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التربة المكهربة تزيد نمو النباتات

by Saugat Bolakhe 8 March 20248 March 2024

خمسة أيام من الكهرباء المنخفضة الجهد الموجهة إلى جذور النباتات الناشئة عززت نموها بأكثر من 50 بالمئة.

A large plume of gray-brown smoke and ash covers most of the sky above the waterfront in Hobart Harbor, Tasmania, Australia.
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The Open Ocean, Aerosols, and Every Other Breath You Take

by Rachel Shelley, Morgane M. G. Perron, Douglas S. Hamilton and Akinori Ito 1 March 20241 March 2024

Phytoplankton and other marine plants produce half of Earth’s atmospheric oxygen and have big effects on food webs and climate. To do so, they rely on nutrients from the sky that are hard to quantify.

An iceberg floats in the ocean near Antarctica.
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Antarctica’s Ocean Acidity Set to Rise Rapidly by Century’s End

by Nathaniel Scharping 9 February 202411 March 2024

New research shows acidity levels could as much as double by 2100, imperiling fragile ecosystems in the frigid Southern Ocean.

Un pulpo rojo flota en agua con putos blancos
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Los microplásticos son el ingrediente no tan secreto de la nieve marina

by Molly Herring 7 February 20247 February 2024

Partículas diminutas de plástico degradadas y cubiertas por biopelículas se hunden hasta el fondo marino llevando consigo carbono.

Kelp gigante en agua azul y soleada.
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Cuando los bosques en la tierra arden, los bosques submarinos sienten el impacto

by J. Besl 31 January 202431 January 2024

El kelp es un hábitat, un sumidero de carbono y un agente aglomerante en tu helado. Pero estudios recientes muestran que los bosques de kelp en California son afectados por el destino de sus contrapartes sobre tierra.

A close-up of a plug of black material inside a plastic container with a barley seedling coming out of the top
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Electrified Soil Powers Plant Growth

by Saugat Bolakhe 31 January 202411 March 2024

Five days of low-power electricity directed to the roots of young plants boosted their growth by more than 50%.

Seagrass stretches toward the sunlight at Lassing Park in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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A Closer Look-Sea at the Ocean’s Carbon Cycle

by Caryl-Sue Micalizio 25 January 202425 January 2024

In the February issue of Eos, we dive deep to better understand opportunities, challenges, and ongoing mysteries posed by carbon’s role in marine environments.

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In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, New Marine Ecosystems Are Flourishing

by Tim Brinkhof and Knowable Magazine 23 January 202423 January 2024

Sea life, stuck to plastic bottles and other human trash, has journeyed far from coastal habitats—and may threaten local species

Fish swim amid long strands of seaweed.
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Can Submerging Seaweed Cool the Climate?

by Saima May Sidik 16 January 202420 March 2024

Submerged seaweed can store carbon at the bottom of the ocean, but how effective the strategy will be—and how it will affect ocean health—remains unclear.

Close-up view of a slimy-looking deep purple microbial mat with lighter-colored splotches
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Modern Microbial Mats Offer Glimpses of Other Times and Places

by Bopaiah A. Biddanda, Anthony D. Weinke, Ian P. Stone, Steven A. Ruberg and Phil A. Hartmeyer 12 January 202412 January 2024

Comprising diverse groups of microbes, isolated but globally scattered mat ecosystems like those in Lake Huron may be analogues of life on early Earth and in other exotic environs.

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