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Biogeosciences

Researchers use satellite data to analyze leaf water content

Research Spotlight 2 January 2018

Scientists Probe Water Inside Leaves via Satellite

Improving satellite-based studies of vegetation optical depth, a critical ecosystem indicator.

Biogeosciences

Editors' Vox 20 December 2017

Bioenergy’s Impacts on the Landscape

The editors of a new book describe how bioenergy production impacts the landscape, environmental processes, and climate.

Atmospheric Sciences

Researchers develop a new framework to assess the mechanisms behind short-term ecological shifts

Research Spotlight 3 October 2017

What Causes Ecological Shifts?

A new information-processing framework helps researchers tease out the factors driving ecological shifts over short timescales.

Biogeosciences

Meeting Report 20 September 2017

Understanding Mountain Lakes in a Changing World

Mountain Lakes and Global Change Workshop; Fort Collins, Colorado, 6–8 March 2017

Biogeosciences

A new study shows how effective coastal wetlands are at sequestering carbon

Research Spotlight 21 August 2017

Coastal Wetlands Effectively Sequester “Blue Carbon”

Mangrove forests, salt marshes, seagrass beds, and the like are carbon storage treasure troves.

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Biogeosciences

Cows lounge in a tree-dotted pasture in central Chile

Research Spotlight 2 August 2017

Are Studies That Evaluate Ecosystem Services Useful?

Ecologists find flaws in the approach to research that focuses on services ecosystems provide to humans. These flaws limit certain studies’ utility.

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Biogeosciences

From left to right: soil profiles representing the Antigo, Stagnogley, Cecil, and Clarion soil series.

Meeting Report 6 July 2017

Healthy Soils for Healthy Societies

Soil: The Foundation of Life; Washington, D. C., 5 December 2016

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Biogeosciences

Researchers assess whether plantations for biofuel and carbon storage could help the world meet the terms of the Paris Agreement

Research Spotlight 9 June 2017

Removing Carbon from the Ground Up

Massive plantations for storing carbon and growing biofuel won’t achieve the Paris Agreement’s “2-degree guardrail,” but they could help.

Biogeosciences

CHaMP employees get trained in the use of a total station, which is used to measure streambed topography.

Meeting Report 9 May 2017

Defining Opportunities for Collaboration Across Data Life Cycles

Developing Enterprise Tools and Capacities for Large-Scale Natural Resource Monitoring; Fort Collins, Colorado, 12–13 October 2016

Ocean Sciences

Marine scientists deploy a video plankton recorder in the high-latitude North Atlantic in April 2012.

Meeting Report 2 May 2017

Optical Sensors Can Shed Light on Particle Dynamics in the Ocean

First TOMCAT Workshop; Southampton, UK, 12–14 September 2016

Scientific Discipline Ecosystems, structure and dynamics

Scientists Probe Water Inside Leaves via Satellite

Bioenergy’s Impacts on the Landscape

What Causes Ecological Shifts?

Understanding Mountain Lakes in a Changing World

Coastal Wetlands Effectively Sequester “Blue Carbon”

Are Studies That Evaluate Ecosystem Services Useful?

Healthy Soils for Healthy Societies

Removing Carbon from the Ground Up

Defining Opportunities for Collaboration Across Data Life Cycles

Optical Sensors Can Shed Light on Particle Dynamics in the Ocean

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