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Plants without cellular recycling systems get creative in the dark

September 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Autophagy, Carbon, macronutrients, Plant Biology

Deprived of sunlight, plants are unable to transform carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into sugars. They are essentially starved of one of their most important building blocks. New research with maize shows that plants that lack the core components for autophagy have to get creative about recycling nutrients like carbon when they’re left in the dark.

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New Way of Analyzing Soil Organic Matter Will Help Predict Climate Change, Baylor University Researcher Says

September 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Baylor University, Carbon, Clean Air, Clean Water, Climate Change

A new way of analyzing the chemical composition of soil organic matter will help scientists predict how soils store carbon — and how soil carbon may affect climate in the future, says a Baylor University researcher.

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How to Get a Handle on Carbon Dioxide Uptake by Plants

September 21, 2020 sarah Jonas Atmosphere, California Institute of Technology, Carbohydrates, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, carbon uptake, Climate Change, Columbia University, Ecosystems, Environment, fossil fuel burning, Fossil Fuels, Gas, global warming, Greenhouse Gas, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, LAND, Leaves, Light, Models, NASA, New Jersey, NJ, Oxygen, Photosynthesis, plants, Research, Resilience, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Satellites, Science, Soils, sunlight, Tools, University Of Utah, water, Water Cycle

How much carbon dioxide, a pivotal greenhouse gas behind global warming, is absorbed by plants on land? It’s a deceptively complicated question, so a Rutgers-led group of scientists recommends combining two cutting-edge tools to help answer the crucial climate change-related question.

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Ocean Algae Get “Coup de Grace” from Viruses

September 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Algae, Algae blooms, algal blooms, Calcium, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Cells, Chemicals, Coastal Waters, Cycling, deep ocean, Earth, Ecosystems, Environment, Infection, iron, Model, New Jersey, NJ, Norway, Ocean, Oceans, Oregon State University, Oxygen, Phosphorus, Phytoplankton, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, Sequestration, University of Bergen, University of California, Santa Barbara, Viruses, water

Scientists have long believed that ocean viruses always quickly kill algae, but Rutgers-led research shows they live in harmony with algae and viruses provide a “coup de grace” only when blooms of algae are already stressed and dying. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, will likely change how scientists view viral infections of algae, also known as phytoplankton – especially the impact of viruses on ecosystem processes like algal bloom formation (and decline) and the cycling of carbon and other chemicals on Earth.

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Rutgers-Led Project Will Buy 76,000 Oysters From Farmers Struggling During COVID-19 Pandemic

September 10, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Aquaculture, Business, Carbon, Carbon Sequestration, Commercial Fishing, covid, COVID-19, Delaware Bay, Delaware Bayshore, Economy, Ecosystems, Environment, Farming, Farms, fish, Green, Habitat, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Health, indoor dining, Marine Science, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, New Jersey, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, NOAA, oyster farming, Oysters, Pandemic, Recreational Fishing, Restaurants, Restoration, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, Seafood, Shellfish, Sustainability, Sustainable, Water Quality

New Brunswick, N.J. (Sept. 10, 2020) – A Rutgers-led project will buy 76,000 oysters from New Jersey oyster farmers who

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New Theory to Calculate Emissions Liability—”A Profound Business Risk for Some Companies”

August 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Carbon, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Emissions, oil and gas, risk

A new study by Michigan Tech researchers questions conventional methods of calculating carbon emissions liability based on point source pollution by introducing new “bottleneck” theory.

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How to Tackle Climate Change, Food Security and Land Degradation

July 7, 2020 sarah Jonas 2015 Paris Agreement, afforestation, Agriculture, Benefits, Biodiversity, Bioenergy, Carbon, Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Storage, Clean Air, Clean Water, Climate, Climate Change, climate mitigation, Cropland, Crops, Development, Disasters, Ecosystem Services, Ecosystems, Energy, Environment, Ethanol, Farming, Food, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Habitat, Human Ecology, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, IPCC, LAND, land degradation, Mitigation, New Jersey, NJ, Policy, Risk Management, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Shrubs, soil, Sustainability, Sustainable, Sustainable Development Goals, Trees, United Nations, water

How can some of world’s biggest problems – climate change, food security and land degradation – be tackled simultaneously? Some lesser-known options, such as integrated water management and increasing the organic content of soil, have fewer trade-offs than many well-known options, such as planting trees, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Global Change Biology.

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Study: Dying Stars Breathe Life Into Earth

July 6, 2020 sarah Jonas Astronomy, Carbon, Milky Way, Stars, White Dwarf

As dying stars take their final few breaths of life, they gently sprinkle their ashes into the cosmos through the magnificent planetary nebulae. These ashes, spread via stellar winds, are enriched with many different chemical elements, including carbon.

Findings from a study published today in Nature Astronomy show that the final breaths of these dying stars, called white dwarfs, shed light on carbon’s origin in the Milky Way.

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Carbon Cycling in Wet Soils

June 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Carbon, Carbon Storage, Climate Change, Hydrology, microbes, soil, Soil Science, water

Testing microbial activity in soil columns helps researchers understand how carbon is stored in soils that are periodically waterlogged.

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Stocks of vulnerable carbon twice as high where permafrost subsidence is factored in, new research finds

June 17, 2020 sarah Jonas Carbon, Geophysics, Permafrost

Northern Arizona University researchers Elaine Pegoraro, Christina Schädel, Emily Romano, Meghan Taylor and Ted Schuur collaborated on the study, which suggests that traditional methods of permafrost thaw measurement underestimate the amount of previously-frozen carbon unlocked from warming permafrost by more than 100 percent.

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Crop residue decisions affect soil life

June 17, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Carbon, Crop Science, Farming, microbes, Microbiology, soil

New findings share how prescribed fire and no-till management impact soil microbes

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Mangrove Trees Won’t Survive Sea-Level Rise by 2050 if Emissions Aren’t Cut

June 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Atmosphere, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Climate Change, Coast, Coastal, Coastline, Ecosystems, Environment, Erosion, fish, Food, Forests, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Habitat, Mangroves, Nanyang Technological University, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, New Jersey, NJ, NOAA, Ocean, Oceans, Predators, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswck, sea-level change, Sea-level rise, Sediment, shorelines, Species, Subtropical, Tides, Trees, Tropical, Waves

Mangrove trees – valuable coastal ecosystems found in Florida and other warm climates – won’t survive sea-level rise by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t reduced, according to a Rutgers co-authored study in the journal Science. Mangrove forests store large amounts of carbon, help protect coastlines and provide habitat for fish and other species. Using sediment data from the last 10,000 years, an international team led by Macquarie University in Australia estimated the chances of mangrove survival based on rates of sea-level rise.

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