Investigating the Long-Term Variation Trends of Absorbing Aerosols over Asia by Using Multiple Satellites by Ding Li, Yong Xue, Kai Qin, Han Wang, Hanshu Kang, Lizhang Wang

“…The range of aerosol diffusion is affected by the height of the smoke and aerosol plumes, as well as the wind force, and is dispersed eastwards because of the Hadley circulation patterns in the Northern Hemisphere. Smoke from Southeast Asia typically rises to a height of 3 km and affects the largest area in contrast to other popular anthropogenic zones, where it is found to be around 1.5–2 km. …”
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Comparison of Hemispheric and Regional Sea Ice Extent and Area Trends from NOAA and NASA Passive Microwave-Derived Climate Records by Walter N. Meier, J. Scott Stewart, Ann Windnagel, Florence M. Fetterer

“…In addition to hemispheric trends, regional analysis is also carried out, including use of a new Northern Hemisphere regional mask. The results indicate overall good consistency between the products, with all three products showing strong statistically significant negative trends in the Arctic and small borderline significant positive trends in the Antarctic. …”
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Revealing the Tick Microbiome: Insights into Midgut and Salivary Gland Microbiota of Female <i>Ixodes ricinus</i> Ticks by Anna Wiesinger, Jasmin Wenderlein, Sebastian Ulrich, Stephanie Hiereth, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Reinhard K. Straubinger

“…The ectoparasite <i>Ixodes ricinus</i> is an important vector for many tick-borne diseases (TBD) in the northern hemisphere, such as Lyme borreliosis, rickettsiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, or tick-borne encephalitis virus. …”
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Heatwave effects on gross primary production of northern mid-latitude ecosystems by Hang Xu, Jingfeng Xiao, Zhiqiang Zhang

“…Heatwave events are expected to become more frequent and intense in the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere in the future. However, our knowledge of the impacts of these extreme temperature events on ecosystem functions is still limited. …”
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Two new forest pathogens in Phaeolus (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) on Chinese coniferous trees were confirmed by molecular phylogeny by Yuan Yuan, Ying-Da Wu, Ying-Da Wu, Ya-Rong Wang, Meng Zhou, Jun-Zhi Qiu, De-Wei Li, Josef Vlasák, Hong-Gao Liu, Yu-Cheng Dai

“…Pat. was originally described in Europe and is considered a common forest pathogen on conifers in the Northern Hemisphere. Our molecular phylogeny based on samples from China, Europe, and North America confirms that P. schweinitzii is a species complex, including six taxa. …”
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Mires and mire types of Peninsula Mitre, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina by A. Grootjans, R. Iturraspe, C. Fritz, A. Moen, H. Joosten

“…The regional vegetation can be regarded as a parallel to that of boreal oceanic regions in the northern hemisphere. The mires and peatlands of the peninsula are of global significance. …”
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Insight on Poleward Moisture and Energy Transport into the Arctic from ERA5 by Weifu Sun, Yu Liang, Haibo Bi, Yujia Zhao, Junmin Meng, Jie Zhang

“…The main channels of atmospheric transport entering the Arctic in the Northern Hemisphere include the Chukchi Sea at 170° W, Baffin Bay at 50° W, North Atlantic at 0° E, and central Siberia at 90° E. …”
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Spring snow cover deficit controlled by intraseasonal variability of the surface energy fluxes by Tao Wang, Shushi Peng, Catherine Ottlé, Philippe Ciais

“…Spring snow cover extent (SCE) in the Northern Hemisphere has decreased in the last four decades but with significant interannual variability. …”
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Predicting air quality using a quantitative forecasting model of PM2.5 micro-scale variation nested with wave spectrum analysis by Deying Wang, Jizhi Wang, Yuanqin Yang, Wenxing Jia, Junting Zhong, Yaqiang Wang, Xiaoye Zhang

“…The novelty of this study is as follows: ①Based on high-quality big data covering the Northern Hemisphere with high temporal resolution with an accuracy of 1 h, a quantitative theory of the “natural weather cycle” spectral analysis algorithm was developed. …”
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Latitudinal Dependence of the Ionospheric Slab Thickness for Estimation of Ionospheric Response to Geomagnetic Storms by Maria A. Sergeeva, Olga A. Maltseva, Ramon Caraballo, Juan Americo Gonzalez-Esparza, Pedro Corona-Romero

“…We studied ionospheric response to five geomagnetic storms of March 2012, using data of Total Electron Content (TEC) and F2-layer critical frequency (foF2) along the meridian of 70° W in the Northern Hemisphere. There are few ionosondes along this longitudinal sector: in Thule, Sondrestrom, Millstone Hill and Puerto Rico. …”
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Changes in the Atmospheric Circulation Conditions and Regional Climatic Characteristics in Two Remote Regions Since the Mid-20th Century by Maria G. Lebedeva, Anthony R. Lupo, Yury G. Chendev, Olga V. Krymskaya, Aleksandr B. Solovyev

