Forest microbiome and global change

P Baldrian, R López-Mondéjar, P Kohout - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Forests influence climate and mitigate global change through the storage of carbon in soils.
In turn, these complex ecosystems face important challenges, including increases in carbon …

Protected areas and the future of insect conservation

S Chowdhury, MD Jennions, MP Zalucki… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Anthropogenic pressures are driving insect declines across the world. Although protected
areas (PAs) play a prominent role in safeguarding many vertebrate species from human …

[HTML][HTML] Dual nature of soil structure: The unity of aggregates and pores

A Yudina, Y Kuzyakov - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil is a hierarchical, self-organizing, and emergent system that supports plant and microbial
growth, enables carbon sequestration, facilitates water fluxes, and provide habitat for …

Weather explains the decline and rise of insect biomass over 34 years

J Müller, T Hothorn, Y Yuan, S Seibold, O Mitesser… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Insects have a pivotal role in ecosystem function, thus the decline of more than 75% in insect
biomass in protected areas over recent decades in Central Europe and elsewhere, has …

[HTML][HTML] Three-quarters of insect species are insufficiently represented by protected areas

S Chowdhury, MP Zalucki, JO Hanson, S Tiatragul… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Insects dominate the biosphere, yet insect populations are plummeting worldwide. Massive
conservation efforts will be needed to reverse these declines. Protected areas (PAs) could …

Insects as food and medicine: a sustainable solution for global health and environmental challenges

OF Aidoo, J Osei-Owusu, K Asante, AK Dofuor… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Insects are a significant source of food for millions of people worldwide. Since ancient times,
insects in medicine have been contributing to the treatment of diseases in humans and …

The global biomass and number of terrestrial arthropods

Y Rosenberg, YM Bar-On, A Fromm, M Ostikar… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Insects and other arthropods are central to terrestrial ecosystems. However, data are lacking
regarding their global population abundance. We synthesized thousands of evaluations …

Soundscapes and deep learning enable tracking biodiversity recovery in tropical forests

J Müller, O Mitesser, HM Schaefer, S Seibold… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tropical forest recovery is fundamental to addressing the intertwined climate and
biodiversity loss crises. While regenerating trees sequester carbon relatively quickly, the …

The role and transmission mechanism of forest resource abundance on low-carbon economic development in the Yangtze River Delta region: Insights from the …

Q Zhang, R Wang, D Tang, V Boamah - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change is getting more and more attention. The COP26 emphasized the need to
stop deforestation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help mitigate climate change …

Taxonomic and carbon metabolic diversification of Bathyarchaeia during its coevolution history with early Earth surface environment

J Hou, Y Wang, P Zhu, N Yang, L Liang, T Yu, M Niu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Bathyarchaeia, as one of the most abundant microorganisms on Earth, play vital roles in the
global carbon cycle. However, our understanding of their origin, evolution, and ecological …