Wetlands cover a small portion of the world, but have disproportionate influence on global
carbon (C) sequestration, carbon dioxide and methane emissions, and aquatic C fluxes …

The dust cycle facilitates the exchange of particles among Earth's major systems, enabling
dust to traverse ecosystems, cross geographic boundaries, and even move uphill against …

Glaciers are inhabited by various cryophilic organisms ranging from single celled to
multicellular, like Tardigrada (water bears). Owing to their scattered distribution, glaciers …

Experimentally tractable organisms like C. elegans, Drosophila, zebrafish, and mouse are
popular models for addressing diverse questions in biology. In 1997, two of the most …

To persist in extreme environments, some meiofaunal taxa have adopted outstanding
resistance strategies. Recent years have seen increased enthusiasm for understanding …

Mainly because of the problems with species delineation, the biogeography of microscopic
organisms is notoriously difficult to elucidate. In this contribution, variable nuclear and …

Dust sources have been revealed through remote sensing, first regionally by~ 1° resolution
sensors (TOMS), then at sub-basin scale by moderate-resolution sensors (MODIS). Sensors …

An in-depth look at the basic aspects of dormancy in cyclic parthenogenetic organisms is
now possible thanks to research efforts conducted over the past two decades with rotifer …

Abstract We investigated the Forni Glacier and the surrounding area in the Alps in terms of
habitat preferences, densities, dispersal and desiccation tolerance of glacier tardigrades …

Understanding how local conditions and dispersal dynamics structure communities of
passively dispersing aquatic invertebrates remains uncertain, especially in aridland …