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Study Evaluates Phosphorus Availability Underground using Plant Leaves as Biosensors

April 25, 2022

When envisioning renewable energy, sources that often come to mind are the sun, wind, batteries, and water. However, biofuel, a type of renewable energy that converts organic material from plants into liquid fuel, is an important part of a global effort to achieve net-zero emissions. Switchgrass, a deep-rooted native North American grass that grows in…

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Researchers Investigate How Changes in Small-Scale Environmental Conditions Impact Microbial Structure and Function

April 25, 2022

  Just one teaspoon of soil or sediment can contain up to one billion microbes. These microorganisms in Earth’s subsurface, although invisible, largely influence the global carbon cycle through their ability to break down organic material, which releases carbon dioxide in the process. However, environmental conditions within Earth’s subsurface such as moisture, nutrient availability, and…

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EESA Study Closes Knowledge Gaps of Drought Impacts on Microbial Activity

April 25, 2022

Climate change is leading to an increase in many vivid impacts, such as more frequent wildfires and floods. However, there are many effects of climate change that can’t be seen from miles away – or even seen at all. The intensity and frequency of drought is predicted to increase along with higher temperatures. Droughts can…

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EESA Researchers Develop Open-Source Code for Modeling Soil Biogeochemistry

April 22, 2022

  Senior scientist William Riley and several EESA collaborators have published a chapter of a new book on soil biogeochemistry. Published in March, the book Multi-Scale Biogeochemical Processes in Soil Ecosystems: Critical Reactions and Resilience to Climate Changes was developed to provide a state-of-the-art overview of research in soil biogeochemical processes and strategies for greenhouse…

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Berkeley Lab Team Hunts for Carbon in Soil Without Getting Their Hands Dirty

April 14, 2022

This article was published first at newscenter.lbl.gov.   Physicists and soil scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have teamed up to develop a new method for finding carbon stored in the soil by plants and microbes. Unlike all previous methods, this new technique makes it possible to see the…

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New Research Demonstrates Method for Rapidly Characterizing Watershed Organization and Function Using Zone-based Approach

March 16, 2022

East River watershed, Colorado CA

More than half of earth’s freshwater comes from mountainous watersheds – areas of land that catch precipitation and drain to nearby streams, lakes, and rivers. These ecosystems provide services such as water filtration, nutrient cycling and carbon storage that can significantly impact the amount of clean, freshwater critical for energy production, agriculture, and municipal water…

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Dead or alive? Modeling how microorganisms in soil shape the global carbon cycle

March 3, 2022

Microbe images imposed on Earth. Credit Berkeley Lab

Living soil microorganisms are extremely powerful and incredibly diverse biogeochemical engines driving the turnover of organic matter in the terrestrial biosphere. However, it is not only in life that microbes control the future of the global carbon cycle and Earth system productivity. In fact, dead microbial biomass, or necromass, is one of the largest stocks…

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Eddy Fluxes Are Key to Quantifying How Much More Plants Photosynthesize with Increased Atmospheric CO2

March 1, 2022

  Through photosynthesis, the green leaves of vegetation use the sun’s energy to capture carbon dioxide (CO2), synthesize sugars, and thus sustain life on Earth. Globally, plants have been shown to photosynthesize more with increased atmospheric levels of this heat-trapping gas. But this CO2 fertilization effect (CFE) can be hard to determine without teasing out factors…

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5G Connectivity Gives Scientists Better Access to Data on Atmospheric Processes in Colorado Mountains

February 9, 2022

This article was originally published on the Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences website. By Elizabeth Ball   As winter falls in a remote corner of Colorado, in a mountainous watershed on the Upper Colorado River, hundreds of sensors continue their work, day in and day out: forming a detailed quantitative picture of the watershed by collecting…

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Plants Buy Us Time to Slow Climate Change – But Not Enough to Stop It

December 8, 2021

This news release appeared first at newscenter.lbl.gov A new study finds that plants are photosynthesizing more in response to more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but nowhere near enough to remove all emissions. (Credit: baona/iStock) Because plants take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it into food, forests and other similar ecosystems are considered…

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