#biogeochemistry — Public Fediverse posts

Bacteriophages are the most abundant and diverse viral entities on Earth, functioning as microscopic apex predators that exist exclusively to infect, replicate within, and ultimately lyse bacterial populations.
#WhatIs #Virology #Microbiology #EvolutionaryBiology #MolecularBiology #Biophysics #Biogeochemistry #ClinicalImmunology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/07/wi07312601.html

uranium powered bacteria? :-P

`Microbial community analysis reveals enrichment of fermentative and sulphate-reducing taxa, consistent with redox conditions favouring U reduction. By demonstrating the stability of immobilised U(V) alongside U(IV), this work advances the understanding of uranium biogeochemistry and offers new insights for sustainable remediation strategies.`

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72560-z

#Uranium #bacteria #biogeochemistry #geology #chemistry #biology

Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is a natural chemical compound produced by microscopic marine organisms in polar ice that functions as a critical regulator of the Earth's climate.
#MarineBiology #Biogeochemistry #Climatology #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/mb06252601.html

🚨Job Alert ! 🚨

2 year Postdoctoral Research Associate in #Biogeochemistry in Oxford using novel methods to explore organic matter stability and new proxies of rock weathering
+wider team in Southampton.
#geology (h/t profbobhilton on bsky)

https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=187069

I got a new preprint out talking about the impact of heatwaves (and warming in general) on the sediment biogeochemistry of temperate estuaries. Short version: it may contribute to eutrophication.

Link: https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2026/egusphere-2026-3235/

#Heatwave #Preprint #Biogeochemistry #Estuary

The final three of seven poster presentations at #BOGS2026 are:
Does recent seagrass expansion increase carbon storage in an atoll environment?
Advancements in amino-acid hydroxyproline radiocarbon dating: post-LC cleanup protocols
Evaluating Orbitrap HRAM-MS for stable isotope incorporation analysis

I'm sorry to have missed the Meeting this year but I hope to attend #BOGS2027, wherever it is... updates to follow!

#OrganicGeochemistry #BioGeoChemistry

As well as the oral presentations at #BOGS2026, there were a number of posters. Four of the seven presented are:
Removal of shrimp aquaculture antibiotics using a combined adsorption and electrochemical oxidation process
UK’37 is unaffected by IODP repository conditions
Predicting the evolution and fate of iron/organic carbon colloids (FeOCc) in natural waters
Chemical markers for tyre wear particles using pyrolysis-GC-MS

#OrganicGeochemistry #BioGeoChemistry #Geochemistry

On the second day of #BOGS2026, Session 4: Proxy Development II
Peatland climate feedbacks during warming intervals mediated by environmental change
Understanding microbe-mineral-organic interactions in Icelandic hot springs
The stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic compositions of microbial phospholipid fatty acids reveal contrasting carbon sources and metabolism across tropical peatlands and global environments

#OrganicGeochemistry #BioGeoChemistry #Geochemistry

As permafrost degrades due to climate warming, intensified chemical rock weathering in river catchments creates a geological carbon sink that can significantly offset the biological release of carbon dioxide.
#Biogeochemistry #Climatology #Geomorphology #Hydrology #EarthScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/es06172602.html

Freshwater sediments host highly adapted microorganisms that consume substantial amounts of methane under oxygen-free conditions, preventing a significant portion of this potent greenhouse gas from reaching the atmosphere.
#Biogeochemistry #EnvironmentalMicrobiology #Limnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/es06172601.html

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal networks are vast underground systems that form symbiotic relationships with the majority of Earth's plant species, exchanging water and nutrients for plant-fixed carbon. A recent global mapping effort revealed these living infrastructures possess a total length of approximately 110 quadrillion kilometers and a mass of roughly 300 megatons of carbon.
#Mycology #SoilEcology #Biogeochemistry #EvolutionaryBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/bio06142602.html

A tectonically driven 60 million-year biogeochemical redox cycle paces marine biodiversity

📊DATASET: bit.ly/3PU93FU

📑ARTICLE in Nature Communications Earth & Environment: bit.ly/43rpwEB

#Biogeochemistry #Geology #Paleobiology #Platetectonics #Earthscience #environmentalscience #opendata #openscience #openresearch

Oysters continuously filter coastal waters and deposit excess nitrogen into the ocean floor sediment, a natural process known as nitrogen burial. A recent study demonstrates that this ecosystem service has an economic value 42% higher than previously estimated.
#MarineEcology #Biogeochemistry #EnvironmentalEconomics #CoastalManagement #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/eco05242601.html

Geoengineering, also referred to as climate engineering, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth's climatic system with the primary goal of mitigating the adverse effects of anthropogenic global warming.
#Geoengineering #AtmosphericScience #EarthScience #Chemistry #Engineering #Biogeochemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/cat05172601.html

Increasing atmospheric dryness and storms accelerates biomass turnover in Amazonian forests

