The phosphorus cycle is a vital component of global biogeochemistry, governing nutrient availability and ecosystem productivity. In recent years, research has expanded our understanding of phosphorus ...

Mangrove forests along the Amazon coast release significant amounts of trace elements such as neodymium and hafnium. These elements and their isotopic compositions can serve to understand the inputs ...

We all know Earth is special, but we may not fully appreciate how good we have it on this planet. Unlike its planetary neighbors, Earth has remained habitable for billions of years thanks to a ...

Soil erosion is widely known for degrading land and reducing agricultural productivity. But new research shows it may also play a far more complex and important role in regulating the global nitrogen ...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Biological Weathering -- Chapter 1 Biological Weathering in ...

First ed. issued as: Global biogeochemical cycles / edited by Samuel S. Butcher ... [et al.]. London ; San Diego : Academic Press, c1992. (International geophysics ...

New research from Lake Taihu, China, sheds light on a critical but often overlooked aspect of aquatic ecosystems: how the ...

Mercury is a global pollutant whose concentration in the biosphere has been substantially increased by human activity, ...