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Marshall. D. J. (2024). Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution. Ecology Letters, 27(4), e14400. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14400 In the original publication, under the heading ‘Scales of biology and experiments’, the author made an unjustified assumption that the populations shown in Figure 2 differed solely in pH, the putative causal agent. However, based on the information provided

The addition of terrestrial inputs to the ocean can have cascading impacts on coastal biogeochemistry by directly altering the water chemistry and indirectly changing ecosystem metabolism, which also influences water chemistry. Here, we use submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) as a model system to examine the direct geochemical and indirect biologically mediated effects of terrestrial nutrient subsidies

Plant roots form associations with beneficial and pathogenic soil microorganisms. Although members of the rhizosphere microbiome can protect against pathogens, the mechanisms are poorly understood. We hypothesized that the ability to form a biofilm on the root surface is necessary for the exclusion of pathogens; however, it is not known if the same biofilm formation components required in vitro are

Building stock modelling underpins energy and environmental assessments of the built environment. Material Intensity (MI), representing material mass per unit dimension, is vital for bottom-up estimation of building material stocks. However, reliance on sparse or uniform MI data can lead to significant inaccuracies due to intra-archetype variability, often stemming from differing building morphologies

Analyzing the nitrogen (15ε) and oxygen (18ε) isotope effects of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is essential for accurately assessing its potential contribution to fixed-N losses in the ocean, yet the 18ε of anammox remains unexplored. Here, we determined the previously unexplored 18ε of anammox using a highly enriched culture of the marine anammox species “Ca. Scalindua sp”. Because Scalindua

Electroactive microorganisms influence environmental and host-associated ecosystems through their ability to mediate extracellular electron transfer. This review explores parallels between EAM-driven microbiologically influenced corrosion systems and the human gut microbiome. In corrosion, EAMs contribute to biofilm formation, redox cycling, and material degradation through mechanisms such as direct

Microbial consortia play pivotal roles in nutrient cycling across diverse ecosystems, where the functionality and composition of microbial communities are shaped by metabolic interactions. Despite the critical importance of understanding these interactions, accurately mapping and manipulating microbial interaction networks to achieve specific outcomes remains challenging. Genome-scale metabolic models

Marine sponge holobionts are important contributors to numerous biogeochemical cycles, including the natural organohalogen cycle. Sponges produce diverse brominated secondary metabolites, which select for a population of anaerobic debrominating bacteria within the sponge body. Sponge microbiomes can be host-specific, but the selection and host-specificity of debrominating bacteria are unknown currently

The increasing demand for plastic products has generated unprecedented amounts of plastic waste. To reduce both proper and improper plastics disposal and the concomitant long and short term physical and chemical risks, recycling has emerged as an effective and complementary tool to recover waste and lower demand for unsustainable virgin plastics production. Post-consumer and post-industrial recyclate

Animal populations in arid environments, where extreme temperatures and erratic rainfall are normal, are particularly vulnerable to climate change. While numerous studies have examined the effects of temperature and rainfall on the breeding success and survival of arid‐zone species, the mechanistic pathways linking climate variation to demography remain poorly described for most species. Using long‐term

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Several animals have evolved venom glands that produce toxins for use in predation and defence. Writing in Molecular Biology and Evolution, Zancolli and colleagues used a comparative transcriptomics approach to investigate the genetic mechanisms that underlie the evolution of venom glands in marine carnivorous snails. The digestive system of this clade is characterized by mid-oesophageal glands that

Mammalian herbivores, drought and invertebrate ecosystem engineers are among the main drivers of vegetation dynamics in grasslands and savannas. Although their individual effects are relatively well understood, and some studies have probed their pairwise interactions, it is unclear how all three might combine in real-world conditions. Writing in Journal of Ecology, Wells et al. address this gap using

