Archaeal Tetraether Lipids as Tracers for Past Marine Environmental Change
Abstract Archaea are single‐celled microorganisms that are abundant in marine environments and play a key role in the carbon and nitrogen cycles. Archaea can biosynthesize a wide variety of isoprenoid membrane lipids, including isoprenoid glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers (isoGDGTs).
Felix J. Elling +39 more
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Triple Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotopes of Soil Water Across Climates, Seasons, and Depths
Abstract Soil waters are a central component of the terrestrial water cycle. Their δ2H, δ18O, and d‐excess values contain rich information about hydroclimate, including the source of moisture and its evaporative history. Paleoclimate workers seek to investigate ancient hydroclimates via triple oxygen isotope geochemistry, termed Δ′17O, which is ...
Julia R. Kelson +5 more
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MorphSim: An R package for simulating discrete morphological data
Abstract Morphological data are essential for reconstructing evolutionary histories, particularly for fossil taxa, as they represent the primary source of information for integrating extinct lineages into phylogenetic analyses. Despite this, tools for simulating realistic morphological datasets for fossil‐inclusive phylogenetic workflows remain limited.
Laura P. A. Mulvey +4 more
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Ice sheets and glaciers globally are losing mass at increasing rates, with the strongest changes occurring at tidewater glaciers. These are rapidly retreating and often transitioning to land‐terminating with implications for sea level change and ecosystem functioning.
Eleonora Fossile +5 more
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<i>Prototaxites</i> fossils are structurally and chemically distinct from extinct and extant Fungi. [PDF]
Loron CC +13 more
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Leaf Size in Conifers: Global Associations With Climate and Evolutionary History
Global patterns in leaf size are linked to climatic trade‐offs, so we explore these relationships in a major group of plants, the conifers. Using contemporary phylogenetic methods, we show that conifers display a strong pattern of evolutionary conservatism in the association of leaf size with climate, and highlight that these relationships are driven ...
Katya I. Bandow +5 more
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LIFE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PARAMETERS IN FOSSILIZATION PROCESS
Introduction: The Life Detection System (LDS) is designed as a two modules system for microbial life detection under growing conditions. The microbes growth is followed by redox, pH and conductivity parameters but others parameters can be monitored as ...
Cockell, C.S. +17 more
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Detection of traces of calcium oxalate druses in fossil leaves of angiosperms and gymnosperms from different sites and geological periods. [PDF]
Malekhosseini M +4 more
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Novel Glomeromycotina–moss associations identified in California dryland biocrusts
Summary Drylands, which comprise c. 45% of Earth's land area, host biological soil crusts (biocrusts): symbiotic communities of cyanobacteria, fungi, algae, lichen, and bryophytes that stabilize soil and support key ecosystem functions. Moss‐dominated biocrusts are particularly interesting due to their potential to illuminate ancient bryophyte–fungal ...
Kian H. Kelly +3 more
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Electron and focused ion beam microscopy of fossilized Albertosaurus sarcophagus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) bone reveals nano to microscale features. [PDF]
Williams A +5 more
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