Page not found
-
Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… (1975) and a PhD from Dartmouth College in Biology and Plant Ecology (1981). Before being hired at Cary Institute, … early research transformed how scientists calculate forest nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that … - from particles in the air - delivered as much or more nitrogen to forests than rainfall. Gary also advanced …
0 comments
-
Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and … partner with soil microbes to turn atmospheric nitrogen gas into a form of nitrogen that is available to fuel plant growth. Through these interactions, nitrogen fixers …
0 comments
-
Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… Vegetation cover at the collection site, primarily tallgrass prairie, represents typical livestock pasture … microbial community composition and function, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and interactions among microbes. They … more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere as a gas. This effect could turn an important carbon sink into a …
0 comments
-
Dr. Danielle Hare
… Emily Bernhardt to evaluate trends in stream biogeochemical fluxes at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest and Dr. Solomon and Dr. Stuart Jones in lake productivity patterns across broad-scale landscapes. …
ltumblety - 02/05/2024 - 09:36
-
Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution
… agree) that soils with lots of organic matter are good for plant growth, retention of water and nutrients, and soil … that soil carbon sequestration is slow stems from its nitrogen and phosphorus contents, which are also lost … emissions of nitrous oxide—arguably a greenhouse gas worse than CO2. Nitrous oxide emissions from soils …
0 comments
-
In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients
In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce … is very limited in tropical forest soils and important to plant growth.” In this study, the team compared the … can be passed on to neighboring trees, and aid in the productivity of regrowing forests in the tropics.” …
0 comments
-
Ocean acidification
… certain oxidized gases, such as sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), dissolve in water, they make it … dioxide into these drinks, which is emitted as bubbles of gas when we open one. Alkaline waters have a pH above … the loss of coccolithophores would lower the overall productivity of the oceans. And, of course, what happens …
0 comments
-
Agriculture without weeds and bugs
… production is responsible for about 1/3 of our greenhouse gas emissions, about 80 percent of the emissions of reactive nitrogen, and huge amounts of pesticides in the environment. … free—such as the recycling of nitrogen from decomposing plant remains—with exogenous inputs, like nitrogen …
0 comments
-
Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee
… supporting our persistence each minute of each day. Thank a plant somewhere for every breath of oxygen you take. The … us. The science of ecology has numerous examples of higher productivity, lower nutrient losses, and greater stability … habitats—not offering them up to further mining, oil and gas exploration and land development. The EPA may speak for …
0 comments
-
Dr. Sarah Batterman
… biodiversity, land use change, climate change, symbiotic nitrogen fixation 845 677-7600 x148 One of the … also turning to the past to understand how the evolution of plant symbioses with fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria changed the climate over earth's …
ltumblety - 01/03/2024 - 10:11