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Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective

Oikos, EarlyView.
The pursuit of a multi‐planetary existence represents one of humanity's greatest frontiers. If applied justly, it offers an opportunity to extend its civilization's lifespan amid escalating sustainability crises on Earth. One approach increasingly gaining traction is terraforming, a hitherto theoretical ecological and evolutionary experiment revolving ...
Teun Everts, Ronaldo Sousa, Phillip J. Haubrock   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A two‐year physicochemical and acoustic observation reveals spatiotemporal effects of earthquake‐induced shallow‐water hydrothermal venting on the surrounding environments

Limnology and Oceanography Letters
Shallow‐water hydrothermal vents have gained growing attention for their intricate characteristics caused by various epipelagic factors. The shallow‐water hydrothermal system offshore Kueishan Island, Taiwan, situated in an earthquake‐prone area, has ...
Ling Chiu, Min‐Chen Wang, Chih‐Lin Wei, Tzu‐Hao Lin, Yung‐Che Tseng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deciphering Microbial Communities and Distinct Metabolic Pathways in the Tangyin Hydrothermal Fields of Okinawa Trough through Metagenomic and Genomic Analyses

Microorganisms
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents have been extensively explored around the globe in the past decades, and the diversity of microbial communities and their ecological functions related to hydrothermal vents have become hotspots in the study of microbial ...
Jiake Li, Haojin Cheng, Fu Yin, Jiwen Liu, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Min Yu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population structure of Bathymodiolus manusensis, a deep-sea hydrothermal vent-dependent mussel from Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific are increasingly being assessed for their potential mineral wealth. To anticipate the potential impacts on biodiversity and connectivity among populations at these vents, environmental baselines need to ...
Andrew D. Thaler, William Saleu, Jens Carlsson, Thomas F. Schultz, Cindy L. Van Dover   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

“Cold Tropics”: Permafrost Existence and Thickness on Eastern Nevado Coropuna (Southern Peruvian Andes) Revealed by Ground‐Penetrating Radar and Geoelectrical Soundings

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The existence of permafrost was explored at tropical latitude on Nevado Coropuna (southern Peruvian Andes) using a combination of ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and vertical electrical sounding (VES) in order to strengthen the mutual validation of data processing and interpretation.
Velnia Chacca, Ramón Pellitero, Adriano Ribolini, José Úbeda, Luis Mariano del Río, Ricardo Vila, Oscar Vilca   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

abundance of submarine volcanism in arcs

Volcanica
Explosive submarine arc volcanoes can cause tsunamis, affect climate, and pose hazards to airplanes and ships. Although 70 % of the Earth is submarine, only 15 % of Holocene arc volcanoes in the Smithsonian Global Volcanism database are submarine ...
Dallas Abbott, James L Rubenstone
doaj   +1 more source

The Climate Niche Pressure on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau Predominates the Diversification of Advertisement Calls in Frogs (Leptobrachella)

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The diversification of advertisement calls is largely driven by climatic niche differentiation. Our results provide acoustic evidence for studies on ecological speciation in anurans.
Tuo Shen, Shize Li, Jing Liu, Lang Mu, Guangmei Yang, Yixin Diao, Haijun Su, Bin Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Topology‐based Visual Analysis of Hydrothermal Plumes

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Hydrothermal plumes are turbulent structures of intense heat and mineral smoke that rise and disperse into the deep ocean. Existing models generally characterize these systems as a single axisymmetric plume originating from a point source. However, this assumption breaks down in weakly venting, spatially distributed systems, where low‐flux ...
Adhitya Kamakshidasan, Tushar Jain, Karen Bemis, Valerio Pascucci   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A distinct gene expression mechanism for d‐amino acid utilization in hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
The genes PH0137, PH0138, and PH0140 form a cluster in the genome of Pyrococcus horikoshii. The PH0140 gene encodes a transcription factor identified as a d‐amino acid‐responsive regulatory protein (DARP). In feast mode, l‐Ile‐bound DARP binds to the promoter and represses transcription of PH0137 and PH0138. In famine mode, DARP binds to d‐allo‐Ile and
Ryushi Kawakami, Tomoki Kawase, Taira Uehara, Haruhiko Sakuraba, Tomohiko Matsuzawa, Junji Hayashi, Toshihisa Ohshima   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antarctic marine biodiversity and deep-sea hydrothermal vents.

PLoS Biology, 2012
The diversity of many marine benthic groups is unlike that of most other taxa. Rather than declining from the tropics to the poles, much of the benthos shows high diversity in the Southern Ocean. Moreover, many species are unique to the Antarctic region.
Steven L Chown
doaj   +1 more source