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  1. 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 … tested (15, 20, and 30°C) represented seasonal variation plus a future warming projection. For each … temperatures alone increased soil respiration and dissolved organic carbon. Increases in these labile carbon pools can …

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  2. Dr. Danielle Hare

    … connectivity shapes water quality, (2) the spatio-temporal influence of groundwater on stream water patterns … research examined how changing stream temperature affects organic carbon cycling and stream ecosystems, and methods to use …

    ltumblety - 02/05/2024 - 09:36

  3. Dr. Jane M. Lucas

    … microbial ecology, ecology of antibiotics, agricultural ecosystems and soil health, global change … 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

  4. 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 … system was used to reveal the mechanisms underlying this variation, and whether the presence of lianas influenced the … for the dynamics of liana-tree competition and forest carbon budgets. Gora concludes, “Lianas and lightning, …

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  5. 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, … the fixation trait itself – which explained up to 24% of variation – suggesting the high herbivory and the trait of …

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

    … to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to streams. One of his first efforts translating science …

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  7. 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 … government grants; no-till is now practiced on about 40% of agricultural land in the U.S. Supplying food to the …

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  8. West Nile virus infection risk is higher in less affluent neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD

    … located within 2km of each other, minimizing environmental variation.  Abandoned properties in … to lure mosquitoes for 72 hours. Traps were baited with carbon dioxide and a mammal-derived attractant, and were …

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  9. How it all started

    … plants that we see at the Earth’s surface, which generate organic matter by photosynthesis, these microbes use hydrogen in reactions known as chemosynthesis to generate organic carbon in complete darkness. The rate of metabolism is slow …

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  10. The smell of the city

    … blanketed the city. Regulations against the emission of organic chemicals, from dry cleaning, outdoor grills, and … these pollutants fell into the general category of volatile organic carbon (VOC) compounds. They are precursors to the formation …

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