Slow orbital changes caused pulses in Earth's oxygen cycle 500 million years ago, which spurred explosions of animal life.

KENNETH S. JOHNSON, WILLIAM M. BERELSON, EMMANUEL S. BOSS, ZANNA CHASE, HERVÉ CLAUSTRE, STEVEN R. EMERSON, NICOLAS GRUBER, ARNE KÖRTZINGER, MARY JANE PERRY, STEPHEN ...

Scientists are currently meeting at the 94th annual Ecological Society of America (ESA) symposium in New Mexico to discuss, among other topics, the massive upset of the natural biogeochemical cycles ...

We all know Earth is special, but we may not fully appreciate how good we have it on this planet. Unlike its planetary neighbors, Earth has remained habitable for billions of years thanks to a ...

The Biogeochemical Cycles can be defined as the cyclic movement of chemical elements of biosphere between the organism and the environment. The term ‘Biogeochemical’ is a combination two words- Bio ...

This news release is available in German. (Jena) A high concentration of carbon dioxide gas in the soil can change the community of organisms living in the soil in the long term. At the same time it ...

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), along with collaborators, has found that long-term orbital variations occurring over ...

Staff member joins a cruise of opportunity aboard E/V Nautilus The six floats we deployed on this trip are part of the Global Ocean Biogeochemistry array (GO-BGC), funded by the National Science ...

The coupling of the Earth's surface and the overlying atmosphere through mass and energy fluxes has an important role in atmospheric chemistry and physics in addition to boundary layer meteorology and ...