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Oceanic intraplate volcanism 3D view of computer-simulated present-day mantle dynamic structures, with deep-rooted plumes rising from the core-mantle boundary and sinking slabs below subduction zones Image: courtesy of Dr. Hao Dong, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Cover design: Alex Wing
Schematic illustration of the scales of iron–organic carbon interactions in permafrost regions
Framework and global map showing the potential drivers of changes in global river particulate organic carbon flux
Rhythmic methane release Photo of rice terraces in Congjiang County of China, where daytime radial oxygen loss from rice roots is actively driving oxic, abiotic methane production Image: Zhongnan Lu, Chaoyang Zhao, and Guoqiang Zhao Cover design: Alex Wing
Schematic illustration of a conceptual model for the spread of a thermochemical plume head
Schematic illustration of seamount accumulation above large low shear velocity provinces
Schematic illustration of As/Fe diel fluctuations in rice rhizosphere
Schematic illustration of the dust shortwave direct radiative effects constrained by orbital mineral mapping
Temporal evolution and formation model for the Euphrates River
Schematic illustration summarizing the Forced Response and Melt Feedback Response around Antarctica
Schematic illustration of a conceptual model of local groundwater flow driven by freshened water during the melt and retreat of an ice sheet
Changes in river connectivity Aerial photo of a delta depicting the exchange between river channels and their surrounding floodplains Image courtesy of Lian Feng, Wuhan University, based on Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey Cover design: Alex Wing
Schematic illustration of a conceptual model of ice sheet margin fluctuations leading to methane production and export of Holocene-aged dissolved methane
Schematic illustration of an integrated mitigation framework for reducing anthropogenic nutrient discharges and its impacts on lake eutrophication and greenhouse gas emissions
Schematic illustration of the changes in tidal dynamics due to human interventions in an estuary
Oceanwide synthetic chemicals Underwater image depicting the spread of xenobiotics through marine ecosystems Image: Daniel Petras, University of California Riverside; underwater image: Giordano Cipriani / The Image Bank / Getty Images Cover design: Alex Wing
Schematic illustration of the drivers and impacts of increasing suspended sediment concentration and land–ocean sediment flux across pan-Arctic
Schematic illustration of a conceptual model of Earth’s marine ice sheets
A global map of sampling sites and a schematic illustration of the analytical workflow
Schematic illustration of soil moisture-driven mechanisms underlying compound drought, heatwaves, and wildfires
Nitrogen and the Sustainable Development Goals Tractor spreading manure on a field in Klaaswaal, the Netherlands, a country facing severe nitrogen pollution from agriculture Image: ANP / Alamy Cover design: Alex Wing
Sketch and plots showing the redox dynamics and mass transfer of the Mariana subduction system and globally
Illustration of the fate of microplastic-derived carbon and its influence on soil organic carbon storage
Schematic cross-sections of the Moon showing its structure and dynamics at the end of magma ocean solidification and during the Intermittent High Intensity Epoch
Stylized box diagram showing the effects of increasing forest fires on global atmospheric oxidation, methane budgets and climate forcings
Schematic illustration of the conceptual framework of black carbon secondary organic coating formation in the total particle population under biogenic–anthropogenic interactions
Past disappearance of a Greenland ice dome Wind erosion features formed around footprints in the snow in front of the ASIG drill camp at Prudhoe Dome, northwestern Greenland Image: courtesy of Jason Briner, University at Buffalo Cover design: Alex Wing
Schematic illustration of a conceptual model of phosphorus cycling regulated by crop–soil–microbe interactions under elevated CO2 and warming
Schematic illustration of the physical mechanisms for the acceleration of landfalling tropical cyclones
Global map of regions defined by the IPCC Special Report on Extremes coloured by their projected increase in soil-moisture-defined drought
Plots showing the influence of phosphorus on gross primary productivity in the Amazon rainforest
Extreme weather on the rise A hailstorm striking Nebraska’s high plains in the USA in September 2018, during which large hailstones damaged property Image: John Finney Photography / Moment / Getty Images Cover design: Alex Wing
Schematic illustration of a conceptual framework of the permafrost–fire–climate feedback in northern high latitudes
Schematic illustration of the water cycle showing its partitioning using the emergent constraint approach
Schematic illustration of nitrogen waste streams across four main systems in 2020
Plots summarising stratigraphic changes in δ13Ccarb and δ238Ucarb and fossil records during the mid-Ediacaran
Schematic illustration of the structure of the rupture zone of the 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş earthquake
Plots showing particulate nitrogen dry deposition flux in China
Schematic illustrations and bar chart showing the spatio-temporal patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollution
Miocene climate recorded in Greenland cave Field assistant, Chris Blakeley, admires delicate hoar frost crystals inside a cave located in permafrost in North Greenland Image: Robbie Shone, Robbie Shone Photography & Film Cover design: Alex Wing
Schematic illustration of a hypothetical cross-section of an ‘upside down’ Neoarchaean continental shelf
Structural formulae and plots showing the abundance in a sample of Bennu (plus some meteorites) of various types of sugars
Doughnut and bar charts and a global map showing the spatial distribution of mangrove stem methane emissions
Plots showing the final fault displacement along strike from a) kinematic Bayesian finite-fault inversion and b) dynamic rupture simulation (plus a plot of the calculated stress drop)
40 years after the Armero tragedy Photo taken from the International Space Station showing Nevado del Ruiz during an eruption in April 2010 Image: NASA Image Collection / Alamy Cover design: Alex Wing
Plot of water content versus hydrogen isotope ratio measurements of the Apollo, Chang’e-5, and Chang’e-6 lunar samples
Schematic illustration of ultra-high temperature differentiation of continental crust
Schematic representation of stratospheric dynamics and particles
Wild forces at the city's edge Map of 35 years of land disturbance around Los Angeles in California derived from Landsat imagery Image: courtesy of Shi Qiu & Zhe Zhu, University of Connecticut Cover design: Alex Wing
Schematic illustration of the effects of the 2.0 °C climate warming on the carbon costs for nitrogen assimilation in global terrestrial plants