Articles in 2007

Both the continued bulldozing by India and the collapse of the thicker parts of the Eurasian plate towards the circum-Asiatic oceanic plates contribute to the ongoing deformation of the Asian continental interior.

The iron-rich dust entering the subtropical northeast Atlantic Ocean comes from the Anti-Atlas Mountain belt in Morocco.

Diamond-bearing rocks from the Dharwar Craton in India were probably sourced from deeper parts of the Earth's mantle than previously thought.

Shrub encroachment into the Arctic tundra could cause early snowmelts and warmer springtime temperatures.

Melting glaciers in Greenland cause uplift of the underlying crust.

By slowing down the rate of river incision, large landslides govern a river's response to climatic or tectonic changes and significantly influence landscape evolution.

Amazonian fires and the associated emissions of smoke particles to the atmosphere have been much lower in 2006 than was expected from previous years, thanks to a successful international agreement.

The hitherto enigmatic lead isotopic composition of oceanic basalts is governed by the transfer of lead from the subducted oceanic crust to the overlying mantle wedge.

The acceleration of sea ice decline owing to the loss of the Arctic Ocean's insulating icy lid can now be quantified

Near slow-spreading oceanic ridges, hydrothermal vent fluids can take an express loop guided by shallow-angle faults in the oceanic crust.

Over the Sargasso Sea, polluted air coming from North America is richer in biologically available iron than dusty air from the Sahara, which has potential implications for ocean productivity.

The mantle plume that is thought to have broken up the supercontinent Gondwanaland may have melted the bottom half of the Indian tectonic plate, facilitating its high-speed drift.

Fossilized plant spores remain morphologically and chemically intact even through high-grade metamorphism.

Increased emissions of dimethyl sulphide by phytoplankton in a warmer world won't slow global warming.

Long growing seasons in a warmer world will not lead to carbon uptake in the terrestrial ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere.

Potassium-rich volcanism in the Sierra Nevada records the birth of a plate boundary rather than root removal.

A unique plate interaction under eastern Japan poses an additional seismic risk for Tokyo and the surrounding region.