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How Earthquakes Shake Up Microbial Lake Communities

by Rebecca Owen 24 July 202524 July 2025

After an earthquake, a lake’s geological, chemical, and biological components get reconfigured. A new study dives into the effects of seismic shifts on the Himalayas’ Lake Cuopu.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Plants Respond to Scattered Sunlight

by Rebecca Owen 14 July 202514 July 2025

A new study investigates how diffuse light affects evapotranspiration and carbon uptake across forest, grassland, shrub, and agricultural areas.

Map of Lake Geneva and surrounding catchments.
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Organic Radiocarbon Reveals its Inorganic Ancestry in Lake Geneva

by Maximilian Lau 6 May 20256 May 2025

Organic and inorganic radiocarbon ages resolve the origin and dynamics of carbon in the largest natural lake of Western Europe.

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The “Surprising” Effect of Drying Headwaters on Nitrogen Dynamics

by Saima May Sidik 15 April 202515 April 2025

Contrary to predictions, spring rains caused a decrease in nitrogen at watershed outflows in Alabama.

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Seeping Groundwater Can Be a Hidden Source of Greenhouse Gases

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 28 March 202528 March 2025

A new study in the Farmington River watershed shows that groundwater seeps can release 20% of dissolved emissions into the atmosphere before the water joins streams.

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Carbon-Nutrient Ratios Drive Nitrate Removal in Mediterranean Streams

by Kyle Boodoo and Suzanne Tank 19 March 202519 March 2025

The type of organic matter, and ratio of nutrients to carbon, impact the ability of heterotrophic bacteria to effectively remove certain forms of nitrogen pollution (nitrate) from streams.

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Filling the Gaps: Context and Design of Arctic Carbon Flux Measurement Networks

by Patrick Crill 24 January 202524 January 2025

Large scale observational networks are necessary for understanding the impact of a warming climate in the Arctic, but critical tools are crucial to how those networks are designed.

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What 92 Years of Data Say About Ice Cover

by Nathaniel Scharping 16 December 202416 December 2024

New research on Mohonk Lake in New York investigates how changing ice phenology alters temperature dynamics in lakes.

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New Software Package Helps Scientists Find Flux

by Rebecca Owen 13 November 202413 November 2024

An easy-to-use R package offers a more efficient way to sort through and analyze data about greenhouse gas levels collected in static chamber experiments.

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Improvements to Measuring the Ups and Downs of the Landscape

by Dennis Baldocchi 8 November 20247 November 2024

If you are a jazz fan, you may be familiar with Ella Fitzgerald singing ‘How deep is the ocean, how high is the sky’. Using data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission we now know how high the land really is.

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