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Climate change may lead to larger fires, greater area burned, and more reburning across interior Alaska

Boreal forests are experiencing rapid warming, altering fire regimes and vegetation dynamics. However, projecting future fire activity remains challenging given complex interactions among climate, vegetation, and landscape features. We used the LANDIS-II forest landscape simulati...

Agricultural liming is a carbon sink in the Mississippi River Basin

Application of carbonate minerals to arable lands, known as agricultural liming, is a long-standing practice for counteracting soil acidification1–3. Although liming boosts crop yields4, it is also considered a source of agricultural carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions5. Here we show,...

The nutritional value of invertebrate aquatic foods

Abstract Aquatic invertebrates are a diverse, nutrient-dense, and socio-ecologically important food whose contribution to human nutrition is frequently overlooked. We quantify their contribution to global nutrient supplies and estimate the nutrient content of >50,000 macroinverte...