Pan, Y. et al. The enduring world forest carbon sink. Nature 631, 563–569 (2024). Article  CAS  Google Scholar …
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Biogeochemistry #Climatechange #ClimateChange/ClimateChangeImpacts #Ecosystemecology #EnvironmentalLaw/Policy/Ecojustice #Forestecology #general #Science #Tropicalecology
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/674298/

Soil animal communities display a greater variety of feeding activities, known as trophic diversity, within agricultural ecosystems and tropical regions compared to woodlands and temperate zones.
#SoilEcology #Agroecology #Zoology #Biogeochemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/eco05122601.html

In this comprehensive research report, we undertake an extensive examination of one of the most transformative biological discoveries of the modern scientific era. For centuries, the foundational dogma of terrestrial ecology was absolute: the sun was the ultimate and singular source of energy capable of sustaining complex life.
#WhatIs #MarineBiology #Geochemistry #Microbiology #Biogeochemistry #Astrobiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/wi05052601.html

Experimental exposure to elevated CO2 demonstrates that understory trees in the Amazon initially increase their carbon uptake and growth, though this long-term capacity is ultimately constrained by soil nutrient availability.
#TerrestrialEcology #Biogeochemistry #AtmosphericScience #EnvironmentalGeoscience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/eco04282601.html

Not all giant icebergs, or "megabergs," release fertilizing nutrients into the ocean as they melt; their capacity to stimulate marine life and absorb atmospheric carbon varies drastically depending on their individual life cycles and histories.
#Biogeochemistry #Oceanography #Glaciology #Climatology #EarthScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/es04202601.html

Rivers worldwide are progressively warming and losing oxygen, a transformation that turns them into significant, under-accounted sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The influx of agricultural and urban nutrients, combined with rising temperatures, fuels microbial activity that releases carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide into the atmosphere.
#Biogeochemistry #Hydrology #Climatology #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/env04152602.html

The underappreciated importance of small wetlands in global methane emissions

Lan, X., Thoning, K.W. & Dlugokencky, E.J. Trends in Globally-averaged CH4, N2O, and SF6 determined from NOAA Global…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Biogeochemistry #ClimateChange #ClimateChange/ClimateChangeImpacts #environment #EnvironmentalLaw/Policy/Ecojustice #general #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/527987/

The underappreciated importance of small wetlands in global methane emissions

Lan, X., Thoning, K.W. & Dlugokencky, E.J. Trends in Globally-averaged CH4, N2O, and SF6 determined from NOAA Global…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Biogeochemistry #Climatechange #ClimateChange/ClimateChangeImpacts #EnvironmentalLaw/Policy/Ecojustice #general #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/603518/

This research provides the first biologically based estimate of global oceanic mercury distribution by analyzing blood mercury concentrations in more than 11,000 #seabirds across 108 species.
#Environmental #MarineBiology #Ornithology #Ecotoxicology #Biogeochemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/env04092602.html

The reintroduction and activity of beavers in river corridors transform headwater streams into expansive wetlands that function as highly efficient, long-term carbon sinks. By naturally flooding landscapes and altering groundwater flows, beavers facilitate the extensive trapping of both organic and inorganic carbon materials.
#Environmental #Ecology #Biogeochemistry #Hydrology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/env03182601.html

Drought amplifies warming-induced soil carbon loss in a decade-long experiment

García-Palacios, P. et al. Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming. Nat. Rev. Earth…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Biogeochemistry #ClimateChange #ClimateChange/ClimateChangeImpacts #Climate-changeimpacts #environment #EnvironmentalLaw/Policy/Ecojustice #general #Microbialecology #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/474731/

Biogeochemistry is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes and reactions that shape the natural environment.
#Biogeochemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/cat03092601.html

Marine snow is a continuous shower of organic dust and detritus that falls from the upper layers of the ocean to the seafloor, acting as a vital "biological pump" that transports and stores atmospheric carbon in the deep #ocean
#MarineBiology #EarthScience #Oceanography #Biogeochemistry #Microfluidics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/es03092601.html

We were happy to welcome MSc and BSc students from Wageningen University & Research to the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg yesterday. 🌍

Through presentations on #ClimateModeling, ocean #biogeochemistry, and #cloud observations, the students got an inside look at our research. In small-group discussions with early-career scientists, they could also ask questions about PhDs and careers in #ClimateScience. We finished the visit with a rooftop view over Hamburg 📸
© M. Schulz, MPI-M

The unprecedented surge in #atmospheric #methane during the early 2020s was primarily driven by a temporary decline in #hydroxyl (OH) radicals, which reduced the atmosphere's ability to break down the gas, coupled with increased natural emissions from wetlands due to wetter #climate conditions.
#AtmosphericChemistry #Biogeochemistry #Chemistry #Environmental #EarthScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/chm02092601.html