The anthropogenic salt cycle

SS Kaushal, GE Likens, PM Mayer… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Increasing salt production and use is shifting the natural balances of salt ions across Earth
systems, causing interrelated effects across biophysical systems collectively known as …

Mineral dust aerosol impacts on global climate and climate change

JF Kok, T Storelvmo, VA Karydis, AA Adebiyi… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Mineral dust aerosols impact the energy budget of Earth through interactions with radiation,
clouds, atmospheric chemistry, the cryosphere and biogeochemistry. In this Review, we …

The physics of wind-blown sand and dust

JF Kok, EJR Parteli, TI Michaels… - Reports on progress in …, 2012‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The transport of sand and dust by wind is a potent erosional force, creates sand dunes and
ripples, and loads the atmosphere with suspended dust aerosols. This paper presents an …

[HTML][HTML] The size distribution of desert dust aerosols and its impact on the Earth system

N Mahowald, S Albani, JF Kok, S Engelstaeder… - Aeolian Research, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The global cycle of desert dust aerosols responds strongly to climate and human
perturbations, and, in turn, impacts climate and biogeochemistry. Here we focus on desert …

[HTML][HTML] How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic?

MJ Hopwood, D Carroll, T Dunse, A Hodson… - The …, 2020‏ - tc.copernicus.org
Freshwater discharge from glaciers is increasing across the Arctic in response to
anthropogenic climate change, which raises questions about the potential downstream …

Evaluation of climate models using palaeoclimatic data

P Braconnot, SP Harrison, M Kageyama… - Nature Climate …, 2012‏ - nature.com
There is large uncertainty about the magnitude of warming and how rainfall patterns will
change in response to any given scenario of future changes in atmospheric composition and …

Dust cycle: An emerging core theme in Earth system science

Y Shao, KH Wyrwoll, A Chappell, J Huang, Z Lin… - Aeolian Research, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The dust cycle is an integral part of the Earth system. Each year, an estimated 2000 Mt dust
is emitted into the atmosphere, 75% of which is deposited to the land and 25% to the ocean …

Causes of ice age intensification across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition

TB Chalk, MP Hain, GL Foster, EJ Rohling… - Proceedings of the …, 2017‏ - pnas.org
During the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT; 1,200–800 kya), Earth's orbitally paced ice age
cycles intensified, lengthened from∼ 40,000 (∼ 40 ky) to∼ 100 ky, and became distinctly …

Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

N Huneeus, M Schulz, Y Balkanski… - Atmospheric …, 2011‏ - acp.copernicus.org
This study presents the results of a broad intercomparison of a total of 15 global aerosol
models within the AeroCom project. Each model is compared to observations related to …

Environmental characterization of global sources of atmospheric soil dust identified with the Nimbus 7 Total Ozone Map** Spectrometer (TOMS) absorbing aerosol …

JM Prospero, P Ginoux, O Torres… - Reviews of …, 2002‏ - Wiley Online Library
We use the Total Ozone Map** Spectrometer (TOMS) sensor on the Nimbus 7 satellite to
map the global distribution of major atmospheric dust sources with the goal of identifying …