Tag Archives: Soil ecology
Bacteria: a thermometer for the past
It was at a lunchtime seminar of our research group that Cindy De Jonge introduced a new concept to me: using variation in cell membrane lipids (affectionately called brGDGT lipids by those who love them) as a thermometer for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bacteria, brGDGTs, Ecology, Fieldwork, Microclimate, Mountains, Science, Soil, Soil ecology, Tundra
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Death is life
Halloween has passed, with rain and wind and falling autumn leaves. And all over the forest: the very spooky ‘consumers of the death’, the creatures of the dark soils feasting on what has fallen: the saprotrophs and detritivores. What better … Continue reading