The ocean has been a regulator of climate change throughout the history of Earth. One key
mechanism is the mediation of the carbon reservoir by refractory dissolved organic carbon …

Solar-driven seawater desalination has received massive attention as it holds great promise
to solve the worldwide freshwater and energy issues. The key of this technology relies on …

Viruses are critical for regulating microbial communities and biogeochemical processes
affecting carbon/nutrient cycling. However, the role of soil phages in controlling microbial …

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the ocean accounts for nearly 662 Pg of carbon, most of
which is formed into a long-lived carbon pool that plays an important role in carbon …

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a large and complex mixture of molecules that fuels
microbial metabolism and regulates biogeochemical cycles. Individual DOM molecules have …

Most oceanic dissolved organic matter (DOM) is still not fully molecularly characterized. We
combined high-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and ultrahigh-resolution mass …

Sinking particulate organic carbon out of the surface ocean sequesters carbon on decadal to
millennial timescales. Predicting the particulate carbon flux is therefore critical for …

The presence of liquid water makes our planet habitable. Water in soils, sediments, lakes,
rivers and the ocean forms the largest habitat for life on Earth. During life and upon death, all …

The diversity of intrinsic traits of different organic matter molecules makes it challenging to
predict how they, and therefore the global carbon cycle, will respond to climate change …

Algae synthesise structurally complex glycans to build a protective barrier, the extracellular
matrix. One function of matrix glycans is to slow down microorganisms that try to …