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In wild soil, predatory bacteria grow faster than their prey, NAU study shows

Posted by Heather Tate on April 30, 2021

Predators comparison illustrationPredatory bacteria—bacteria that eat other bacteria—grow faster and consume more resources than non-predators in the same soil, according to a new study from Northern Arizona University. These active predators, which use wolfpack-like behavior, enzymes, and cytoskeletal “fangs” to hunt and feast on other bacteria, wield important power in determining where… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

Deciduous trees offset carbon loss from Alaskan boreal fires, new study out of NAU finds

Posted by Heather Tate on April 19, 2021

Illustration of deciduous tree offset carbon lossMore severe and frequent fires in the Alaskan boreal forest are releasing vast stores of carbon and nitrogen from burned trees and soil into the atmosphere, a trend that could accelerate climate warming. But new research published this week in the journal Science shows that the deciduous trees replacing burned spruce… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

Seven new Regents’ professors showcase NAU’s research and scholarly excellence

Posted by Heather Tate on April 15, 2021

Collage of Scott Goetz, Björn Krondorfer, Yiqi Luo, Michelle Mack, Ted Schuur, Miguel José YacamánAt President Rita Cheng’s recommendation, the Arizona Board of Regents on Friday approved seven Northern Arizona University professors to be promoted to the rank of Regents’ professor, the highest rank a faculty member can achieve.

The professors are Scott Goetz, School of Informatics, Computing, and… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications - ¡MIRA!, College of Arts and Letters, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Fuels, not fire weather, control carbon emissions in boreal forest, new study finds

Posted by Heather Tate on October 13, 2020

IllustrationAs climate warming stokes longer fire seasons and more severe fires in the North American boreal forest, being able to calculate how much carbon each fire burns grows more urgent. New research led by Northern Arizona University and published this week in Nature Climate Change suggests that how… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

NAU researchers win $1.3M in NSF grants to study major shifts in carbon storage

Posted by Heather Tate on September 21, 2020

Xanthe Walker in forestTwo researchers at the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society have won separate awards totaling $1.3M from the National Science Foundation to better understand where carbon is being stored and released in the terrestrial biosphere. Using different approaches, the two projects aim to better predict carbon storage by plants and soils in critical regions of the globe, and how that storage is being altered by changing climate… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

A tale of two understories: how mosses and climate are shaping the fate of nitrogen in the boreal

Posted by Heather Tate on September 4, 2020

Victor Leshyk illustration for New PhytologistMosses and their microbial partners are important players in fertilizing the boreal forests that make up nearly a third of all Earth’s forests. But climate may be changing mosses’ role in how these forests access nutrients, according to a new study led by the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (Ecoss) at Northern Arizona… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

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