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Scientists unlock the secret role of ocean microbes in Earth’s climate

Beneath the ocean’s surface, an unseen system works without pause. Tiny microbes drift through the water, breaking down…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #AU #Australia #Carboncycle #Climatechange #climatechangemicrobes #GlobalGoodNews #GreenGoodNews #microbes #NewDiscoveries #Ocean #oceanmicrobes #research
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/781326/

this week's feature in #CurrentBiology is about the less celebrated #microbiomes of nose, skin and vagina. Blog entry contains magic link for free access (50 days). https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/06/our-less-famous-microbiomes.html

#science #ecology #health #humans #microbes

this week's feature in #CurrentBiology is about the less celebrated #microbiomes of nose, skin and vagina. Blog entry contains magic link for free access (50 days). https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/06/our-less-famous-microbiomes.html

#science #ecology #health #humans #microbes

18-Jun-2026
New study led by South African scientists reveals how sea-ice #microbes survive the #SouthernOcean’s harsh winter, with implications for #climateChange
This study further reinforces the importance of the Southern Ocean marginal ice zone as a critical hotspot for global #sulfur cycling where #biogeochemical processes for climate regulation are enhanced.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1132072

#science #ecology #extremeEnvironments #LifeOnTheEdge #climateCatastrophe

18-Jun-2026
New study led by South African scientists reveals how sea-ice #microbes survive the #SouthernOcean’s harsh winter, with implications for #climateChange
This study further reinforces the importance of the Southern Ocean marginal ice zone as a critical hotspot for global #sulfur cycling where #biogeochemical processes for climate regulation are enhanced.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1132072

#science #ecology #extremeEnvironments #LifeOnTheEdge #climateCatastrophe

#Cows’ #methane burps may be fueled by a newfound organelle in #gut #microbes
The newly dubbed #hydrogenobody is found in ciliates living in cows’ first stomach
The microbes live in cattle’s rumens, the first #stomach of cud-chewing animals where grass and other plants are fermented and broken down. The new organelle is called a hydrogenobody. It makes #hydrogen, which stimulates other microbes in the #rumen to produce the #greenhousegas methane.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cows-methane-burps-may-be-fueled-by-a-newfound-organelle-in-gut-microbes
https://archive.ph/1DLkA

#Cows’ #methane burps may be fueled by a newfound organelle in #gut #microbes
The newly dubbed #hydrogenobody is found in ciliates living in cows’ first stomach
The microbes live in cattle’s rumens, the first #stomach of cud-chewing animals where grass and other plants are fermented and broken down. The new organelle is called a hydrogenobody. It makes #hydrogen, which stimulates other microbes in the #rumen to produce the #greenhousegas methane.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cows-methane-burps-may-be-fueled-by-a-newfound-organelle-in-gut-microbes
https://archive.ph/1DLkA

"[The microbes researchers found high in the atmosphere] turned out to be some of the same humdrum bugs that grow on our crops, our gardens, even our skin. These well-known critters may live a secret double life that few people imagined: flying around the world at two to three times the height of a commercial jetliner."

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/earth-stratosphere-life-microbes

#Microbes

"[The microbes researchers found high in the atmosphere] turned out to be some of the same humdrum bugs that grow on our crops, our gardens, even our skin. These well-known critters may live a secret double life that few people imagined: flying around the world at two to three times the height of a commercial jetliner."

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/earth-stratosphere-life-microbes

#Microbes

New publication: Unraveling underlying mechanisms and responsible #microbes of organic residue-stimulated atmospheric #methane uptake in agricultural soils. #agriculturalsoil #compost #greenhousegas
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiag048

Wildfires can have devastating effects, but microbes and fungi play a key role in helping ecosystems recover. In our latest podcast episode, Dr. Sydney Glassman discusses new findings from her lab as well as stories from her scientific journey. She also shares advice and sources of inspiration that have helped her succeed in science.

https://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-sydney-glassman/

#mycology #fungi #microbiology #microbes #bacteria #wildfires

Wildfires can have devastating effects, but microbes and fungi play a key role in helping ecosystems recover. In our latest podcast episode, Dr. Sydney Glassman discusses new findings from her lab as well as stories from her scientific journey. She also shares advice and sources of inspiration that have helped her succeed in science.

