Drought has the potential to turn normal soils into perfect breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, new research has found.
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When the Snow Melts, Microbes Bloom
A new study illuminates a complex and changing world of microbes and nitrogen cycling that occurs during the winter.
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Bacteria Decide the Ocean’s Dissolved Organic Carbon Abundance
Dissolved organic carbon prevalence follows from how many bacteria are around to eat it, modeling suggests.
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Greenland Dust Delivers Nutrients to Ice-Melting Algae
Researchers scrutinized aerosols above and within the ice sheet, finding phosphorus and other mineral particles.
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A Mid-Ocean Ridge in the Norwegian Sea Pumps Out Hydrogen
Vent fluids collected from the Knipovich Ridge contain unexpectedly high concentrations of hydrogen, potentially produced by the degradation of organic matter.
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Nationwide Soil Microbiome Mapping Project Connects Students and Scientists
Researchers and students are building a comprehensive picture of the microbial life beneath our feet.
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As Some Soils Warm, Microbes Stockpile Essential Nutrients
A study in Iceland found that microbes are hoarding more nitrogen for themselves, altering nutrient cycling and leaving less for plants.
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Rocks Formed by Microbes Absorb Carbon Day and Night
Microbialite ecosystems in South Africa stored an “astonishing” amount of carbon, according to new research.
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Microbial Genes Could Improve Our Understanding of Water Pollution
New research in Germany’s Ammer floodplain examines microbial biomarkers to help improve modeling of denitrification.
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Fungi, Fertilizer, and Feces Could Help Astronauts Grow Plants on the Moon
A new study offers tantalizing evidence that filamentous fungi extending from roots, along with treated astronaut waste, could provide sufficient scaffolding to help plants grow in planetary regolith.