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Is the genetic landscape of the deep subsurface biosphere affected by viruses?
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2011 Viruses are powerful manipulators of microbial diversity, biogeochemistry, and evolution in the marine environment. Viruses can directly influence the genetic capabilities and the fitness of their hosts through the use of fitness factors and through ...
Rika E Anderson +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho +2 more
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Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyThe multi-national in situ Materials Corrosion Test (MaCoTe), being conducted at the Grimsel Test Site in Switzerland, assesses the stability of bentonite as it may be utilized within deep geological repositories (DGRs), which are proposed for the safe ...
Harmanpreet S. Sidhu +9 more
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Deep biosphere representatives
Multiple groundwater samples were obtained from publicly available and published metagenomes, metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), and single-cell amplified genomes (SAGs), all derived from global deep oligotrophic terrestrial subsurface samples.Analysis of populations across these groundwater samples identified a set of MAGs and SAGs, which were ...
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most profound ethical and existential challenges of the 21st century. Beyond its physical, economic, and environmental consequences, it raises fundamental moral questions about justice, equity, responsibility, and the right to a livable planet.
Jacob Kwakye
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The Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary marine extinction and global primary productivity collapse [PDF]
The extinction of marine phyto-and zoo-plankton across the K-T boundary has been well documented. Such an event may have resulted in decreased photosynthetic fixation of carbon in surface waters and a collapse of the food chain in the marine biosphere ...
Arthus, M. A. +2 more
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Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) [PDF]
, 2015 Oceans cover 70% of our planet and represent over 95% of the biosphere. Marine and coastal habitats include coral reefs, mangrove forests, sea grass beds, estuaries, hydrothermal vents, seamounts and soft sediments on the ocean floor deep below the ...
Laxmilatha, P
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT By combining theories of system thinking with a post‐humanist approach, we established a nexus between human and non‐human systems in the examination of systemic innovation. By doing so, we shed light on the interdependencies that exist between human and non‐human systems and contribute theoretically as well as methodologically to theories on ...
Anna Thomasson +1 more
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Access to forests, farming land and the Citarum river is limited in Tarumajaya; furthermore, many do not own their own housing and are dependent on the public and private landowners in the area. The region of Tarumajaya faces significant challenges in access to crucial resources such as forests, farming land and the Citarum river, leading to a
Rudolf Wirawan +4 more
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Ecodevelopment, Gender, and Empowerment: Perspectives from India’s Protected Area Communities
, 2014 Book abstract: Feminism has re-shaped the way we think about equality, power relations and social change. Recent feminist scholarship has provided new theoretical frameworks, methodologies and empirical analyses of how gender and feminism are situated ...
Badola, Ruchi +2 more
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