Soil microbes work as both decomposers and synthesizers of carbon compounds in soil, offering new answers with impacts to crops and eco-health.
Highest concentration and yield of valuable chemicals reported in industrial yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Scientists reduce uncertainties in future climate prediction by directly coupling an energy-economy model to an Earth system model.
Scientists show that grasslands are more sensitive to changes in the amount of moisture in the air than to changes in precipitation.
Scientists evaluate seven models to understand how each model agrees and differs.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) observations provide clues on atmospheric contributions to an Antarctic melt event.
A geospatial analysis determined the optimal distribution of sites needed to reliably estimate Alaska’s vast soil carbon.
Molecular-level understanding of cellulose structure reveals why it resists degradation and could lead to cost-effective biofuels.
Lignocellulose-degrading enzyme complexes could improve biofuel production.
Advanced medical imaging techniques monitor real-time transport of radioisotopes through soil and waste forms.
More frequent storms turn forests from carbon source to sink.
Monoterpene measures how certain forests respond to heat stress.
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