Where rivers jump course
Large floods will sometimes force a river to jump course and forge a new path across the landscape, in rare and catastrophic events known...
Fjords emit as much methane as all the deep oceans globally
During heavy storms, the normally stratified layers of water in ocean fjords get mixed, which leads to oxygenation of the fjord floor. But these...
Future reversal of warming-enhanced vegetation productivity in the Northern Hemisphere
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 30 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01374-wVegetation productivity in the Northern Hemisphere has increased under climate change since the 1980s. However, the...
Peaking productivity by 2060
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 30 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01370-0Climate change and rising CO2 concentrations have been increasing plant productivity over the past two decades....
Modelling the behavior and dynamics of microswimmers
The understanding of the clustering and movement of microswimmers has a range of applications from human health to tackling ecological problems.
In wake of hurricane, microbial ecosystem remarkably resilient
After sustaining seemingly catastrophic hurricane damage, a primordial groundcover vital to sustaining a multitude of coastal lifeforms bounced back to life in a matter...
A cushy lab life has its evolutionary costs — when it comes to fish,...
An animal's ability to adapt to its environment is clearly key to its survival, but does that ability come at a physiological cost? A...
Learning from nature: Biosynthesis of cyanobacterin opens up new class of natural compounds for...
Researchers have succeeded in understanding the biosynthetic mechanisms for the production of the natural product cyanobacterin, which is produced in small quantities by the...
NSIDC DAAC makes altimetry data more accessible
By Agnieszka GautierLidar instruments have been mapping surface heights in Earth’s frozen regions—known as the cryosphere—since at least 1993, first on aircraft, and then...
Siberian tundra could virtually disappear by mid-millennium
Due to global warming, temperatures in the Arctic are climbing rapidly. As a result, the treeline for Siberian larch forests is steadily advancing to...
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