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A faulty fertilizer

Elevated levels of CO₂ can stimulate photosynthesis in plants and increase their uptake of atmospheric carbon. A five-year study in Minnesota grasslands shows that increased plant uptake of CO₂ is restricted by the availability of vital nutrients and water.

Whendee L. Silver
News & Views02 Nov 2014
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 7, P: 857-858
Carbon-sink potential of continuous alfalfa agriculture lowered by short-term nitrous oxide emission events

Long-term continuous greenhouse gas measurements in alfalfa cropland showed that the magnitude of the carbon sink was significantly offset by large nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission events following irrigation and rainfall.

Tyler L. Anthony
Daphne J. Szutu
Whendee L. Silver
ResearchOpen Access06 Apr 2023
Nature Communications

Volume: 14, P: 1-11
Drought drives rapid shifts in tropical rainforest soil biogeochemistry and greenhouse gas emissions

Drought impacts on tropical forest soil carbon and greenhouse gas dynamics are poorly understood. Here, the authors investigate the impacts of the 2015 drought in a forest in Puerto Rico and find that it caused shifts in soil carbon dioxide and methane emissions and led to a decrease in available phosphorus.

Christine S. O’Connell
Leilei Ruan
Whendee L. Silver
ResearchOpen Access09 Apr 2018
Nature Communications

Volume: 9, P: 1-9
Nitrogen loss from soil through anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled to iron reduction

In marine and freshwater ecosystems, anaerobic ammonium oxidation is coupled to nitrite reduction, and accounts for a significant fraction of ecosystem nitrogen loss. Laboratory incubations suggest that ammonium oxidation coupled to iron reduction contributes to nitrogen loss in anaerobic slurries of tropical forest soils.

Wendy H. Yang
Karrie A. Weber
Whendee L. Silver
Research29 Jul 2012
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 5, P: 538-541
Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests

Data from 42 chronosequence sites show a geater abundance of legumes in seasonally dry forests than in wet forests, particularly during early secondary succession, probably owing to legumes’ nitrogen-fixing ability and reduced leaflet size.

Maga Gei
Danaë M. A. Rozendaal
Jennifer S. Powers
Research28 May 2018
Nature Ecology & Evolution

Volume: 2, P: 1104-1111
Pre-exposure to drought increases the resistance of tropical forest soil bacterial communities to extended drought

Nicholas J Bouskill
Hsiao Chien Lim
Eoin L Brodie
Research15 Nov 2012
The ISME Journal

Volume: 7, P: 384-394
Land use and mineral type determine stability of newly formed mineral-associated organic matter

Both quantity of organic carbon available to microorganisms and presence of available nutrients control the decomposition of newly formed mineral-associated organic matter, according to a study exposing pristine goethite and illite in topsoils at 68 forest and grassland sites across Germany.

De Shorn E. Bramble
Ingo Schöning
Marion Schrumpf
ResearchOpen Access27 May 2025
Communications Earth & Environment

Volume: 6, P: 1-13
Assessing the climate change mitigation potential from food waste composting

Tibisay Pérez
Sintana E. Vergara
Whendee L. Silver
ResearchOpen Access10 May 2023
Scientific Reports

Volume: 13, P: 1-14

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