Environment-induced heritable variations are common in Arabidopsis thaliana

Xiaohe Lin, Junjie Yin, Yifan Wang, Jing Yao, Qingshun Q. Li, Vit Latzel, Oliver Bossdorf & Yuan-Ye Zhang*Nature Communicationshttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49024-3Published: 30 May 2024AbstractParental or ancestral environments can induce heritable phenotypic changes, but whether such environment-induced heritable changes are a common phenomenon remains unexplored. Here, we subject 14 gen...

Electrochemically coupled CH4 and CO2 consumption driven by microbial processes

Zetao Wu, Dan Yu, Qibiao Yu, Qian Liu, Mingzhen Zhang, Randy A. Dahlgren, Jack J. Middelburg, Liyin Qu, Quanlong Li, Weidong Guo*, Nengwang Chen*Limnology and Oceanographyhttps://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12544Published: 25 March 2024AbstractRecent studies suggest that hypolimnetic respiration may be responsible for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from deep reservoirs. Currently, quantitative evaluati...

Global corporate tax competition challenges climate change mitigation

Yuwan Duan, Zengkai Zhang*, Yuze Li, Shouyang Wang, Cuihong Yang, Yi LuNature Climate Changehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-01952-0?utm_source=xmol&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=meta&utm_campaign=DDCN_1_GL01_metadataPublished: 28 March 2024AbstractMany countries have cut their corporate tax rates in the past decades to attract foreign investment. To prevent this, a global minimum ...

Changes in isotope fractionation during nitrate assimilation by marine eukaryotic and prokaryotic algae under different pH and CO2 conditions

Chen, Y., Yang, J.-Y.T., Tang, J.-M., Hong, H., Kao, S.-J., Dai, M. and Shi, D.Limnology and Oceanographyhttps://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lno.12546Published: 11 March 2024AbstractThe impact of environmental factors on nitrogen (N) and oxygen (O) isotope effects during algal nitrate assimilation causes uncertainty in the field application of sedimentary N isotope records and ...

Biofilm formation and antioxidation were responsible for the increased resistance of N. eutropha to chloramination for drinking water treatment

Shikan Zheng, Jianguo Li, Wanli Yan, Wenya Zhao, Chengsong Ye*, Xin Yu*Water Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121432Published: 1 May 2024AbstractChloramination is an effective strategy for eliminating pathogens from drinking water and repressing their regrowth in water distribution systems. However, the inevitable release of NH4+ potentially promotes nitrification and associated am...

Stimulation of small phytoplankton drives enhanced sinking particle formation in a subtropical ocean eddy

Haoran Liu, Thomas J. Browning, Edward A. Laws, Yibin Huang, Lei Wang, Yiwei Shang, Xiaogang Xing, Kuanbo Zhou, Zong-Pei Jiang, Xin Liu*, Bangqin Huang, Minhan DaiLimnology and Oceanographyhttps://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12529Published: 22 February 2024AbstractNutrient transfer into the sunlit surface ocean by cyclonic eddies is potentially crucial for sustaining primary productivity in the stratif...

Novel order-level lineage of ammonia-oxidizing archaea widespread in marine and terrestrial environments

Yue Zheng, Baozhan Wang, Ping Gao, Yiyan Yang, Bu Xu, Xiaoquan Su, Daliang Ning, Qing Tao, Qian Li, Feng Zhao, Dazhi Wang, Yao Zhang, Meng Li, Mari-K H Winkler, Anitra E Ingalls, Jizhong Zhou, Chuanlun Zhang, David A Stahl, Jiandong Jiang*, Willm Martens-Habbena*, and Wei Qin*The ISME Journalhttps://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrad002Published: Jan 10, 2024AbstractAmmonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are...

Prioritizing ecological restoration in hydrologically sensitive areas to improve groundwater quality

Yao Wang, Yiqi Yu, Xin Luo, Qiaoguo Tan, Yuqi Fu, Chenhe Zheng, Deli Wang*, Nengwang Chen*Water Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121247Published: March 15, 2024AbstractGreening is the optimal way to mitigate climate change and water quality degradation caused by agricultural expansion and rapid urbanization. However, the ideal sites to plant trees or grass to achieve a win–win sol...

Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea exhibit differential nitrogen source preferences

Wei Qin*, Stephany P. Wei, Yue Zheng, Eunkyung Choi, Xiangpeng Li, Juliet Johnston, Xianhui Wan, Britt Abrahamson, Zachary Flinkstrom, Baozhan Wang, Hanyan Li, Lei Hou, Qing Tao, Wyatt W. Chlouber, Xin Sun, Michael Wells, Long Ngo, Kristopher A. Hunt, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Xuanyu Tao, Dongyu Wang, Xiaoyuan Yan, Dazhi Wang, Chongle Pan, Peter K. Weber, Jiandong Jiang, Jizhong Zhou, Yao Zhang, David...

Sustainable lithium extraction enabled by responsive metal-organic frameworks with ion-sieving adsorption effects

Xu Wu*, Huacheng Zhang*, Xinyu Zhang, Qian Guan, Xiaocong Tang, Hao Wu, Mingbao Feng, Huanting Wang, and Ranwen Ou*Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Americahttps://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2309852121Published: February 2, 2024AbstractMetal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are superior ion adsorbents for selectively capturing toxic ions from water. Nevertheles...