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Researchers reveal that microorganisms are responsible for transforming mercury into methylmercury, a highly toxic form of mercury, in streams.
Impacts of anthropogenic warming on tropical land region rainfall.
Insights into the origin of ligninases can help develop processes to convert biomass into bioenergy.
A microbe not known for cellulose degradation has 15 cellulases that may improve biofuel production.
Understanding how two microbes work together to produce the greenhouse gas methane.
Imaging tools aid research in global climate change, plant genetics, biofuels, agriculture, and carbon sequestration.
A polar alga with lipid metabolism enzymes may prove useful harnessing algae for biodiesel production.
Regional Climate Models predict greater drought resistance in southwest U.S. than General Circulation Models (GCMs).
Recent findings reveal that existing climate models overestimate scattering and absorption of sunlight by aerosols at altitudes between 6-10 kilometers.
Understanding how microbes use cytochromes to generate electricity in biofilms.
Complex aerosol processes accurately captured in climate models with a new, minimal aerosol module.
New insights into the effect of light quality on bacterial metabolism and respiration.
