Methanotroph populations and CH4 oxidation potentials in high-Arctic peat are altered by herbivory induced vegetation change. [PDF]
FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 2020 Rainer EM +3 more
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Architected Load Paths Enable Stiffening and Motion Programming in Soft Pneumatic Actuators
Advanced Science, EarlyView.A single MARS template introduces an architected reinforcement strategy for programmable soft pneumatic actuators through internal structural organization and selective beam removal. This monolithic architecture enables deformation reconfiguration from continuous bending to joint‐like articulation and torsional motion, allowing one compliant platform ...
Jie Wang +6 more
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Environmental response to Lateglacial climate change. Reconstructions of temperature and vegetation changes in northwest Europe [PDF]
, 2012 The Weichselian Lateglacial (~14.7-11.7 ka BP) is marked by major climatic and environmental changes in the North Atlantic region. The long-term warming trend arising during the Lateglacial was interrupted by a number of rapid climate oscillations ...
FG Kusten, Rivieren, Global Change +2 more
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Vine‐Inspired Soft Robotics: Materials, Actuations, and Emerging Applications
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Vine‐inspired robots grow from the tip, enabling navigation through confined spaces with minimal disturbance. This Review summarizes material and actuation strategies for vine‐inspired growth, key functions including steering, retraction, attachment, branching, and variable stiffness, and emerging applications spanning medical intervention, confined ...
Jiahao Wu +7 more
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Clouds form preferentially over native vegetation [PDF]
, 2002 The replacement of native vegetation for agriculture leads to significant changes in land surface characteristics, such as albedo, surface roughness and canopy resistance. These land surface changes induce changes in the atmospheric boundary layer. It is
Lyons, T.J.
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Prolonged Storage of Bound Organic Carbon in Wetland but Not Upland Soils: A 13C and 14C Perspective
Geophysical Research LettersProtection by metal (hydr) oxides is one of the key mechanisms for the long‐term stabilization of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, the source and turnover of (metal‐) bound organic carbon (OC) in soils are poorly constrained. Here we present the first
Tian Ma +16 more
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Vegetation change over seven years in the largest protected Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie remnant. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Averett JP +4 more
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Rhizodeposition Drives One Third of Belowground Carbon Input in Agroecosystems
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study quantifies photosynthesized C allocation in the plant–soil system across six crop types: barley, wheat, maize, rice, legumes and grasses. It reports C partitioning into shoot respiration, shoot‐C, root‐C, net rhizodeposition and root‐derived CO2, providing standardized percentage averages and GPP‐derived absolute values as a robust baseline ...
Zhengjun Yan +10 more
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High Arctic ecosystem states: Conceptual models of vegetation change to guide long-term monitoring and research. [PDF]
Ambio, 2020 Ravolainen V +6 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) delivers environmental benefits to society by enrolling cropland and grasslands to reestablish or safeguard long‐term vegetative cover. In recent years, the CRP has dramatically increased grassland enrollment while cropland enrollment has been in steady decline. This paper uses descriptive analysis,
Wesley Zebrowski +2 more
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