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Warming Climate Could Flip Mixotrophic Microbes from Carbon Sinks to Carbon Emitters

New research finds that a warming climate could flip globally abundant microbial communities from carbon sinks to carbon emitters, potentially triggering climate change tipping points

2 Jun 2023

Bioplastics Based on Cane Sugar Also Negatively Impact Biological Life

Plastic made from cane sugar also threatens the environment. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg have found that perch change their behaviour when exposed to so-called bioplastic.

2 Jun 2023

Transforming Plants Into Key Drivers of Decarbonization

Nature-based solutions are an effective tool to combat climate change triggered by rising carbon emissions, whether it's by clearing the skies with bio-based aviation fuels or boosting natural carbon sinks

2 Jun 2023

More People Die From Wildfire Smoke Than From the Fires, Says Expert

Smoke from wildfires in Western Canada has drifted across the border and is prompting air quality alerts across multiple U.S. states this week and into the Memorial Day weekend.

26 May 2023

Novel Tool for Deeper Understanding of Forest Change

Every second, the planet loses a stretch of forest equivalent to a football field due to logging, fires, insect infestation, disease, wind, drought, and other factors.

19 May 2023

New Research Offers Valuable New Insights to Help Conserve a Migratory Bird Species

Current conservation practices likely won’t do enough to save the black tern, a migratory bird species that nests in the northern U.S. and southern Canada, from disappearing.

15 May 2023

Birds Become Smaller and Longer-Winged in the Warming World

Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest.

10 May 2023

Climate Warming Reduces the Diversity of Soil Archaea

Led by Jizhong Zhou, Ph.D., the director of the Institute for Environmental Genomics at the University of Oklahoma, an international research team conducted a long term experiment that found that climate warming reduced the diversity of and significantly altered the community structure of soil archaea.

9 May 2023

Understanding Viral Infections Within Complex Microbial Food Webs

Microbes perform important functions in ecosystems, and these functions are shifting as a result of global warming. Scientists now know that most microorganisms are infected with viruses, but they know very little about how these viral infections can affect how microbes respond to warming.

9 May 2023