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Scientific Discipline Plant ecology

Biogeosciences

Editors' Highlights 1 February 2019

Capturing the Dynamism of Plant Roots in Models

Simulating the dynamic nature of plant root profiles in Earth system models improves the representation of the carbon and water cycles.
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Biogeosciences
Spinach rooftop garden experiment at Boston University

News 9 January 2019

Rooftop Gardens Make Use of the Air We Breathe Below

Growing plants near building air vents may help them grow better, while reducing the carbon emissions from the people exhaling inside.
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News 13 December 2018

Google Trends Could Help Scientists Track Allergy Season

Admit it: When your nose starts to run and your eyes itch, you search Google, too.
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A new database will help researchers to better model complex fine root ecosystems.

Project Update 21 August 2018

Better Plant Data at the Root of Ecosystem Models

Version 2 of the Fine-Root Ecology Database is bigger, better, and free to download and use.
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Puca glacier in the Peruvian Andes

News 6 June 2018

After a Glacier Retreats, Plants Thrive Thanks to Phosphorus

Grasses, small flowers, and mosses colonize glacial till in the Peruvian Andes when researchers apply a phosphorus fertilizer, an ecological surprise with implications for carbon sequestration.
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: Researchers conduct experiments in Sweden’s wet heathland to see how the ecosystem might adapt to climate change

Research Spotlight 28 March 2018

The Upside to a “Bad” Ozone Precursor

In Sweden’s wet heathland, scientists see how a sensitive ecosystem adapts to rising global temperatures.
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Biogeosciences

Editors' Highlights 5 February 2018

What Will Redwood Trees Do Without Foggy Days?

Coastal California fog—a key source of water for the iconic redwood tree—has declined by a third. Can a trace gas, carbonyl sulfide, be used to assess the effect on plant productivity?
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Biogeosciences
Researchers spot the culprit behind methane emissions from mountainous upland forests

Research Spotlight 22 December 2017

Why Mountainous Upland Forests Emit So Much Methane

New research suggests that moist tree heartwood produces methane and emits the greenhouse gas to the atmosphere.
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Trees poke through snow at the edge of a boreal forest

News 14 December 2017

Eyes in the Sky Look Closer at Under-Surveyed Northern Forests

Spaceborne images give scientists a detailed picture of the boreal forests’ tree heights, which help scientists estimate their contribution to carbon budgets. 
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Biogeosciences
Researchers model sulfate levels in freshwater environments, and how they impact wild rice

Research Spotlight 6 October 2017

North American Wild Rice Faces Sulfide Toxicity

Researchers have developed a model to inform the regulation of sulfate levels in freshwater environments that are threatening the iconic plant.
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