As greenhouse effects become increasingly prominent, soil carbon has been a major focus of research on climate change. Soil microorganisms are the key groups that drive soil carbon transformation. Due ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Emerging geochemical and biological evidence from Alaskan lake sediment suggests that slight variations in the sun's intensity have affected sub-polar climate and ecosystems in a ...

In arid ecosystems, soil microbiomes play a pivotal role in steering soil nutrient biogeochemical cycling 1. However, microbial life contends with mutable challenges, including nutrient limitations, ...

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Scott Allen has joined the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources as an assistant professor who studies ecohydrology, stable-isotope hydrology and physiological ecology in the ...

The world's oceans absorb approximately a quarter of all carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions. During absorption, CO 2 reacts with seawater and oceanic pH levels fall. This is known as ocean acidification ...

The roles microbes play in ecosystems are changing with global warming. Microbes are also affected by infection by viruses, but scientists know relatively little about how these viral infections could ...

The film discusses the essential role of water in sustaining life and explains the water cycle, which involves the continuous movement of water from oceans to the atmosphere and back to the earth. It ...

Free-moving herds of migratory bison in Yellowstone National Park are stimulating the regrowth of flourishing grasslands and reshaping ecosystems, a new study has found. Contrary to conventional ...

The feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem can be seen in food chains. Sampling allows us to measure the abundance and distribution of these species. In this video, Greg Foot ...