Human-caused degradation of the natural environment is increasing, and a major driver of such degradation is artificial light at night (ALAN)1,2. Over the last 100 years, since lighting technologies were developed and urbanization has progressed3, ALAN has disrupted the natural nocturnal environment, worldwide. Presently, 23% of the earth’s land mass experiences ALAN4, and the level […] More
Brachiopods were amongst the first animals to successfully adopt external hard parts during the biomineralisation revolution of the Proterozoic-Paleozoic transition around 540 million years ago. Today, they are found in the oceans across a wide range of latitudes and water depths, even though their relative contribution to the composition of marine faunal assemblages has declined […] More
This research was supported by the US Department of Agriculture/National Institute for Food and Agriculture (awards 2015-68007-23133 and 2018-67003-27406), US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (awards DESC0018409 and DE-FC02-07ER64494) and Michigan State University AgBioResearch. We thank G. P. Robertson, P. Grace, S. Swinton, J. Hatfield, R. Martinez-Feria, S. […] More
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In the present study, the results indicated that soil MBC content in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils were increased with application of organic manure practices, compared with without N fertilizer input practices. The reason maybe that soil available nutrients increased by application of organic materials, which provided carbon substrates and nutrients for the growth and reproduction […] More
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Water withdrawal In the year the system transformation began (1989), total water withdrawal in the Oder River basin was 6.21 km3, including 4.55 km3 for production purposes, 1.03 km3 for the exploitation of water supply systems, and 0.63 km3 for the purposes of agriculture and forestry. In successive years, a statistically significant downward trend in […] More
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