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Biologists Unlock 'Black Box' to Underground World: How Tiny Microbes Make Life Easier for Humans
January 3, 2013 — Biologists have unlocked the "black box" to the underground world home to billions of microscopic creatures. That first peek inside may well explain how the number of species in an ecosystem changes ... > full story -
Amazon Deforestation Brings Loss of Microbial Communities
December 26, 2012 — An international team of microbiologists has found that a troubling net loss in diversity among the microbial organisms responsible for a functioning ecosystem is accompanying deforestation in the ... > full storyMore: -
How Shrubs Are Reducing the Positive Contribution of Peatlands to Climate
December 23, 2012 — Peatlands (bogs, turf moors) are among the most important ecosystems worldwide for the storage of atmospheric carbon and thus for containing the climate warming process. In the last 30 to 50 years ... > full story -
Hawaiian Islands Are Dissolving from Within, Study Says
December 21, 2012 — Most of us think of soil erosion as the primary force that levels mountains but geologists have found that Oahu's mountains are dissolving from within due to ... > full story -
Death of Hemlock Trees Yields New Life for Hardwood Trees, but at What Cost to the Ecosystem?
December 20, 2012 — Due to the introduction of exotic pests and pathogens, tree species are being eliminated one by one from forest ecosystems. In some cases, scientists can observe immediately how their loss affects ... > full story -
Destructive Forest Cockchafers: Gut Microbes Help Beetles Digest Wood
December 19, 2012 — European forest cockchafers can damage huge areas of trees. They house microbes in their guts that help them to digest their woody food. Larvae and adult beetles have the same microbial species in ... > full story -
Invasive Plant Species May Harm Native Grasslands by Changing Soil Composition
December 19, 2012 — The future landscape of the American Midwest could look a lot like the past—covered in native grasslands rather than agricultural crops. This is not a return to the past, however, but a future ... > full story -
Bad News for Bats: Deadly Fungus Persists in Caves
December 18, 2012 — Researchers have found that the organism that causes deadly white-nose syndrome persists in caves long after it has killed the bats in those ... > full story -
Botany Experiment Will Try out Zero Gravity Aboard Space Station
December 18, 2012 — Gravity: It’s the law in these parts. But to reach the stars, humans may have to learn to live outside the ... > full story -
Farm Soil Determines Environmental Fate of Phosphorus
December 17, 2012 — Brazil's soybean yields have become competitive with those of the United States and Argentina, but the soil demands a lot of phosphorus, which is not renewable. In the United States, meanwhile, ... > full story
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