Living trees absorb a considerable amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and therefore play an important role in the protection of our climate. Little is known about the role of dead trees in the global carbon cycle, ...
Environment
Sep 1, 2021
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Climate change could increase the release of greenhouse gases from insect-driven forest decay, a new study has found.
Environment
Sep 1, 2021
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Plant litter can influence soil organic carbon dynamics via the priming effect, which is defined as changes in soil organic carbon decomposition rates due to increases in microbial growth and activities responding to plant ...
Biochemistry
Jul 22, 2021
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The fast-moving decline and extinction of many species of detritivores—organisms that break down and remove dead plant and animal matter—may have dire consequences, an international team of scientists suggests in a new ...
Ecology
Jul 2, 2021
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Chemists at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg have published a breakthrough in magnesium chemistry in the journal Nature.
Materials Science
Apr 29, 2021
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For the implementation of an effective hydrogen economy in the forthcoming years, hydrogen produced from sources like coal and petroleum must be transported from its production sites to the end user, often over long distances ...
Materials Science
Apr 6, 2021
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Rhizodeposition of labile organic carbon is one of the main pathways linking above- and below-ground biota to affect soil carbon cycling. Rhizodeposition is also a strategic physiological process for plants to cope with environmental ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 28, 2020
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Calcium acetylide was discovered more than 150 years ago. It is a yellowish-white, beige, or gray solid, a compound of calcium and carbon. Calcium acetylide is currently used to produce gaseous acetylene. In industry, it ...
Materials Science
Nov 25, 2020
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Litter decomposition is critical for carbon (C) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Sunlight, as the essential energy for the biogeochemical cycling, can directly break down natural organic matter and accelerate decomposition ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2020
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Europe's forests are sitting on a pollution timebomb which could rewrite their ecology when it explodes, say researchers.
Environment
Oct 1, 2020
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