carbon-cycling
Carbon cycling refers to the continuous movement of carbon through Earth's atmosphere, soil, water, and living organisms via processes like photosynthesis, respiration, and decomposition. Plants are central to this cycle, acting as primary carbon fixers that convert atmospheric CO2 into organic matter, making them critical regulators of global carbon balance. Understanding how plants influence and respond to carbon cycling informs research on climate change mitigation, ecosystem productivity, and soil carbon sequestration.
open_in_new WikipediaMycorrhizal type shifts the controls on tree root exudation from so...
Whether the oaks or pines in your local park are partnered with truffle-style fungi or fine-root-...
Reduced legacy precipitation decreases microbial community growth e...
Drier winters — increasingly common with climate change — can quietly degrade the soil health ben...
Subsurface soil inorganic carbon gains offset half of surface losse...
The dirt beneath your food crops holds as much carbon as all Earth's living plants combined, and ...
Nitrogen and water shifts push forest leaf timing in opposite directions
The maples and oaks you watch change color each fall may shift their timing by weeks as nitrogen ...
Tropical trees shed leaves on internal rhythms, not to capture more...
Tropical rainforests you might picture as lush and evergreen actually shed and flush leaves on se...
Rapid Decomposition of Gallic Acid in Anaerobic Conditions Mediated...
The compost pile you flood or the rain-soaked garden bed you worry about may be releasing carbon ...
Conserved bacterial assembly across sediment depths with divergent ...
Healthy mangrove soils scrub carbon, filter coastal water, and buffer storm surges — and this res...
Soil amendments impact hydroxyl radicals production in paddy soil: ...
Every bag of lime or compost you work into waterlogged garden beds or rice paddies sets off a cha...
Metabolically diverse microorganisms mediating hydrocarbon cycling ...
The same types of hydrocarbon-degrading microbes found here have close relatives in garden and ag...