“…A meridional Northern Hemisphere (NH) circulation epoch, which began in 1957, is marked by changes in the temperature and precipitation regimes over southwest Russia and central USA depending on the occurrence of NH atmospheric circulation regimes. …”
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Distinguishing between Sources of Natural Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) Based on Its Characteristics by Rolf David Vogt, Petr Porcal, Josef Hejzlar, Ma. Cristina Paule-Mercado, Ståle Haaland, Cathrine Brecke Gundersen, Geir Inge Orderud, Bjørnar Eikebrokk

“…Increasing levels of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in watercourses in the northern hemisphere are mainly due to reduced acid rain, climate change, and changes in agricultural practices. …”
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Two new species of Mesozoic tree ferns (Osmundaceae: Osmundacaulis) in Eurasia as evidence of long-term geographic isolation by Yeming Cheng, Fengxiang Liu, Xiaonan Yang, Tongxing Sun

“…Due to limited records of the Mesozoic trunks and rhizomes in the Eurasia of the Northern Hemisphere, our understanding on the fossil diversity of the Osmundaceae is hindered. …”
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Genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii in South America: occurrence, immunity, and fate of infection by Ramayana Morais de Medeiros Brito, Gabriella de Lima Bessa, Alexandre Lazoski Bastilho, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Valter Ferreira de Andrade-Neto, Lilian Lacerda Bueno, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Luisa M. D. Magalhães

“…Displaying considerable genetic diversity, T. gondii strains differ widely according to geographical location, with archetypal strains predominantly found in the Northern Hemisphere and non-archetypal (atypical) strains, with highly diverse genotypes, found mainly in South America. …”
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Antiphase response of the Indonesian–Australian monsoon to millennial-scale events of the last glacial period by Nick Scroxton, Michael K. Gagan, Linda K. Ayliffe, Wahyoe S. Hantoro, John C. Hellstrom, Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards, Jian-xin Zhao, Bambang W. Suwargadi, Hamdi Rifai

“…Negative δ18O excursions (stronger monsoon) occur during Heinrich events whereas positive excursions (weaker monsoon) occur during Dansgaard-Oeschger interstadials—a first order antiphase relationship with northern hemisphere summer monsoon records. An association of negative δ18O excursions with speleothem growth phases in Liang Luar suggests that these stronger monsoons are related to higher rainfall amounts. …”
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Reproductive characteristics of northern pike, Esox lucius (Actinopterygii: Esociformes: Esocidae), in the Anzali Wetland, southwest Caspian Sea by M. Moslemi-Aqdam, J. Imanpour Namin, M. Sattari, Sh. Abdolmalaki, A. Bani, B.E.A. Rochowski

“…Given the wide distribution of northern pike, Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758, in the northern hemisphere, important reproductive features such as the initiation of the spawning activity are likely to vary with latitudinal gradients. …”
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Heavy Metals in Sediments of Subarctic Meromictic Lakes of the White Sea as Possible Tracers of Environmental Changes by Dmitry F. Budko, Liudmila L. Demina, Elena D. Krasnova, Dina P. Starodymova

“…Meromictic lakes of the marine coast, quite widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, are the result of climate changes and glacier retreat. …”
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Transcriptomics and metabolomics revealed that phosphate improves the cold tolerance of alfalfa by Yuntao Wang, Zhen Sun, Qiqi Wang, Jihong Xie, Linqing Yu

“…In the middle and high latitudes of the northern hemisphere, there are problems with its low rates of overwintering and production. …”
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South African peatlands: a review of Late Pleistocene-Holocene developments using radiocarbon dating by S. Elshehawi, P. Grundling, M. Gabriel, A.P. Grootjans, J. Van der Plicht

“…South Africa has a limited number of peatlands and most of them are relatively small compared to those in cooler temperate regions in the northern hemisphere. We gathered 40 basal peat samples representative of South Africa’s peatlands to explore their development during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. …”
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AVAILABLE TREATMENT APPROACHES OF ACUTE INFLUENZA H1N1 INFECTION AND ITS CLINICAL COMPLICATIONS by Stepanović Marija, Mihajlo Jakovljević

“…It seems that the current wave of infections slowly moves towards the southern hemisphere; however, the WHO reports on certain foci in Southeast Asia, Western Africa and tropic islands of the Middle America do not exclude another reccurrence in the northern hemisphere. This drew the attention of epidemiologists due to the fact that the virus owns a very unique capsid which expresses proteins coded by genes originating from the human, swine and avian influenza virus and was not covered by the available seasonal vaccines. …”
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