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Research offers evidence that microbes and organic matter raise toxin levels, potentially helping improve mercury monitoring.
Researchers find gusty winds increase surface evaporation that drives summer rainstorms in the Tropical West Pacific.
Nutrients increasingly moving to the deep ocean with strong climate warming could lead to drastic drops in surface ocean life and fishery yields.
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Soil moisture is key to determining plant growth and nutrient cycling in complex tundra landscapes.
Computer model offers detailed view of water cycling and complex Earth system dynamics.
Characterizing carbon stored in deeper sediments below soils is critical for understanding the stability and dynamics of Earth’s carbon pool.
Scientists investigate a threshold for rapid ice-sheet degradation in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Molecular studies show phage-host interactions are more complicated than most laboratory studies suggest.
Algae that turn carbon dioxide into fuel feedstock are enhanced by surrounding bacteria.
Recovery of more than 1500 microbial genomes shines light on how carbon is metabolized as permafrost thaws.
The genetics of viruses living along a permafrost thaw gradient may help scientists better predict the pace of climate change.
Mortality rates of moist tropical forests are on the rise due to environmental drivers and related mechanisms.
