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Can Microorganisms Thrive in Earth’s Atmosphere, or Do They Simply Survive There?

by Rebecca Owen 7 August 202525 September 2025

A bottom-up modeling approach could bring scientists closer to understanding communities of microbes in the atmosphere.

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地震如何改变湖泊微生物群落

by Rebecca Owen 6 August 20256 August 2025

提示:地震发生后,湖泊的地质、化学和生物成分会重新配置。一项新的研究深入探讨了地震变化对喜马拉雅地区措普湖的影响。

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Advances in Ecological Forecasting

by R. Quinn Thomas, Cayelan C. Carey, Eric R. Sokol, Melissa A. Kenney, Michael C. Dietze and Marguerite A. Xenopoulos 4 August 202531 July 2025

AGU and ESA invite contributions to a cross-society special collection on ecological forecasting across ecosystems and scales.

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How Earthquakes Shake Up Microbial Lake Communities

by Rebecca Owen 24 July 20256 August 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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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.

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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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