The tropical Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) rainfall pattern brings change to non-tropical parts of the United States.
Lipids transfer energy and serve as an inter-kingdom communication tool in leaf-cutter ants’ fungal gardens.
Scientists get a molecular look at how plants and bacteria interact, with insights for agriculture.
Two important factors help determine how much sunlight soot absorbs.
White-rot fungi use lignin from wood as a source of carbon.
Transcription of adjacent genes into a single RNA molecule is widespread in green algae, challenging understanding of gene expression in eukaryotes.
A new study seeks to improve reactive transport models by more accurately factoring in how bacteria move in groundwater.
Microbiome and soil chemistry at long-term bioenergy research sites challenge the idea that switchgrass increases carbon accrual in surface soils on marginal lands.
To help researchers examine important cloud processes, a DOE user facility activity combines high-resolution simulations with real-world observations
Elucidating the plant’s ability to tweak its defense response to specific pathogens.
Soils contain a large diversity of unknown RNA viruses that infect fungi and possibly plants and animals.
Scientists develop a new tool to find viruses in complex genomic data sets
