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A group of sheep graze in a green field.
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Veterinary Antibiotics Reduce Soil Carbon Sequestration Capacity

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 21 March 202321 March 2023

Livestock grazing areas sequester less carbon than those under wild herbivores.

A person holding soil lets it fall from one hand to the other with a blurred background.
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Traditional Fertilizers Beat Out Industrial Chemicals in Soil Health Test

by Andrew Chapman 29 March 202229 March 2022

New research in western India found that fertilizer based on Traditional Ecological Knowledge made soil more fertile in a head-to-head test with industrial fertilizers.

An elephant eats grasses in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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Large Herbivores May Improve an Ecosystem’s Carbon Persistence

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 14 January 202224 January 2024

The grazing habits of wild animals like elephants and boars enable long-term carbon storage, according to new research that stresses the need to align climate mitigation goals with biodiversity conservation.

A small flock of sheep graze by the water’s edge in the Faroe Islands.
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Ancient Eruptions Reveal Earliest Settlers on the Faroe Islands

by Freda Kreier 16 December 202120 December 2021

Lake sediment is helping scientists resolve a decades-long historical mystery.

A grassy landscape next to a river and the ocean.
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A Global Map of Human Sewage in Coastal Ecosystems

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 3 December 202127 March 2023

Prodigious quantities of nitrogen from human waste flow into coastal waters, a study of nearly 135,000 watersheds reveals.

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Microplastics Morph Cell Metabolism

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 24 November 20214 October 2022

Microplastics get into our bodies, potentially altering how certain cells convert sugar into energy, especially in the gut. Continued ingestion could cause chronic problems.

Close-up of a chain of salps
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Species of Feces Help Phytoplankton Feed Itself

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 2 June 202118 January 2023

The unicellular plants more readily take up iron in the presence of salp feces than in krill feces, an experiment in Antarctica reveals.

A patch of grass in the middle of rocks
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Vicuña Poop Nourishes “Dung Gardens” High in the Andes

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 18 March 20214 October 2021

The excrement delivers nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen, kick-starting islands of vegetation at the edge of the cryosphere.

Black sea cucumber, also known as Holothuria atra
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Sea Cucumbers: The Excremental Heroes of Coral Reef Ecosystems

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 16 March 20214 October 2021

Drone surveillance reveals just how big a contribution sea cucumbers make to reef habitats.

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Bat Guano Traces Changes in Agriculture and Hurricane Activity

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 13 October 202010 March 2023

Researchers hiked and rappeled into two caves in Jamaica to collect over 40 kilograms of excrement.

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