https://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-sydney-glassman/

#mycology #fungi #microbiology #microbes #bacteria #wildfires

#News: #Trees are even cooler than we thought! 🌳🦠 #Research reveals #microbes in tree bark EAT greenhouse gases like #methane and #carbon monoxide. #Forests are giant air filters 🌍💚 #ClimateActionNow #NatureIsAmazing #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-15/tree-bark-microbes-play-a-role-in-eliminating-greenhouse-gases/106211008?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

#News: #Trees are even cooler than we thought! 🌳🦠 #Research reveals #microbes in tree bark EAT greenhouse gases like #methane and #carbon monoxide. #Forests are giant air filters 🌍💚 #ClimateActionNow #NatureIsAmazing #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-15/tree-bark-microbes-play-a-role-in-eliminating-greenhouse-gases/106211008?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

3-Jun-2026
The road to better #health requires a map of the #microbes in your #mouth

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1130738

#science #ecology #microbiome

3-Jun-2026
The road to better #health requires a map of the #microbes in your #mouth

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1130738

#science #ecology #microbiome

Microbes live everywhere. The ones that like the harshest environments, we call extremophiles, and there are few environments as harsh as salt lakes. Some microbes that survive in there dress up with an outer sheath to isolate themselves.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72670-8

#Microbes #Extremophiles

Microbes live everywhere. The ones that like the harshest environments, we call extremophiles, and there are few environments as harsh as salt lakes. Some microbes that survive in there dress up with an outer sheath to isolate themselves.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72670-8

#Microbes #Extremophiles

“It’s become increasingly clear that some of climate change’s greatest threats come not from warm places heating up but from cold places defrosting.” #climatechange #microbes #microbialevolution

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“It’s become increasingly clear that some of climate change’s greatest threats come not from warm places heating up but from cold places defrosting.” #climatechange #microbes #microbialevolution

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“When he regained consciousness, hours later, he was aghast. He could see into his arm; the muscle and bone were exposed. ‘It was just a big hole,’ he told me.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... #climatechange #microbes #bacteria

Our Warming Planet Is a Petri ...

“When he regained consciousness, hours later, he was aghast. He could see into his arm; the muscle and bone were exposed. ‘It was just a big hole,’ he told me.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... #climatechange #microbes #bacteria

Our Warming Planet Is a Petri ...

The saprotrophic-symbiotic continuum in fungi
and the loss of rare microbiota through agricultural intensification

Saprotrophy-to-symbiosis continuum in fungi. Francis Martin, Hao Tan, Current Biology : 2025 >>
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982225000624

Banerjee, S., Dasgupta, D. & van der Heijden, M.G.A. Agricultural intensification, microbial homogenization and loss of rare microbiota. Nat Rev Microbiol (2026)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-026-01315-w >>
#soil #agriculture #microbiota #microbes #mycorrhizae #mutualism #symbiosis #saprotrophy #ecology #taxonomy #EcologicalSpectrum #organisms #LeafLitter #PlantMicrobeInteractions #MicrobialEcology

Image: #Fungi, Bellingen, NSW

The saprotrophic-symbiotic continuum in fungi
and the loss of rare microbiota through agricultural intensification

Saprotrophy-to-symbiosis continuum in fungi. Francis Martin, Hao Tan, Current Biology : 2025 >>
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982225000624

Banerjee, S., Dasgupta, D. & van der Heijden, M.G.A. Agricultural intensification, microbial homogenization and loss of rare microbiota. Nat Rev Microbiol (2026)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-026-01315-w >>
#soil #agriculture #microbiota #microbes #mycorrhizae #mutualism #symbiosis #saprotrophy #ecology #taxonomy #EcologicalSpectrum #organisms #LeafLitter #PlantMicrobeInteractions #MicrobialEcology

Image: #Fungi, Bellingen, NSW

How #climatechange may increase #antibioticresistance
#Climate boosted #antibiotic resistance among bacteria found in artificially warmed grassland soils, researchers report April 22 in Nature. And as drought strips the soil of moisture, #antibiotics in the environment become concentrated in the little water that remains, encouraging the growth of resistant #microbes, another team reports in the April Nature Microbiology.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-increase-antibiotic-resistance
https://archive.ph/AyC97

🌫️🦠 Researchers from #ArizonaState University and #Susquehanna University collected #fog samples over 32 events across two years and found living #bacteria — mostly Methylobacterium — at concentrations comparable to seawater.

