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Three scientists discuss around a map on a table.
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How an Unlikely Friendship Upended Permafrost Myths

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 19 August 202220 September 2023

“Beautifully long arguments” between an American scientist and a Russian researcher helped clarify several fundamental assumptions about permafrost thaw.

Un niño pone su mano bajo la lluvia. El niño viste una playera roja con mangas cortas azules y detrás de él se observan otras dos figuras humanas.
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El cambio climático podría cambiar el perfil patogénico de las enfermedades diarreicas

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 16 August 20229 September 2024

Una enfermedad causada por rotavirus podría disminuir a medida que aumenta la temperatura, mientras que las condiciones más húmedas podrían favorecer a algunos competidores bacterianos.

Scientists take groundwater samples at a karst aquifer field site.
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Groundwater May Fix as Much Carbon as Some Ocean Surface Waters

by Carolyn Wilke 28 July 20227 September 2022

Microbes from wells as deep as 90 meters created organic carbon at a rate that overlaps with some nutrient-poor spots in the ocean.

Una imagen del géiser Imperial de Yellowstone. El géiser está al centro de la imagen mostrando coloraciones azules claras y en la parte inferior de la imagen se observan las copas de unos pinos.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Una nueva perspectiva sobre la vida microbiana en las aguas termales del Parque Yellowstone

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 28 July 20225 December 2022

Una investigación sobre los rangos de hábitat de microorganismos en las fuentes hidrotermales del parque nacional Yellowstone muestran condiciones ambientales propicias para la interacción entre cianobacterias y algas.

A collage of different diatom species
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Ocean Acidification May Drive Diatom Decline

by Clarissa Wright 28 June 202212 September 2022

Diatoms contribute to global oxygen production, marine food webs, and carbon sequestration, but scientists predict that diatom populations will decline due to ocean acidification associated with climate change.

Scientists collect samples from algal mats dotting the surface of sea ice in the Arctic.
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Algal Mats May Be a Key to the Arctic Food Web

by Fanni Daniella Szakal 27 June 20226 January 2023

Melt ponds in sea ice have thriving algal communities with startlingly high levels of photosynthetic activity.

Oleoducto en el sitio de derrame de petróleo Bemidji en Minnesota
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Los microbios podrían comer minerales magnéticos en un sitio de derrame de petróleo

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 7 June 20227 June 2022

Nuevos experimentos en un antiguo sitio de derrames de petróleo en Minnesota sugieren que los procesos no biológicos por sí solos no pueden explicar la disminución de la magnetización.

Biocrusts abundant in lichens grow on the soil surface in the Colorado Plateau.
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Climate Change Leads to Decline in Lichen Biocrusts

by Derek Smith 26 May 202226 May 2022

As summer temperatures continue to rise, important biocrust-forming organisms in the American Southwest may be lost.

Installation of new pipeline through the Bemidji oil spill site in Minnesota
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Microbes Might Munch Magnetic Minerals at Oil Spill Site

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 19 May 20227 June 2022

New experiments at an old oil spill site in Minnesota suggest that nonbiological processes alone may not account for decreased magnetization.

Árboles con hojas verdes y otoñales en el bosque de Odem. Debajo de los árboles hay pasto ver cubierto parcialmente por hojas caídas ocre.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mediciones pareadas de gases: ¿un nuevo trazador biogeoquímico?

by Terri Cook 18 May 202218 May 2022

Una técnica que mide la relación entre el dióxido de carbono producido y el oxígeno consumido podría mejorar las predicciones de la respuesta del suelo al cambio climático.

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