Phosphorus is an essential yet often limiting macronutrient that shapes primary productivity and microbial activity in terrestrial ecosystems. Unlike carbon and nitrogen cycles, which have gaseous ...

The roles microbes play in ecosystems are changing with global warming. Microbes are also affected by infection by viruses, but scientists know relatively little about how these viral infections could ...

A new study has unraveled key findings about the earliest life forms on Earth. In rock samples from Barberton, Republic of South Africa, researchers were able to find evidence of an unprecedented ...

As greenhouse effects become increasingly prominent, soil carbon has been a major focus of research on climate change. Soil microorganisms are the key groups that drive soil carbon transformation. Due ...

In recent years, computer simulation has been increasingly used to predict changes in actual ecosystems. In these studies, snapshots of ecosystems at certain points in time were instantly constructed ...

The world’s oceans absorb approximately a quarter of all carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions. During absorption, CO 2 reacts with seawater and oceanic pH levels fall. This is known as ocean acidification ...

The feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem can be seen in food chains. Sampling allows us to measure the abundance and distribution of these species. In this video, Greg Foot ...