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UV Radiation Contributed to Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinction

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 10 February 202327 February 2023

To find the first direct evidence of heightened UV radiation during the end-Permian mass extinction, researchers turned to chemical evidence preserved in pollen grains.

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Small Shrubs May Have Played a Large Role in Decarbonizing the Ancient Atmosphere

by Meghie Rodrigues 9 February 20239 February 2023

Vascular plants may have contributed to shaping Earth’s atmosphere long before trees evolved.

这幅森林场景描绘了几棵铁杉树的底部,其根部暴露在外
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用木质部估算植物用水量

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 31 January 202321 March 2023

一项新研究表明,来自植物木质部的化学同位素可以帮助改善森林水循环的表征。

A forest scene depicts the base of several hemlock trees with their roots exposed.
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To Estimate Plant Water Use, Consider the Xylem

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 13 January 202331 January 2023

New research shows that chemical isotopes from plant xylem can improve representations of the forest water cycle.

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Roadside Plants Witness COVID Traffic

Eric Davidson, president-elect of AGU by Eric Davidson 7 January 20237 January 2023

Radiocarbon in roadside plants revealed a decline in auto emissions during COVID lockdown and a 2021 rebound. Could this improve emission estimates in countries without CO2 monitoring infrastructure?

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Leaves Are Springing Up Earlier Along the Appalachian Trail

by Kate Hull 14 December 20225 September 2023

Satellite images of lustrous new leaves reveal changes that will have cascading effects on diverse ecosystems in the eastern United States.

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The World’s Roots Are Getting Shallower

by Rebecca Dzombak 17 November 202217 November 2022

Root-filled soils are hot spots of nutrient cycling and carbon storage. New research finds that the world has lost millions of cubic meters of rooted soil volume—and we’re on track to lose much more.

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High-Frequency Monitoring Reveals Riverine Nitrogen Removal

by Saima May Sidik 25 October 202226 October 2022

Years of daily readings provide an unprecedented view into how a submerged aquatic meadow kept nitrogen from reaching the St. Lawrence Estuary as well as insights on how climate change may alter it.

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Warmer Winters Keep Crops Sleepy into Spring, Hurting Yield

by Elise Cutts 21 October 202228 October 2022

Annual crops go dormant during winter. Frosty temperatures cue them to wake up—but the warmer winters brought on by climate change scramble the cold signal, hurting yield.

Photograph of a seagrass meadow
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Warming and Agitation Intensify Seagrass Meadow Carbon Fluxes

by Jorge Villa 17 October 202212 October 2022

Carbon dioxide emissions surge in sediments when temperature and agitation increase, both of which are likely to continue rising in degraded Mediterranean seagrass meadows.

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