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July 27, 2023

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Study Improves Understanding of How Bacteria Benefit Plant Growth

Scientists have found that competition between strains of beneficial bacteria in the soil degrades the service that the bacteria provide to their ...

Bats Struggle During Organic Farming Transition

Bat activity falls as farms make the transition to organic agriculture, new research ...

The Legacy of Past Disturbance Shapes Coastal Forest Soil Stability

Coastal forests are increasingly exposed to the effects of climate change and sea level rise. New experimental research examined how soils change when transplanted between parts of a tidal creek that differed in salinity. Scientists found that soils with a history of salinity and inundation by ...

Japanese Beetles Could Spread Throughout Washington State, US, in 20 Years

Without intervention, the colorful but devastating Japanese beetle could make its way across the evergreen state within two decades, according to a study of their potential dispersion. The iridescent, green-and-copper beetles damage plants by 'skeletonizing' their leaves, chewing up all the soft ...
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Previously Unknown Antibiotic Resistance Widespread Among Bacteria

Genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics are much more widespread in our environment than was previously realized. A new study shows that bacteria in almost all environments carry resistance ...

Microbes Key to Sequestering Carbon in Soil

Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil health ...

Fungi Stores a Third of Carbon from Fossil Fuel Emissions and Could Be Essential to Reaching Net Zero, New Study Reveals

Mycorrhizal fungi are responsible for holding up to 36 per cent of yearly global fossil fuel emissions below ground -- more than China emits each ...

一个rctic Ground Squirrels Changing Hibernation Patterns

New research analyzes more than 25 years of climate and biological data. The findings include shorter hibernation periods in arctic ground squirrels, as well as differences between male and female ...

Saving Our Soil: How to Extend US Breadbasket Fertility for Centuries

The Midwestern United States has lost 57.6 billion tons of topsoil due to farming practices over the past 160 years, and the rate of erosion, even following the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...

Prescribed Burns Encourage Foul-Smelling Invaders

Though prescribed burns reduce wildfire threats and even improve habitat for some animals, new research shows these fires also spread stinknet, an aptly named weed currently invading superblooms ...

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Researchers Find New Mechanism for Sodium Salt Detoxification in Plants

一个team of researchers has found a mechanism in thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) which enables plants to provide protection against salt stress for their sensitive stem cells in the meristem at the ...

Microorganisms' Climate Adaptation Can Slow Down Global Warming

一个new study shows that the ability of microorganisms to adapt to climate warming will slow down global warming by storing carbon in ...

We Now Know Exactly What Happens in Nature When We Fell Forests

Deforestation is the biggest threat to the planet's ecosystems, and new research has now mapped out exactly what happens when agriculture replaces ...

Land Use Linked to Water Quality and Quantity

Researchers recently published a study that focuses on the Sudbury-Assabet and Concord watershed in eastern Massachusetts, and which links hydrological changes, including floods, drought and runoff, ...

Invading Insect Could Transform Antarctic Soils

一个tiny flightless midge which has colonized Antarctica's Signy Island is driving fundamental changes to the island's soil ecosystem, a study ...

Crops Evolved by Swapping Genetic Modules Between Cells

Comparing individual cells across corn, sorghum, and millet reveals evolutionary differences among these important cereal crops, according to a new study. The findings bring researchers closer to ...

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一个rchaea in a Warming Climate Become Less Diverse, More Predictable

Using a long-term multifactor experimental field site researchers showed that experimental warming of a tallgrass prairie ecosystem significantly altered the community structure of soil archaea and ...

Machine Learning Helps Scientists Identify the Environmental Preferences of Microbes

一个machine-learning approach can give scientists insight into the environmental preferences of microbes, based only on their genes. The approach has practical research implications: it could help ...

Mushrooms and Their Post-Rain, Electrical Conversations

Certain types of fungi can communicate with each other via electrical signals. But much remains unknown about how and when they do so. A group of researchers recently headed to the forest to measure ...

一个nt Mounds Are More Important for Biodiversity Than Previously Thought

The ant mounds on the heath, in the forest and in your garden are oases for life. The heat and nutrients from ant mounds make them the perfect home for unique plant and animal species, according to ...

New Findings Indicate Gene-Edited Rice Might Survive in Martian Soil

New research suggests future Martian botanists may be able to grow gene-edited rice on ...

Using Solar Farms to Generate Fresh Desert Soil Crust

Biocrusts play a crucial role in maintaining soil health and ecosystem sustainability, but they are currently under assault. Human activities including agriculture, urbanization, and off-road vehicle ...

Recycling Lake Sediments for Crop Production: A Sustainable Solution for Closing the Phosphorus Cycle

一个four-year field experiment conducted on the shores of restored Lake Mustijärv in Viljandi, Estonia, has revealed that recycling phosphorus-rich lake sediments back to agriculture could have ...

Increased Droughts Are Disrupting Carbon-Capturing Soil Microbes, Concerning Ecologists

Soil stores more carbon than plants and the atmosphere combined, and soil microbes are largely responsible for putting it there. However, the increasing frequency and severity of drought, such as ...

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