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  1. Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend

    … early research transformed how scientists calculate forest nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that … of nutrient cycling in forests, in particular how trees, soils, and microbes interact to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to streams. …

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  2. Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon

    Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon Planting fixers could benefit … efforts could boost forest development and carbon accumulation. Batterman says, "To understand the function …

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  3. Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution

    Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution … soil carbon sequestration.  Unfortunately, the rate of accumulation of soil organic matter is usually much slower … that soil carbon sequestration is slow stems from its nitrogen and phosphorus contents, which are also lost …

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  4. Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities

    … communities Combined stressors could impair soils’ ability to cycle nutrients and trap carbon Research assistant Peter Hoch collects prairie … microbial community composition and function, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and interactions among microbes.  They …

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  5. In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients

    In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients By enriching soils, they benefit forest recovery and carbon storage Photo by Sarah Batterman March 10, …

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  6. Dr. Jane M. Lucas

    … the hidden complexity of microbial life, primarily in soils, from tropical forests to farmlands around the world. … how livestock antibiotics affect soil microbes, soil carbon storage, nitrogen cycling, and the rise of antibiotic resistance. …

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  7. Jonathan J. Cole: In Memory

    … of the role that inland waters play in the global carbon cycle. Up to 50 percent of the carbon stored in soils is exported to streams, rivers, and lakes. His work in … brilliant aquatic ecologist who always saw something new or different in what appeared to others as mundane. This …

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  8. In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores

    In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores … The ability of tropical forests to grow and store carbon is limited, in part, by herbivory. Insects and other … to plants. When fixers shed their leaves, they enrich soils with nitrogen, benefitting nearby plants. In …

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  9. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … and Evolution in which scientists sequenced nearly 150 different Borrelia burgdorferi genomes, the bacteria are … interface in places like Connecticut and New York—where residential development meets forest—that human health is … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  10. Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space

    Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space NASA satellite can inform … Sensing Laboratory Soils all over the world contain different amounts of water, and these levels are constantly … which is an important indicator for growing season and carbon cycling. Sensors housed in …

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