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Potential Phosphorus Uptake Mechanisms in the Deep Sedimentary Biosphere

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Our understanding of phosphorus (P) dynamics in the deep subseafloor environment remains limited. Here we investigate potential microbial P uptake mechanisms in oligotrophic marine sediments beneath the North Atlantic Gyre and their effects on the ...
Delphine Defforey, Benjamin J. Tully, Jason B. Sylvan, Barbara J. Cade-Menun, Brandi Kiel Reese, Brandi Kiel Reese, Laura Zinke, Adina Paytan, Adina Paytan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The 'granite encapsulation' route to the safe disposal of Pu and other actinide [PDF]

, 2008
Waste actinides, including plutonium, present a long-term management problem and a serious security issue. Immobilisation in mineral or ceramic waste forms for interim storage is a widely proposed first step.
Burakov, B.E., Gibb, F.G.F., Taylor, K.J.   +2 more
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From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atribacteria Reproducing over Millions of Years in the Atlantic Abyssal Subseafloor

mBio, 2020
How microbial metabolism is translated into cellular reproduction under energy-limited settings below the seafloor over long timescales is poorly understood.
Aurèle Vuillemin, Sergio Vargas, Ömer K. Coskun, Robert Pockalny, Richard W. Murray, David C. Smith, Steven D’Hondt, William D. Orsi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Comment on Tectonics and the Future of Life on Terrestrial Planets

, 2003
It is argued that the tight interconnection between biological, climatological, and geophysical factors in the history of the terrestrial biosphere can teach us something of wider importance regarding the general astrobiological evolution of planets in ...
Adams, Des Marais, Gerstell, Gonzalez, Govindasamy, Lindsay, Lindsay, Lineweaver, Milan M. Ćirković, Yungelson, Ćirković   +10 more
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Exoplanets - search methods, discoveries, and prospects for astrobiology [PDF]

, 2008
Whereas the Solar System has Mars and Europa as the best candidates for finding fossil/extant life as we know it - based on complex carbon compounds and liquid water - the 263 (non-pulsar) planetary systems around other stars as known at 15 September ...
Jones, Barrie W
core   +2 more sources

Sustainability Certification and Tourist Behavior: The Role of Trust in Certification Bodies and Destination Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tourism is under growing pressure to adopt sustainable practices due to the negative impacts of mass tourism on destinations. Sustainability certification schemes (SCS) have emerged as voluntary governance tools that signal responsible practices and reduce information asymmetry.
Patricia Martínez García de Leaniz, Ángel Herrero Crespo, María del Mar García de los Salmones   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fossilized Endolithic Microorganisms in Pillow Lavas from the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus

Geosciences, 2019
The last decade has revealed the igneous oceanic crust to host a more abundant and diverse biota than previously expected. These underexplored rock-hosted deep ecosystems dominated Earth’s biosphere prior to plants colonized land in the Ordovician,
Diana-Thean Carlsson, Magnus Ivarsson, Anna Neubeck   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Interrelationships Among Supply Chain Emissions, Financial Performance, Market Value, and Board Sustainability: An Exploration of the European Landscape

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT National and supranational institutions are establishing emission trading systems and control schemes in an attempt to manage stakeholders' willingness to engage with regulatory systems and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Nonetheless, despite the national and supranational focus on carbon neutrality, little research has been centered ...
Daniele Giordino, Martina Panero, Nourah O. Alshaghdali, Judith Petra Koltai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Valuing Earth Intrinsically and Instrumentally: A Theological Framework for Environmental Ethics [PDF]

, 2005
Philosophers have struggled with value theory as one of the most recalcitrant problems for environmental ethics. Theologians can benefit from their efforts when retrieving and reworking notions about the goodness of creation in patristic and medieval ...
Schaefer, Jame
core   +1 more source