How Scientists Keep Deep Ocean Rock Samples Clean Enough to Hunt for Hidden Life
Scientists aboard IODP Expedition 399 developed and validated a rigorous workflow for retrieving contamination-free hard rock cores from more than ...
Tag: biogeochemistry
Hidden Antarctic microbe turns iron into stone beneath the ice shelf
Scientists discovered a novel iron-oxidizing bacterium beneath Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf whose Cyc2 enzyme, functionally confirmed in the lab, ...
Three-Year Palau Study Tracks the Metabolic Pulse of Coral Reefs
A three-year Stanford-led study in Palau used gradient-flux, eddy-covariance, and photogrammetric methods to quantify coral reef production and calcification, revealing ...
Grazing Mammals Steer the Microbial Enzymes That Govern Soil Carbon
A long-term grazer-exclusion experiment in the Trans-Himalaya reveals that large mammalian herbivores shape the seasonal deployment of microbial extracellular enzymes, ...
Volcanic Lakes on a Remote Atlantic Island Reveal How Microbes Steer Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A year-round study of three crater lakes on Flores Island in the Azores shows that microbial communities and seasonal lake ...
Clearcut Logging Strips Away the Hidden Carbon Shield Deep in Forest Soils
A 125-year chronosequence of harvested red spruce forests in Nova Scotia reveals that clearcut logging destabilizes the dominant organo-metal carbon ...
Iron and Reactive Oxygen Turn Plant Lignin into Methanol Without Any Microbes
Heidelberg researchers show that iron and reactive oxygen species can chemically cleave lignin's methoxy groups in natural soils, releasing methanol ...
Ancient Iron Records Reveal Mountains and Plants, Not Just Oxygen
A new analysis of 1.2 billion years of sedimentary iron shows the geological record reflects not only Earth's oxygenation but ...
Invasive Roots Do Not Silence Soil Microbes, They Just Make Them Wasteful
A laboratory microcosm study shows that root extracts of invasive Impatiens glandulifera do not suppress soil microbial activity but instead ...
Algae-Dwelling Bacteria Act as Natural Filters Against Lake Methane Emissions
A University of Liège study of 79 African lakes shows that methanotrophic bacteria living on microalgae consume more than 70 ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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