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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… tested (15, 20, and 30°C) represented seasonal variation plus a future warming projection. For each … Rising temperatures alone increased soil respiration and dissolved organic carbon. Increases in these labile carbon pools can …
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Dr. Danielle Hare
… research examined how changing stream temperature affects organic carbon cycling and stream ecosystems, and methods to use … streams. Her work was part of the NSF-funded collaboration: Carbon Response to Experimental Warming in Streams (CREWS) …
ltumblety - 02/05/2024 - 09:36
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Dr. Jane M. Lucas
… abundant microorganisms help fertilize plants and recycle organic debris, with important implications for agriculture … how livestock antibiotics affect soil microbes, soil carbon storage, nitrogen cycling, and the rise of antibiotic …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:12
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What is a species?
… and definitive—unlike the physical traits of color, size variation, and behavior that are used in the …
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In the Tropics, woody vines make lightning more deadly for forests
… composition of tropical forests and their ability to store carbon. So reports a new paper in the journal New … The research took place in a lowland forest on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, the only tropical forest where … system was used to reveal the mechanisms underlying this variation, and whether the presence of lianas influenced the …
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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 … Sarah Batterman Fieldwork was performed at Barro Colorado Island in Panama on a 50-acre plot of mature … the fixation trait itself – which explained up to 24% of variation – suggesting the high herbivory and the trait of …
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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. …
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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
… Archives June 29, 2022 Great Lakes Echo Dr. … unsightly floating mess. Anaerobic action is common as the dissolved oxygen is seldom above a fraction of a part per … inaction on water pollution fell most heavily on people of color and others with little money or political power, …
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Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution
Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution … recognized (and I thoroughly agree) that soils with lots of organic matter are good for plant growth, retention of water … plant cover crops, and apply manure to maintain soil organic matter at stable levels. Avoiding cultivation also …
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Ocean acidification
Ocean acidification The rising carbon dioxide content of Earth’s atmosphere will take an … can have a pH as low as 3.0. In the atmosphere, when carbon dioxide dissolves in water, it forms carbonic acid, … of the oceans caused by the increasing carbon dioxide dissolved in them. The pH of seawater in the central North …
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