded rapidly after the peak load. This investigation provides valuable data for future structural seismic performance evaluations and applications of precast superimposed slab shear wall structures.
KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Orthopedics
Chuwei Tian, Huanyi Zhu, Liu Shi, Xiangxu Chen, Tian Xie, Yunfeng Rui
Summary: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Friday admission on mortality and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with hip fractures. The study found that Friday admission had no effect on mortality and outcomes, but it may lead to delayed surgery.
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Oceanography
Manfredi Manizza, Dustin Carroll, Dimitris Menemenlis, Hong Zhang, Charles E. Miller
Summary: In recent decades, changes in sea-ice seasonality in the Arctic Ocean (AO) have had significant impacts on the phenology of phytoplankton blooms. Early sea-ice melt triggers earlier blooms, while delayed formation of sea ice leads to second fall blooms. These changes could have important consequences for Arctic marine ecosystems in a warmer and changing climate.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hector Torres, Alexander Wineteer, Patrice Klein, Tong Lee, Jinbo Wang, Ernesto Rodriguez, Dimitris Menemenlis, Hong Zhang
Summary: The kinetic energy transfer between the atmosphere and oceans, known as wind work, plays a significant role in ocean dynamics. Recent numerical estimates have shown a nearly fivefold increase in global wind work amplitude compared to those reported a decade ago due to the inclusion of a broader range of spatial and temporal scales. However, existing satellite observations do not fully capture this range. The ODYSEA satellite mission, which utilizes a wide-swath measurement approach, performs well in estimating wind work globally, except at latitudes north of 40 degrees N during summer.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jinbo Wang, Hector Torres, Patrice Klein, Alexander Wineteer, Hong Zhang, Dimitris Menemenlis, Clement Ubelmann, Ernesto Rodriguez
Summary: Near Inertial Oscillations (NIOs) are ocean oscillations forced by intermittent winds, most active at mid-latitudes. This study assesses the potential of a new satellite mission concept, OSYSEA, to recover wind-forced NIOs from co-located winds and currents. Results show that NIOs can be accurately recovered using the ODYSEA spatial and temporal resolution.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Hector S. Torres, Patrice Klein, Jinbo Wang, Alexander Wineteer, Bo Qiu, Andrew F. Thompson, Lionel Renault, Ernesto Rodriguez, Dimitris Menemenlis, Andrea Molod, Christopher N. Hill, Ehud Strobach, Hong Zhang, Mar Flexas, Dragana Perkovic-Martin
Summary: This article investigates the importance of wind work at the air-sea interface and its impact on the ocean-atmosphere coupled system. It reveals that wind work has different components globally, driving various types of ocean motions, with strong seasonal and latitudinal variations in their spatial and temporal distributions.
GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
