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Green Transition, Extractive Continuities: Lithium Mining and the Environmental Contradictions of Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global decarbonization has positioned lithium as a strategic mineral for electric vehicles, battery storage, and low‐carbon development. Yet its extraction raises serious environmental, political, and justice concerns that complicate dominant narratives of clean energy progress.
Jacob Kwakye
wiley   +1 more source

Selective foraging by aardvarks Orycteropus afer on termite mounds: influence of mound structure, spatial distribution, and geology in a savanna landscape

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Predator foraging patterns reflect how animals interact with spatially heterogeneous resources, yet how these patterns manifest across complex landscapes remains poorly understood. We investigated selective excavation of termite mounds by aardvarks Orycteropus afer in Gonarezhou National Park, examining how mound structural characteristics, size ...
Justice Muvengwi, Neo Debeila
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping soil carbon content in two contrasting pedoclimatic regions using a deep learning approach with remote sensing imagery and laboratory spectral datasets

Geoderma
Mapping soil properties can help in monitoring spatial and temporal variability in soils. However, the accuracy of predictions based on optical remote sensing data depends on the availability of cloud-free images and the presence of bare soil under ...
Hayfa Zayani, Youssef Fouad, Didier Michot, Zeineb Kassouk, Nicolas Baghdadi, Maria José Marquez Perez, Emmanuelle Vaudour, Zohra Lili-Chabaane, Christian Walter   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scaling from microsite to landscape to resolve litter decomposition dynamics in globally extensive drylands

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Decomposition is the transformation of dead organic matter into its inorganic constituents. In most biomes, decomposition rates can be accurately predicted with simple mathematical models, but these models have long under‐predicted decomposition in globally extensive ...
Heather L. Throop, Jiwei Li, Daryl L. Moorhead, Sasha C. Reed, Katherine E. O. Todd‐Brown, Alexi C. Besser, Dellena Evelyn Bloom, Thomas C. Ingalls, Alejandro Cueva   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Presence, Pattern, and Environmental Correlates of Seasonal Skin Thickening in Anurans

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Histological sections, like that of the ventral pectoral skin of Lithobates pipiens, were measured to assess variation in skin thickness throughout the year in three North American anuran species. After correcting for individual body size, we test whether skin thickness changes throughout the year and which factors (environment or life history) explain
Collin S. VanBuren, Lily K. Bentley, David B. Norman, Nadia B. Fröbisch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking Biocrust Architecture and Dispersal: Reproductive Ecology of Lichens of the Grit Crust in the Coastal Atacama Desert

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 4, August 2026.
Microscopic analysis of Atacama Desert grit crust revealed a sequential assembly process in which airborne fungal spores of the Caliciaceae colonise quartz particles before encountering compatible Trebouxia photobionts. Free‐living algal cells on grit surfaces function as environmental reservoirs for symbiosis initiation, while multiple wind‐driven ...
Lina Werner, Janina Koziol, Patrick Jung
wiley   +1 more source

Chlorella vulgaris biorefineries: sustainable biofuels and high‐value carbon capture

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, Volume 20, Issue 4, Page 1683-1707, July/August 2026.
Abstract Global reliance on fossil fuels has created urgent economic and environmental challenges, yet large‐scale use of algal biomass remains limited by production costs. Industrial scaling is constrained by inefficient harvesting and the technical challenges of processing recalcitrant cell walls.
Sandyelle Ferreira Alcântara Araújo, Antonio Átila Menezes Ferreira, Lucia Andrea Sindeaux de Oliveira, Dayana Nascimento Dari, Devany Quintela Soares, Eliana Elisa Francelino Mavie, Francisco Leonardo Alves de Moraes Sousa, Jessica Lopes da Silva, João Vitor Gomes de Araújo Silva, Thiago Queiroz da Silva, Ana Karine Portela Vasconcelos, Kelma Maria dos Santos Pires Cavalcante, John Hebert da Silva Felix, José Cleiton Sousa dos Santos   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil Moisture Impact on Convective Initiation

Water Resources Research, Volume 62, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract The influence of soil moisture on convective storm initiation remains an open question, with previous studies showing conflicting results regarding whether storms preferentially form over wet or dry soils. Here, we analyze the soil moisture‐convection relationship using satellite observations across North America, Africa, and Australia from ...
Faisal AlNasser, Daniel Gianotti, Dara Entekhabi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decadal Amplification of Wildfire‐Induced Perturbations in Summer Surface Energy Partitioning Across the Boreal Forest Biome

Earth's Future, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract Wildfires fundamentally reorganize the surface energy balance of boreal forests, yet the temporal evolution of these perturbations under rapid Arctic amplification remains insufficiently understood. Integrating multi‐source remote observations, climate reanalysis, and a potential outcomes framework, we quantified decadal trends in fire‐induced
Tianxing He, Wen J. Wang, Suri G. Bao, Manuel Helbig, Xianli Wang, Yan Boulanger, Zhihua Liu, Mai‐He Li, Hong S. He   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source