Viruses play a far more active role in Earth’s carbon cycle than previously understood, according to new research that reveals how they infect and control microbes responsible for carbon production […]
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Ecological Modelling Of Hycean Worlds
New observations are opening the possibility of characterising habitable environments in exoplanetary systems, with the recent example of the candidate hycean world K2-18 b.
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Recent Microbial Evolutionary Insights From Metagenomics
Microorganisms have profoundly shaped Earth’s biological and geological history, from the origins of oxygenic photosynthesis to present-day global biogeochemical cycles.
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Why Conserving The Invisible 99% Of Life On Our Home World Is Fundamental To Planetary Health
A new paper outlines how scientists came together to put together the first microbial conservation roadmap under the leadership of Applied Microbiology International President, Professor Jack Gilbert.
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Mid-Devonian Ocean Oxygenation Enabled The Expansion Of Animals Into Deeper-water Habitats
The oxygenation history of Earth’s surface environments has had a profound influence on the ecology and evolution of metazoan life.
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Draft Genome Sequence Of An Uncultured Archaeon From Antarctic Endolithic Communities
A draft genome sequence was assembled and annotated for an uncultured archaeon reconstructed from shotgun metagenomes obtained from Antarctic endoliths.
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Insight Into How Some Species Thrive In Dark, Oxygen-free Environments
Most life on Earth relies on the sun’s energy for survival, but what about organisms in the deep sea that live beyond the reach of its rays? A new study […]
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Massive Asteroid Impacts Did Not Change Earth’s Climate In The Long Term
Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to any lasting changes in the Earth’s climate, according to a new study by UCL researchers.
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Rate-induced Biosphere Collapse In The Daisyworld Model
There is much interest in the phenomenon of rate-induced tipping, where a system changes abruptly when forcings change faster than some critical rate. Here, we demonstrate and analyse rate-induced tipping […]
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The Eukaryome Of Modern Microbialites Reveals Distinct Colonization Across Aquatic Ecosystems
Protists are less studied for their role and diversity in ecosystems. Notably, protists have played and still play an important role in microbialites. Microbialites, or lithified microbial mats, represent the […]