Viruses in different life cycles can promote elemental cycling (e.g., carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) by viral lysing or auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) metabolisms. Viruses can increase microbial ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Researchers have for the first time assessed the extinction risk of soil-dependent animals, invertebrates ...

Global change driven by anthropogenic pressures has profoundly affected ocean biogeochemical cycles. Natural fluxes have been disrupted due to imbalances, often in excess, of key elements like carbon, ...

We all know Earth is special, but we may not fully appreciate how good we have it on this planet. Unlike its planetary neighbors, Earth has remained habitable for billions of years thanks to a ...

Life on Earth has long been understood to run on two main energy sources. One comes from sunlight, captured by photosynthesis. The other comes from chemical reactions, such as microbes feeding on ...

The remnants of ice attached to the coast offer astounding insights into the climate history of past millennia. An international research team led by the CNR Institute of Polar Sciences (Italy) and ...