Nature Geoscience, Published online: 16 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-02008-y

Reanalysis of stratospheric air samples provides compelling evidence that stratospheric circulation has accelerated in recent decades, helping to resolve a long-standing debate about the strength of the stratospheric circulation.

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 16 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-02011-3

Large-scale stratospheric circulation has accelerated since the 1990s and is stronger and more vertically structured than models predict, according to trace gas measurements showing declines in Northern Hemisphere extratropical stratospheric mean age.

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 16 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-02016-y

Large igneous province emplacement in the Pacific Ocean through the Cretaceous can be explained by interplay between spreading ridge migration and strong mantle upwelling partly driven by enhanced subduction flux, according to geodynamic simulations.

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 16 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-02012-2

The burial of terrestrially derived organic carbon in coastal marine sediments greatly increased during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, probably helping to draw down a large portion of carbon released during the hyperthermal event, according to biomarker records from five sites.