Around the world, rainforests play a critically important role in climate regulation. Trees and plants absorb and store a massive amount of carbon dioxide from the air, and in return, through ...

Aims Soil respiration (Rs) plays an important role in the terrestrial carbon cycle, but how canopy photosynthesis and abiotic drivers interact to affect Rs is poorly understood. This study aimed at ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, ...

The origin of oxygenic photosynthesis in Cyanobacteria led to the rise of oxygen on Earth ~2.3 billion years ago, profoundly altering the course of evolution by facilitating the development of aerobic ...

All around the world, ecosystems are silently breathing. Plants take in carbon dioxide to use for photosynthesis. At the same time, as they grow and burn energy, they release carbon dioxide back into ...