Scientific understanding of microbial biogeography is particularly weak for soil bacteria, even though the diversity and composition of soil bacterial communities is thought to have a direct influence ...

Contributed by D. D. Awschalom; received December 1, 2021; accepted March 3, 2022; reviewed by Renbao Liu and Chris Van de Walle ...

Midwater animal biodiversity: Squid, fish, shrimp, copepods, medusa, filter-feeding jellies, and marine worms are among the midwater creatures that could be affected by deep sea mining. Photos by E.

Significance Debate lingers over what caused the last mass extinction 66 million years ago, with intense volcanism and extraterrestrial impact the most widely supported hypotheses. However, without ...