What drives soil methane munchers?
In a laboratory soil incubation, I will combine stable isotope tracing, methane (CH4) production and consumption...
What if we are missing early animal fossils?
I am investigating whether our current method of extracting early animal fossils from the rock using acid...
Sharpening California's toxic algal bloom threshold
Domoic acid is a potent neurotoxin made by the microscopic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia. It builds up in shellfish...
Peak Confusion: Why Won't This Mountain Erode?
The Pinaleño Mountains in Arizona have an unusually flat summit. Why haven't streams carved it into rugged...
Lithogardens: lithoautotrophy-powered microbial communities for improved carbon capture with enhanced rock weathering
By 2050, the process of enhanced rock weathering can be capturing 0.3 Gt CO2/yr in the US alone [1], but...
Worms at Work: Scoping Natural Carbon Sequestration at Scale
For centuries, scientists noted earthworms' exploits as ecosystem engineers. Recent research shows the feasibility...
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