Vegetation surveys provide key information for evaluating functions within and across estuaries. However, survey methods and analyses are often highly variable, site-specific, and driven by monitoring program goals and objectives, making regional comparisons that include multiple programs difficult. This study compared multiple transect- and quadrat-based vegetation monitoring methods within eight southern California estuaries...

Motivation The database initiated by the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) is one of the few globally implemented standardized vegetation surveys in mountains. The focus is on collecting plant species occurrences at 5‐year intervals along and adjacent to mountain roads spanning elevational gradients, with the goal of providing critical information about the ongoing spread of non‐native plants and the potential impacts...

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are key components of the innate immune system in fish, providing rapid protection against microbial pathogens. Among these, the liver‐expressed antimicrobial peptides (LEAPs), comprising LEAP‐1 (hepcidin; HAMP) and LEAP‐2, play central roles in host defence and iron regulation. In this study, we present an integrated characterisation of the genomic organisation, tissue expression and dietary resp...

Lynch syndrome, the most common hereditary cancer syndrome, is caused by germline pathogenic variants in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. Identifying complex or structural MMR gene pathogenic variants can be challenging with short-read sequencing resulting in patients with unexplained MMR-deficient tumours. In this study, we report multiple members of a family who developed MSH2-deficient tumours where clinical multi-gene pane...

Output from dynamically downscaled, convection‐permitting regional climate simulations is used to examine projected changes in the frequency, timing and spatial distribution of synthetic severe convective storm (SCS) detections based on peril proxies across three 15‐year epochs—1990–2005, 2040–2055 and 2085–2100—under intermediate and pessimistic emissions scenarios, including the first mid‐century projections of SCS activity,...

Elevated carbon dioxide (eCO 2 ) acts as a fertiliser for photosynthesis, driving an increase in gross primary production (GPP). However, it is unclear how effectively increased GPP propagates along the ‘carbon (C) cascade’ to increase net primary production (NPP) and vegetation C stocks ( C veg ) in different plant compartments. Vegetation models were criticised for being overly sensitive to photosynthesis (source‐driven), ne...

Mauna Loa volcano erupted on November 27, 2022, after 38 years of quiescence, marking the first eruption of the world’s largest active volcano since 1984. Precursory activity was characterized by escalating seismicity and ground deformation, with increased unrest beginning in mid-September 2022. At 22:24 HST, tilt and seismic alarms alerted Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff to escalating activity, signaling an imminent erupti...