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Microphotograph of diatoms of various shapes and sizes.
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Machine Learning Enhances Image Analysis in Biogeosciences

by Dork Sahagian 6 November 20245 November 2024

Machine learning can enhance our ability to identify communities of microorganisms and how they change in response to climate change over time.

Close-up of lichen and mosses on the ground in Antarctica with the coast in the background
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New Map Reveals the Extent of Vegetation in Antarctica

by Larissa G. Capella 19 September 202415 November 2024

More than 40 square kilometers of vegetation cover Antarctica, including in previously unknown areas. A new map offers fresh insights for conservation amid climate change.

A bird’s-eye view of an Amazon forest with a mix of green and leafless trees
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Amazonian Drought May Have Long-Lasting Effects on Carbon Cycle

by Rebecca Owen 19 August 202419 August 2024

Dry conditions stemming from the 2015–2016 El Niño caused significant carbon loss.

一个有不同土层和岩层的悬崖的剖面图。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

土壤碳储量预测中的不一致

by Rebecca Owen 26 June 202426 June 2024

一项新的研究描述了不同地球系统模式在预测气候变暖情况下土壤碳水平时的不一致之处。

A green Acaryochloris marina culture in a conical flask
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Red-Light-Loving Bacteria Could Expand the Search for Life

by Kristel Tjandra 22 May 202422 May 2024

Scientists are uncovering genes responsible for oxygenic photosynthesis in cyanobacteria to shift the search for potentially habitable worlds.

Graph from the paper.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Discounting Carbon Gain to Prevent Water Loss Today

by Susan Trumbore 29 April 202429 April 2024

A new study introduces a timescale for optimizing tradeoffs between carbon gain and water loss to improve estimates of photosynthesis during prolonged dry spells.

A cliff with different layers of soil and rock, seen from the side
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Coming to a Consensus on Carbon

by Rebecca Owen 7 March 202426 June 2024

A new study describes inconsistencies in how different Earth system models predict soil carbon levels in a warming climate.

A large plume of gray-brown smoke and ash covers most of the sky above the waterfront in Hobart Harbor, Tasmania, Australia.
Posted inScience Updates

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.

Illustration of vertical nutrient and organic carbon profiles.
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Ocean Deserts Could Help Capture CO2 and Mitigate Global Warming

by Minhan Dai, Ya-Wei Luo, Hongyang Lin, Eric P. Achterberg, Thomas J. Browning, Matthew J. Church, Zhongping Lee and Wei-Lei Wang 1 December 20234 December 2023

Various nutrient sources in the upper waters of oceanic subtropical gyres, which are the Earth’s largest oligotrophic ecosystems, play a crucial role in governing the sequestration of atmospheric CO2.

农作物在试验农场的光伏阵列下生长。
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农业与太阳能的互利共生

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 14 July 202318 July 2023

不断增长的人口需要更多的食物和能源,而这些都在争夺有限的空间……除非能改变这样的竞争局面。

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