Research Summaries

Soil moisture is key to determining plant growth and nutrient cycling in complex tundra landscapes.

Computer model offers detailed view of water cycling and complex Earth system dynamics.

Characterizing carbon stored in deeper sediments below soils is critical for understanding the stability and dynamics of Earth’s carbon pool.

Scientists investigate a threshold for rapid ice-sheet degradation in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Molecular studies show phage-host interactions are more complicated than most laboratory studies suggest.

A careful consideration of electric fields could lead to faster industrial processes that use less energy and release less waste.

Findings could rewrite textbooks about molecular structure for solvent ubiquitous in chemistry and biology.

Element-selective method reveals interfacial properties of materials used for water purification, catalysis, energy conversion, and more.

Algae that turn carbon dioxide into fuel feedstock are enhanced by surrounding bacteria.

Recovery of more than 1500 microbial genomes shines light on how carbon is metabolized as permafrost thaws.