The atmosphere has recently been recognized as a major source of energy sustaining life.
Diverse aerobic bacteria oxidize the three most abundant reduced trace gases in the …

Biological soil crusts are thin, inconspicuous communities along the soil atmosphere
ecotone that, until recently, were unrecognized by ecologists and even more so by …

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events highlights the need to understand how
soil microbiomes respond to such disturbances. Here, metagenomics was used to …

Deserts occupy one-third of the Earth's terrestrial surface and represent a potentially
significant reservoir of microbial biodiversity, yet the majority of desert microorganisms …

Microbial communities play critical roles in fixing carbon from the atmosphere and fixing it in
the soils. However, the large‐scale variations and drivers of these microbial communities …

Dryland covers> 35% of the terrestrial surface and the global extent of dryland increases
due to the forecasted increase in aridity driven by climate change. Due to the climate change …

Application of biochar to soil may stabilize soil organic carbon (SOC), concomitantly
increasing nutrient retention. However, the interactive effect of biochar and nutrients on SOC …

Aridity is known to influence the structure and function of the soil microbiome and their
connection with ecosystem functions, however, whether aridity leads to gradual (or abrupt) …

Cold desert soil microbiomes thrive despite severe moisture and nutrient limitations. In
Eastern Antarctic soils, bacterial primary production is supported by trace gas oxidation and …

Microbial activity in drylands tends to be confined to rare and short periods of rain. Rapid
growth should be key to the maintenance of ecosystem processes in such narrow activity …