Earth's climate may be stabilized over millennia by solubilization of atmospheric carbon
dioxide (CO2) as minerals weather, but the temperature sensitivity of this thermostat is …

Forests are increasingly threatened by climate-change-fuelled cycles of drought, dieback
and wildfires. However, for reasons that remain incompletely understood, some forest stands …

Central Chile is undergoing its most severe drought since 2010, affecting ecosystems, water
supply, agriculture, and industrial uses. The government's short-term measures, such as …

In an attempt to constrain the micro-scale factors during weathering, large number of
samples from four weathering profiles developed on granite and basalt rocks under different …

The creation of fractures in bedrock dictates water movement through the critical zone,
controlling weathering, vadose zone water storage, and groundwater recharge. However …

Abstract The deep soil,> 1 m, harbors a substantial share of the global microbial biomass.
Currently, it is not known whether microbial activity several meters below the surface is …

While landscapes are broadly sculpted by tectonics and climate, on a catchment scale,
sediment size can regulate hillslope denudation rates and thereby influence the location of …

Dissolved Oxygen (DO) plays a key role in reactive processes and microbial dynamics in the
critical zone. Recent observations showed that fractures can provide rapid pathways for …

Imaging the critical zone at depth, where intact bedrock transforms into regolith, is critical in
understanding the interaction between geological and biological processes. We acquired a …

Subsurface imaging of the regolith layer is an important tool for weathering zone
characterization. For example, the extent of bedrock modification by weathering processes …