From Leaf Chemistry to Microbial Crews: Tree Size Rewrites the Rules of Decomposition
A temperate forest experiment shows that as trees grow larger, the main driver of leaf litter decomposition shifts from litter ...
Tag: carbon cycling
Mud-Dwelling Seafloor Animals Quietly Steer Carbon Storage in the North Sea
A large-scale survey of the southeastern North Sea's muddy seafloor shows that environmental gradients shape benthic communities in ways that ...
Giant Viruses Shape Lake Ecosystems Across Europe, Study Finds
A survey of 87 European lakes reveals that giant DNA viruses nearly triple in abundance from north to south and ...
New TreeMap maps bring tree-level forest detail to every corner of the United States
Newly released TreeMap datasets for 2020, 2022, and 2023 deliver 30-meter, tree-level maps of every forest in the contiguous United ...
Tectonic Upheaval, Supercontinent Breakup, and the Trigger of the Cambrian Explosion
A new synthesis argues that supercontinent breakup, Gondwanan orogeny, and a collapsing geomagnetic field together drove the material cycling that ...
AI Framework Fuses Satellites and Ground Data to Weigh the World’s Grasslands
A new deep learning and ensemble learning framework reaches up to 93.04% accuracy in estimating aboveground biomass across three contrasting ...
Widespread Ocean Viruses Infecting Plankton-Like Archaea Are Far More Diverse Than Thought
A global metagenomic survey expanded the known genomic catalogue of the marine virus family Aoguangviridae from 59 to 227 genomes, ...
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 ...
Farming soils breathe faster than forests in Northeast India, deep-profile study finds
A depth-resolved study in Tripura, Northeast India, shows that land-use type, not soil depth, is the dominant driver of soil ...
Satellites Detect Forest Stress Two Years Before Bark Beetle Die-Offs Become Visible
University of Utah-led research shows satellite measurements of solar-induced fluorescence detected declining photosynthetic activity in Western U.S. forests two years ...
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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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