Single-cell eukaryotes (protists) are key players in microbial ecosystems. Yet, our understanding of how they interact with viruses in nature and how antiviral defenses shape these relationships remai...

Mountain lakes are highly sensitive ecosystems and effective sentinels of environmental change, yet the exposure and magnitude of the human footprint remain poorly quantified. In this study, we devel...

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announces a new request for proposals aimed at advancing understanding of symbiosis in marine and freshwater environments.…

Das europäische Forschungsprojekt FishME zeigt, wie von Menschen ausgebrachte Fische Hochgebirgsseen verändern – und warum viele die weitreichenden Auswirkungen immer noch falsch einschätzen.

Overall, our results showed that the spectral quality of light has a significant impact on phytoplankton community dynamics and the biochemical composition of lake seston. Moreover, the results sugge....

Old-fashioned economic thinking is driving biodiversity loss, according to a new international study led by Aberystwyth University academics, which calls for a fundamental shift in how nature is valued.

Over the past years, a theme has recurrently popped up in conversation among us (the present authors): Discussions over Zoom, at conferences, on bumpy road

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Biodiversity loss threatens the foundation of our planet’s future – and humanity’s well-being. Learn about the connections between biodiversity and health.

Anoxia in lakes has intensified in recent decades, threatening ecosystem functioning. Yet, the mechanisms driving long-term trends in anoxia intensity and duration are complex, especially in managed e...

The Oleksy lab has taken over a 42-year-old monitoring project in Rocky Mountain National Park. Their investigations reveal how remote alpine watersheds are

Alpine lakes are among the most harsh aquatic environments on Earth. Located at high elevation, they are exposed to intense ultraviolet radiation (UVR), wide temperature and light fluctuations, and low nutrient availability.

Small lakes are suffocating as winters warm

Ecologists often leverage patterns observed across spatial climate gradients to predict the impacts of climate change (space-for-time substitution). We highlight evidence that this can be misleading n...

Abstract. Plankton, a diverse group of aquatic organisms, make Earth livable, regulate aquatic life, and provide benefits to human societies such as access

RNA virus infection alters the landscape of diatom organic matter, temporally decoupling the viral shunt and the microbial loop.

Recent research on alpine lakes has revealed both novel adaptive strategies and established ones, now examined from a new perspective, that planktonic organisms use to persist under the harsh envir...

Zip promotes the accumulation of free phages in bacterial lysogen communities, safeguarding phage progeny.