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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 … heavily on Jon’s knowledge of lake carbon chemistry and gas exchange. It revealed that terrestrial plants contributed …
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to streams. … and the state of the world through the Science Policy Exchange. He was a great colleague and creative leader. …
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Hydrogen fuels
… to make hydrogen is from fossil fuels, especially natural gas. With this approach, producing hydrogen is responsible for carbon dioxide added to Earth’s atmosphere. Only if the … by microbes that consume hydrogen as an energy source for metabolism. It seems unlikely that we have reduced the …
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Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space
… wildlife and ecosystems. It also controls water and heat exchange between the Earth and atmosphere – processes that … which is an important indicator for growing season and carbon cycling. Sensors housed in … any more water. So the water runs directly into streams and rivers. Knowing how much water is in soil is critical to …
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Living with wildfire: Q&A with Winslow Hansen, Forest Ecologist
… timescale, and it will have implications for biodiversity, carbon storage, and even water availability. Shrublands store less carbon, creating a feedback loop that is pointing us in the … American fire crisis is radical reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. But at best, this will take decades to …
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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 … in climate models and projections of the tropical forest carbon sink. By partnering with soil microbes, nitrogen-fixing trees turn atmospheric nitrogen gas into a form of nitrogen that is available to plants. …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… into Long Island Sound, with estuary areas and lakes and rivers. And it is wooded, second-generation wooded growth, … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Antidepressant pollution alters crayfish behavior, with impacts to stream ecosystems
… Pharmaceutical pollution is found in streams and rivers globally, but little is known about its effects on … stream ecosystem. Credit: AJ Reisinger In people, ‘metabolism’ refers to a collection of chemical processes … breathing, digestion, and temperature regulation. Stream ‘metabolism’ includes a variety of indicators like oxygen …
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Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution
Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution … emissions of nitrous oxide—arguably a greenhouse gas worse than CO2. Nitrous oxide emissions from soils … problems, and offer no net mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. One recent paper …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… could impair soils’ ability to cycle nutrients and trap carbon Research assistant Peter Hoch collects prairie … that cycle nutrients, support agriculture, and trap carbon – an important service for climate mitigation. … more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere as a gas. This effect could turn an important carbon sink into a …
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