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… archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in biomass each year … user facility, report the discovery of a novel archaeum from a hot spring that has the genetic machinery to perform …

… wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of … as a reservoir for carbon compounds that plants generate from carbon dioxide they take in. In this way, encouraging …

… and bioenergy crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

… Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how ecosystems are adapting to stresses. A total of 17 proposals have been approved through the annual … (Berkeley Lab). They were selected through peer review from 41 full proposals out of 50 letters of intent …

… annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated that a new … our understanding of fungal diversity by sequencing genomes from across the fungal Tree of Life, but they also highlight … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be …

… to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter scenes that came with crayons in various shades of white. To researchers searching for sequences of RNA … data sets of RNA sequences (metatranscriptomes) generated from diverse environmental samples around the world, …

… The soybean is a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped … threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of Missouri), Peter van Esse (The Sainsbury Laboratory) and …

… Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology …

… meeting brings together established and emerging scientists from academia, industry, and government organizations for three days of scientific presentation, interactive panel discussions, …

… Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … in an unexpected place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … ) conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute …