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Conceptual diagram illustrating the seasonal shifts in the relative importance of downstream flux verses emission losses across headwaters with different land-water interfaces in the boreal landscape (from top to bottom: forest, wetland, and lakes.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Export of Different Carbon Types from a Boreal Catchment

by Ilja van Meerveld 2 December 202123 February 2022

Carbon export in boreal catchments depends on the landscape setting and differs for snowmelt and rainfall events.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tubos de lava terrestres podrían ofrecer información sobre la vida extraterrestre

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 29 November 202129 November 2021

Una nueva investigación encuentra que Actinobacteria en cuevas de lava fijan carbón y sobreviven independientemente de aportes superficiales, ofreciendo una nueva perspectiva en la investigación de la vida fuera de la Tierra.

Fish swimming through a kelp forest
Posted inNews

Kelp’s Carbon Sink Potential Could Be Blocked by Coastal Darkening

by Doug Johnson 5 November 202114 December 2023

Coastal darkening, an environmental threat researchers are only beginning to study, is found to dramatically reduce the productivity of kelp.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

西伯利亚科雷马河的多年冻土碳元素含量极小

by Terri Cook 20 October 202120 October 2021

新的研究发现,北极河流目前运输的多年冻土来源的溶解有机碳有限,这对理解该地区变化的碳循环及其加速气候变化的潜力具有启示意义。

A close-up photo of Parthenium hysterophorus, or famine weed, showing a deep green plant with frilly leaves and small white flowers
Posted inENGAGE, News

Famine Weed Becomes More Toxic, Invasive in Carbon-Rich Atmosphere

by Fionna M. D. Samuels 22 September 202129 March 2023

A noxious weed’s success in Australia could indicate that some plants are benefitting from our carbon-rich atmosphere, becoming more invasive, competitive, and toxic.

Lava tubes at Lava Beds National Monument in California
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Earthly Lava Tubes May Offer Insights into Extraterrestrial Life

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 21 September 202118 January 2022

New research finds that Actinobacteria in lava caves fix carbon and survive independent of surface inputs, offering a fresh perspective in the search for life beyond Earth.

A scuba diver swims and shines a flashlight through brownish river water in a cave.
Posted inScience Updates

A New Focus on the Neglected Carbonate Critical Zone

by J. B. Martin, P. C. De Grammont, M. D. Covington and L. Toran 20 September 202128 January 2022

Studies of Earth’s critical zone have largely focused on areas underlain by silicate bedrock, leaving gaps in our understanding of widespread and vital carbonate-dominated landscapes.

The Duvannyi Yar thaw site on the Kolyma River in Siberia
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Minimal Evidence of Permafrost Carbon in Siberia’s Kolyma River

by Terri Cook 20 September 202120 September 2023

New research finds that Arctic rivers currently transport limited permafrost-derived dissolved organic carbon, which has implications for understanding the region’s changing carbon cycle—and its potential to accelerate climate change.

A burst of sunlight above a cloudy Earth.
Posted inENGAGE, News

Small Climate Changes Could Be Magnified by Natural Processes

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 16 September 202129 March 2023

A new study uses modeling techniques to uncover how small incidents of warming may be turned into hyperthermal events lasting thousands of years.

Patch of forest close to the Tambopata River, Peru
Posted inNews

Forest Recovery in the Amazon Is a Slow Process

by Meghie Rodrigues 14 September 202129 April 2022

For the first time, a study analyzes Amazon forest loss and recovery at national and subnational levels. One finding shows that new plantings offset less than 10% of emissions associated with deforestation.

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