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Volume 5 Issue 5, May 2024

Tectonic processes can lead to the formation of semi-enclosed seas and the deposition of extensive salt deposits. This Review explores the drivers and impacts of the Mediterranean Messinian salinity crisis, including previously unconsidered impacts on the global carbon cycle.

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  • Tectonic processes can lead to the formation of semi-enclosed seas and the deposition of extensive salt deposits. This Review explores the drivers and impacts of the Mediterranean Messinian salinity crisis, including previously underconsidered impacts on the global carbon cycle.

    • Wout Krijgsman
    • Eelco J. Rohling
    • Giovanni Aloisi
    Review Article
  • Warming temperatures driven by climate change are causing species geographic ranges to shift, but factors such as habitat characteristics and species interactions impact these changes. This Review examines range shift documentation, how shifts differ from temperature-based expectations, and the effects of range shifts on natural and human systems.

    • Jake A. Lawlor
    • Lise Comte
    • Jennifer Sunday
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  • Avalanche conditions and related risks are influenced by ongoing changes in temperature and precipitation. This Review synthesizes existing data, approaches and results to highlight dominant patterns of change and how they are linked to climate change and other socio-environmental factors.

    • Nicolas Eckert
    • Christophe Corona
    • Markus Stoffel
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  • The Southern Ocean represents a substantial carbon sink and heavily influences global carbon fluxes. This Review describes how an expanding suite of observations are providing increasing insight into the contribution of biota and plankton to the carbon cycle in the Southern Ocean.

    • Philip W. Boyd
    • Kevin R. Arrigo
    • Sandy J. Thomalla
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