Agricultural activities in crop production emit substantial air pollutants, impacting air quality, ecosystems, and public health. However, compiling a spatially explicit crop air pollutant emission inventory including all agricultural activities in field is urgent but still lacking. Here, we conducted a county-level air pollutant emission inventory and mitigation potential assessment for China’s wheat

Expansion of geothermal power generation (GPG) enhances stability of renewable energy systems yet with increasing material demands. However, material footprints of GPG remain underexplored for a thorough comparison with wind and photovoltaic power. We establish a life cycle system for GPG to evaluate material footprints of flash steam, dry steam, and binary cycle power generation on a global scale

Global greenhouse vegetables production has grown substantially and will play a critical role in meeting future global vegetable demand. However, the environmental performance of large-scale greenhouse vegetable production compared to open-field cultivation remains unclear. Through carbon and reactive nitrogen footprint analysis of provincial-scale vegetable production in China, we show that greenhouse

Methane mitigation is regarded as a critical strategy to combat the scale of global warming. Currently, about 40% of methane emissions originate from microbial sources, which is causing strategies to suppress methanogens—either through direct toxic effects or by diverting their substrates and energy—to gain traction. Problematically, current microbial methane mitigation knowledge lacks detailed microbiome-centered

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Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) was named as a new species in 1998. It is one of three extant long-beaked echidna species and one of only five extant species of monotreme. But the description was based on a holotype collected in the Cyclops Mountains of New Guinea in 1961, and there has been no scientific documentation of the species since that time. However, Indigenous

The fluorine-containing organics in the spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) cause environmental pollution during recycling. Recovery of fluorine-containing resources is critical for the recycling process of spent LIBs. This study elucidated the transformation mechanism of fluoride in cathode black mass (BM) during pyrolysis and proposed an integrated approach for fluoride reclamation. At 650 °C, 89

As the largest terrestrial carbon sink, forests regulate global carbon cycling, with timber providing long-term carbon storage for climate mitigation. This study analyzes consumption-based timber carbon stock flows in China, the U.S., and Canada, focusing on their roles in the global timber trade and sectoral linkages. China’s timber supply chain is dependent on imported timber carbon stocks, particularly

This study investigated various drinking water emergency countermeasures, evaluating their economic, environmental, and public health tradeoffs during contamination events. Employing process-based dynamic modeling and life cycle assessment methodologies, we assessed the effectiveness of 10 countermeasure deployment scenarios applied to a surrogate drinking water system. Our analysis indicates that

Material stocks in long-lived products require over half of the annual global resource extraction for their construction and maintenance, and lock in energy use through their technical and geospatial characteristics. A thorough understanding of material stocks is therefore essential to inform sustainable resource use strategies. However, despite substantial advances in material stock research in recent

This study explores the enhancement of Compressed Earth Blocks (CEBs) using alginate-based stabilization, promoting resource conservation and the use of renewable materials in construction. By utilizing alginates from algae— a renewable and increasingly abundant resource due to the uncontrolled proliferation of algae belts —the research addresses key limitations of traditional CEBs, such as mechanical

From the perspective of a marine copiotrophic bacterium, the surface ocean is a mosaic of exploitable hotspots of organic matter released from living and senescing phytoplankton. Bacterial success in exploiting this patchy microscale environment relies on sensing and swimming towards the hotspots, and upon arrival, growing on available substrates. However, the combined effect of chemotaxis and growth

Insect biodiversity is changing rapidly, driven by a suite of pressures, notably land use, land‐use intensification and increasingly climate change. We lack large‐scale evidence on how land use and climate change interact to drive insect biodiversity changes. We assess bumble bee responses to interactive effects of land use and climate pressures across North America and Europe. The probability of occurrence

Industrial enterprises are prominent sources of contaminants, and accurate reporting of contaminant discharge by these enterprises is essential for effective environmental management. However, fraudulent reporting, particularly underreporting hazardous waste (HW) generation, has become an intractable issue. HW is difficult to monitor automatically, and underreporting often implies improper treatment