Climate warming is causing widespread deglaciation and pioneer soil formation over glacial
deposits. Melting glaciers expose rocky terrain and glacial till sediment that is relatively low …

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) recently discovered in agroecosystems have the potential to
enrich soil moisture and nitrogen (N) concentrations and structure the subsurface …

Free-living nitrogen fixation (FLNF) is a vital source of nitrogen for the initiation and
development of ecosystems on bare lands. This process is catalyzed by the enzyme …

Cryoconite holes host active microbial communities despite their extreme physical
conditions. In the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, these perennially cold, mini …

We examined microbial succession along a glacier forefront in the Antarctic Peninsula
representing∼ 30 years of deglaciation to contrast bacterial and eukaryotic successional …

Microbiomes are vital in promoting nutrient cycling and plant growth in soil ecosystems.
However, microbiomes face adverse effects from multiple persistent pollutants, including per …

The Arctic soil communities play a vital role in stabilizing and decomposing soil carbon,
which affects the global carbon cycling. Studying the food web structure is critical for …

Glacier ecosystems are shrinking at an accelerating rate due to changes in climate and also
increased darkening from allochthonous and autochthonous carbon leading to subsequent …

Per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been widely detected in farmland soils and are
understood to pose toxicological threats to soil microbiomes and crop safety. Meanwhile …

Although nitrogen (N)-fixing bacteria (diazotrophs) play a vital role in the biosphere's N
cycle. However, large uncertainty exists regarding how atmospheric N deposition regulates …