The #microbes appeared to be actively growing inside fog droplets and could break down formaldehyde much faster than previously observed in #cloud #water, suggesting fog acts as both a habitat and a natural air filter.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/fog-is-teeming-with-life-and-it-may-be-doing-us-a-surprising-favor

#microbiology #airquality #atmosphere #science #ecology #pollution #clouds #microbiome #nature

Antarctic Microbes Put Survival to the Test in Space
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=antarctic-microbes-put-survival-to-the-test-in-space
<p>ISS National Lab-enabled research studies how life withstands the space environment
#antarctic #microbes #survival #national

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: ❄️🧊 #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.

Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video

#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video

❄️🧊 #Antarctica looks empty from above, but researchers find signs of #history and life hidden deep beneath the #ice.

Cleo Abram talks with scientists about subglacial #lakes and ice cores that act as a frozen timeline of our #atmosphere. The remote environments could help us understand how life might survive on icy moons like #Jupiter's #Europa.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-under-antarctica-vostok-video

#air #animals #astrobiology #biology #climate #climatechange #discoveries #earth #extremophiles #geography #geology #geothermal #glaciers #lasers #limnology #microbes #moons #mountains #mystery #science #snow #space #underground #virus #volcanoes #water #womeninstem #tksst #video

🚜🧬 Researchers compared two similar communities with different #farming techniques to study immune system development.

#Amish #children who grow up around traditional manual farming show a much lower risk of #allergies than #Hutterite children who live on modernized industrial farms. The study suggests that early exposure to diverse environmental #microbes found in barns helps train our immune system to ignore harmless allergens.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/amish-dont-develop-allergies-33/

#biology #health #science #immunology #research #medicine #nature #education

5/
• Biological Marvels: Discover the extreme adaptations required to survive the coldest place on Earth, where temperatures have plummeted to -89°C. We explore fish that have evolved "biological radiator fluid" to prevent freezing and ancient microbes that survive by living literally inside the pores of sandstone rocks.

https://youtu.be/41niL0hE38A

#podcast
#Antarctica
#Antarctic
#history
#climate
#adaptation
#biology
#fish
#microbes

7-May-2026
Thawing #Arctic #soil awakens only half of soil #microbes, new study reveals

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1126876

#science #permafrost #climateCatastrophe #ecology #environment

I absolutely loved working on the figure on microbial dormancy for researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory.

#scienceillustration #education
#geology #sciencefigures
#soil #biology #microbes #microbiology

Impact des pratiques agricoles sur la qualité microbiologique des sols
https://www.encyclopedie-environnement.org/sol/impact-pratiques-agricoles-qualite-microbiologique-sols/
#environnement #encyclopédie #agriculture #sols #microbiologie #botanique #science #microbes

The #Mass of #Light : Medium

How your #Heartbeat could keep #Cancer at bay : Nature

#Dangerous #Microbes may be #Hiding in #Drought-stricken #Soils : Sci Am

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

Martian microbes may have hitched rides to Earth â new study shows life could survive interplanetary journey
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=martian-microbes-may-have-hitched-rides-to-earth-new-study-shows-life-could-survive-interplanetary-journey
Quick take: <p>A Johns Hopkins study found that Deinococcus radiodurans
#interplanetary #microbes #martian #hitched

🩹🧬 Scar tissue forms when specialized cells called fibroblasts quickly deposit dense bundles of collagen to seal an injury.

The process prioritizes the restoration of the skin's protective barrier against #microbes over the original structure of healthy skin. Because the resulting dense tissue lacks #hair follicles and sweat glands it remains a permanent physical record of the body's rapid repair mechanism.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/why-scars-never-disappear/

#science #biology #humanbody #health #dermatology #evolution #learning #nature