Australia's future terrestrial carbon sink is likely to remain positive, with its strength largely driven by precipitation projections Interannual variability in carbon uptake will increase under...

The distribution of soil carbon stocks across Pacific Northwest landscapes is driven by wetland presence Digital soil mapping using random forest outperformed linear mixed models for soil carbon ...

When warmer than the surrounding air, coast redwood needles decrease their photosynthetic capacity and quantum yield Under experimental conditions, net photosynthetic rates decrease nonlinearly w...

In heat wave-like temperatures, coast redwoods' photosynthesis slows down, which may put one of Earth's most efficient carbon storers in jeopardy.

Future climate change scenarios influence projected fire regimes through unique mechanisms Prescribed fires most effectively offset wildfire carbon losses under increased climate variability Pre...

We performed the first global meta-analysis of Hg accumulation in edible crops Root and leafy vegetables accumulated the highest Hg levels, but leafy vegetables were most similar to natural veget...

Future climate change scenarios influence projected fire regimes through unique mechanisms Prescribed fires most effectively offset wildfire carbon losses under increased climate variability Pre...

Failures of the North American monsoon produce growth legacies in dominant southwestern tree species for up to 4 years The occurrence of these growth legacies is modulated by climate conditions d...

Matrix analysis quantifies land-cover transitions; moving windows isolate forest–open thermal contrasts, controlling background climate Croplands and forests gain most, while grasslands, savannas...

The waters of Deception Island show spatially asymmetric GHG emissions, with active volcanic areas acting as strong CO2 emitters Endorheic pond systems associated to large penguin colonies repres...

Coastal Antarctic green snow occurs in phosphate-rich environments linked to wildlife-derived nutrient inputs Elevated phosphate is associated with greater biomass in green snow and higher per-ce...

Thanks to green algae that groove on guano

A 20-year study of British Columbia forests examines how soil carbon is affected by logging.

Following a dry-to-wet hydroclimatic transition, the onset of baseflow in a small and large mountain stream was delayed by roughly 40 days The delay in baseflow onset in the wet year reduced cumu...

National AGPP trends mask ecosystem divergence, with forest productivity declining while wetland productivity increases Forest productivity is constrained by atmospheric dryness and hydraulic str...

Biomarker analyses of hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Paradox and Uinta basins reveal low to moderate levels of biodegradation Exhumation of the Colorado Plateau and the influx of more oxidized gro...

The QTP was greening, highlighted in mid-elevation regions The lag effects of vegetation responses to climate factors tend to decrease with increasing elevation Causal inference reveals that tem...

Lipid hydrogen stable isotope probing is applied to high temperature hot spring sediments for the first time Sedimentary archaeal lipids in hot springs exhibit apparent turnover on decadal timesc...

During boreal autumn, basin-integrated Pacific carbon sink sensitivity is −115 ± 28 Tg C yr−1 per standard deviation of the Niño 3.4 index ENSO-driven circulation regulates Pacific surface pCO2 m...

Dam regulation lowers river discharge to tidal river zones, promoting diatom growth and increasing dissolved silicon retention Annually, 19% of riverine dissolved Si is converted to biogenic sili...

Variation in gas concentrations across a low-gradient stream was not driven by gas exchange despite clear pool-run distinctions Channel slopes at habitat and reach scales were strongly correlated...

By combining computer tomography—the same technology used for medical scans—with a high-powered particle accelerator, researchers have imaged the network of roots, fungal structures, and soil together...

Variation in gas concentrations across a low-gradient stream was not driven by gas exchange despite clear pool-run distinctions Channel slopes at habitat and reach scales were strongly correlated...

Annual gross primary productivity is not correlated with measured above-ground stem growth and biomass increment Contrary to other species, white pine growth showed negative relationships with so...

Anthropogenic minerals have a higher alkalinity generation potential than naturally occurring minerals Periclase and hydrated lime mesocosms release more than 80% of the added alkalinity No clea...

Periclase addition enhances alkalinity but triggers secondary precipitation, with the threshold occurring between +500 and + 1,000 μmol kg−1 Mineral addition has no effect on the temporal trends ...

Soil organic carbon (SOC) distribution is a function of climatic, topographic, and fine-scale geomorphological variability Climate enabled establishment of peatlands is an important control on th...

We develop a framework for the dynamics of hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria (HOB) in soils HOB abundance varies by moisture regime, with dormancy adopted in hyper-arid conditions Model better aligns ...

Soil δ15N varies widely across a tropical savanna and is driven primarily by bottom-up factors rather than top-down disturbances Among bottom-up drivers, greater N-fixing tree cover and higher so...

Organic carbon (OC) fraction and microflora in sediments responded differently to nutrient regulation Po mineralization via AP dominated C assimilation and burial into sediments Nutrient-driven ...

Recent algal blooms in the Ohio River shut off drinking water for millions, yet trends and extent of algae remain unknown CHOIR is the first spatially continuous, multidecadal, remote-sensing-der...

A decade of tropical river-estuary monitoring captures carbon, nutrients, oxygen, and concentration across an urban gradient Standardized tidal phase sampling and parameter level quality flags su...

When warmer than the surrounding air, coast redwood needles decrease their photosynthetic capacity and quantum yield Under experimental conditions, net photosynthetic rates decrease nonlinearly w...

Permafrost peatlands of the Western Siberian Lowlands store potentially biolabile, nitrogen-enriched aliphatic dissolved organic matter within permafrost peat The highest proportions of nitrogeno...

Both mineral properties and dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition regulate adsorption DOM from certain sources is not sorptive regardless of the mineral properties Soil carbon models based ...

Regenerating-fuel limitations help regulate the climate response of fire regimes in Alaska

Year-round eddy covariance shows Dachen Island forest is a net carbon sink with strong wet-dry seasonal variability Shortwave downward radiation is the main driver of temporal variation in forest...

During two summer observation periods, the estuary shifted between acting as a dissolved organic carbon (DOC) source and sink depending on riverine and ocean inputs DOC export lags behind tidal s...

Soil moisture and subsurface temperature control the timing and strength of canopy greening in a tropical deciduous forest Atmospheric humidity limits late-season canopy persistence and shortens ...