URochester Earth and Environmental Science professor and researcher Dr. Thomas Weber has led multiple, intricate research undertakings on biogeochemical cycles in the world’s oceans. Throughout this ...

Iron isotope fractionation has emerged as a critical tracer for deciphering the complex biogeochemical cycling of iron in soils. This process, whereby natural variations in the relative abundance of ...

Groundwater is considered the largest reservoir of liquid freshwater on Earth and a habitat for complex microbial communities ...

Life on Earth has long been understood to run on two main energy sources. One comes from sunlight, captured by photosynthesis. The other comes from chemical reactions, such as microbes feeding on ...

Earth’s Mantle Nitrogen Content Is Comparable To That Found In Its Nitrogen-Rich Atmosphere. Mantle Nitrogen has been proposed to be primordial or sourced by later subduction, yet its origin has not ...