ABSTRACT The Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings are known as the Third Pole (TP).
This region is noted for its high rates of glacier melt and the associated hydrological shifts …

Biodegradation of contaminants is extremely complicated due to unpredictable microbial
behaviors. Monitoring of microbial biodegradation drives us to determine (1) the amounts of …

The composition and function of microbial communities in the rhizosphere of crops have
been linked to edaphic factors and root exudate composition. We examined the effect of N …

Cryoconite is granular sediment found on glacier surfaces comprising both mineral and
biological material. Despite long having been recognised as an important glaciological and …

Adding biochar (BC) to soils is proposed to enhance carbon sequestration in agricultural
soils. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the effects of the interactions between …

Microorganisms often respond to their environment by growing as densely packed
communities in biofilms, flocs or granules. One major advantage of life in these aggregates …

The soil microbial community plays essential roles in bioavailable nitrogen (N) cycling, and
microbial dynamics during the plant dormant season could affect N cycling in the …

Glaciers are now acknowledged as an important biome globally, but biological processes in
the interior of the glacier (englacial) are thought to be slow and to play only a minor role in …

Algae are important primary colonizers of snow and glacial ice, but hitherto little is known
about their ecology on Iceland's glaciers and ice caps. Due do the close proximity of active …

Microbial colonization of glacial ice surfaces incurs feedbacks which affect the melting rate
of the ice surface. Ecosystems formed as microbe–mineral aggregates termed cryoconite …