The third stream study after the trip to Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2020 #BetaDiversity patterns and driving mechanisms of #stream bacteria and fungi on Mt. #Kilimanjaro Beryl Akinyi luzhang@nigl Ismael Kimirei and many others sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Trending in #EnvironmentalEngineering: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) Exhaled Aerosol & CO2 Emission 2) Vegetation Greening & Soil Mercury Levels 3) Precipitation, Mountaintop Removal Mining & a River Flood 4) Drivers of human microbiome footprint in global sewage (Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering)

Sewage secrets: Economic factors shaping our microbiome exposed Our recent study on human sewage microbiome, including the 243 sewage samples from 60 countries across seven continents. Fulltext via link.springer.com/10.1007/s11783… phys.org/news/2024-08-s… via Phys.org

The 1st study of microbial ecology in freshwater and #saline lakes of #EastAfrica, after field trip in 2020. Acidic #proteomes are linked to microbial #alkaline preference in #AfricanLakes #Metagenomics Water Research luzhang@nigl Ismael Kimirei & others doi.org/10.1016/j.watr…

👀Behind the Paper!👀 ❄️Lu Wang delves into the research gap regarding phosphorus cycle in permafrost soils, highlights the challenges associated with measuring phosphorus acquisition strategies and shares her fascination for nature🏕️ Read it here👇 buff.ly/3zePI9O

How ocean dissolved organic matter reacts to climate change? We answer it here: Photochemical processes drive thermal responses of dissolved organic matter in the dark ocean #DOM #rDOC #DOC #ocean #Warming #ClimateChange #DeepOcean bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

New paper about island biogeography of diatoms - this time about beta diversity and how it differs between islands and continents. Led by Ramiro Martín-Devasa Thanks for all co-authors! Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki Suomen Akatemia | Research Council of Finland onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… GEB Journal

"Laboratory Technicians from TAFIRI have attended a one-month training at NIGLAS in Nanjing, China, to enhance their capacity in laboratory expertise

Online now: Ecosystem ecology needs an ecology of molecules dlvr.it/THlbBr

A new study of lake microbes in East Africa: Trait–environmental relationships reveal microbial strategies of environmental adaptation Ecology luzhang@nigl Ismael Kimirei doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70…

🎉Huge congratulations to our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Jizhong Zhou, on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences! This prestigious honor recognizes his outstanding contributions to Microbial Ecology. We are proud and thrilled! National Academy of Sciences nasonline.org/news/2025-nas-…

Introducing iDOM, recently published on #mLife, an R package tailored to decode the complexity of dissolved organic matter (DOM) via high-resolution mass spectrometry! Wiley Microbiology Wiley Ecology & Evolution Try it: github.com/jianjunwang/iD… Learn the framework: doi.org/10.1002/mlf2.7…

Microbial genomic database of the Yangtze River, the third-longest river on Earth nature.com/articles/s4159…

New Research: Biogeography of soda lake microbiome and uneven cross-continent transition rates frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #FrontiersIn #Microbiology

Microbial communities and functions along a water-depth gradient in a subtropic deep lake: Insights from metagenomics frontiersin.org/journals/micro…

NEW Molecular Properties of DOM across Earth Systems: A Meta-Analysis 📊 Meta-analysis: 2,707 sites, 204 studies 🔑 Key traits: mass, DBE, AImod, NOSC 🌊 Clear land–water contrasts & latitudinal trends 🌡️ Driven by temperature & pH 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s12583… #DOM #CarbonCycle

How do microbes cope with climate change?🌍 A new study shows aquatic bacterial responses to warming are consistent across climates, but nutrient enrichment shifts their sensitivity—revealing key mechanisms behind community reorganisation. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/geb.70… GEB Journal