Scientists unlock the secret role of ocean microbes in Earth’s climate
Beneath the ocean’s surface, an unseen system works without pause. Tiny microbes drift through the water, breaking down…
Does the Arctic Ocean regulate or amplify global warming? – Sciworthy
Greenhouse gases trap heat within the atmosphere. One such gas that exists beneath the ocean floor is methane.…
Mid-Holocene retreat of the Greenland Ice Sheet indicated by subglacial methane release
Wadham, J. L. et al. Ice sheets matter for the global carbon cycle. Nat. Commun. 10, 3567 (2019).…
Enhanced organic carbon burial in rewetted wetlands precedes long-term stabilization
Griscom, B. W. et al. Natural climate solutions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 114, 11645–11650 (2017). Google Scholar Drever,…
Climate impacts from North American boreal forest fires
We estimated the net radiative forcing impacts from North American boreal forest fires between 2001 and 2019 relative…
Sinking carbon sinks | Nature Climate Change
Terrestrial ecosystems take up approximately a third of anthropogenically emitted carbon and are a key component of climate…
Nonlinear microbial thermal response and its implications for abrupt soil organic carbon responses to warming
Soil microbial CUE and respiration datasets We compiled a dataset of soil microbial CUE at cross-biome scale. Part…
Assessing the impacts of mitigation and geoengineering intervention scenarios on Earth system dynamics and climatological variability with multimodal simulations
This study examined various mitigation and geoengineering experiments to understand these strategies’ potential impacts and identify the most…
Marine ecosystem role in setting up preindustrial and future climate
Preindustrial states Two distinct quasi-equilibrium preindustrial climate states are simulated, with and without ocean biology (hereafter referred to…
New Study Uncovers Vital Ocean Processes for Carbon Storage and Climate Regulation
Organic carbon preservation in ocean sediments, a phenomenon critical to the Earth’s carbon cycle, has been illuminated by…
Fire, environmental and anthropogenic controls on pantropical tree cover
Environmental controls and human impact MAP is the primary control of tropical tree cover and dominates in arid…
NASA Helps Find Thawing Permafrost Adds to Near-Term Global Warming
Earth’s far northern reaches have locked carbon underground for millennia. New research paints a picture of a landscape…