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September 2015

September 1, 2015 image of Alaskan burn scars taken from space by the NASA Earth Observatory.

One image from space captures Alaska’s terrifying wildfire season

Michelle Mack describes the effects the wildfires in Alaska this summer will have on the carbon emissions from permafrost in this story in the Washington Post. “Beyond the direct carbon emissions from fire, loss of the insulating organic layer is likely to destabilize permafrost, leading to thaw, decomposition and release Read more…

By Ecoss, 10 yearsSeptember 5, 2015 ago
A blue and an orange microbe as seen microscopically on white background.

Integrating Ecosystem-Scale ’Omics in Microbial Communities.

Soil is a complex ecosystem with diverse microenvironments ranging from bulk soil with low quality substrates and no or very limited microbial growth, to high quality C-rich environments near decomposing litter and rhizosphere where microbial growth and death rates are high. Soil contains different microbial communities, supports varying microbial activities Read more…

By Ecoss, 10 yearsSeptember 3, 2015 ago
Aerial view of Alaska burning.

Ted Schuur, Ecoss Permafrost Researcher, Featured in The Atlantic Magazine

In Alaska: Too Many Fires, Not Enough Snow “Normally a cold winter would help re-freeze the soil and slow the melting of permafrost. But the warmer air might prevent that from happening now…As things warm up, places like Alaska that have a lot of carbon stored in the soil might Read more…

By Ecoss, 10 yearsSeptember 3, 2015 ago
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